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Calorougus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Pallace Weekly. I
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am your host, Mark Francis. For this edition. Because there
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is so much news coming out of the British Royals
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as well as the Norwegian Royals, we're going to do
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two episodes. This one will be for British News and
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we'll have a separate show for what happened in royal
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Norwegian news. So here we go. Newly released documents from
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the US Department of Justice revealed further details about the
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relationship between Andrew mount Batten Windsor and convicted sex offender
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Jeffrey Epstein, including emails exchanged well after Andrew had publicly
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claimed he had ended contact. The documents include correspondence from
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twenty ten, after Epstein had been released from house arrest
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following his guilty plea to child sex offenses. In an
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email dated September twenty ninth, twenty ten, Epstein told Andrew
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he was in London and suggested they meet, saying they
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need private time. Andrew replied that he was having lunch
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with a Saudi prince and a secret intelligence firm, before
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adding we could have dinner at Buckingham Palace and lots
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of privacy. In a follow up message, Andrew wrote, delighted
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for you to come here to BP. Come with whomever
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and I'll be here from sixteen hundred dish to twenty
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hundred BP is understood to refer to Buckingham Palace. The
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newly released material also includes an email exchange from twenty
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ten in which Epstein offered to introduce Andrew to a
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twenty six year old Russian woman, whom he described as
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clever and beautiful. In December twenty ten, Epstein told Andrew
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he had a female friend he thought the Duke would
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enjoy meeting. Epstein responded, She's twenty six Russian, clever, beautiful, trustworthy.
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Additional correspondence shows Andrew and Epstein exchanging messages on Christmas
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Day twenty ten, including family photographs. After a December twenty
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ten trip to New York, Andrew wrote to Epstein, it
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was great to spend time with my US family. Looking
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forward to joining you all again soon. In February twenty eleven,
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Andrew wrote to Epstein, this week is all about me,
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adding time to put something back into me before the
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rest of the world starts sucking it out in all
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their greed and demands. The released documents also contain correspondence
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involving Sarah Ferguson. In two thousand and nine, she described
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Epstein as the brother I have always wished for. Other
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emails show Ferguson repeatedly flattering Epstein, calling you a legend,
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and in multiple messages suggesting marriage. In one January twenty
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ten email, she writes, you are a legend. I really
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don't have the words to describe my love gratitude for
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your generosity and kindness. Kiss, kiss, I am at your service.
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Just marry me. One exchange from March twenty ten has
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drawn particular outrage. In the email, someone asks Ferguson about
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a post trip to New York. She replies, not sure yet,
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just waiting for Eugenie to come back from a shagging weekend.
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At the time the message was sent to Princess Eugenie
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was nineteen years old and just days shy of her
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twentieth birthday. Sources close to the York Sisters say the
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revelations have been devastating. One told The Daily Mail they
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are a guest at what they have read. They are
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mortified by the emails their mother has sent to Epstein.
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It is so embarrassing for them. One of the files
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in the release also includes a photograph showing Andrew clothed
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on all fours over a woman lying on the floor.
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Andrew has always denied any wrongdoing in the Express, Jasmine
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Carey writes, while this newly released photograph does not suggest
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any wrongdoing from Andrew, it is not a good look.
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Even if he wasn't a member of the royal family,
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A photograph like that would be enough to make anyone cringe.
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I would go as far as to say Andrew should
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now be banished from royal life completely. No perks that
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come from being the King's brother, No protection of a
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home on a royal estate, and deathfinitely no allowance. Our
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royal insider Deep Crown observes what strikes me most forcefully
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is not the scandal itself, but the accumulation of evidence
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that the monarchy's central defenses have been comprehensively breached. These people,
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Epstein and Maxwell were photographed at Sandringham, at Royal ascot
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hunting at Balmoral. Maxwell attended Princess Beatrice's eighteenth birthday celebration
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at Royal Lodge. These are not public spaces. These are
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the family's sanctuaries. Someone always knew, security services knew, private
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secretaries knew. Yet the machinery of monarchy designed to protect
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the crown instead protected Andrew's access to his proclivities. That
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is not an accident of poor judgment. That is an
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institutional rot. Charles stripped Andrew, who his titles, evicted him
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from Royal Lodge and relegated him to internal exile. But
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Andrew remains eighth in line to the throne because removing
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him requires an act of Parliament. Charles gould request such legislation.
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He will not. This is not accountability. This is damage
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control masquerading as principal. William, however, is a different proposition entirely.
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When he ascends to the throne. I expect swift action,
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Andrew's exclusion from the succession formalized through parliamentary action, all
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financial supports severed, and complete cooperation with any ongoing investigations.
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The difference between Charles and William can be summarized thus,
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Charles believes in managing problems, William believes in eliminating them.
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Andrew mount Patten Windsor has officially moved out of Royal
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Lodge in Windsor Great Park, ending more than two decades
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at the property. The former Duke of York vacated the
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thirty room residence on February second, following an order from
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King Charles to surrender the lease. Andrew traveled one hundred
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and thirty two miles under the cover of darkness, according
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to reports. The Daily Mail's Nick Craven writes the King's
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younger brother had been due to move to temporary accommodation
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on the Sandringham estate on Tuesday next week, but the
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plan was rushed forward after extraordinary new revelations emerged. The
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site of him plastered on the front pages out riding
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his horse or driving his car past photographers in Windsor
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amid the continued dripping poison of the Epstein files was
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just too much. Set a royal source, Charles said enough
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was enough and the message was conveyed to Andrew that
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it was time for him to head to Norfolk immediately.
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Andrew is moving to Marsh Farm, a form at five
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bedroom farmhouse on the Sandringham estate that reportedly requires an
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extensive security overhaul. Sources say Andrew visited Marsh Farm and
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was unimpressed by the size of the property, reportedly describing
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it as pokey compared with his previous residences. The property
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includes two reception rooms, a kitchen and several outbuildings, but
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does not have space for live in staff. Sarah Ferguson
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is described as being in the midst of a housing
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crisis and is said to be hoping to remain in
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the Windsor area. However, friends have warned me to lower
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her expectations. After decades spent living at the thirty room
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Royal Lodge, Sarah Ferguson's charity, Sarah's Trust, has announced it
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were closed for the foreseeable future, just days after the
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release of new documents. A spokesman said the decision followed
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discussions that had been under way for several months. Royal
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author Andrew Lowney has suggested that Sarah Ferguson may have
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left the country as scrutiny intensifies. Lowney told The Mirror
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that Ferguson had previously made a habit of going abroad
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when under pressure. A spokesperson for Virgin Group dismissed speculation
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that she was at Richard Branson's Necker Island, saying Sir
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Richard has had no contact with Sarah Ferguson. Following the
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release of the Epstein files, Andrew was facing renewed pressure
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following fresh allegations that Jeffrey Epstein arranged for a second
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woman to travel to Britain for a sexual encounter with him.
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The latest allegation centers on a non British woman in
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her twenties who claims Epstein arranged her travel to the
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UK in twenty ten for an encounter with Andrew Royal Lodge.
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Her lawyer said, we're talking about at least one woman
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who was sent by Jeffrey Epstein over to Prince Andrew,
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and she even had, after a night with Prince Andrew,
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a tour of Buckingham Palace. A source close to the
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situation said Andrew is now sweating over the prospect of
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having to settle another case more In just a moment,
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Prince Edward became the first senior royal to publicly address
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the latest release of Jeffrey Epstein documents, saying it is
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important to always remember the victims. The Duke of Edinburgh
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was speaking at the World Government Summit in Dubai. When
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asked by CNN how he was coping, Edward responded, I
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think it's all really important always to remember the victims
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and who are the victims? In all of this? Royal
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inside A deep Crown tells us King Charles must confront
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the Andrew problem with far more decisive action than his
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current strategy of institutional ambivalence. This is not a challenge
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to be passed to Prince William, nor a matter to
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be quietly shuffled into the margins of royal existence. It
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is Child's immediate and urgent responsibility to demonstrate that the
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monarchy stands for accountability, not protection. Andrew must be comprehensively
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removed from any royal representation, patronage, or privilege. Charles knows
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well that public trust is the monarchy's most fragile currency.
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A strong, clear statement removing Andrew's royal associations, followed by
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a managed transition out of public life, is the only
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responsible path forward. The King must act, and act decisively,
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before this becomes an inherited problem for his son's future reign.
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In his free substack decrown, writes, Andrew is charles burden
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to bear, not William's. Charles was king when these documents emerged.
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Charles was king when Andrew's reputation collapsed. Charles was king
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when the Pallace's response became increasingly untenable. The sins of
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the previous generation do not become the next heir's responsibility
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to cleanse William's burden will be his own brother and
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the future of the monarchy. Andrew's fate is charles responsibility alone.
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Vice President J. D. Vance said he was open to
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Andrew being called to testify. I saw Kirstarma said something
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about this. Vance said, I'm certainly open to it. I'll
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let them determine whether they should talk to Prince Andrew.
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I'd certainly be open to it, but it's their call,
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not mine. King Charles was heckled during a visit to Dedham.
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As the King paused to greet people in the crowd,
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a man shouted Charles, Charles, have you pressurized the police
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to start investigating Andrew? The King did not respond. Police
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officers approached the man and escorted him away from the barriers.
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John Stewart said on the Daily Show, there have been
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consequences for none of these dudes. They've been on the plane,
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they've been on the island, they've been to his house
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and nothing has happened to any of them. I gotta
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be honest, I'm just not sure anybody is going to
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be held accountable for any of this. Oh except Prince Andrew. Oh.
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Prince Andrew stripped of the title Prince. Oh, such a
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penalty began. Marco returned to the chocolate counter just in
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time for Valentine's Day, announcing an expanded collaboration between as
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Ever and luxury chocolateier Compartes. The centerpiece is the Signature
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Chocolate Collection, price at sixty two dollars for four bars.
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Despite extensive online criticism of the pricing, the sixty two
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dollars for four bars package sold out. Megan described the
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offering as a love letter in chocolate and joked, I
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think we're all clear at this point that jam is
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my jam. Reports suggest that excess stock from as Ever
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is being stored at Netflix headquarters, with employees taking products
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home for free. According to page six, staff have been
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helping themselves do items including jam wine and flour sprinkles.
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Once was told the outlet, apparently there are two storage
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rooms packed with as Ever product. They're literally just giving
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it away to employee. One staffer walked out with ten
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products for free. Meghan attracted online criticism after posting a
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new black and white photograph on the as Ever website,
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with commentators accusing her of cosplaying as Audrey Hepburn. The
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image shows Megan wearing a patterned close style bucket hat
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and dark sunglasses. On social media, critics quickly drew comparisons
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to Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's. Harry's latest trip to
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London produced an unexpected social upside, a renewed connection with
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Elizabeth Hurley. An insider says they really hit it off.
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Listen Harry have known each other for years, but this
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was the first time they ever spent any significant time
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together and they found a lot of common ground. According
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to the insider, conversations have already turned to arranging double
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dates with Megan and Hurley's partner Billy Ray Cyrus. In
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Lizza's mind, Billy Ray could really use the company. Lis
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is so well loved in the UK. Getting her stamp
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of approval would be huge just from a business perspective,
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Megan would love to break bread with her. Prince William
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will travel to Saudi Arabia on the ninth as part
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of the UK diplomatic effort to secure Saudi involvement in
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Britain's sixth generation fighter jet program, the Tempest Combat Aircraft Project.
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Prince William was seen celebrating enthusiastically after Aston Villa completed
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a dramatic comeback victory in the Europa League, overturning a
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two goal deficit to beat Red Bull Salzburg three to two.
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William was spotted punching the air in celebration. King Charles
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and Queen Camilla followed in William's footsteps by publicly backing
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Britain's struggling pub sector, visiting the Sun Inn in Denham.
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The visit comes as pubs face mounting financial pressure. Kate
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revealed the family has a new puppy during a visit
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to Wales. When greeted by Barney and English Cocker Spaniel,
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she remarked, you are lovely. We have the same breed
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of dog. About ages, she said, So we've got a
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little puppies only eight months old and allers five more
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palace in just a bit. This is the week Andrew's
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Epstein emails revealed BP dinner invitations and Russian women introductions.
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The week he moved out under cover of darkness after
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Charles said enough was enough. The week Sarah's shagging weekend
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email left Beatrice and Eugenie aghast Deep Crown delivered the
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verdict on institutional rot Epstein and Maxwell photographed at sandringhn
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Ascot Balmoral attending Beatrice's eighteenth Someone always knew the machinery
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of monarchy protected Andrew's access to his proclivities. William will
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act decisively when King Charles believes in managing problems. William
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believes in eliminating them. Andrew is charles burden to bear,
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not Williams. The King must act decisively before this becomes
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an inherited problem for his son's future reign. Prince Edward