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Caloroga Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Intrigue Game,
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your host, Mark Francis. It seems Prince Harry and Meghan
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Markel may be finding a new royal court, this time
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in Palm Beach. According to Radar Online, the Duke and
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Duchess of Sussex are growing increasingly close to Brooklyn Beckham
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and Nicola Peltz, who have reportedly extended an open invitation
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for Harry and Meghan to spend their summers at the
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couple's lavish Florida compound. The friendship appears to be more
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than just beachside cocktails and casual catchups. Insiders claim Megan
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is eyeing Palm Beach as a potential hub for her
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lifestyle brand, seeking support from the area's affluent social scene.
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There are tons of networking opportunities. When tipster said the
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fact that Nicola and her family have a mess compound
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on the beaches just icing on the cake, a source added,
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these four are thick as thieves and have been talking
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about all sorts of collaborations. Brooklyn and Nicola are said
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to be singing their praises, suggesting that budding alliance could
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go well beyond dinner parties. The Florida move comes as
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Harry and Meghan reportedly consider securing property in the Sunshine State,
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a shift that would position Meghan nicely to become what
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inside is chicily called the Queen of Palm Beach. Of course,
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the new friendship emerges against a backdrop of fractured ties
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with David and Victoria Beckham What's close with the Sussexes.
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The Beckhams purportedly fell out with Harry and Meghan after
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the Duchess allegedly accused Victoria of leaking stories to the
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press last year, and now the older Beckhams are hanging
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around with the senior royals back home. Brooklyn and Nicola
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are currently on icy terms with David and Victoria, which
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may explain why the younger Beckhams and the Sussexes are
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now leaning into each other. New claims about Meghan Mikau's
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relationship with Prince Harry and her role in their dramatic
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royal exit are reigniting debate, with multiple reports alleging that
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the Duchess of Sussex may have carefully engineered her royal
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love story from the very start. According to an article
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cited in Mint, Lady Elizabeth Anson, a cousin to the
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late Queen, reportedly shared that Queen Elizabeth had reservations about Meghan,
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Harry has bestarted and weak about women. The Queen is
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said to have remarked, we hope, but don't quite think
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she is in love. We think she engineered it all.
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The Queen also reportedly found Megan's give on she wedding
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dress too white for a divorcee remarrying in church, a
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quiet critique noted in The Daily Mail at the time.
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Further insight from royal commentators paints a picture of skepticism
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toward Megan from within the royal household. Lady Elizabeth Is
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said to her believe Megan didn't get along with Prince
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William and Princess Kate, and that many people doubted if
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Meghan was right for Harry. She added pointedly, Harry is
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neither bright nor strong, and she is both. British. Author A. N.
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Wilson suggested the contrast between the royal couples has only
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become more evident over time. He argued that Kate has
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served as Prince William's strength, while Meghan has reopened Harry's
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emotional wounds instead of encourage him to shape his own
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identity within the Royal family. Wilson said she has helped
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him turn his back on it. Wilson's commentary comes alongside
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claims from biographer Tom Bauer, who has long asserted that
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Megan played a central role in shaping Harry's controversial memoir.
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Spare Bower said the book was essentially Megan's, describing her
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as the one who dictated this agenda. The criticisms don't
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stop there. In a particularly scathing take, First Post labeled
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Meghan an agent of destruction, accusing her of using Harry
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to pursue hollow would level fame and likening her aspirations
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to becoming the next Angeline Jolie. Her wedding guest list,
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reportedly heavy on celebrities and light on family, were cited
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as further evidence of that strategy. While Harry has always
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credited Megan as his logical, physical, emotional, and spiritual inspiration,
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critics argue she was also the driving force behind the
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couple's most explosive public revelations, from the Netflix docuseries to
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the memoir to ongoing tensions with the Royal family, it
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remains a deep, polarizing narrative. For supporters, Meghan helped Harry
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break free and speak his truth. For critics, she steered
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him toward division and publicity at the cost of family size.
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Whether the public sees her as a modern woman challenging
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an outdated institution or as a calculating outsider is as
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ever in the eye of the beholder. As whispers of
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the potential royal return for Prince Harry and possibly Megan
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continued to swell. A new Sunday Times Paul reveals that
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for much of the British public, the answer to the
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question would we welcome them back? Is complicated. According to
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the Yugov survey, twenty four percent of respondents said they
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view Harry moving back to the UK as a good thing,
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but just as many twenty two percent think it would
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be a bad idea. The largest response indifference, forty one
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percent said they simply don't care. Sentiment toward Megan Michael, however,
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was markedly cooler. While twelve percent welcomed the idea of
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her return, a full forty one percent said it would
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be a bad thing, with older Britons feeling most strongly.
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Sixty four percent of the over sixty fives opposed her return,
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compared to just seventeen percent of the eighteen to twenty
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four year olds. So what would it take for Harry
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to be truly welcomed back? Royal commentator Sarah Huston believes
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the answer lies within the family itself. It really depends
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on how they come back and on what turns. It
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would really take Charles as the King to pave the way,
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much like Queen Elizabeth did for Camilla, argues, King Charles
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could issue a statement or gesture that signals forgiveness and
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the public might just follow. Forgiveness, in fact, appears to
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be one thing the public supports. Forty four percent said
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Harry should reconcile with his family, but the bigger hurdle
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remains Prince William. According to sources cited by The Daily Beast,
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William will never ever forgive Harry and absolutely hates what
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he has seen as a betrayal. If that stance were
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to change, it could dramatically alter the public mood. Former
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Palace secretary Simon Lewis believes the goodwill isn't gone. There
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is still a reservoir of sympathy for Harry, but a
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lot needs to be resolved before a proper return can
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be discussed. Historian Tessa Dunlop adds a cultural dimension, comparing
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the saga to a romantic breakup. They dumped us and
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it was painful, but we loved them. If we didn't care,
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we'd stop talking about them. While Meghan remains a polarizing figure,
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especially with older generations, support among younger Britain's suggests a
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shift in tone may come in time. Queen Camilla, once
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branded a royal outsider, herself, might even play a crucial
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role in helping to brok he a truce if she
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believes it would bring peace in her husband's later years. Still,
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it's worth remembering the Sussex's were booed at Queen Elizabeth
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the Second's Platinum jubilee. Repairing that divide won't happen overnight,
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but with the Invictors Games returning to the UK in
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twenty twenty seven, some see a golden opportunity the Invictus
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Games as the best of Harry Howston said, if you're
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going to have a big reunion, that is a pretty
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safe space in which to do it. What Palace in
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seems Princess Anne, which is he'd pull a bit more
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royal weight in the meantime. In a new profile ahead
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of her seventy fifth birthday, These Sunday Times reports that
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Anne is quietly irritated that she's still handling the bulk
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of investiture ceremonies, those formal occasions where honors are handed out,
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especially since William lives just down the road from Windsor Castle,
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where many of these events are held. She's still doing
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most of the investitures at Windsor, even though William lives there.
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It annoys her, a source close to the princess told
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the paper. Several sources suggest Anne would like to see
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William take on more of what they call the bread
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and butter duties like those investitures, which she continues to
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handle with remarkable stamina. Only three royals, King Charles, Ann
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and William can lead such ceremonies, and while Charles is
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juggling his own reduced schedule health issues and William is
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either on vacation or managing a tightrope of royal responsibilities
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in family life, it's Anne who keeps quietly shouldering the load.
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True to form, Anne has reportedly opted to celebrate privately.
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She and her husband, Sir Timothy Lawrence, are expected to
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spend about ten days sailing around the Western Scottish Isles,
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a tradition they've upheld for years. She told us she
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would do things for birthdays that had zeros, but not
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for the fives, said an aid. One friend added, they
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go every May in August and have done it for years.
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How many couples could go out to see that often,
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just the two of them and still be speaking to
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each other. She loves it and they have it. Trying
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