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Callaroga Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Intrigue. I
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am your host, Mark Francis. Donald Trump may not have
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named names, but many royal watchers believe he took a
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thinly veiled swipe at Prince Harry and Megan Mirkle during
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a press conference in Scotland. Speaking warmly about his connection
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to the British royal family, Trump said, being with Charles
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Camiller and everybody, I've got to know a lot of
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the family members. They are great people. They are really
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great people. But then came a pointed add on in
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that sense, I think the UK is very lucky. You
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could have people that weren't great people. I don't know
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if I can say that, but you could have people
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that weren't Trump didn't mention Harry or Meghan by name,
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but the implication was clear too many online when social
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media user wrote I love this shade President Trump throws
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at Prince Harran, Megan Michael, while another said they were
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sure he was calling them out. Despite all the cute
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stories about William taking Charlotte to the soccer game over
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the weekend, Samroel, watches are pointing out that there may
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be more to the story. In the past, George has
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accompanied his father, but now that George's twelve, the two
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heirs can no longer travel together. Hopefully, William is enjoying
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his secret superyacht vacation as there are increasing calls for
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him to actually do some work, with pressure coming from
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the untouchable Princess Anne. Royal expert Ian Pellham Turner told
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Fox News Digital Prince William in the past had allegations
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that he was Workshay, the perfect prince image may be
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slightly tarnished, and Princess Anne takes no prisoners. My natural
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reaction is that Princess Anne will win this battle. The
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Sunday Times had reported William annoys his aunt when it
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comes to the amount of work being done or not done,
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with a source telling the Times she's still doing most
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of the investigures at Windsor, even though William lives there,
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it annoys her. Royal commentator Amanda Matter added Princess Anne's
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well deserved reputation stems from her ability to carry out
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everyday royal engagements without fanfare or praise. So seeing William,
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who lives just down the road from Windsor skip out
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on investitures, She's still doing herself in her mid seventies.
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I imagine that would absolutely get under her skin. With
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fewer working royals in the fold and even fewer who
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can carry out significant engagements like investitures, and likely wants
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to see William take on more of the foundational royal work,
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not just the high profile tours and splashier events. The steady,
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day in, day out work is what keeps the monarchy
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visible and justifies their existence. It also feels like we're
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watching two very different generations define royal duty in very
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different ways. Ann's motto is just get on with it,
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while William always seems concerned with what an event says
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about the future of the crown. We will attempt to
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contact William on the secret super yacht for a comment.
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Secret vacations may be all the rage, as Prince Harry
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has reportedly gone off the grid during a deeply personal
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return to Southern Africa, revisiting places tied to his mother's
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legacy and reconnecting with someone he calls Mum. Harry reportedly
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began his journey in Angola earlier this month, walking through
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Africa's largest active minefield in Quito Quanavalley, echoing Princess Diana's
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landmark nineteen ninety seven campaign to ban land mines. According
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to a report in The Mail on Sunday, Harry extended
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his visit into a week long retreat, traveling next to Botswana,
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where he spent time with Tania Tiej Jenkins, a wildlife
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conservationist whom he has described as a mother figure. During
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this leg of the trip, Harry was said to have
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gone completely off calms for two days, turning off his
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phone and stepping away from emails to find some peace
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and quiet. A source said this time he took some
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more time and space, enjoying total peace of mind and
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being somewhat so remote that he couldn't even get emails
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or texts or calls. Harry has spoken movingly about Tanya
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and her husband, Mike Holding in his memoir Spare, recalling
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how the couple embraced the wilderness in him after the
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death of his mother. Harry is reportedly taking a step
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toward thawing relations with the royal family by offering to
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share his official diary of engagements, a move intended to
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prevent future clashes over publicity and perhaps pave the way
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for a face to face meeting with King Charles later
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this year. According to The Mail on Sunday, Harry's decision
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follows last month's attention over his visit to Angola. His
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emotional retracing of Princess Diana's historic walk through a minefield
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drough widespread media attention, unfortunately at the spence of Queen
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Camilla's seventy eighth birthday portrait, which was promptly overshadowed in
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the headlines to avoid further diary based collisions. Harry is
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said to be working on a more coordinated approach. The
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offer to share his plans reportedly extends even to Prince
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William's office at Kensington Palace. The tone is now all
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about deconflicting with his family. A source explained. Harry still
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doesn't like being controlled by the royal machinery and that
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won't change, but if the Royal family have full sight
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of his movements, they can at least plan accordingly. It's
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a significant gesture. This apparent change in tone marks a
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departure from the couple's previous pr approach, when insider told
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the paper that Harry and Megan once relished publicity clashes,
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a strategy that now seems to be off the table.
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A friend of the Duke added, Harry hopes to see
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his dad later this year or next year. Things are
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moving in the right direction, but as always with the
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Royal family, they are doing so at a glacial pace.
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Charles has said to be skeptical of harry motives. Royal
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commentator Samara gil tells Sky News Australia. I don't blame
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the King. I mean, that's a nice way of putting it.
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For the hell that man has been through by Harry
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and Meghan. I can only imagine why. I mean, this
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comes on the week Netflix has canceled their massive hundred
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million dollar deal. I just think that the money is
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drying up for Harry and he's coming back cup in
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hand to the King and wanting reconciliation. Queen Elizabeth's former spokesman,
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Dickie Arbored had told the son there's got to be
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a lot to happen between now and then. You can't
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just brush everything under the carpet. The Oprah interview, the
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six hours of Netflix slagging off the Royal family, the
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book Spare. You can't just sweep that under the carpet.
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to be very concerned about the potential for Donald Trump
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to go off script and off the rails during his
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upcoming state visit to the UK in September. Sources close
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to the monarch who told The Daily Beast that the
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King is particularly anxious about the US President using joint
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appearances to air inflammatory views, especially on immigration, while standing
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beside the constitutionally apolitical head of state. Tensions have already
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been stirred by Trump's remarks in Scotland this week, where
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he warned reporters that immigration was killing Europe and declared
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you better get your act together or you're not going
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to have Europe anymore. One civil servant involved in the
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planning admitted the trouble with Trump is he doesn't feel
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bound by the rules. Traditionally, visiting leaders use state banquets
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at Buckingham Palace to toast the enduring friendship between nations. Trump, however,
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is a wild card. Even friends of the King privately
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can side that they'll be hoping for the best. One
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Palace aid noted the only hope lies in Trump's apparent
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respect for the royal family. Adding to the headaches Trump's
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recent breach of royal protocol flashing to report as a
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private letter from the King in which Charles had extended
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an invitation to bow moorl for a low key visit,
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Trump declined, reportedly preferring the grandeur of the full state
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visit rather than what he allegedly viewed as a photo
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or panshake in the countryside. A former courtier told The
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Daily Beast, it's embarrassing for the palace. Trump saw that
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for what it was, an attempt to kick the can
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down the road. Amid all this, concerns about the King's
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health arm mounting. Friends say his Majesty is exhausted by
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his ongoing cancer treatment and refusal to scale back his
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public duties. Queen Miller is said to be encouraging him
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to rest more, but as one inside to put it,
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he is energized by the work, but he needs to
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take a break. And there you have it. Fact to
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