Are Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Deliberately Hijacking the Royal Calendar?

0:03 Callaroga Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Intrigue. I am your host, Mark Francis. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are facing fresh criticism from palace inside as amid claims the couple deliberately timed public announcements to compete with major royal engagements. According to Morning Honey, aids close to Buckingham Palace have privately expressed frustration over Watson, reportedly described as a recurring pattern of the Sussexes drawing attention away from senior members of the royal family. The latest complaints reportedly emerged after Harry and Meghan shared a series of personal photographs celebrating their eighth wedding anniversary while King Charles and Queen Camilla were undertaking an official visit to Northern Ireland.

0:49 The anniversary posts included previously unseen images from the couple's twenty eighteen wedding, along with family moments filmed inside their Montecito home. While the posts were warmly received by supporter of the Sussexes, some palace insiders reportedly view the timing differently. Once source claimed there is enormous frustration in some Palace circles because this pattern keeps repeating itself. Every time there is a major royal engagement involving the King or Queen, something appears from Harry and Meghan that drags media attention back toward themselves. Another insiders said, those inside the royal family increasingly view it as cringeworthy and deliberate, and an attempt to hijack Charles's activities. The article also claims there is now a barbed joke circulating among some palace aids suggesting Harry and Meghan operate from a secret hijacking diary used to monitor upcoming royal engagements. When insider alleged the so called diary contains details of upcoming royal engagements so they can try and launch something to overshadow or at least still the limelight. No evidence was presented to support the existence of any such diary. Meghan has once again become the subject of intense online scrutiny after a side by side photo comparison of the Duchess of Sussex when viral.

2:00 The posts compared images of Meghan taking roughly eight years apart, prompting a wave of speculation about changes in her appearance, including her face, hair line, jaw line, and overall look. The post reportedly drew more than three hundred and twenty five thousand views, with some social media users immediately suggesting cosmetic procedures, while others pushed back and argue that the changes could easily be explained by aging, pregnancy, stress, weight fluctuation, and different styling. One social media user wrote, nobody looks the same after eight years. The debate then shifted to plastic surgery claims, with some users suggesting Meghan may have had work done around her nose, forehead, jawline, or eyes. One commenter claimed major plastic surgery. That's one reason that forehead is so much higher. She's had a forehead lift.

2:46 Her eyebrows are higher, her nose looks different, her chin looks different. Another wrote a buckle vat removal, receding hairline and probably nose tip slimming. Also perhaps eyelift. Much of the discussion also centered on Megan's hairline hairstyles. Some users suggest that her hairline had changed over time, while others noted that postpartum hairshdding is common after childbirth and that tightly pulled hairstyles can sometimes make a hairline appear more pronounced. One commenter wrote, some women lose some hair at the hairline following pregnancy, aging and stress, just way it gets worse. Megan is never publicly confirmed having cosmetic surgery. She is reportedly considering a surprising new royal strategy ahead of Harry's return to the UK this summer, reaching out to Queen Camilla.

3:33 According to a source speaking to heat Well, Megan knows that Camilla isn't her biggest fan, but she says she's made up in mind to try, and she's going to throw herself into it and hope that her true intentions are seen, because she swears she really wants to fix this. Does she want to grovel at Camilla's feet. No, but she's savvy enough to realize it's what's needed if she's going to make any progress Alongside Kate. Camilla holds a huge amount of influence over who gets access to the family and the decisions that are made. Meghan knows that, so this is very strategic. The report suggests Meghan has identified one possible arena of common ground with Camilla. There shared interest in supporting women and speaking out against domestic violence. Camilla has worked publicly on the issue for years and has served as patron of Safe Lives since twenty twenty. Megan, meanwhile, has long framed much of her public work around women's rights, girls education, and advocacy for women's leadership. The source said Megan has been watching everything Camilla has been up to like a hawk, looking for some possible thing they would connect on, and she's hit upon Camilla's mission to end domestic violence and support victims. Megan says she genuinely admires how Camilla is taking that on. It's a cause she's supported in the past herself too, so bringing it up and praising Camilla for it when they see each other next won't be disingenuous. She knows Camilla could be suspicious of her, so whatever she says has to be truly sincere, and every step has to be very measured. But Megan would love to offer help to do something for Camilla's cause in America, sort of a olive branch. She's also floated the idea of asking if there are any events

5:04 she can attend while she's in the UK as a show of solidarity. According to heat Well, Harry has worn Meghan do not trust her. The source claimed. Harry says it's foolish to even consider trusting Camilla. Meghan says she knows that, and she says she's only doing this in an effort to make things less awkward. Harry says Camilla is too poisonous for any sort of bridge to be built, but Meghan isn't letting that stop her. She wants to forge her head with its plan and says if she's met with resistance or even worse vitriol, she'll just drop it. But Megan's stances that she at least has to try. She can't go there with no game plan, and that makes her feel helpless and frightened. Taking action helps her feel less anxious. She says she's done trying to kiss up to Kate, that it's pointless, and she's decided that bonding with Camilla is are best and really only beat.

5:50 The irony is that Kate's distaste for Meghan could be key to winning over by Camilla. Everyone knows that Camilla has issues with Kate, and some people would agree she's jealous of her love to see her taken down a peg. An alliance between Camilla and Meghan would no doubt be upsetting for Kate, so that alone may be enough to entice Camilla into this more palas in just a moment. Three years after Harry and Meghan were asked to leave Frogmore Cottage, reports suggest the royal residents could now undergo another round of renovations designed to erase the final traces of the Sussex's time there. According to a report in the Sun, the Windsor property, which has remained empty since the couple's twenty three eviction, may soon be refurbished in an effort to make it more appealing to another member of the royal family or senior royal staff. A source claimed it's been empty for three years. Even Andrew thought it wasn't good enough for him to move in. Maybe if they get rid of any trace of Harry and Meghan, then someone within the royal household will fancy it. It would draw the line under Frogmore Cottage's controversial history and return it to the pre Meghan and Harry era. Frogmore Cottage was originally gifted to Harry and Meghan by Queen Elizabeth the Second following their twenty eighteen wedding. At the time, the property underwent an extensive renovation project reportedly costing approximately two point eight million dollars. The work transformed what had previously been several smaller staff residences into a single family home suitable for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. The renovations quickly became a source of controversy in Britain because sovereign grant money was initially used for the refurbishment. Harry

7:23 and Meghan later reimbursed the costs after stepping back from royal duties. Reports suggested the couple ultimately repaid around three point three million dollars, covering both renovation expenses and rent. The property is said to have a swimming pool, tennis called tea house, rose gardens, olive trees, a guesthouse, and a separate children's cottage. While the Sussexes have largely kept the property private, glimpses of the home have occasionally appeared in Meghan's online videos and in Harry's Netflix documentary Heart of Invictus. One promotional video released by Megan in twenty one showed part of the couple's home office, including a large pine wood table used as a desk, luxury furnishings, and floor to ceiling French doors, allowing natural light into the room and there you have it. All This month, we're encouraging listeners of Palace Injury to help spread the word.

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