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A council has bowed to public pressure over plans to remove homeless people from its streets ahead of the royal wedding.

The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead deferred a proposal to cut the number of rough sleepers by 50% by the end of March 2019 after more than 300,000 people signed a petition.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will marry at Windsor Castle on 19 May.

The council’s heavily criticised plans included a ban on people leaving "unattended" belongings on the streets and £100 fines for anti-social behaviour, such as begging or drinking in the streets.

Harry and Meghan letter 'race hate crime'

A letter containing a substance sent to St James's Palace is being treated as a "racist hate crime", police said.

The Met Police tested the substance and said it was not harmful. No arrests have been made and inquiries are ongoing.

The Evening Standard reports the letter was addressed to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

It was received on February 12, the day before a package containing white powder was sent to Westminster.

It is alleged the substance sent to St James's Palace was also white powder. Officers are looking into whether or not the two packages are linked.

A spokesman said: "It is being treated as a racist hate crime. The matter is being investigated by officers from the Met's Counter Terrorism Command."

Prince Harry condemned the "the outright sexism and racism of social media trolls" Ms Markle was subject to when they made their relationship public in 2016.