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Caloroga Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Intrigue. I'm
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host Mark Frances. Harry and Meghan are reported to have
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maintained a quiet friendship with Hugh Jackman for several years,
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and have recently sought advice from Jackman and his former
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The Music Man co star Sutton Foster regarding a potential
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new business venture. According to a source site and by
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the Globe, there's always been mutual respect there. He publicly
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backed them when they stepped away from Royal Life, calling
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them courageous, and that didn't go unnoticed. Meghan has her
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eye on producing a Broadway show with Harry as her partner,
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and she's turned to Hugh and Sutton for advice. Apparently
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they have been very encouraging and it's got Megan very excited.
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The Duchess of Sussex is not said to be planning
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to write the script herself. Instead, the source claims she
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wants to hire writers to create an original script, so
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that's step one. Breaking into Broadway could also involve a
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g g agraphic shift. The source added. Meghan's still drawn
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to the East Coast and loves the idea of having
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a place in Manhattan. Most of her friends are by
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a coastal and she feels like she and Harry should
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be too. Prince Harry is described as a harder cell,
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with the source stating he loves the weather in California,
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but the move would make sense for him with all
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his travel to the UK. According to the report, the
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discussion remains at an early stage. It's all still in
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the discussion stages, the source said, but Meghan has very
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big ideas and plans. As always, we highly encourage Meghan
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to try out new forms of media. In the mirror,
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Ingrid's Seward writes about the different views Harry and Meghan
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have of privacy. She says Harry understands the privacy issue
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better than Meghan does due to his own experiences as
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a child. For Megan being seen with a gorgeous child
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as just a plus because she has had very different experiences.
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She appears to love the Hollywood life and the fame
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that goes with it, but Harry doesn't and never has done.
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By his own admission, He's not a movie star. He's
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a private person, at least when he wants to be,
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and Megan's behavior is very much that of a movie star.
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Movie Stars are always showing themselves off with their children,
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but you don't expect it from a prince of the realm,
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so it is obviously Meghan who wins on this. I
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would have thought Harry might have been brave enough to
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point out that the photograph was absolutely contrary to everything
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they said they wanted and it cannot be undone. Now
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I think Megan probably gets the final word in everything
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they discuss, though I often compare it to the behavior
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of George and a Mile Clooney, who actually said similar
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things with regards to their desire for their children to
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remain private despite their own fame, And they have never
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ever put out photographs of them or even generally referred
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to their children, so we know having a private life,
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even for children of famous parents, is very possible. Megan
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and Harry said they wanted a more private life, and
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they have created anything but that for themselves. It appears
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they left the family because they wanted a public life
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and to earn money. It's just all a bit embarrassing really,
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and to Harry's English mind, it's probably rather boastful and
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ill mannered to display yourself in a look at me way.
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Radar Online suggests these Sussexes have been cut off by
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the Kardashians. Despite what is being said publicly and inside
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has said, Chris still wants to maintain her friendship with Meghan.
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She has a real soft spot for her, but Kim
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is putting her foot down. She feels like they had
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their chance and blew it. The whole photo gate situation
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was such a slap in the face. Chris may be
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willing to forgive and forget, but Kim is not. Kim's
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still very bitter. She feels like they brought negativity to
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such a special moment and she's not willing to get
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past that. But from her point of view, they just
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bring drama and awkwardness wherever they go, so she sees
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no reason to keep the door open. She doesn't want
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that energy anywhere near their brand, and she thinks her
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mum should be on the same page. It's very rare
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for Kim to overrule Chris like this, but she's clearly
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taken a stand and is letting the world know the
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Kardashians are not team Meghan and Harry. Harry and Meghan
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have long maintained any close relationship with Princess Eugenie and
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her husband Jack Brooks Bank, but commentators suggest that that
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bond may face strain following the rest of Anne and
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Eugenie was the first member of the royal family to
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visit Harry and Meghan at their home in Montecito after
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they stepped back from royal duties. Megan has previously said
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she knew Eugenie before she met Prince Harry, explaining in
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her interview with Oprah that Eugenie and I had known
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each other before I had known Harry, where friends with
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them was a couple. Prince Hary also wrote warmly about
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his cousin in his memoir, recalling their first dinner together
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at Nottingham Cottage. I remember huj hugging Meg as if
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they were sisters, he wrote, adding I remember thinking, if
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meeting the rest of my family goes like this, we're
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home free. Their friendship extended beyond official settings. Eugenie and
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Jack joined Harry and Meghan for a Halloween party in
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Toronto in twenty sixteen and evening. Megan later described on television.
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He came to see me in Toronto and our friends
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and his cousin Eugenian now her husband, Jack that came
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as well, and the four of us snuck out in
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Halloween costumes to just have one fun night on the
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town before it was out in the world that we
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were a couple. She said, it was so great, just
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silly fun. He has also publicly expressed affection for Megan,
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sharing birthday messages to her dear Meghan and referring to
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the Sussexes as dear cousins. Following the birth of their daughter,
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Royal journalist Duncan Larcom told The Mirror Harry has always
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been close to Beatrice and Eugenie. He added that while
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Harry may feel emotionally inclined to support his cousins, Meghan
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could be more mindful of the wider implications. From Meghan's
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point of view, it's probably a commercial thing. From Harry's
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point of view, it's probably more of an emotional thing. Meanwhile,
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Meghan's estranged father, Thomas Michael Senior, is being fitted with
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a prosthetic leg following a below the knee amputation late
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last year. Speaking during a live stream, his son Thomas
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Michael Junius, said his father is going through therapy physical
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rehab in the Philippines and added, we're going to have
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to get him fitted for a prosthetic here pretty soon
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and get that man walking again. He described it as
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their goal and priority for the eighty one year old
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more Powersing just a moment, the King paid a private
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visit to his former nanny to mark her one hundredth birthday,
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keeping a long standing promise despite the turmoil surrounding his
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brother's arrest, His Majesty traveled to the Windsor estate to
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have tea with Mabel Anderson, who lives near Frogmore, in
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honor of her milestone birthday. It is understood he had
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committed some time ago to seeing her in person, and
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chose to proceed with a visit at the end of
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last week. Missus Anderson, who cared for all four of
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Queen Elizabeth the Second's children, remains a trusted and much
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loved figure throughout their lives. The King has previously described
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her as a haven of security during his childhood and
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has called her warm, loving, sympathetic and caring. Known affectionately
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to him as Mipsei, she played a central role in
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his upbringing while his parents undertook lengthy Commonwealth tours. She
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also looked after the Princess Royal Andrew and the Duke
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of Edinburgh the same age as the late Queen, who
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would have turned one hundred in April twenty twenty six.
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Missus Anderson remained close to her former charges well into
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later life, said the late Queen would telephone her to
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invite her to watch television during periods of ill health.
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After more than three decades of service, she was granted
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a Grace and Favour home in Windsor, where she still resides.
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For her ninetieth birthday, the King hosted a dinner for
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her at Clarence House and was known to arrange transport
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for her to spend Christmas at Sandringham. As the royal
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family confronts renewed scrutiny, attention has turned to the Princess
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Royal and the role she may play during what some
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have described as one of the most challenging periods for
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the monarchy in recent years. Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams told
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The Daily Mail Princess Anne relishes a high workload and
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usually undertakes the most royal engagements of any royal. However,
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she prefers to avoid the media circus that follows the
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most high profile royals. She is absolutely pivotal in keeping
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public support for the monarchy. What Anne can offer King Charles,
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who reportedly has been under pressure from William over his
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handling of this crisis, is down to earth advice. While
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noting that the siblings may not always share the same perspective,
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he said that in unprecedented circumstances, it is pivotal that
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Charles listens to views which differ or are opposed to
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his own. Princess Anne is currently eighteenth in line to
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the throne. Changes to the rules of succession introduced in
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twenty thirteen were not applied retrospectively, as mister Fitzwilliams observed.
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If there had been, she would have been fifth behind
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William and his family, and the public would undoubtedly welcome
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