Harry & Meghan’s trip cost $44,555 in police OT

Vancouver police logged more than $44,000 on overtime during Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s brief February visit to British Columbia.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were in Vancouver and Whistler for three days between Feb. 14 and 16 to promote the Invictus Games, which will be held in British Columbia again in February 2025. Harry founded the multi-sport event for wounded, injured and sick armed forces personnel and veterans in 2014.

According to data obtained through a freedom of information request, Vancouver police spent $44,555 on security-related overtime during the short visit, which ended in the city.

While the Invictus Games covered $10,221 through cost recovery, Canadian taxpayers were still on the hook for $34,333 in overtime. The amount was for 390.5 working hours.

In records obtained by CTVNews.ca, the costs are described as “overtime for police security.”

Liza Minnelli is ‘mad as hell,’ writing new memoir

Liza Minnelli sounds like she’s tired of other people telling her story.

The legendary star announced in a statement to People that she has a memoir coming out that will cover everything from her battle with substance abuse to her high-profile marriages.

“Since I was old enough to put pencil to paper, people asked me to write books about my career,” she said. “’Absolutely not! ‘Tell it when I’m gone!’ Was my philosophy,”

Minnelli cited “a sabotaged appearance at the Oscars,” “a film with twisted half-truths “ and “a recent miniseries that just didn’t get it right … All made by people who didn’t know my family, and don’t really know me” as reasons why she decided to share her life story now.

“Finally, I was mad as hell!” she said. “Over dinner one night, I decided, it’s my own d**n story … I’m gonna share it with you because of all the love you’ve given me.”

The project is a collaboration with Pulitzer Prize winner Heidi Evans, Los Angeles Times alum Josh Getlin and Tony winner Michael Feinstein, who is a longtime friend of Minnelli’s.

“We’ve been joined at the hip for 40 years. As Ambassador of the Great American Songbook and my absolute favorite collaborator,” she said of Feinstein. “Michael’s one of the greats, he’s razor-sharp and he tells the truth. That’s important because, as I fly towards my eighth decade of living, memories differ.”

— From wire reports