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Calorogus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace intrig Game.
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Your host Mark Francis. Meghan Michael's lifestyle videos have once
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again stirred up controversy, this time over bagels. The Duchess
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of Sussex shared a clip on her as Ever Instagram
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page showing followers how to make a festive breakfast spread
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using the brand's fifteen dollars edible flour sprinkles. In the
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short video, Megan scoops cream cheese onto a plate, decorates
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it with sliced strawberries and petals, and serves it with
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four untoasted bagel halves, all set to dadou ron Ron
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by the Crystals. The post, captioned strawberry one of Oprah's
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favorite things don't miss out, was meant to promote as
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Ever's Christmas gift collection. Instead, it prompted a wave of
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online mockery, with critics calling the recipe clueless, inexperienced, and
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instagram over substance. What in the ever loving fresh hours? Yes,
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so now to serve cream cheese, We're smearing it on
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a plate, throwing leaves on it and calling it elevated.
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One use it fumed on x Another wrote, cream, cheese
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and jam on a bageler's college dorm food, except even
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a college kid would toast it first. Others criticized Megan's
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food handling etiquette, noting that she prepared the dish one
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wearing multiple gold rings and bracelets. One commenter suggested, you
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take off your jewelry, you wash your hands, and then
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you're good. I would never touch anything that even touches
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out cooks. God knows if she poisons you. Food critics
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also questioned her culinary schools, with one saying you can
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tell by the way she chops the strawberries that she's
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very inexperienced with cooking. One viewer remarked, while another said
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the clip felt more like a lesson in food decoration
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than actual cooking. It's not the first time Megan's kitchen
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experiments have backfired. Earlier this month, she was ridiculed for
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sharing a mulled water recipe made with her sixteen dollars
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spiced side up mulling spice kit, a concoction one fan
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compared to air freshener in mugs. Internets Lose are trying
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to determine why the Kardashians delete and party photos showing
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the Sussexes mingling with other party goers. According to celebrity
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gossip outlet Des Noirs, some insiders believe the deletions were
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prompted by criticism over Meghan's outfit. The Duchess reportedly wasn't
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wearing a remembrance poppy, a small but highly symbolic gesture
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in the UK each November, and the omission may have
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been seen as controversial given the timing. However, another report
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from Rob's Shooter's Shooter Scoop suggests the move had nothing
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to do with optics and everything to do with control.
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They were polite but firm. Nothing goes online without their
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sign off, as source said, they built their brand on control,
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and they weren't about to let a Kardashian post ruin that.
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If that's true, it didn't say well. The famously headstrong
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Jena matriarch Chris doesn't like being told what to do,
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especially not by royals who live in Montecito. One insider
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told the outlet. She said, if Meggie and Harry want control,
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they can have it, just not on her guest list.
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Meghan Michael is doubling down on as ever, but not
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without sparking chatter about how she's pulling it off. The
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Duke of Sussex hosted the soft launch at Godmother's, a
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local bookstore co owned by friends, where she showcased as
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Eva's Candles, teas and fruit spreads. The display coincided with
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a major promotional boost Oprah Winfrey adding an as ever
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gift box to her annual Favorite Things list, but the
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timing led some to question whether Meghan is leaning heavily
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on her famous circle to keep momentum alive. A pr
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insider told Radar Online it's classic celebrity crisis management. Meghan's
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sales clearly need a boost, so she's calling and favors
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famous friends, friendly stores, and Oprah's spotlight, But instead of
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looking savvy, it comes off as a little desperate. The
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reportals are noted a same day email campaign offering ten
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percent off her beloved spreads, viewed as a push to
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translate publicity into sales. Local reactions were mixed. One Montecito
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resident described the events stage managed. People around here are amused.
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She talks like she's building an empire, but it looks
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more like she's just helping out at her friend's bootigue.
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As one insiders summed up, she's doing everything she can
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to make as Ever work, and she's not afraid to
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call in a few wealthy pals to help her do it.
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An American influencer has ignited even more Megan mockery after
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claiming that the sixty four dollar candle he purchased arrived
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without a wick link. Lauren, a twenty six year old
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conservative commentator nicknamed Mega Malfoy because of his resemblance to
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a Harry Potter character. But we don't have time for that,
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posted an unboxing video of as Ever's signature candle number
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eight four, which is marketed as capturing the scent of
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Megan and Prince Harry's Montecito home. Mid review, Lauren burst
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into laughter, declaring there's no wick and inviting his camera
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operator to zoom and improve it. I got markled, he
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wrote in the caption, there's no wick. Kind of a
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metaphor for her career. Nothing's lighting. Social media quickly piled on.
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One commented joke that the wik was sold separately, while
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another equipped well in these challenging economic times, the candle
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will last forever. Others called it the sixty four dollars
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wickless candle. The entire brand in a nutshell. Lauren told
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followers he planned to request a refund, insisting I have
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the video of me opening brand new. They can't argue
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with facts. Not everyone bought the story, though some fans
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suggested the candle had been tampered with before filming. The
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candle looks like it was made with a WK and
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someone pulled it out, one user wrote, while another questioned,
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how do we know you didn't take the wick out yourself?
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The box was already open when you hit record. The
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as ever, candle in question number eight four takes its
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name from Megan's August fourth birthday and features notes of
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water lotus, sandal wooden California poppy. It was part of
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the Duchess's recently launched Christmas collection, released alongside her upcoming
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Netflix special with Meghan. In his review, Lauren conceded that
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the candle probably does smell like Meghan Mark's bathroom, but
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concluded it's a no for me. The Daily Mail suggests
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Megan Michael's wardrobe is sending a message and it's written
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in white. In recent months, the Duchess has made the
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shade her calling card from a sweeping balance the ogre
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cape at Paris Fashion Week to a string of sleek
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monochrome suits and soft knits in her as Ever lifestyle campaigns.
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Her festive advert for the brand showed her in a
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white sweater and matching trousers pouring tea in Golden California. Light.
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Every frame curated, every detail deliberate. According to colour psychologist
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Jewels Standish, that's no coincidence. Megan is constantly reinventing herself
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on the colour white gives a sense of optimism, making
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it the perfect shade for her. She told The Daily Mail.
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It's pure, It projects calmness and perfection, and it signals
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sophistication with a no nonsense edge. It's a brave move
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to where a White Standish explained, You're not hiding anything.
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It's a statement of confidence, openness and control. And control
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is precisely what Megaan seems to be aiming for more
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Palasan just a moment. With all the recent chaos, the
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Princess Royal just goes about her duty. The ABC fawned
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over her as Juliet Ryden recapped the recent Australian tour
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by writing, it was early on Saturday morning when Princess
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Anne flew into Sydney for a packed four days of
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engagements across three capital cities. Some commenters suggested the lack
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of fanfare and access to the Royal was designed to
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keep media away and avoid awkward questions about the scandals
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surrounding her brother, the newly demoted Andrew Mountbatten Winsor. But
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the plans for the Princess Royal's Australian tour had been
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in the diary for more than a year and it
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was always going to be a tightly focused military mission
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to celebrate the centenary of the Royal Australian Corps of Signals,
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of which she is Colonel in chief. Early interview requests
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pitched by the ABC months ago were politely declined. Pallace
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advisors explained that the aim of this trip would be
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to pat tri, tribute to, and spend time with Australia's
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military and their families, and that is certainly what transpired.
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This was not a Royal pr offensive. There were wreath laid,
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ceremonies held, and even done the uniform of the Australian
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Army for the first time, complete with a conic slouch hat.
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If the Princess Royal was nervous, She certainly didn't show it,
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nor did the Palace fill the need to engage minders
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the royal families most consummate professional had this On balance,
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the low key temperature of this tour resulted in a
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warm feeling of connection rather than alienation from the monarchy,
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which will surely please the Palace. As a regular visitor
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to these shores she first came back in nineteen seventy,
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Princess Anne was welcomed with open arms. Whether it's been
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enough to repair the damage to the Monarchy's brand wrought
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by Andrew Mountbatten Windsor remains to be seen. During her
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visit to Singapore's National Orchid Garden, the possible former royal
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sex bomb was seen wearing a vivid, glossy raspberry lipstick,
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a striking departure from the beige and blush tones favored
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by most of her relatives. She paired the bold lip
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with her signature softly powdered complexion, a neat performed hairstyle,
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and a sunshine yellow blazer that matched the cheerful tone
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of her look. Makeup artist Bobby Brown says anyone can
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take a cue from Anne's confidence without going full scarlet.
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There are rosy shades, pinky hues, and nudes with a
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hint of pink. It's really about your style and there
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