Welcome to the Mirror's Daily Digest, where we'll be pulling together all the best stories of the day from our News, Showbiz, Royal teams and more. This Tuesday, we’re delivering the biggest stories from inside the newsroom, with coverage on Meghan Markle’s devastating miscarriage statement to an exclusive chat about family life with TV star .
Our Politics team has been uncovering the latest on the Post Office scandal, with campaigning hero urging victims to take the government to court over compensation delays, which he said would be "probably the quickest way to ensure fairness for all". Meanwhile, our News team has covered the emotional tributes to the British groom-to-be while on his stag do in Benidorm.
Meghan Markle makes devastating miscarriage statement
This morning, our Royal team reported on ’s devastating miscarriage, after the Duchess of Sussex opened up about the heartbreak in her latest podcast episode. Speaking in the second installment of her new series Confessions of a Female Founder, Meghan spoke to about her experience of miscarriage, which she previously had talked about publicly.
She told her guest: "I'll bring this up if you are comfortable talking about it... I have spoken about the miscarriage we experienced. And I think in some parallel way, when you have to learn to detach from the thing that you have so much promise and hope for and to be able to be OK at a certain point to let something go, something go that you plan to love for a long time."
Meghan revealed her heartbreaking miscarriage ordeal in an essay in 2020, a year after was born. also wrote about it in his memoir Spare.
Alan Bates urges Post Office victims to take major action against government
Meanwhile, our Politics team covered the news that former subpostmaster has urged victims of the Post Office scandal to take the government to court over compensation delays. The campaigning hero said it could take until 2027 before all the claims are finished based on current progress, and that going to court was "probably the quickest way to ensure fairness for all".
It comes after more than 900 subpostmasters were prosecuted between 1999 and 2015 after the faulty Horizon IT system made it look like they were swindling cash. Sir Alan, who led 555 subpostmasters to victory in the High Court in 2019, has called for those responsible for the scandal to be prosecuted.
Sir Alan said the GLO - the group litigation order - for the 555 people whose legal action was successful was "a mess". In an email to other victims seen by, the star suggested legal action was the "quickest way to ensure fairness for all" although he admitted that "returning to the courts may seem to be a long haul".
He added: "There may be other options but the one which is repeatedly mentioned is a judicial review, not just for the GLO Scheme but to include all of the schemes to ensure there is parity in the way victims have, and are, being treated."
Jeff Brazier says son Freddy is in 'good place' and family has 'pulled together'
In an exclusive chat with our Showbiz editor Tom Bryant, TV star opened up about coping with trauma, his love for his two sons, and taking part in the hit show Pilgrimage. It’s fair to say that Jeff has endured more than most 45-year olds in the public eye, as he was when his teenage mum struggled to raise him alone after his biological dad walked out, he later suffered the heartache of, the mum of his two sons,.
By confronting his trauma, Jeff is convinced he has become a better parent to his two boys,, 21, and, 20. "I mean coping with life is difficult, and if they have the tools to be able to do that…i think we’ve done a reasonable job," he says. However in recent weeks the family have found themselves at the centre of claims as Jeff to stop him seeing his maternal grandmother.
When asked if the last month has been difficult with the renewed spotlight on the family, he says simply: "All we really know how to do is to pull together and be there for one another…and I think that's what we do best, and that's what all good families do." However he does say that Freddy is in a "really good place right now."
Fiancee's heartbreaking tribute to tragic groom
Tributes have flooded in for a British groom-to-be who died while enjoying his stag do in. Father-of-one Oliver Holroyd, from Halifax, was pronounced dead following the incident at the Funky Flamingo on March 22.
The 29-year-old fell backwards off a bar stool and became unconscious after hitting his head on the ground. Staff at the bar are understood to have attempted CPR for around 15 minutes, before an ambulance arrived. Medics then gave him a shot of adrenaline and attempted further resuscitation, but he could not be saved.
Oliver was due to get married to his fiancée Paige Whiteley next month and now his family and friends have shared heartbreaking tributes on social media. Paige said: "My Oliver, I can't believe this is real. This shouldn't be real. I miss you so so much. My best friend, the father of our gorgeous little boy, the best dog dad ever, my fiancée, my soul mate.
"Nothing will be the same again but I promise you I will try my best for our little boy. I hope you can see us everyday and I hope I'm making you proud. I'm so sorry this happened to you my darling. I miss you so much. I love you with my whole heart, always and forever. Until I see you again, baby. You're my Waterloo. Yours forever." Paige also shared a link to a where Oliver's friend Ben Capper is raising money for the Stroke Foundation.
Rory McIlroy's caddie Harry Diamond's rise and huge payday

Finally, following Rory McIlroy’s long-awaited victory at the Masters on Sunday, our Sports team took a closer look at his friendship with caddie Harry Diamond. Although Diamond has been by McIlroy’s side on the course since being hired in 2017, the pair actually met at Holywood Club in Northern Ireland, where they were both prodigiously talented children with bright futures ahead of them.
While not at the level of McIlroy, who became just the sixth man in history to complete the career Grand Slam and the first European, Diamond is a quality player himself. Playing as an amateur, he won the 2012 West of Ireland tournament to qualify for the Irish Open. Ultimately, he decided to take a step back from playing to support his close friend pursue his dreams on the golf course - which has been an astute – and profitable – decision.
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