Aug. 5, 2024
Does Meghan Marle want her old life back more than Harry wants his?
Is ANYONE happy in Montecito?
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Is ANYONE happy in Montecito?
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A Calorouga Shark Media.
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Hello and welcome to Palasin Triega. I am your host
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Mark for Ancis. In The Express, Julie Burchill writes, Megan
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Mirkel has become one of the greatest comic creations of
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our age. According to Burchill, it was ironically nostalgia for
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the Diana effect, which paves the way for Megan Mirkle
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in her bed to be Princess of Hearts. Mark too,
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her apparent warmth and informality seemed to echo our lost princess.
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But an effect is all. It was a special effect
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from a professional actress who liked to boast that she
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could cry on cue from one eye of both. She
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was playing us as surely as she was playing the
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befuddled prince when she wore his mother's favorite perfume on
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an early date. It worked, though even I went gaga
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writing such slushes. Megan Michael has never waited sopply for
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some prince to rescue her. In fact, it seems far
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likelier that it is she who will rescue the prince.
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Cringe as the youngsters say, but thankfully the ick wasn't
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far behind. How do I loathe Meghan? Let me count
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the ways, the hypocrisy lecturing the rest of us about
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climate change and using private jests like the cabs, the
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calculated cruelty in the last days of both the Duke
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of Edinburgh and the Queen, bringing to mind board children
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tormenting a dying, bound and defamed lion. Meghan was once hated,
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but now she's merely derided. South Park saw to that
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the Sussexes only appeal now is the comedy goal to
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be mined in the gaping chasm between what they believe
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they look like, feelers fighters for freedom and justice, and
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how they appear to the rest of us too spiteful
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toddlers attempting to be bosses of a sandpit. Michael will
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be remembered not as a feminist role model or savvy businesswoman,
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but as the Dufst Duchess, arguably one of the great
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comic creations of our age, recalling variously Nigel Tufnel from
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Spinal Tap, David Brent from the Office, and Alan Partridge.
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Oh Rickie grew Wall, currently working on the documentary Harry
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the Lost Prince, set to air on Germany's ZDF network
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in December, has voiced skepticism about the potential impact of
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a memoir by Meghan Markle on the UK audience. Speaking
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to The Express, grunnan Wald speculated on the reception of
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such a book, questioning its credibility. We know that Meghan
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kept a diary during her days in Great Britain, but
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if she writes a book about it, well people believe
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what she is telling and Insider told The Mirror the
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fact that Meghan's diaries may exist and could contain material
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to embarrass the royal family is enough to make anyone
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feel uncomfortable, even though right now there is no reason
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to believe she has plans to publish. Meghan has always
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been a tremendous self publicist. Her account of some of
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the more difficult times would worry everyone in the royal household.
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Ingrid Seward, a royal expert who weighed in suggesting that
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Finding Freedom might have been a precursor to a more
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personal memoir from Meghan, Seward explained, my feeling is it
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won't be nearly as revelatory as we think. There might
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be a few tidbits, but what would the point be
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in the sussexis giving away too much in this book
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when Meghan could write her own story, Michelle Obama got
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forty eight million pounds for her book deal, and Meghan
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could double or triple that. I think she'll hang out
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to write her own, making the Royal household far more nervous.
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Harry and Meghan's new life in California has seen them
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forge relationships with various celebrities, but their interactions with top
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tier Hollywood A listers appears limited. According to royal expert
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Keatie Nickel, this may be a deliberate strategy for the Sussexes.
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Since moving to California, Harry and Meghan have been seen
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with new friends like former Father of the Bride actress
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Kimberly Williams Paisley and Bodyguard star Kevin Costner. However, there
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have been few sightings with high profile figures such as
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Oprah Winfrey or Georgia and Amal Clooney, who attended their
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twenty eighteen wedding. Speaking of variety fairs podcast Dynasty The
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Royal Family's Most Challenging Year, Nicol shared her perspective personally,
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I have to say have been a little underwhelmed with
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the celebrities they've been hanging out with. Don't get me wrong,
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I love Kevin Costner, he's fabulous. But I thought they'd
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be mingling far more with the A list. I thought
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we'd see them out far more with Oprah and Gwyneth
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and that sort of crowd, and they haven't been. She
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speculated that this choice might reflect a desire for a
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more low profile lifestyle, avoiding constant media attention. Perhaps there's
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all part of them wanting to live a life that
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is a bit more below the radar that doesn't end
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up getting them papped and doesn't end up getting them
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all in the celebrity magazines. And actually in Montecito they're
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able to do that. I'm sure there's a whole plethora
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of VIP dinner parties that are taking place at theirs
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that we have no idea about. Growing up, William and
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Harry shared a close circle of friends. However, Harry's critical
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stance against his family, especially detailed in his memoir, has
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strained these relationships. Nicol noted, I think the tires have
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been severed. I think there's a sense that possibly friends,
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close friends, society celebrity friends have sort of had to
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make a little bit of a choice. And I remember
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being told by someone at the Palace there was sense
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that you had to put your stake in one camp
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for the other. An insider claims that Megan would like
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her old life back. The insider tells New Magazine Meghan
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has made no secret of how much she misses her
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carefree life when she was an actress, and while she'd
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never change what she has with Harry and the kids,
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there was a big part of her that wishes she
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could just get her old life back. She loved being
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in suits and all the opportunities that gave her. She'd
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get invited to all the exclusive events and get to
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hang out with the Hollywood A listers. There was also
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so much less scrutiny and attention, and there was no
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pressure on her. She feels the time is right to
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start looking at offers, as she knows she will be
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criticized whatever she does, so she can cope with backlash
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and wants to do what makes her happy. Harry often
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feels guilty for Megan having to give up on her
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dream life, and he knows how much she sacrificed to
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marry in and have a family with him, so he
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will support her no matter what. Megan, just call MBC.
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suits La. Maybe You'll need podcast with Lemonada, now scheduled
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to come out in twenty twenty five, can be a
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suits recap podcast More Palace In just a moment, Mamma
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Cove left us a review five stars. I think this
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program is fun and really not mean to the Harkles
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at all. My family would never trust or associate with
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anyone that wrote a tell or book about us. I
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did not feel sorry for them. They did this to themselves.
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Mama Cove via Apple Podcasts USA, July twenty second, five stars.
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as well. Recent financial disclosures revealed just how much the
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French are spent on King Charles. A lavish banquet costing
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over four hundred thousand pounds was held in honor of
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Charles and Queen Camilla during their visits of France last year.
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French President Emmanuel Macron hosted this extravagant state dinner at
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the Palace of Versaiah, with one hundred and sixty guests
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in attendance. The event featured rare delicacies such as blue
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lobster and Persian macaroons. The banquet, on their first night
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in Paris, showcased Macron's flair for grand gesture and fine dining.
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The decade menu started with rare blue lobster and crabbed
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with fresh almonds, mint coconut gel. The lobster, a rare
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genetic variant, was caught off Vende, France, just days before
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the event. For the main course, corn flavored Bresse poultry
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marinated in champagne top with porcini mushroom grutten. The cheese
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course included a thirty month comte and stitchilton and one
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hundred percent English blue cheese. And for dessert, especially redesigned
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isofan rose macaron biscuit built by pastry chef Pierre and May,
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featuring compot of raspberries like g rose sorbean raspberry sorbet
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on a thin macaron disc. With one hundred and sixty
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guests present, the cost per head for this extravagant feast
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was over twenty five hundred pounds. Among the notable attendees
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was singer Mick Jagger and actor Hugh Crowned and the
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