Aug. 25, 2025

Critics to William: Get Off the Yacht and Get to Work

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The British press is coming for Prince William’s work ethic—or lack thereof. While Anne racks up engagements, William and Kate rack up holidays. Plus: Epstein redactions in a royal biography, a $300 teddy bear at Highgrove, Charles hiring new staff, the rarest Queen coin enters circulation, and a new royal job listing that offers free lunch and constitutional headaches.

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Caloroga Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Ballast Intrigue Game,

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your host Mark Francis and the Daily Mail Liz Jones rights, careful, William.

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I've always supported you, but now your behavior has left

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me call and I'm not alone. Jones mentions the recent

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cruising around the Greek Islands aboard a superyacht, adding the way,

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was this recent Mediterranean sojourn is just one of the

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four or five vacations at least they've taken so far

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this year. Shame there was no time for the Prince

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and Princess of Wales to attend the VJ Day ceremonies.

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William remember will be head of the Armed Forces and

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the not too distant future. Yet all the couple did

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to mark the moment, the eightieth anniversary of the end

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of the Second World War was posted a message on

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social media. It seems to some of us that William

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and Kate want the privileges of their position. The on

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board share the freedom of never having to take out

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a mortgage or apply for a Capital one card, but

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not the tedium the job so often entails, or the scrutiny.

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Of course, I have some sympathy for Kate she has

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undergone major surgery. She is in remission from cancer, but

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the whales Is, both forty three, are still young. Up

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until June twenty twenty five, William had performed seventy one

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engagements Kate nine they conducted twenty two jointly. Yet King Charles,

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who is seventy six, carried out two hundred and thirty

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three engagements in the same period, even though he too

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has been having cancer treatment. The late Queen Elizabeth undertook

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two hundred and one official engagements at the age of

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ninety six. William should remember that he is a popular

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figure who, in the words of the late Queen, must

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be seen to be believed. That is true now and

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will be all the more so when he eventually becomes king.

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Princess Anne is in many ways the opposite of William.

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Last year alone, the Princess Royal carried out two hundred

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and seventeen official engagements, cementing her reputation as the hardest

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working member of the family. Former Royal butler Grant Harold

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told Royal Insider that Anne's importance has only grown since

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the passing of Queen Elizabeth. She was with the Queen

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at the end of her life alongside the King, and

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I think people now see her not just as the

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Queen's daughter, but as a true pillar of the family.

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She's deeply admired and many people are reminded of the

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late Queen when they see her. She's absolutely vital to

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the monarchy, and even when William becomes king, I have

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no doubt she'll remain a working royal. Anne herself has

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been candid about her views on the monarchy's future, cautioning

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younger generations against unnecessary reinvention. In an interview with Vanity Fairs,

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she remarked, please do not reinvent that particular will We've

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been there, done that. Some of these things don't work.

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You may need to go back to basics. Recent reports, however,

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suggest some friction with her nephew. According to The Sunday Times,

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Anne has been tired and annoyed that she continues to

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shoulder many of the bread and butter duties, such as

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investitures at Windsor, while William, who lives nearby, has been

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less visible in this respect. A source claimed she's still

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doing most of the investitures even though William lives there.

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It annoys her. Royal commentator Robert Jobson warned Prince William

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to be careful of what he wishes for. Jobson told

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the Son people do turn out when they see, particularly

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people like Sophie Wessex and the new Duke of Edinburgh,

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Prince Edward. They turn out and droves. They like that connection,

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and if you lose that connection, the monarchy actually loses

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something that it's about. I think you've got to be

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careful what you wish for. It's not a question of choice,

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it's a question of duty. I think that William has

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got to be quite careful whilst doing this balancing act.

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The role of the monarch is one way. Duty has

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to come first. I don't think there's anywhere around that

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unless you want to have a part time monarch or

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a president. The reality is that is the job. It's

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a job for life, and it's a job that's pretty relentless.

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Entitled The Rise and Fall of the House of York

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by a royal biographer Andrew Lowney, has included a claim

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that Jeffrey Epstein was the person who introduced a certain

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really famous American politician to his future wife. Around sixty

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thousand copies of the book were printed with the passage

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but the publisher, Harper Collins, has since confirmed that all

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future editions will omit the allegation. The ebook and audiobook

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versions have already been updated. In a statement, a Harper

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Collins spokesperson said, we can confirm that several passages from

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entitled The Rise and Fall of the House of York

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by Andrew Lowney have been removed in consultation with the author.

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While Harper Collins publishes the book in the UK, Lowney

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is self publishing the title in the United States. The

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disputed story has a complex history. Author Michael Wolfe first

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floated the claim during a now retracted Daily Beast podcast interview,

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saying MISSUS Politician was very involved in Epstein's circle. Biden

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repeated the suggestion in a July interview, sparking a furious response.

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MISSUS Politician has since threatened Biden with a one billion

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dollar lawsuit, describing the remarks as false, disparaging, defammatory, and

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extremely sillacious. More palace in just a moment, we have

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some more details on those three hundred dollars. Teddy bears

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the King is selling at High Grove House. The estate's

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gift shop has unveiled the limited edition silver Teddy Bear,

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created to honor the King's roles both as monarch and

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as a former serviceman in the Royal Air Force and

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Royal Navy. Only nine hundred and forty eight bears have

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been produced, each individually numbered and supplied with a certificate

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of authenticity. Handcrafted by the traditional toy maker Mery Thought,

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the bear features silver mohair fur, cotton velvet paws, deep

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blue eyes, and a handstitched smile. Its left poor bears

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the King's Royal cipher and golden thread, while the right

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plays the Merrythought logo. The bear is also adorned with

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a miniature Royal Victorian Order sash and a detailed enamel

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replica of the Order of the Garter Star, one of

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Britain's most prestigious chivalric emblems. Highgrove has stressed, however, that

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the bear is not suitable for children. Marketed as a

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rare and treasured collectible, it comes presented in a luxury

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gift box and is intended solely for adult collectors. The

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release forms part of an expanded High Grove retail collection,

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which now also includes luxury fashion items created in collaboration

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with Berbery. These range from trench coats priced at nearly

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four thousand dollars, to silk scarves costing around five hundred

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dollars each, featuring designs inspired by the flowers and features

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of Highgrove's gardens. Charles is seeking a new member of

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staff to help manage the complexities of royal life at

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Buckingham Palace. A role for a Royal Engagements Officer has

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been advertised on the Royal Household's official website. The successful

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candidate joined the Private Secretary's Office on a fixed one

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year contract from November twenty twenty five, earning forty thousand

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pounds a year for a thirty seven and a half

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hour week Monday to Friday. The Engagements team is tasked

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with ensuring meaningful contact between their Majesties and the world

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through careful coordination, thoughtful briefings and seamless delivery of engagements.

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Duties will include planning and delivering the King's official visits

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at home and abroad, coordinating audiences, and supporting speeches and

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joint appearances by the King and Queen. The post requires

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excellent project management and organizational skills, the ability to process

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complex and sensitive issues quickly, and a talent for concise

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communication knowledge of current affairs the UK and Commonwealth, and

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Britain's political and constitutional framework would also be considered an asset.

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In return, the Palace is offering twenty five days of

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annual leave rising to thirty plus bank holidays on Excellent

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Pension scheme and free mills while on duty. Iplications close.

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On Aucus thirty first, the Royal Mint is confirmed that

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the final batch of one pound coins bearing the image

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of Queen Elizabeth Second is now entering circulation, marking the

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end of an error in British coinage. More than twenty

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three million of the late Queen's coins dated twenty twenty

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one and twenty twenty two are being released, alongside seven

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point five million new coins featuring the portrait of King

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Charles the Third. The Mint describes the moment as pivotal,

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symbolizing the transition between monarchs in everyday currency. Rebecca Morgan,

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the Mint's director of Commemorative Coins, said, as we release

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more than as we release more of the King Charles

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the Third one pound coins into circulation alongside the final

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coins of Queen Elizabeth I, we're witnessing the physical representation

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of our monarchy's transition. She added that discovering one in

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your change could spark a rewarding hobby for collectors. The

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twenty twenty two Elizabeth the Second coins, with just seven

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point seven to three five million being issued, will become

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the rarest in circulation. The new Charles coins are gradually

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being introduced. Elizabeth the Seconds coins remain legal tender and

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are expected to circulate for decades to come, with most

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coins lasting around twenty years. Collect five hundred of them

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and you should be able to ford yourself in high

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grove silk scarf and there you have it. Go back

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