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Prince Harry has waved his scepter and spoken from the throne -- he wants the media to cut the crap when it comes to speaking ill of his new TV star girlfriend ... NOW.

Britain's prince issued a statement from Kensington Palace Tuesday saying a wave of recent harassment onto his new bird, Meghan Markle has finally crossed a line ... and he's had enough.

In the statement, Harry says Meghan's been subject to front page smears, sexism and outright racism in national newspapers and other media outlets ... not to mention feeling the wrath of "online trolls."

The statement goes on to say Harry is concerned for Meghan's safety and feels he hasn't been able to protect his new girlfriend, who's on the USA show, "Suits." He wants everyone involved to "pause and reflect" before any more damage is done.

#YesYourHighness

A story is circulating Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have settled their custody dispute ... total BS.

Multiple sources familiar with the situation are scoffing at the report that the divorcing couple struck a settlement giving Angelina primary physical custody while Brad got visitation.

TMZ broke the story ... Brad filed legal docs Friday sharply contesting Angelina's request for primary physical custody. Instead, Brad wants a judge to award joint physical and legal custody to both.

The report published by Associated Press cites an Angelina source who says the couple reached the mutual agreement which includes family therapy. In fact, the couple agreed to extend the temporary arrangement ONLY until the L.A. County Dept. of Children and Family Services closes its investigation.

As TMZ and other outlets reported, Brad and Angelina agreed she would have physical custody during the DCFS investigation and Brad would have visitation monitored by a therapist. That agreement was extended last week, but it is NOT a settlement. That will be handled by the family court judge.

Again, Brad just filed docs Friday asking for joint custody, and the AP report says the couple reached a settlement last week, so the story makes no sense on its face.

Paris Hilton has many ties to Donald Trump, and she cast her vote for president ... but did she vote for her family friend?

Uncle Sam has a bone to pick with Rick Ross -- millions of dollars in unpaid taxes, according to new legal docs.

The IRS went through 3 years of Ross' taxes, and claims he owes about $5.7 mil of cold hard cash. The back taxes are from 2012 to 2014.

According to the docs -- obtained by TMZ -- Ross owes a little more than $4.6 million in 2012 alone, and then about $570,000 a piece for '13 and '14, respectively.

The feds have issued a tax lien, and if Rozay doesn't pay up they could haul away his stuff to cover his nut.

Amanda Stanton claims she and Josh Murray have taken their "Bachelor in Paradise" relationship to the next level by living together with a soaring household income.

Amanda shared financial info as part of her custody battle with ex-husband/baby daddy Nick Buonfiglio. In the docs, she says she's making more than $13k a month from her fashion blog and social media. She also lists live-in fiance Josh's monthly income at $10k.

According to the docs, Amanda's paychecks increased big-time after her recent appearance on 'BiP' -- thanks to new endorsement ops. This seems to support Nick's claim she's making way more dough these days ... which is why he wants more child support for their 2 daughters.

One more tidbit/confession from the docs ... Amanda spends 2 grand a month on clothes.

Tina Knowles has some big regrets today ... after posting a pic of Solange in an elevator with Jay Z, reminiscent of perhaps the singer's greatest hits.

Beyonce's mom immediately yanked the pic down, after realizing it brings back memories of the infamous 2014 beatdown in an NYC elevator.

TMZ broke the story ... Solange went HAM on Jay ... because she suspected he cheated on Bey.

Donald Trump campaign trail rhetoric is driving one NY voter crazy ... so much so the guy's suing the Donald, his running mate and many more ... for a BILLION bucks!

A guy named Louis Tafuto -- a registered Republican in upstate NY -- filed the suit Monday, claiming Trump is intimidating American voters by saying he won't accept the results if he loses the election. In the docs, obtained by TMZ, he says Trump is threatening "the core of the democratic way of life."

What Tafuto seems to be saying is he's going to vote Trump -- not because he wants to, but because he's afraid of what Trump will do if he doesn't win.

Worst of all, he claims to be suffering severe emotional distress because he's been "denied the choice of an honest and capable Republican candidate" -- and for that he's gonna need $1 billion to soothe his nerves. He's suing Trump, Mike Pence, their campaign, RNC chairman Reince Priebus and the RNC itself for the dough.

Magic Johnson still remembers exactly how he felt when he stood before the world and announced he was HIV positive -- 25 years ago today -- and he's expressing tremendous gratitude and hope.

Magic opened up about the anniversary when we got him on his way out of lunch at Crustacean in Bev Hills. He thanked, by name, several people who helped him get through that monumental news conference.

However, in classic Magic fashion, he also made it clear the day isn't just about him -- it's about celebrating medical advances, remembering loved ones lost to the disease, and continuing to educate young people.

#AllClass

Dave Chappelle's mad as hell that some people think he's backing Donald Trump -- and he's throwing major shade at the reporter who started all the buzz.

We caught up with the legendary comedian Monday outside Soho Grand in NYC. He was visibly and hysterically dismayed about the reaction to his gig at The Cutting Room.

Dave made it absolutely clear where his alliance DOESN'T stand, and he said a ton about The Observer -- which posted the story about him supporting Trump -- but only with his eyes.

Robert Durst just pled not guilty to murder, in the death of his good friend, Susan Berman.

Durst appeared in L.A. County Superior Court Monday afternoon to enter his plea. He was wearing a neck brace, sitting next to his lawyers.

The 73-year-old was extradited from Indiana to face charges that he killed Berman because she was wise to another murder ... involving Durst's first wife, who disappeared in 1982.

Durst was famously featured in the HBO show 'The Jinx,' in which he appeared to have confessed to the murders, saying, "Killed 'em all, of course."

The D.A. says she will not seek the death penalty.

Black Lives Matter leader DeRay McKesson incited a crowd of his supporters to go looting and to hurl chunks of concrete at a Baton Rouge cop ... according to the officer who's now suing.

The officer filed a federal lawsuit, as a John Doe, against McKesson for a BLM rally that went down July 9. According to the docs, a rally organized by McKesson was blocking streets, prompting the call for police to control the crowd.

The anonymous cop says he and his fellow officers were first pelted by full bottles, looted from a Circle K -- and when the water ran out, someone picked up a piece of concrete ... or a rock ... and chucked it. He says he was struck in the face and went down hard.

He says he lost teeth, and injured his jaw and brain. In the suit, he blames McKesson for inciting the violence. He points out tensions were already high because the Dallas PD ambush happened just 2 days earlier -- and Alton Sterling had been shot by Baton Rouge cops on July 5.

Bernie Sanders is damned if he does, damned if he doesn't with his fans -- one of whom totally lit into him for bowing to Hillary Clinton.

Sen. Sanders was arriving at a Prop 61 rally Monday in downtown L.A. when we asked what he'd say to loyal supporters who are still writing him in on their presidential ballots ... and suddenly a mega-heckler stole the show. We say mega because dude was blaring through a megaphone.

Check out Bernie's reaction when the guy yelled, "Why did you sell out to the two party system? Hillary Clinton trusts you??"

One side rips him for supporting Hillary, another would rip him for stiffing her and possibly fracturing her voter base.

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump's parties will be protected by a small army come election night.

Cops with heavy artillery are patrolling the area on the eve of election day -- with scores of muscle handling security at Hilton Midtown for Trump's party and also at the Jacob Javits Center for Clinton's bash.

The venues -- which are less than 2 miles apart -- are also getting protection from K-9 and counterterrorism units. More than 24 hours out ... officials are already super strict about who's getting access for party preparations.

Last week the FBI named NYC a possible target for an election eve terrorist attack.

Easy to see why this is the largest election detail the NYPD's deployed -- it's the first time since 1944 both presidential candidates will be in NYC on election night.

Hillary Clinton will NOT light up the sky over NYC if she wins the Presidency -- her campaign is calling off a planned fireworks show ... TMZ has learned.

The Clinton campaign had contacted the Coast Guard for permission to pull off a 2 minute long fireworks display over the Hudson River when the election results went final. The fireworks would be visible from the Jacob Javits Center, where she's holding her election night party.

But the Coast Guard tells TMZ ... Clinton's camp reached out on Thursday -- 2 days after her fireworks plan was uncovered -- to say it wouldn't be shooting off the 10" aerial shells, after all.

The Coast Guard says the campaign offered no explanation for the about-face. We've reached out to the Clinton campaign ... no word back yet.

'Bachelor' vet AshLee Frazier couldn't get it on a reality show, but she finally got a marriage proposal ... on the Brooklyn Bridge.

We're told the proposal went down Saturday right in the middle of a bunch of tourists who were checking out the bridge. The lucky guy is Aaron Williams, a Houston real estate developer AshLee's known for years. She moved back to H-town earlier this year, and they hit it off romantically.

We're told Aaron sealed the deal with an oval cut 3 ct. diamond, and dinner at hot spot Scarpetta.

Sean Lowe, the 'Bachelor' from AshLee's season, is still married to Catherine Giudici.

Sooo ... win-win?