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Ah Caalarogu Shark Media. Hello and
welcome through Palace Intrigue. I am your

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host, Mark Francis. Prince Harry
did not attend the celebrations for King Charles,

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but reports are that he was making
a phone call to his father,

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described by the BBC as an olive
branch, Royal commentator Neil Shawan says the

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royal family isn't bothered by Harry's absence, telling Fox News, Let's be very

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clear, most senior members of the
British monarchy are more than relieved by the

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news that the two former royals known
as Harry and Meghan are simply not going

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to be returning for the birthday celebrations
of His Majesty the King. The simple

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fact is this news was a problem, but more importantly, who needs victims

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at a family celebration. This is
the dilemma that faces most of the senior

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members of the family. While His
Majesty the King would very much like to

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reconcile with his son, this is
a bigger issue as it was the King's

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birthday. Let's focus on his Majesty
for a moment before we get into the

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Harry and Megan of it all.
To celebrate His Majesty's birthday, The Honorable

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Artillery Company executed a sixty two gun
salute outside the Tower of London. This

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event was a follow up to the
forty one gun salute that took place at

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midday in Green Park, and extra
twenty one guns were discharged during the one

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pm event by the River Thames,
signifying its occurrence with the City of London.

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The King celebrated his birthday in the
company of community leaders and notable individuals.

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The event, held at Highgrove House
in Gloucestershire, welcomed local heroes,

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all turning seventy five this year,
and representatives from various organizations commemorating the same

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milestone. At the gathering, the
King was gifted a three tier cake.

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Among the attendees was Edna Henry ninety
two from Cardiff, a former hospital worker

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who was recognized for her contributions to
the Windrush generation. She expressed her gratitude

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saying I didn't expect this. It's
really good to know the hard work I've

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done was recognized and I really appreciated. The celebration featured celebrity chef Raymond Blanc,

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j Blades from the Repair Shop and
Lee John, a singer from the

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eighties, banned Imagination Blades and ambassador
for the King's Foundation and fan of heritage

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and crafts, praised the King for
his commitment to community and the environmental issues.

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The event concluded with a local choir
singing Happy Birthday. The King was

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said to have been in good spirits
and joked we need to give you doggie

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bags. On his seventy fifth birthday, King Charles initiated the innovative Coronation Food

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Project to address food poverty. The
birthday, King and Queen Camilla visited Oxfordshire

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to launch this project, aiming to
reduce food waste and meet food needs across

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the UK. They toured the South
Oxfordshire Food and Educational Alliance, part of

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the Fair Shared Network established in twenty
fourteen. This visit allowed them to learn

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how food waste can be repurposed for
social benefit. The project's goal is to

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enhance the reuse of surplus food through
UK food networks. At the warehouse,

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the royal couple met with staff and
volunteers dedicated to salvaging surplus food and distributing

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it to over one hundred community organizations. They observed the packing process and interacted

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with both volunteers and individuals who rely
on food banks and larders. King Charles,

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a fervent environmentalist, has structured the
project around three core objectives, increasing

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surplus food salvage, boosting food distribution
networks via new coronation food hubs, and

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implementing a flexible funding program to support
food rescue initiatives. Buckingham Palace released a

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number of throwback photos of the monarch. The forty second video was shared on

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their social media pages and said wishing
His Majesty the King a happy seventy fifth

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birthday. The video included photos of
Charles with Elizabeth, his sons Milan and

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Yes Diana. Headlines point out that
Megan does not appear in the videos,

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but Royal watchers paying attention to that
Kate is also not in the video.

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William shared a video of his own, wishing his Majesty the King a very

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happy seventy fifth birthday. This two
included throwback pictures, including one from a

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skime trip to Switzerland in two thousand
and four. None of the photos included

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Harry, even the ski trip may
have been appointed choices. Harry didn't attend

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that trip. Another photo was from
the King's first trooping the color and includes

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William and Kate, Prince George,
Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, all waving

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and smiling from the Buckingham Palace balcony. As with most things Royal, this

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came with social media controversy. One
user said four people missing from that last

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picture, and another chimes, this
is child's birthday, not Harry's. Why

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must it always be about him?
More palace intrigue In just a moment catching

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up on other royal news. During
the Festival of Remembrance on Saturday night,

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the Royal family acknowledged the significant impact
of the Invictors Games on injured and ill

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military veterans. However, as tribute
sparked discontent among Royal enthusiasts online due to

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the omission of Prince Harry's name.
Despite the Invictor's Games being Harry's creation in

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partnership with the Royal Foundation and his
prominent role since its inception in twenty fourteen,

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his contribution went unmentioned. One social
media user asked, how can you

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have a tribute to the success of
the Games without mentioning Prince Harry. I

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guess the family couldn't cope with his
name being said out loud. This sentiment

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resonated with others, as evident in
the comments on another post, where someone

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remarked, if I had to guess, I'd say that he wanted this,

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but it was as close as they
could get. The Royal family is ridiculous.

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Another individual highlighted the importance of recognizing
Prince Harry's role. Whatever your thoughts

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on current royal affairs, it was
Prince Harry who founded Invector's Games, which

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has helped numerous wounded service people,
and that should never be forgotten. Thank

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you. At the Royal British Legion
Festival of Remembrance, held over the weekend

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at the Royal Albert Hall, the
King and Queen introduced statues of Elizabeth the

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Second and Prince Philip. These life
sized bronze sculptures, honoring the late Queen

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and her husband for their commitment to
the concert Hall, were revealed as part

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of its one hundred and fiftieth anniversary
celebration. During the unveiling ceremony on Saturday,

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the King displayed a touch of emotion
as he gazed upon the statue of

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his mother. The event was further
graced by the presence of nine other royal

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family members, including the Prince and
Princess of Wales, the Duke and Duchess

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of Edinburgh, the Princess Royal and
Vice Admiral Sir Tim Lawrence, the Duke

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and Duchess of Gloucester, and the
Duke of Kent. Meghan Michael recently wore

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a poppy brooch on her sweater during
an opening of a new Navy fitness center

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in San Diego, but there were
some veterans who were furious by the Duchess's

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choice of accessory. November eleventh is
typically celebrated as Armistice Day in Great Britain

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and other countries of the world.
To commemorate the occasion, of red poppy

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is often traditionally worn. However,
in the United States, November eleventh is

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celebrated as Veterans Day then in honor
of the armed forces, and wearing a

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poppy isn't required, And because the
Duchess chose to wear the poppy in November,

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honoring the British custom, instead of
in May for the American custom,

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some veterans felt slighted. Meghan Markle
looks like a bloody moron wearing a royal

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British Legion poppy, wrote one veteran
who told her wearing a British poppy while

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celebrating American veterans would be a good
look. And there you have it.

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