Eugenie’s Baby News, Otto the Royal Dog, and Meghan’s Met Gala Snub

0:03 Calorougus Shark Media. He Hello and welcome to Palace Intury Game, your host Mark Francis. Princess Eugenie is expecting her third child with her husband Jack brooks Bank, with the news confirmed by Buckingham Palace in a statement released on Monday. The Palace said Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie and mister Jack Brooksbank are very pleased to announce that they are expecting their third child together due this summer. August, aged five, and Ernest, aged two, are also very excited to have another sibling join the family. His Majesty the King has been informed and is delighted with the news. The couple's two sons, August and Ernest, are said to be looking forward to the new arrival, with a photograph shared by Eugenie showing the boys holding a scan image of the baby.

0:51 The child, who will not hold an HRH title, is expected to be fifteenth in line to the throne. Prince Edward will move down to sixteenth and Princess and to nineteenth. The baby will also become the fifteenth great grandchild of Queen Elizabeth and the third to be born since her death in twenty twenty two. The new arrival will be the fifth grandchild of former Prince Andrew, following the birth of Princess Beatrice's daughter last year. There is a new royal dog, a chocolate Cocker Spaniel named Otto, and was announced by the Prince and Princess of Wales marking Otto's first birthday Kensington Palace. She had a photograph on social media with the caption Welcome to the family, Otto one today, confirming the puppies name publicly for the first time. Otto is one of four puppies born to the couple's older dog, Or, who joined the household in twenty twenty following the death of their previous dog, Loopo. The Princess of Wales has previously confirmed in February that the family had welcomed a new puppy, saying he was eight months old at the time.

1:50 The young spaniel has already appeared in family photographs, including Prince William's forty third birthday portrait last June, and was also seen alongside Or in a recent image release to mark the couple's fifteenth wedding anniversary. Kate purportedly turned down an invite to tonight's met gala, despite a reported personal push from Anna Wintour to secure her appearance. According to sources, wind Tour viewed Kate as the standout guest who could dominate the event, with one insider saying Kate is the one celebrity Anna wants and cannot get. That is the obsession. The invitation was said to carry added significance due to parallels with Princess Diana's memorable nineteen ninety six appearance, though insiders insists the motivation extended beyond the fashion industry. One source said this was never only about Diana. Anna wanted Kate because Kate is the ultimate prize Pallace. Source tells naughty but nice, Kate understood exactly what was being asked.

2:41 This was not simply an invitation. It was an attempt to make her the defining image of the night, and she had no interest in playing that role. She was never going to turn herself or Diana into a met Gala moment. Reportedly not invited was Megan Markel. Insiders claim the relationship between Megan and Anna Wintour has broken down following Meghan's decision to collaborate with Edward annenfall On British Vogue's Forces for Change issue in twenty nineteen, rather than aligned with the US edition led by Wintour. One insider said Meghan pledged her allegiance to Nanful, which ticked off Anna, adding Anna hates her, Megan doesn't want to pay and never returns things. Also, Anna loves the Royal family. She is a Dane. Anna would have hated how they handled their exit from the firm. Similarly, they reporting people suggests growing isolation around Megan and Prince Harry, with insiders describing a pattern of strained relationships and missed opportunities at the highest levels of media, fashion, and entertainment. One source said they have truly lost the plot. He issues spiraling badly because she knows nothing is working. The whole thing about her as ever, stuff selling out isn't true anymore. I don't think either of them are happy. The same source suggested that difficulties have extended beyond fashion, alleging the couple of struggle to maintain key relationships in influential circles, claims of tension with high profile figures connected to Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez, as well as members of the Kardashian family.

4:06 One inside, it said the Kardashians are over them. Financial pressure is also raised as a concern, with one associate saying they don't have a choice at this point. They really need the money. Estimates cited in the reports suggest the couple may need to generate around five million dollars annually to sustain their lifestyle. Meghan visited Chicago over the weekend for the first communion of her godson, the son of a close university friend. According to reports, she attended the ceremony at Holy Named Cathedral, arriving early and taking her place among other guests without special arrangements. A source said Megan did not use a separate entrance and waited with families and friends inside the church, reflecting the private nature of the visit. The trip marks a rare solo appearance for the duchess, who studied at Northwestern University between ninety nine and two thousand and three. Megan also shared a glimpse into her home life in California, including a video from her family's chicken coop. In the footage, filmed at the Sussex's Montecito home, Megan is seen feeding chickens alongside CHOCOLATEA Jonathan Graham. At the start of the clip, she said when the Chocolate Man comes to see the chickens, before showing the scene inside the coop, which the family refers to as Archie's chick in. During the video, one of the couple's children can be heard in the background saying, Mom, I got another gray one. Meghan replied, thanks, sweetheart. Separately, footage sheared online also showed Princess Lilibet briefly near the coop, wearing a pink dress while playing near by. A source told columnist Rob Shooter the second Charles started winning the news cycle, Meghan moved, she knows exactly how this game works.

5:38 When the Palace gets momentum, she changes the subject fast. This was not spontaneous, it was strategic, a palace Saurce added, No one here was remotely surprised. Charles gets glowing coverage and suddenly something appears out of Montecito. At this point, it's practically part of the rhythm. Charles gets the headlines, Megan resets the narrative, that is the media strategy. More Palace in just Tom Happy Star Wars Day, May the Fourth be with you. The King got into the spirit early during his recent visit to Bermuda, where he toured a new observatory project and reflected on the patterns of the universe. At one point, he couldn't resist the reference, telling those gathered, so as they say, the force is with us, the moment comes as May the fourth celebrations highlight the Royal family's long running connection to the franchise.

6:28 In fact, Prince William and Prince Harry famously made cameo appearances as stormtroopers in Star Wars The Last Jedi after visiting the sat at Pinewood Studios. Actor John Boyeger later confirmed he shared a scene with the princes, describing it as a great experience in a strange contrast of a weird family. Online speculations drawn Prince William and Meghan Markle into a new and controversial theory about the long running tensions within the royal family. The claims circulating on social media suggest an alternative explanation for the breakdown and relations between the Sussexes and the Whales. According to the theory, Prince William may have had a crush on Meghan, allegedly tied to his reported interest in the television series Suits, in which she starred. Those promoting the theory, also claimed that Kate was initially enthusiastic about meeting Meghan when her relationship with Prince Harry became public, but later became hostile toward her for no clear reason. Piers Morgan has delivered a sharp criticism of Prince Harry and Meghan Markel. While discussing King Charles recent visit to the United States, speaking on his podcast alongside Joe Elvin, Katie Nickel and former Royal butler Grant Harold, Morgan contrasted the King's diplomatic tour with the Sussex's position outside the royal family. He said it was a historic triumph, a master class, and the sort of diplomacy that only the British Royal family can pull off. To remind her of the Sussex worms that this is what real royalty looks like. On Saturday Night, Lion Colin Jost joked that the King's visit to the United States was a subterfuge to seek the release of a British hostage being held by an American terrorist. As

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