Aug. 24, 2024

Donald Trump - The Queen's favorite president?

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Well it's a day that ends in Y and Kate is still out of the public eye - so it's more "Harry is lost" and "Meghan is the worst" today.

Also Trump discusses Queen Elizabeth.

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Ah Calarogu Shark Media. Hello and welcome through Palace Intrigue.

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I am your host. Mark Francis, one of Harry's friends,

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recently told The Times he's an angry boy. Things haven't

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turned out how he wanted. I think he misses being

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over here in Britain desperately and wants to be admired more.

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Anyone who knows him feels he'd rather be top of

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the pops here with everyone loving him as they do

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with William and Kate. Royal expert Jenny Bond weighed in.

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He says he now regards the USA as home, at

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least for the time being, brooding on the perceived injustices

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of the past and reliving old quarrels as a waste

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of a life, and I think Megan sees that. On

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the other hand, she doesn't have an entire and complex

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history of life in the confines of the Royal families

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to worry about. It's easy for her to look forward,

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ensconced as she is in a country and lifestyle she's

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so used to and clearly loves. But Harry has said

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he wants to be reunited with his family, so he

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is obviously going to think about what has happened and

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how they have come to this state of affairs, and

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that's probably quite frustrating for Megan, who seems to be

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at ease with the estrangement from her own family. I

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don't think Harry spends all his time looking back, but

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the Harry I knew was a young boy was someone

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who enjoyed fooling around with his family and having fun

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with them. In his book Spare, he writes about his

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fond memories of some of those family gatherings, and it's

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only natural that he now misses that connection and perhaps

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is still considering ways of repairing the damage done in

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recent years. Megan, however, has I think, consigned to her

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brief delliance at being royal, very firmly to the past,

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except for the title and the kudos it brings. Columbia

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has refuted reports of Prince Harry and Megan Michael's recent

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visit to the country cost of staggering one point five

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million pounds. Contrary to rumors, the Ministry confirmed that Harry

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and Meghan financed the visit themselves. A spokesman for the

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ministry stated the Duke and of Sussex financed their trip

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and that of their team were their own resources, while

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denying the reported cost of eight billion pacers when happening

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ion pounds and the actual expenses were not disclosed. However,

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it was noted that some events attended by Harry and

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Meghan were co financed with contributions from international agencies towards

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the costs. This suggests that while the couple funded the

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majority of their trip, certain aspects received financial support from

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external sources. Royal correspondent Rebecca English had some questions about

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the Columbia tour for Palace Confidential. English said, I was

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speaking to somebody very senior in royal circles in recent

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days and they said to me genuine question, what do

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they hope to achieve by this? They weren't saying this

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with any psycasm. People are trying to work that out,

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And I said, personally, I think it's about relevancy. It's

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about desperately trying to establish the fact that they are

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still relevant people on the world stage. As much as

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Harry has railed against the whole way in which the

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institution works doing these kinds of royalty style twos, it

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is pretty much the only thing he has ever known.

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He's almost clinging on to it like a comfort blanket.

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I think that what they forgot is when members of

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the royal family are sent to these countries, it is

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at the request of the government with a really clear purpose.

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Their diaries are very strictly controlled to actually achieve that purpose,

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which is to benefit Britain politically, economically and culturally. And

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I think this was the problem with this trip. What

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was the objective apart from just getting lots of nice

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pictures of Harry and Megan smiling with people looking admiringly

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at them. In a video circulating on ex Prince Harry

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is seen sitting at the end of a table with

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a notable distance between himself and his wife Megan. Michael,

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who was seated closely beside Columbia's Vice President English, observed

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it really resonated with me how much Harry's life had changed.

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There was a lunch thrown in their honor, but it

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seemed to be in the Duchess of Sussex's honor. Harry

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was seated across the table, legs not within touching distance

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of his wife, almost there as an afterthought. Royal Lauran

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Hugo Vickers observed what worries me is that I think

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whenever I see image of range rovers and things coming

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to the airport and security people, that's jolly expensive. And

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they've got to keep moving the whole time to finance

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this life. And I've been to Montecito and that's pretty

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in luch and expensive too. They're relying to a large

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extent on celebrity with a royal connection. Unless they keep

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coming up with new initiatives and new goods, they're going

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to disappear like so many other celebrities. Once that happens,

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I think the future is going to look rather bleak.

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Royal biographer Andrew Morton recently drew a stark comparison between

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the relationships of Prince William and Prince Harry to the

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biblical story of Cain and Abel, highlighting the deep rift

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between the brothers. Speaking about these strained dynamics during their grandfather,

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Prince Philip's funeral in twenty twenty one, Morton noted the

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public's expectation for a reconciliation between the princes, but emphasized

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that such feuds are not new to the royal family.

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He remarked, everybody watching the funeral well want to see

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some sort of conciliation between William and Harry and Harry

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and his father. The one thing you hope is that

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it doesn't overshadow tributes to Prince Philip. Morton pointed out

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that this rift isn't the first time there's been a

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canaan able relationship inside the royal family. Morton compared Harry

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and Williams's relationship to that of Queen Elizabeth and her sister,

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Princess Margaret. He explained, the Queen is a very similar

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character to William, cautious, even handed and calm. Margaret and

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Harry are a couple who kick over the traitors. Margaret

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used to say, disobedience is my job. You'd hope that

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William and Harry would have a damn good row then

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make up, as the Queen and Margaret did throughout their relationship.

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Former BBC Royal correspondent Michael Cole told gb News that

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Prince William is adamant about not allowing Prince Harry to

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return to the Royal fold. Cole explained, there's going to

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be no softening of the adamantine response to what he's done.

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It's done the unthinkable. In this life. Most men can

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put up with insults, it happens you get insulted. I've

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been insolved by experts over the years, and then can

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put up with that. What they cannot put up with

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two things which they cannot abide with their driving ability

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and they certainly cannot allow their wife to be criticized.

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Pellus intriguer be right back. The Toronto house where Megan

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Michael lived during the early days of her relationship with

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Prince Harry, has been listed for sale again. This three

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bedroom property was Meghan's home for at least two years

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while she filmed the legal drama suits during their long

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distance relationship. Prince Harry reportedly visited Megan twice a month

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staying at this house, which became a cozy and significant

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part of their love story. The house, which also housed

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Meghan's two dogs, Bogart and Guy, featured a garden with

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a kennel, a puppy play area, and a sand pit

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where Meghan hosted some of barbecues for friends. Known for

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its elegant, high end finishes, the detached property has recently

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undergone renovations, enhancing its appeal. Previously sold in twenty eighteen

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for one point six million, shortly after Meghan moved to

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London following her engagement to Prince Harry. The house is

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now back on the market. It is listed for one

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point nine million, reflecting both the properties upgrades and its

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connection to Megan Markle's royal romance. Donald Trump is back

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in the headlines, and this time he's responding to claims

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involving the late Queen Elizabeth. The iecond a book by

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journalist Craig Brown, suggests that the Queen found Trump to

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be rude and speculated that his marriage to Millennia Trump

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might be an arrangement. Trump has denied these claims, calling

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them totally false and asserting that he was actually the

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Queen's favorite president. In an interview following a rally in

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North Carolina, Trump stated that the Queen told friends of

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mine that President Trump was my favorite president. He also

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criticized Brown, referring to him as a sleeves bag, and

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expressed frustration over what he sees is unfounded allegations. The queen,

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known for her diplomacy, met thirteen out of fourteen US

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presidents during her reign and was not known for playing favorites.

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Former royal staffers have dismissed the idea as ridiculous. Despite this,

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Trump remains firm in his claims, adding a new chapter

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to his history of controversial statements. And there you have it.

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