Sept. 3, 2024

Does Meghan Markle have regrets?

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A source close to the Duchess of Sussex has dismissed recent claims that Meghan has been struggling to find a CEO for the ARO brand, leading to delays. The source emphasized that these reports are untrue, stating that Meghan has been working diligently behind the scenes.

An insider previously revealed that the new venture "will reflect everything that she loves — family, cooking, entertaining, and home décor." The insider added, "This is something she’s been wanting to do for a while. She is excited to share her style and things that she loves."

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Calarogu Shark Media. Hello, and welcome to Palace Intrigue. I'm

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Deep Crown, filling in for mister Francis, who apparently is

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lost somewhere in the Atlanta airport. We feel your pain,

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mister Francis. We feel your pain. But let's talk about regrets.

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Does Meghan Markel have regrets? And are the regrets genuine

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or just about making money? Royal expert told Fox News,

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Meghan does regret certain statements that she made. They weren't

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received in the way that she had expected, and several

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of her comments have backfired. She and Prince Harry deeply

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regret the royal racist controversy. Meghan wanted the takeaway from

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their Oprah interview to be about her mental health, and

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I think Meghan regretted sitting down with the cut because

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she provided endless commentary for her. Critics describe Meghan's personal

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life in California as isolated but structured. The qualifications to

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be her friend are no secret. She typically gravitates towards

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people that can offer her something contribute to her personal goals.

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She also requires trust and privacy. Her friend's group is small.

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She is friendly with Monticito locals, as you never know

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someone's connection or status. Everyone in Montecito has accomplished something

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significant to be in a position to call it home.

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Sightings of the couple are rare, and advances towards establishing

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connections with the Sussexes are mostly rejected. It is important

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to Megan that it appears she has moved on and

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the drama is beneath her, but that is not the reality.

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There is still a resentment that fuels a lot of

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the work she has done over the last three and

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a half years. Harry and Meghan returning to the UK

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without meeting with the royals or acknowledging them just reminds

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the world of their estrangement. It attracts hostile headlines. I

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think there is a desire to win back that audience

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in the UK, but Harry recently said himself that he

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doesn't feel safe enough bringing his wife back to his

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home country. If American Riviera Orchard becomes a well oiled

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machine and keeps Meghan busy, she will find joy in

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that work. Megan is reportedly feeling abandoned after the eighteenth

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staff member quit working for her and Prince Harry. Josh

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Kettler who had been serving as Prince Harry's chief of staff,

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recently stepped down from his role after only three months,

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just days before the couple's faux royal tour to Columbia.

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The departure is said to be a mutual decision, but

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a source told Closer that the latest staffing change has

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been a humiliating and demoralizing blow for both Meghan and Harry.

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The source added, Megan's secretly feeling quite abandoned after this

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keeps happening. This isn't the first time staff turnover has

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plagued the Duke and Duchess of susse In late twenty eighteen,

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shortly after their wedding, Meghan's personal assistant, Melissa Tubati, quit

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after reportedly being reduced to tears by the Duchess's demands.

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Following this, Samantha Cohen, a seasoned royal aide who had

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worked for Queen Elizabeth for seventeen years, also resigned, allegedly

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frustrated by the couple's behaviour. Cohen reportedly likened working for

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Harry and Meghan to managing teenagers and described an environment

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where she was pushed to her limits and allegedly screamed

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at during their official tour of Australia and the Pacific

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in January twenty nineteen. Meghan's female bodyguard, who has never

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been named for security reasons, also left after just six months.

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By March, Senior Communications Secretary Jason Nouf resigned amid a

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series of unsubstantiated bullying complaints against Meghan. He later went

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to work for Prince William and Kate's Royal Foundation. When

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the Sussexes stepped down from royal duties, fifteen Pallace staff

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members were let go. Despite the ongoing staff issues, Meghan

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has been defended by many friends and former colleagues. Daniel Martin,

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Meghan's friend and makeup artist, broke down in tears while

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defending her, saying, what's so frustrating is that you hear

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these stories and there's no truth to them. It's not

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the same person. In the years I've known her, the

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years i've worked with her, She's never had a diva

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fit never, he added, I think because I know her

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so well and I know she doesn't deserve all this

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negative press. Janina Gavankhar, another close friend of Megan's, also

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spoke out amid the fallout from Mexit and the bullying allegations. Janina,

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who took the Sussex's Christmas card photo in twenty nineteen,

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said in a tweet, I have known Meghan for seventeen years.

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Here's what she is kind, strong, open, Here's what she's

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not a bully. A source close to the Duchess of

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Sussex has dismissed recently ais that Meghan has been struggling

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to find a CEO for the ro brand, leading to delays.

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The source emphasized that these reports are untrue, stating that

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Megan has been working diligently behind the scenes. An insider

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previously revealed that the new venture will reflect everything that

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she loves family, cooking, entertaining and home decor. The insider

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added this is something she's been wanting to do for

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a while. She is excited to share her style and

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things that she loves. Royal expert Kinsey Schofield told gb

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News Meghan and Harry will have a hard time trying

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to find staff that want to work under them. I

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do think that they're going to continue to have a

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hard time finding people that want to work underneath them.

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I'm intimidated just thinking about it. There are rumors that

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Netflix has said, allow us to manage the retail strategy.

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If she can't manage to find a CEO or somebody

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willing to work with her, Netflix sees an opportunity there.

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Gb host Amon Holmes added, to be an influencer, people

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have got to want to be like you, and they've

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actually got to like her. Most people have to be

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liked or admired. She'll have difficulty on both fronts. Schofield

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replied this has been her biggest issue in the last

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few years, realizing there's been a shift when it comes

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to their popularity. Harry and Meghan believed their own hype

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when they said on that Netflix series that the reason

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they were ostracized was because they were much more popular

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than the British Royals. They were more popular than Prince William,

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more popular than Princess Kate, and their popularity has declined

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immensely and now they are desperate to win people over again.

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Royalists are very much tuned out when it comes to

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Harry and Meghan, not rooting for their success anymore, because

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they feel like they have been cruel and toxic towards

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the royal family over the last few years. It's going

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to take somebody that's really tough. It's going to take

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somebody who realizes that there's a rainbow at the end

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of the tunnel and they just have to persevere. I

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don't think I could do it more Palace in a moment.

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Apparently the brothers were discreet at last week's not quite reunion.

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One source told the Son how they only saw the

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brothers at the end of the service, adding I didn't

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know they were there. They arrived very discreetly. Another source

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noted they sat very far apart. William and Harry were

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both there, but we never saw them speak to each

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other and they were keeping their distance. No someone with

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lavish life, no job. The Times of India reports that

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when the South Yorkshire Police put out a social media

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appeal inviting inputs on anyone living a lavish lifestyle but

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without having any job, they intended to nab economic crime,

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but the social media post was inundated with people reporting

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the royal family for doing nothing and enjoying a lavish lifestyle.

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Royals including King Charles and Prince William were reported to

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