April 17, 2026
Charles Won’t Step Aside, a Queen Elizabeth Tribute, and More Meghan Wedding Drama
New claims suggest King Charles has no intention of stepping aside despite ongoing cancer treatment, as fresh reporting points to tensions inside the family over his workload and Camilla’s future place in the monarchy. We also preview major events marking what would have been Queen Elizabeth the Second’s one hundredth birthday, including a national address, palace reception, memorial, and major fashion exhibition. After the break, new reporting revisits Meghan’s wedding tiara dispute, and royal commentator Hugo Vickers delivers a blistering assessment of the Sussexes’ impact on the late Queen and Prince Philip.
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Calorougus Shark Media hat Loo and welcome to Palace Intrigu again.
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I'm your host, Mark Francis. King Charles has no intention
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of stepping aside from the throne despite his ongoing cancer treatment,
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according to royal biographer Robert Jobson. Speaking on The Royalist podcast,
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Jobson said, I've seen them at events not far from him,
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where he's almost falling asleep while standing up. And this
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is a man who believes wholeheartedly in his duty, and
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he's a courageous man. If he felt he could not
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carry out his duty because of ill health, and if
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he feels that his health was in any way affecting
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his position, then he would not necessarily look to stand down,
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but he would likely say I can't continue with the
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treatment of gotten. Let it take its action. The reporters
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of questions earlier optimism around the king's condition, following a
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statement in December twenty twenty five in which Charles said
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his treatment could be reduced. Jobson said, I think that
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the Palace was over emphasizing the good news. The King
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is living with cancer. He will live with cancer. There's
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not any prospect of anything other than living with cancer,
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and that probably says it all really Charles reportedly has
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made a personal request to Prince William to ensure Camilla
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is treated with respect after his death. A source tells
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Radar Online William is already showing a ruthless streak, adding
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that there are concerns he may not maintain the same
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role for Camilla in the monarchy. The report als who
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claims that there have been disagreements within the family over
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the King's workload during his ongoing cancer treatment. One inside
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has said William has been urging his father to ease
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off and genuinely take a step back to focus on
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his health, while suggesting Camilla has encouraged him to continue
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with public duties. They added it's becoming a recurring point
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of conflict between them. The King has set to deliver
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a national address to mark what would have been Queen
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Elizabeth the Second's one hundredth birthday. The King will speak
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on Tuesday, with the message broadcast across the UK and
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the Commonwealth. The address will be accompanied by a specially
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produced video montage featuring key moments from the late Queen's life,
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including her wartime service, royal tours and Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
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The royal source said the one hundredth anniversary of Queen
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Elizabeth the second Birth will not only be a poignant
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moment of reflection for his Majesty, it will be a
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cause of celebration of an incredible life well lived and
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a life dedicated to duty and to her country. The
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King is expected to travel from Scotland to London with
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Queen Camilla for the commemorations, which will also include a
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reception at Buckingham Palace. Senior members of the Royal family,
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including the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Princess Royal,
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and the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, are expected to attend.
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The report says the King has personally selected guests from
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organizations and charities connected to his late mother's patronages. In
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addition to the broadcast, a new national memorial to Queen
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Elizabeth is nearing completion in Saint James Park, featuring a
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state and a newly created public space. Prime Minister Keith
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Stamer said the monument would provide everyone with a place
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to honor the late Queen and connect with the shared
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history we cherish. The commemorations will also include a major
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exhibition at the King's Gallery in Buckingham Palace, showcasing items
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from the late Queen's wardrobe and personal collection. A Royal
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source said the anniversary is intended to be both reflective
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and celebratory, adding it will offer a chance for people
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across our four nations and the Commonwealth to come together
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and reflect on an amazing life and legacy of our
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late Queen. Columnist DANIELA Ulsa writes in a news dot
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co dot Au when King Charles lands in the US
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later this month, he can only dream of press as
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good as his grandfather George the Six got in nineteen
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thirty nine when The New York Times tootored King tries
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hot dog and asks for more. Having to pretend to
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like jubular mystery meat, Charles faces an American adventure this month.
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The promises to hold a much, much worse time for him.
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While George the Six was learning to love the Frankfurter,
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Charles faces a supersized buffet of crap for his majesty
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to choose from. Now have you tried the cheese bread?
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It's hard to know where to start with what faces
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him in the land of supposedly free that every step
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he takes will be haunted by everything Epstein, the possibility
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of swarms of protesters, angered by his refusal to meet
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with Epstein's survivors, the all Caps President Charles will have
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to meet with, who is as unpredictable as a faulty firework,
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the same president who has been rubbishing the UK over
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its response to his war in Iran, and who threatened
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to invade Canada, of which Charles is head of state,
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Or that the King will be in the backyard of
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Prince Harry, the son who has spent the last few
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years trying to drag the monarchy down several pegs, cashing
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checks while he goes. There have been dicey foreign tours before,
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but nothing of this magnitude, and on multiple fronts, however,
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the one the biggest thing threatening to derail the King's
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American expedition Epstein. If given the choice, imagine how many
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hot dogs that Charles would probably hour instead of having
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to juggle all of these live grenades. The world record,
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in case you are wondering, is seventy one more palace.
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In just a moment, a major new exhibition celebrating Queen
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Elizabeth the Second's fashion legacy has opened at Buckingham Palace
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as part of the commemorations marking what would have been
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a one hundredth birthday. According to a report in the
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Australian Women's Weekly, the exhibition, titled Queen Elizabeth her Life
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and Style, brings together more than three hundred items from
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across her lifetime. The collection includes clothing, jewelry, hats and shoes,
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as well as some of the late Queen's most recognizable garments,
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including her coronation dress and her wedding gown, designed by
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Norman Hartnell. The exhibition also features previously unseen design sketches
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by Hartnell, along with handwritten correspondence linked to the creation
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of some of her most famous outfits. Among the items
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on display is a historic christening robe worn by multiple
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generations of the Royal family. The exhibition is now open
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to the public at the King's Gallery at Buckingham Palace
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and is scheduled to run through October twenty twenty six.
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The Queen was allegedly so irritated by last minute demand
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surrounding Megan Minkle's wedding tiara that she instructed her longtime
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aid Angela Kelly, to effectively stop indulging them. The issue
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appears to have sent it on Megan wanting to use
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Queen Mary's diamond Bandou tiara during a hair trial before
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the wedding. According to the report, Megan wanted the tiara
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sent over the same day so she could rehearse with it.
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That did not go down well. In his new book,
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Robert Harbin writes that the mood turned sour when the
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couple rang the palace to ask the Queen's dresser and curator,
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Angela Kelly, to send over the tiara because Megan wanted
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to practice with it. The late Queen is said to
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have remarked, it's not a toy. She then told Kelly
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to ignore the phone cause a palace source alleges there
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was already an atmosphere before Angela arrived. Megan was nowhere
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to be seen. Harry poked the box and said is
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that it. Then stood over Angela and said he did
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not like her, whining to his grandmother. The same source
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as Angela did not back down and gave it straight back.
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Royal author Hugo Vickers has strongly criticized Megan Markle's actions
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during the final weeks of Prince Philip's life, describing them
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as unforgivable. Speaking on Talk TV, Vickers said what she
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did in the Oprah Winfrey interview when Prince Philip was
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in hospital about to return to Windsor Castle actually to
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die at the age of ninety nine. I can't forgive
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that the distress the Sussex's caused the Queen in her
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later years cannot in any way be overestimated. Discussing Prince
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Harry's role prior to stepping back from royal duties, Vickers said,
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Prince Harry was doing a very good job in the
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Commonwealth and it did seem as though Meghan Markle also
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embraced the Commonwealth, but not for long. It always seemed
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to me that she had a little plan and she
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carried out her plan during the lifetime of the Queen.
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Vickers also claimed that Prince Philip had reservations, saying Prince
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Philip used to refer to her as the American he
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wasn't taken in. He further suggested the relationship between Harry
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and Meghan may not endure, stating, I don't know if
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anyone thought that mariage would last, and they have it.
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