Family drama at Balmoral has come to light in a new royal book detailing the tensions surrounding the Queen's final moments.

0:03 Calorogus Shark Media All and Welcome through Palace Intrigue, I'm Your Host, Mark Francis. Family drama at bell Morral has come to light in a new royal book detailing the tensions surrounding the Queen's final moments. According to Robert Hardman's Charles the Third New King, New Court, the story behind Prince Harry's solow journey to Scotland was even more fraught than previously known, it seems King Charles, then Prince of Wales, personally called both his sons to urge them to travel to Scotland quickly, but made it clear that Megan was not welcome. When Harry pushed back, Charles apparently claimed that no other spouses were coming, mentioning specifically that Kate wasn't coming.

0:49 What Charles likely didn't know is that Kate had actually chosen to stay behind to support her children on their first day at Lambrock School. This innocent detail inadvertently diffused what could have been an even more explosive family row, as Harry wrote in Spare that the news about Kate's absence immediately calmed him down. The reality, according to Hartman, was that Charles simply wanted to avoid family conflicts during what he thought would be days, not hours, of final goodbyes. By the time Harry chanted a private plane and arrived at Balmoral, the Queen had already passed and both his father and brother had departed. Sources suggesced William made no attempt to contact his estranged brother directly during this critical time, with one insider noting the Prince did not regard this as the appropriate moment for the intensely difficult conversation he needed to have with his brother. The account also reveals the start breakdown in communication between the royal households. While coordination between royal officers would be typically seamless during such moments, Harry's team reportedly made no call to William's camp that morning, despite having all the numbers. Charles himself was not present for his mother's final breath. The King had stepped outside to clear his mind and gather mushrooms when she passed at three ten pm, with only Princess Anne at the bad side. Anne Evstoyk was seen waiting for Charles outside the castle, declining a staff member's offer of comfort, with the rye comment that is the last time that's going to happen. The frost between Queen Camilla and Prince Harry shows no sign of thoughing. According to Buckingham Palace insiders,

2:20 the Duke of Sussex, who infamously described his stepmother as dangerous in his memoir, accused her of sacrificing him on her personal pr altar and waging a campaign aimed at marriage and eventually the Crown. Sources close to the palace tell Newsweek that the Queen remains notably untroubled by Harry's criticism, with one insider revealing that the topic of the Sussexes is almost never discussed in her circles. Far more thought and hiatus is stirred up in the media around what the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are or aren't doing on any given day than was ever a fixation at the palace, the source explained. However, Camilla's influence may be a key factor in the ongoing estrangement between Harry and his father. While the Duke has reportedly been keen to meet with Charles during his UK visits, particularly following the King's cancer diagnosis, those around the monarch, including Queen Camilla, have advised against it once. Sours claimed she has been the principal voice urging Charles to slow down and take things easy. The last thing she wants him to do is get stressed out over a meeting with Harry. The Queen is also said to be concerned about how any father son reconciliation might affect Prince William, who continues to maintain his distance from his younger brother. Netflix's With Love Meghan continues to draw a criticism from all quarters, including surprisingly the Duchess's ol estranged father, Thomas Mirkle, who hasn't spoken to his daughter since before her twenty eighteen wedding. Too.

3:44 Prince Harry told the Male everything she says as pre planned and rehearsed. It makes me laugh because I know all her looks and expressions. I know which is faking it for the cameras. The eighty year old admitted he hasn't watched the entire series, but has seen clips. His comments add to a corus of negative reviews, with The Guardian suggesting Netflix should kiss the Netflix deal goodbye, and The Telegraph calling the show an exercise in narcissism. Megan's half brother Thomas Michael Junior offered an equally unflattering assessment, saying, halfway through, I realized there's something better I could be doing with my time. Psychologist Stefan Walters told Okay magazine that these public reminders of familial estrangement likely hurt the Duchess.

4:26 When there's an estrangement, whatever that form takes, it can be painful and hurtful to be reminded of that connection. He explained, the opposite of love isn't hate, it's indifference. So the fact that these people still feel a need to talk about Meghan suggests there are still feelings there, maybe sadness and anger and grief. It's probably the same for Megan too. Not everyone is joining the criticism, however, Meghan's longtime friend Abigail Spencer, who appears in the show, offered a heartfelt defense. In a recent interview with Hello magazine. This is her Heart, Spencer said, simply, Meghan is the hostess with the most literally for years, she has been like this. Actris added, we have a very private friendship, so choosing to let people in on part of that is it's very private, but I'm glad we got to share a little bit of it. Despite the mixed reception, Netflix has confirmed that a second season has already been filmed and set to air this autumn. Pallacentric We'll Wear Rabic.

5:24 King Charles is being urged to make a rare diplomatic move that could place Donald Trump in an awkward position. As the sovereign of Canada. Charles has been asked to attend the country's state opening of Parliament, which would showcase the monarch's support for Canada as Trump threatens trade wars against America's northern neighbor. Former Conservative MP Andrew Person, now based in Vancouver, told The Daily Meal it would put Trump in a really difficult position. He is going to accept a state visit with the King well at the same time threatening and showing disdain and disrespect for Canada, where Charles is the monarch. The King has already made subtle gestures of Canadians solidarity, wearing his Canadian medals while aboard HMS Prince of Wales and presenting his Canadian personal attendant with a ceremonial sword at Buckingham Palace. If Charles does attend the opening after Canada's upcoming federal elections, he would be following in the footsteps of both his grandfather, King George the six who visited in nineteen thirty nine, and his mother, Queen Elizabeth the Second, who attended in nineteen fifty seven. Down Under, the royal family has received a significant cultural snub. The Reserve Bank of Australia has confirmed that King Charles will not feature on the new five dollar banknote, ending a tradition that saw Queen Elizabeth the Second's portrait grace the note since nineteen ninety two. Instead, the readers agn will on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people's connection to the country and overturning of terra nullius.

6:48 The bank has opened submissions for artwork representing the enduring, emotional, spiritual and physical connection of First Nations people to the land. This decision has sparked debate in Australia, with Opposition leader Peter duttonbviously describing it as another attack on our systems, on our society and our institutions. While King Charles will still appear on the straining coins, this move comes despite his long standing relationship with the country. The King has visited Australia sixteen times since his first trip in nineteen sixty six, most recently traveling there with Queen Camilla in October of twenty twenty four. From royal visits to Royal Soap, King Charles is selling a luxury bar of soap for Mother's Day at the eyebrow, raising price of twenty eight pounds.

7:32 Part of High Grove Gardens Mothering Sunday Gift range, the Highgrove Bouquet soap claims to capture the essence of High Grove Gardens with fragrances including silver, line, blossom, mimosa and cedar. The Royal Soap doesn't stop there with the extravagance Delivery charges can push the total cost to fifty five pounds for a single bar for those with deeper pockets. The complete High Grove Bouquet range includes a one hundred milli liter o de parfuon for one hundred seventy five pounds in a cented candle for sixty five. Highgrove House in Gloucestershire, formerly the home of Charles and Camilla, was passed to William and cat upon the king's coronation. The eighteenth century state purchased in nineteen eighty four between eight hundred thousand and one million pounds now welcomes around forty thousand visitors annually to its meticulously designed gardens and are they have it?

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