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Ah calorouga shark media that hello and welcome to Palace intrigue.
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I am your host, Mark Francis. In The News dot
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com dot Au, columnist DANIELA. Elsa tells of William being
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described as the sea word. She writes horrible, arrogant sea word,
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So said one seasoned royal photographer about the next king,
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according to The New Statesman, who had dispatched a journalist
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up to Norfolk to report on the reporters stuck in
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a field who were waiting, waiting, waiting like goodo with
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soggy zoom lenses as they sheltered under a tree. The
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New Statesman reports the snappers were swapping war stories about
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the royals. They didn't seem to like any of them.
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William was the rudest of the lot, apparently the prince,
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the same photographer said, always tells me to f off.
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Oh dear, you cannot buy that sort of bad publicity.
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This William, fiery and irascible, is rarely seen in public
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and could not be further from the image. He and
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his reported team of about sixty staff spend considerable time,
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energy and hashtags trying to promulgate of a cool king
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in the wings, who knows his way around the recycling
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ben and loves to selfie with fans. But what has
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emerged over the last few years is that there seems
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to be two Williams, mister on and mister off duty,
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one who in public gives pictures perfect charmer rama Prince,
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and the other who has a fuse that can be
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measured in millimeters. In twenty twenty three, a video emerged
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of William Letting spectacularly rep at a photographer who was
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filming the Whales family while out for a Saturday bike ride.
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During the clip, he angrily confronts the pap, thundering, how
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dare you behave like you have done with our children?
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How dare you stalking around here looking for us and
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our children. I'm out for a quiet bike ride with
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my children. You're outrageous, You're disgusting. You really are. Still,
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at least, William's tendency towards the furious is in line
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with a not so proud royal tradition of narkiel melting down.
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George's fifth and six were famously short tempered, and who
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can forget the current king losing it over a pen
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days after his accession in twenty twenty three, Kate's wardrobe
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choices called some strays. The Princess of Wales attended the
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annual Commonwealth Day Service in the navy coat dress by
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Katherine Walker paired with a wide brimmed hat by Sean Barrett.
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While many royal fans praised the outfits, some commentators on
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social media criticized the style, saying it was too similar
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to outfits she has worn before. One user wrote on Instagram,
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her style is nice but so boring. Always a coat dress,
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mostly in one of the ninety seven or something shades
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of blue, and these shoulder pads are ridiculous, another person wrote,
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and always the maxi length so predictable. Others questioned whether
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the Princess needed another coat dress in a similar style.
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One user asked, she really needs another coat dress, while
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another commented pretty, but how many blue coat dresses with
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exaggerated shoulders does a woman need. A major housing development
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backed by the Duchy of Cornwall, now overseen by Prince William,
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has been approved after eight lengthy council debate Despite strong
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local opposition, Swale Borough Council voted to allow the construction
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of a large new community on the southeastern edge of
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Faversham in Kent. The project proposes up to twenty five
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hundred homes, along with shops, community facilities, a primary school,
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health services and sports areas. The development will be built
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on land that is currently largely used for agriculture. Supporters
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of the project argued it would help address the area's
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housing shortage and deliver a well designed new neighborhood. The
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proposal also attracted significant opposition. Bolton Parish Council of Sarah
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Moakes warned the project could lead to much larger expansion
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in the area. She told the committee a mere twelve
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letters and support against four hundred and sixty seven objections
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is hardly a ringing endorsement, more palacing, just a moment.
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According to claim in the new book by Russell Meyers,
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Buckingham Palace considered appointing Prince Harry as a Governor General
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of Canada in an effort to keep the Duken Touches
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of Sussex within the royal structure. The role would have
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made Harry the Monarch's representative in Canada, a Commonwealth realm. However,
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it was ultimately proved unworkable because only a Canadian national
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can hold the position. The proposal was reportedly one of
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the five different scenarios presented to the couple during what
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were described as round the clock negotiations in the lead
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up to the Sandryham Summit in January twenty twenty, where
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the terms of their exit were decided. A senior Palace
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source quoted in the book said, we'd spent months trying
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to work out a role for them, and every time
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we thought someone had cracked it, there would end up
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being several reasons why it couldn't work. Harry being Governor
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General of Canada wouldn't happen because you need to be Canadian,
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Various ideas of them working across Africa had security implications,
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or someone else was already doing the job. It was
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almost an impossible task. Of the different options explored, as
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senior p Saw said, the couple got nothing in return
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in terms of workable proposals. They added, we already knew
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they were intent on signing commercial deals and that just
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wasn't going to work within the model. So we kept
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saying to them, how do you want this to work?
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Do you actually have a tangible plan that could help us?
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But we got nothing in return. Long before she became
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the Duchess of Sussex, Megan Markele described herself as a
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devoted foodie. She once told Marie Claire, I'm always on
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the quest to find amazing new restaurants and admitted to DuJour,
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I really pride myself on being the restaurant go to girl.
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Reflecting on her suits years in Toronto, she said, Toronto's
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food scene is incredible, but what I started to miss
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about California is the familiarity of the restaurants. They might
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not be the trendiest, but it's consistent, good food that
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always brings back memories. Since stepping back from royal duties
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in twenty twenty and relocating to California with Prince Harry,
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the couple have been spotted at several high profile designing
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spots at Funky and Beverly Hills. Described as a payan
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to regional Italian tradition. Meghan celebrated her forty fourth birthday
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in twenty twenty five and later shared on Instagram and
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just to get a little foodie on you, this dinner
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last night at Funky with the culinary Master of Evan
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Funky and his team is in the top five meals
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of my life. Extraordinary, thank you for a standout dining experience.
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The pair returned again in twenty twenty six to mark
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Valentine's Day weekend in Ohio. The Sussex's dined at the Duchess,
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a Burmese Californian bakery and restaurant described as a love
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letter to food, creativity and community, and onlookers told Hello,
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they came in, just the two of them, and it
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was very imprompt you, no reservations, very low key. The
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NaNs are made in house. They take two days to
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make them scratch in an imported tandory oven. The chef
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even makes his own ghee. Everyone said they were really
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great and they had a very pleasant time. Closer to
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home in Montecito, Harry and Meghan have been seen at Lucky's,
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which calls itself Montecito's Second living Room and was born
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from a old idea to take a historic building once
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deemed out of luck and give it new life. The
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couple also visited Trey Loon Build as like a trip
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to Italy without the airfare, where the manager told Hello
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they enjoyed their experience. Harry and Meghan are preparing to
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travel to Australia in mid April, but news of a
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paid retreat hosted by the Duchess of Sussex's sparked debate
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online over the ticket prices. The event, described as the
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Ultimate Girl's Weekend, is scheduled to take place at a
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beachside hotel in Sydney and we'll run for three days.
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Tickets for the retreat will start at about twenty six
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hundred dollars Australian, with a limited number of early bird
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tickets priced at twenty seven hundred Australian dollars. A VAP
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package will cost thirty two hundred Australian dollars and includes
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a group photographed with Megan seating with front two rows
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at her event, and an exclusive VIP gift bag. Following
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the announcement, some social media users reacted critically to the pricing.
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One person wrote on X is much more pathetic than
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we thought. Meghan Markle is merging a wellness spa hotel
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while using her children's titles. It will cost thirty two
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hundred dollars for two days of an open bar. Read
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her resume. She would be nothing without those titles. Another
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user commented for three thousand dollars, I'd want her to
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come around to my house and cook me dinner and
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then cut it up and feed it to me before
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she does the dishes and my laundry, and then vacuums
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the house. She can watch the car too. Three grand
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piss off, a third wrote in the f would spend
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three thousand dollars to listen to her a failure by
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every metric, only good at using many words and saying nothing.
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Others questioned the marketing of the event, with one person
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posting a three thousand dollar ticket to hear Megan Markles
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speak about wellbeing and personal development is certainly bold marketing.
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