Nov. 4, 2025

Fake AF: Meghan Markle Mocked for Dodgers Video While Staff Quit in Droves

Fake AF:  Meghan Markle Mocked for Dodgers Video While Staff Quit in Droves

Meghan Markle’s latest video has fans rolling their eyes — and Harry looking like he’d rather be anywhere else. The Duchess celebrated the Dodgers’ World Series win with a perfectly framed home-theatre video that viewers called “staged,” while a clearly unamused Prince Harry barely moved from the couch. As critics accuse her of turning private moments into PR content, new reports say Meghan’s staff turnover has hit twenty-three departures since 2018. Even Harry’s patience is reportedly wearing thin. Meanwhile, insiders recall that Prince William “saw right through her” years ago, calling her “trouble from the start.

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Calorogus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Intrigue Game.

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Your host Mark Francis, the Toronto Son has a grape

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with Prince Harry. They point out when a country that

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has your dad on the money is competing against a

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country that famously defied your great great great great great grandfather.

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For whom does an estranged royal route or fail? Prince Harry,

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the Dodgiest of Dodger fans. Harry seems to have an

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increasingly difficult time avoiding intrusive cameras, as now videos are

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coming from within the house. Meghan, Mikel and Prince Harry

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found themselves on opposite sides of the baseball divide as

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the La Dodgers clinched the twenty twenty five World Series

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on Saturday. Megan shared a video on Instagram showing her

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and the Duke watching Game seven from their home theater.

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When the Dodgers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays five to four,

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Meghan was seen kissing Harry and so libration before leaping

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up to embrace her friend Kelly McKee Zafchen. Harry, however,

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appeared less enthused by the result. Marca reported Harry wasn't

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feeling it, staying seated on the couch visibly annoyed as

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Megan's enthusiastic shouts filled the room. While Meghan went all

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in on her excitement, Harry barely reacted, creating an awkward

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silence that didn't go unnoticed by fans. To many, Harry's

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attitude was clear he wasn't interested in turning their private

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downtime into yet another social media spectacle. Zave N later

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teased him on Instagram, writing, best game ever. Sorry, h

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your team didn't win, but mine did at Dodgers. I

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love you. So maybe Harry was rooting for Team Commonwealth

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after all, despite the Dodgers cap he was seen wearing

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during Game four. Some on social media made a strong

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case for the entire thing being staged. One said, camera's

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constantly filming every moment. Another added, this is irritating to

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see fake af Of course, it was not staged, because

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you know the camera was perfectly positioned to capture everyone.

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One more said, oh my gosh, look how happy we

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are and so into each other. See we have a

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friend and it's not my bottle of wine. Meghan and

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Harry celebrated Halloween in true family style, taking their children,

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Prince Archie and Princess Lillabit trick or treating near their

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Montecito home. According to TMZ, the couple were spotted making

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the rounds around Santa Barbara dressed in coordinating nature themed costumes.

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Meghan went as a butterfly, Archie was an aunt and

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little Little Bit a firefly, while Harry kept things simple

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in a cap and polo shirt. Harry is said to

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be struggling to defend Meghan Michael amid what insiders have

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called another staffing nightmare. According to Star magazine, the Duchess

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of Sussex's facing renewed turmoil after the abrupt departure of

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her director of Communications, Emily Robinson, just three months after

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joining the team. Robinson's exit reportedly marks the twenty third

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staff member to leave Meghan's employees since twenty eighteen, reigniting

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speculation about ongoing workplace challenges. One source told Star, losing

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staff at this rate is not normal. Anyone can see that.

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The strain is said to be taking a toll on

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the Duke and Duchess's relationship. Publicly, Harry has got her back,

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the insider said, but obviously this is getting very embarrassing.

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The same source added, Megan's always denying that she's the problem,

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but at some point it's impossible to ignore that she's

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the common denominator in all of these disastrous working relationships.

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A lot of people are saying she needs to take

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a long, hard look at the way she's treating her

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staff because too many talented and well respected people are

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walking away. Harry hates drama, the insider explained, he wishes

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she would take some constructive criticism so they can avoid

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this going forward. These Sussexes have made a donation to

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support recovery efforts in the Caribbean following the devastation caused

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by Hurricane Melissa. The powerful storm, which brought winds up

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to one hundred and eighty five miles per hour, tour

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three through Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, and the Bahamas, destroying homes, schools,

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and hospitals and claiming more than thirty lives. In a

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statement shared through their Archiboll Foundation, the couple expressed their

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sorrow at the scale of the destruction, particularly in Jamaica,

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which they visited in twenty twenty four. They said the

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disaster had shown the power of community in its truest form,

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adding when everything else falls apart, that's what holds. The

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couple praised the work of World Central Kitchen and organization

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they have supported previously, including during the California wildfires, for

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providing immediate aid. We've been so moved once again by

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the work of World Central Kitchen, whose teams showed up

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immediately to serve hot meals two thousands of families. And

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they're far from alone, they said, aid workers, first responders,

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volunteers from organizations large and small. They've all dropped everything

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to help. Their commitment is extraordinary. They confirmed that they

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have personally donated to relief efforts and encouraged others to

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do the same. These communities need our support now, their

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statement continued. We've donated and ask you to give whatever

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support you can, large or small, because every little bit helps.

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Royal commentator Sarah Barr says she does not believe Prince

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Harry and Meghan Markel are in any real danger of

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losing their titles, but that recent events have made clear

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there are limits bar rights. I don't think Harry and

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meghare in danger of losing the titles, but now they

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know there is a limit. They had already called it

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on the Oprah interviews, but they know they'll have to

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be very careful in the future. Andrew has proved that,

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as the French want to say, there are limits. Bar

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noted that while King Charles would not be the one

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to take such action, his son might. Harry probably doesn't

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like being put in the same boat as his disgraced uncle.

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But at the same time, as the years ticked by,

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Harry gets more and more removed from the royal family,

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and it is not inconceivable that bad behavior could prompt

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King William the Fifth to ask the successes to also

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voluntarily forego use of their titles. Pushed far enough, the

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monarch can go to relatively extreme measures to distance the

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crown from scandal. Royal inside is LeAnn. Prince William saw

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it right through Meghan Michael before her twenty eighteen wedding

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two Prince Harry, even as their grandmother's close confidant privately

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warned that Meghan may have engineered it all. Lady Elizabeth Anson,

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a cousin of Queen Elizabeth, reportedly told friends just days

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before the Windsor ceremony, we hope, but don't quite think

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she is in love. We think she engineered it all.

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It's worrying that so many people are questioning whether Meghan

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is right for Harry. The problem, bless his heart, is

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that Harry is neither bright nor strong, and she is both.

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Meghan is clearly brighter than Harry, but she has to

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be careful not to overshadow him. Lady Elizabeth's remarks, published

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by royal biographer Sally Bedell Smith, also included her blunt assessment,

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I don't trust Meghan an inch. Meghan could turn into

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nothing but trouble, more pallace. It's just a moment. King

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Charles quietly hosts at a family celebration at Windsor Castle

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last week to mark the ninetieth birthday of his cousin,

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Prince Edward, Duke of Kent. According to Hello magazine, the

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private reception took place on October twenty ninth, with the

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King and Queen Camilla welcoming senior royals to the castle

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for the occasion. The Duke returned to ninety on October ninth.

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Is a first cousin of both the late Queen Elizabeth

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and Prince Philip. He has served as a working royal

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for decades, representing the family at official events and engagements,

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both in the UK and abroad. Prince William and Catherine,

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Princess of Wales, knowing for being hard workers, did not

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attend the gathering as they were spending the school break

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with their children and often used excuse. The Duke of

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Kent retired from active military service in nineteen seventy six

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after a distinguished career in the British Army, but has

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remained a dedicated member of the royal family ever since.

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Residents of Prince Andrew Drive in Telford are divided over

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whether their street should be renamed, though all agreed the

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King was right to strip his brother of his titles. Shirley,

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who has lived on the road for thirty five years,

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said she dreads giving out her address because it always

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sparks a joke or a raised eyebrow. I hate it,

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she said, I think we should change it, but don't

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ask me what to after it pause, she suggested one

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idea Prince George Drive, at least, said books to the future. Julie,

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who lives on neighboring Queen Elizabeth Wade, said she fully

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supported the King's decision. He made the best decision ever,

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she said, adding her sympathies were with anybody who has

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been sexually exploited. She suggested that Princess Anne Drive might

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be a fitting new name. She's one of the better ones,

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Julie added. Linda, who moved to the street forty five

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years ago with her husband Phil, said she expects a

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change is coming. We have actually had the conversation this

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morning that the name of the road will get changed,

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she said. Phil was less concerned. It's just a name.

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It's not the man, he said, adding with a laugh,

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I can't tell you what I think about him without swearing.

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