June 6, 2025

Damage Control or Dance Fever? Meghan’s Twerk Heard Round the World, and Harry’s £1.5M Blunder

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As “Twerk-Gate” dominates headlines, Meghan and Harry double down with a post of Princess Lilibet—just days after the viral dancing debacle. Critics cry hypocrisy, Deep Crown calls it a PR implosion, and even Camilla Tominey is baffled. Meanwhile, Prince Harry's legal loss over police protection could cost him a staggering £1.5 million. Is this just another Sussex misstep—or a total meltdown of the brand? We’ve got new commentary, fresh scandal, and a glimpse at William and Sophie’s very normal day out at the Royal Cornwall Show. It’s the monarchy versus the memes—and only one can come out on top.

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Callaroga Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palas Intrigue. I'm

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your host, Mark Francis. In case you missed it, we

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had two bonus episodes yesterday afternoon. As twerk gate takes

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over the media world, Sarah Vine writes in The Daily Mail, Goodness,

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these AI versions of celebrities are getting eerily good, aren't they.

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The Duchess of Privacy herself twerking like some vulgar commoner

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to star Keisha's viral hit the Baby Mama Dance, while

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Prince Harry Dad dances around her like an over excited

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flamingo doing an elaborate courtship dance. It can't be riddle

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kenned whatever. Next, the Prince and Princess of Wales doing

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slap drops to Beyonce's Gimme Some their majesties, King Charles

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and Queen Camilla mouthing along to Lowell's Young Messy. Surely

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there's a law against such obscenities treason. That was my

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first thought when I saw the latest video on Meghan's Instagram.

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I popping jaw droppingly embarrassing. Some joker must have cooked

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this up at his mum's basement. Had to account and

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posted it. It's the only explanation the Duke and Duchess

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of Sussex, shy of retiring creatures that they are, would

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never never expose their jealously guarded private life like this,

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Not after moving halfway across the world to escape the

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prying eyes of the paparazzi, Not after mobilizing armies of

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lawyers to emphasize, at a cost of several hundred pounds

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an hour, the need for boundaries and respect from the media.

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Not after weeping into the arms of Oprah and Sundry

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about all the horrid and mean things being said about

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them on account of their exposure. Surely not, or would

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they now. Obviously it's totally on to Megan what she

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posts on social media. But some might say that if

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one's husband has just spent untold thousands suing the Home

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Office for withdrawing once automatic security detail on the grounds

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that were out it, one and one's family aren't safe

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on British soil, it might perhaps not be the best

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idea to post a picture of one's child to a

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social media account with three million followers. Camilla Tomeny writes

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in the Telegraph, what's even more, mind boggling about the

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eighty odd second video is the fact the privacy obsessed

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couple have released it. I appreciate the Sussexes have always

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had a rather nuanced interpretation of privacy, but the whole

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Oprah introduced infamy. Infamy. They've all got it infamy thing.

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South Park's notorious episode celebrating their worldwide privacy tour of

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every available TV studio perfectly summed up the irony of

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a couple opining press intrusion while dishing every last piece

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of dirt on their nearest and dearest to anyone who

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would listen. But the children were always supposed to be

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out of bounds. Lest we forget, the couple refused to

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tell anyone where they planned to give birth to Aunchie

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until the very last minute, forcing their prs to scramble

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to inform the media hours after the event that he

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had in fact been born at that celebrity newborn Haunt

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the Portland. While one can imagine Harry preferring to keep

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his personal space free from social media invaders, notwithstanding his

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propensity to constantly spill the beans about his daddy issues,

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the Duchess appears more than willing to let it all

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hang out these days, hence the behind the scenes cookery show,

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the endless podcasts, and the repeated public protestations about her

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business interests, including just this week revealing as ever was

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being paused, before following up hours later with an Instagram

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post appearing to contradict that claim announcing more products will

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arrive next month, not to mention the bizarre briefings about

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Spencer surname swaps, which we now learn was allegedly because

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the couple, fear of the king, was delaying the issuing

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of their children's passports over the use of their hr

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AH titles. You can take the actress out of the spotlight,

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but you can never quite take the spotlight off the actress.

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It is an only Queen's of England that need to

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be seen to be believed, you know. As in back

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dropped to the privacy discussion, there is the money. Prince

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Harry's legal battles with the Home Office over his right

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to police protection while in the United Kingdom has now

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revealed its full financial toll on both sides. According to

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newly released figures under a freedom of information request, the

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Home Office has spent a staggering six hundred and fifty

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six thousand pounds on the case. The sum includes five

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hundred fifty four thousand spent on the original High Court

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case last year and an additional one hundred two thousand

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pounds on the subsequent appeal, which concluded in May. The

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breakdown of costs reveals over two hundred forty one thousand

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pounds spent on barristers, three hundred ninety four thousand on solicitors,

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and thirty eight hundred in court fees. Officials noted that

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the figure may yet rise as some costs incurred before

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May second have not yet been fully tallied. The Prince,

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having lost both the initial case and the appeal, has

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been ordered to pay ninety percent of the government's costs.

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When his own legal expenses, still undisclosed, are included, his

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total financial exposure is estimated to be close to one

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point five million pounds. For the Prince, the defeat was

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more than legal, it was personal. In a statement following

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the ruling, he told the BBC, I wish someone had

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told me beforehand there was no way to win. I

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can't see a world in which I would bring my

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wife and children back to the UK at this point.

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The episode highlights the deeply personal nature of Prince Harry's

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illegal crusades. What began is a matter of security has

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evolved into a symbol of his estrangement for the institution

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he was born into, and a costly one at that

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And we very much appreciate any support you give to

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us behind the scenes here, Thanks very much. The incredibly

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hard working Prince of Wales is set to make a

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high profile joint appearance today is Kensington Palace confirms he

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will be attending the Royal Cornwall Show at Wadebridge, joined

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by none other than his aunt Sophie. William in his

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capacity as Patron, will be present at the historic Agricultural show.

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A mainstay of Cornish culture since its founding in seventeen

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ninety three. The event, which now attracts upwards of one

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hundred and twenty thousand visitors, annually celebrates the very best

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of local farming, food and rural traditions. This marks another

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public engagement in the region under the Duchy of Cornwall title.

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Royal fans will no doubt be delighted by the addition

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of the Duchess of Edinburgh to the event. Sophie, who

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holds the Vice Presidency of the Cornwall Agricultural Association and

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serves as Patron of the Association of Agricultural Show Organizations,

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will accompany her nephew for the joint engagement, the pair

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having previously teamed up at Battersea Power Station in twenty

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twenty three. The royal duo will begin their visit to

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the Royal Cornwall Food and Farming Pavilion, which showcases a

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rich array of artisan producers from across the county. From

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Cornish chooses and jams to gins and local spirits. After

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this they will divide their efforts. Prince William will visit

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the Duchy of Cornwall Hub, where the focus this year

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is on rural mental health. His visit will highlight the

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work of local charities including Pantreath, George's Voice, kouth Man

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Down the Pirates and Sunrise. Meanwhile, the Duchess of Edinburgh

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will turn her attention to two organizations close to her heart.

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She will meet with representatives from Leaf the Linking Environment

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and Farming, a leading advocate for sustainable food and farming,

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and will also visit the Goal Guides, who have long

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played a supportive role in the show's operation. Her program

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concludes with the tour of the livestock areas cattle, pigs,

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sheep and the Countryside Section, reaffirming her long standing commitment

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to Britain's rural communities. After a busy week of serving bacon,

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looking at flowers and cheese eating, we eagerly await news

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that the Prince is going to take a week off

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and the business of being royal does carry on. When

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Camilla was undeterred as she was met by a small

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band of anti monarchy protesters during a visitor Hexham, Northumberland.

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Despite the persistent rain, fewer than a dozen demonstrators from

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the campaign group Republic turned out, brandishing the organization's signature

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yellow placards and umbrellas emblazoned with slogans such as down

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with the Crown. Her Majesty, clad in her dark coat

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and smiling, politely paid the protesters no attention that she

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arrived to carry out two scheduled royal engagements in the

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market town. Speaking on behalf of Republic, campaign chief Grahame

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Smith said, wherever the Royals go, they end up costing

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taxpayers tens of thousands of pounds. Camilla's visit today is

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