The Papers: 'Cops didn't share letter' and Burnham 'open' to EU free movement

A letter delivered to the Metropolitan Police and later passed on to the Duchess of Sussex detailing allegations about her father Thomas Markle feature on many of the front pages. “Cops didn’t share letter” writes the Sunday Mirror, explaining the Met “did not pass on allegations about Meghan’s dad to other police forces”. It comes after “Meghan revealed its existence after fresh allegations her father had child abuse images,” according to the paper. Thomas Markle strenuously denies the allegations.

Sources close to the duchess say she is “upset” about the “failure of the Met to act”, the Sunday Telegraph writes, adding Scotland Yard is “now considering whether to refer itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct”. Elsewhere, Defence Secretary Wes Streeting “says Britain must be ready for war in 1,000 days”, the paper’s headline reports, “as Russia continues its hybrid warfare against Nato”.

The Sunday Times leads with Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s latest remarks, summarising that he is “open to adopting EU free movement”. It comes as “PM calls for honest conversation, saying pre-Brexit migration not ‘as difficult’ as now”, according to the paper. Coverage of the French protests continue on the front page, where a large rally in Marseille is pictured under the headline “France on the March”.

The Sunday People carries a pre-Budget exclusive that the government is expected to announce a “boost for new social housing” in England, the paper says. “Extra £1bn for homes” reads the paper’s headline.

The Sunday Express leads with remarks from Conservatives urging Prime Minister Andy Burnham to “come clean” on any mooted plans to lift the pension age to 68. It quotes campaigners who believe it would affect some six million people and bring hardship to those unable to keep working.

The Observer carries an interview with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, who describes AI as an “evolutionary event”. “‘Like monkeys to humans’, people will no longer be the most intelligent things on the planet,” is the tech tycoon’s verdict splashed on the front page.

Finally, an apparent resemblance between the late US pop icon Prince and the Prince of Wales fills the front page of the Daily Star on Sunday. “Purple Reign” quips the paper, as Prince William “claims he is often not recognised” and one time “a bloke thought he was pint-sized pop legend Prince” and wanted him to sign a copy of his record “Purple Rain”. The comments came as the prince made an appearance on the BBC’s Graham Norton Show.

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