Prince Harry and Meghan Markle appeared to completed a successful four-day tour to Down Under, as they received a warm welcome from the Aussies.

The optics of the visit worked in the Sussexes’s favour, having plenty of similarities to an official royal tour. However, there was one particular item on their to-do list which they were not able to accomplish after facing a major rejection.

The Irwin family is hugely popular in Australia and especially with Robert Irwin’s work and amplified fame after winning Dancing with the Stars, they hold a special prestige in the country. So much so, Prince William has made Robert one of the ambassadors of the Earthshot Prize, a deeply personal and important initiative William had taken over five years ago.

Hence, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were hoping to get a meeting with the Irwins especially the celebrity conservationist at Australia Zoo in Queensland. However, it was not possible during the four-day trip, per New Idea magazine.

The source revealed that there is “no ill-will” towards the Sussexes from the Irwins and cited that it “wasn’t possible”. Although, it is key to note that they are all “staunch monarchists and fiercely loyal to The Firm”.

“Aligning with the Irwins’ worthy causes is something that Meghan and Harry could be on board with,” the source said. But, it seems that Robert may have played it safe as he did not want to upset William.

David Gross has won the Special Breakthrough Prize for Fundamental Physics with a whopping $3 million prize, as announced by the Breakthrough Prize Foundation on April 18, 2026.

The prize honors scientists whose discoveries have contributed significant advancement to the development of human knowledge.

The Breakthrough Prizes—commonly known as the ’Oscars of Science’—were established in 2012 to celebrate the wonders of the 21st century scientific age.

David Gross, who is a Nobel Prize laureate in Physics (2004), served as director at the Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics at University of California, Santa Barbara for three decades.

What earned Gross winning Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics?

In the early 1970s, there was a wide gap in quantum field theory, as it could not define the strong nuclear force, which holds the atom’s nucleus together.

But in 1973, Gross and his graduate student Frank Wilczek cracked the mystery.

They discovered that the strong force works the opposite way to familiar forces like gravity: it gets weaker as particles approach each other, but stronger as they move apart.

That discovery led to the development of quantum chromodynamics.

After taking home the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, he drops a shocking prediction for humanity in an interview with LiveScience.

Gross, when asked if humanity will ever get to a place where we get rid of nuclear weapons.

Gross predicted, “We’re not recommending that. That’s idealistic, but yet, I hope so. Because if you don’t, there’s always some risk an AI 100 years from now, but chances of (humanity) living, with this estimate, 100 years, is very small, and living 200 years is infinitesimal.”

Gross became one of this year’s six awardees for his contributions to theoretical physics, earning the Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics.

David Gross has remained an authority in fundamental physics for six decades.

Sarah Ferguson has made a big sacrifice for her daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, despite their U-turn.

In 2025, Epstein files made it to the headlines, bringing negative spotlight on all those who were part of Jeffrey’s circle, including King Charles’ former sister-in-law.

Fergie called Epstein a “legend” and her “supreme friend” even after his crimes were exposed.

The moment King Charles took away every kind of royal perks from Andrew and his ex-wife, Sarah was nowhere to be seen in the UK.

The only time she was photographed was at the christening ceremony of her granddaughter Athena.

Most recently, Sarah was spotted in Austria’s chalet in the mountains.

Now, Fergie’s cousin Martin Barrantes revealed when the former Duchess made a secret exit from the limelight.

In a conversation with the Daily Mail, he said, “I have spoken to her [and] can tell you that she just wants to protect her children and her grandchildren.”

Sarah’s disappearance from the media is reportedly for the well-being of her daughters.

Martin shared that he talked to Fergie three months ago, revealing that she is going through a “difficult moment.”

It is also important to note that Beatrice and Eugenie have been maintaining a distance from their parents in order to save their royal roles, which was seen as a betrayal by many.