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Callaroga Shark Media, Hello, and welcome to Palace Intrigue gam
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your host Mark Francis. Following the release of another batch
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of files linked to Jeffrey Epstein, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor has
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again been drawn into renewed scrutiny over his association with
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the disgraced financier. A leading royal biographer now argues that
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the royal family had ample chances to intervene long before
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public pressure forced decisive action. Speaking to The Daily Mail,
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Andrew Lowney said the institution failed to act when it
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still had room to do so quietly. The Royal family
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had plenty of opportunities to discipline Andrew, to remove him
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from his posts past, to deal with him, but they've
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only done so because of public pressure and media pressure.
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Lowey added that the latest revelations are unlikely to have
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caught Palace officials off guard, but I don't think any
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of this will come as a surprise to the Palace.
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They've been bracing themselves for the stuff to emerge at
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some point. The author whose book entitled The Rise and
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Fall of House of York examines the former Duke of
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York and Sarah Ferguson in detail suggest that neither has
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any realistic path back to public life. I'm afraid their
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reputations are absolutely in the dust, Lowney said, neither of
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them can ever recover from what's been emerging. He also
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warned that the material now in the public domain may
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represent only a fraction of what exists. Referring to his
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own research, Lowney said, this is only a very small
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percentage of the material in the United States Department of
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Justice and what they collected. There's also more material with
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the Epstein estate which they could release if they wished to.
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Lowney went further, alleging that Andrew was far from a
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peripheral figure. Andrew was very integral to the whole operation.
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He would have seen everything. He would have known an
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awful lot. Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie are reportedly reeling
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after the newly released Epstoce files revealed explicit and deeply
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embarrassing emails attributed to their mother, Sarah Ferguson. One exchange
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from March twenty ten has drawn particular outrage. In the email,
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Epstein asks Ferguson about a possible trip to New York
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she replies, not sure yet, just waiting for Eugenie to
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come back from a shagging weekend. At the time the
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message was sent, Princess Eugenie was nineteen years old and
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just days shy of her twentieth birthday. She was spending
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the occasion with her then boyfriend now husband, Jack Brooksbank.
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By that point, Epstein had already pleaded guilty in two
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thousand and eight to charges including solicitation of prostitution and
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solicitation of prostitution with a minor under the age of eighteen,
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had served time in prison, and was still under restrictions
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related to his conviction. Sources close to the York sisters
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say the revelations have been devastating. One told The Daily
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Mail they are aghast at what they have read. They
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are mortified by the emails their mother has sent to Epstein.
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It is so embarrassing for them. We don't believe the
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girls were told much about what has just emerged, and
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there will simply be a gaesst at just how close
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their parents were to this appalling man. The crude reference
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to Eugenie is not the only message causing distress. Other
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emails show Ferguson repeatedly flattering Epstein, calling him a legend,
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and in multiple messages suggesting marriage. In one January twenty
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ten email, she writes, you are a legend. I really
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don't have the words to describe my love gratitude for
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your generosity and kindness. Kiss, kiss, I am at your service.
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Just marry me. A similar message urging him to marry
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her appears in correspondence from September two thousand and nine.
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Other files suggest that Ferguson contacted Epstein in twenty eleven
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to congratulate him on the reported birth of a baby boy.
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In the message, attributed to an individual identified as Sarah,
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someone appears to reach out to Epstein despite previously claiming
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she had cut all ties with him following his two
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thousand and eight conviction. Writing in September twenty eleven, Sarah
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said she had learned the news from her former husband.
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Don't know if you're still on this from BBM BlackBerry messenger,
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but have heard from the Duke that you have had
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a baby boy. The message reads. She continued, even though
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you never kept in touch, I am still here with love, friendship,
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and congratulations on your baby boy, before signing off with
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a kiss. Epstein was not publicly known to have any children.
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If the claim in the message were accurate, the child
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would now be around fourteen years old. Epstein's last known
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partner was Karina Shuliac, who inherited much of his estate
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following his death in twenty nineteen. Let's cleanse our palettes
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here with something more fun. King Charles surprised runners taking
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part in a charity run at Sandringham over the weekend,
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stepping out unannounced to cheer and participants in volunteers as
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they made their way through the Norfolk estate. The King
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appeared as the event passed through his country home, offering
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encouragement to joggers and pausing to thanks Steward's and Marshalls
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helping manage the course. Many of those taking part were
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raising money for cancer related causes, making the appearance especially resonant.
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One volunteer stationed along the route had a sign reading
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yes that's really what One volunteer stationed along the route
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held a sign reading yes that really was his Majesty,
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the King on your first lap. She was later photographed
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chatting with a casually dressed and visibly relaxed Charles, who
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appeared to relish the unexpected interaction with runners. The royal
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family later shared an image of Charles chewing on runners,
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linking the moment to the approaching World Cancer Day. Move
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Against Cancer also reacted publicly, writing on Facebook that they
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were almost speechless at the surprise visit More Palace in
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just a moment. In thenews dot co dot UK, Daniel
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Elsa writes friends, family, money, a career purpose the latest
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developments in the Montecitos and claimed that the Duke is
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having a rotten time on all these fronts and all
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at the same time. The Duke allegedly rarely leaves the house,
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has no income stream aside from paid speaking gigs, has
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lost touch with his UK mates, now has a separate
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office to his wife, Megan, the Duchess of Sussex, and
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has professionally speaking become sidelined spare professionally speaking in their marriage.
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According to a page six report, the Duke allegedly rarely
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leaves the house, has no income stream aside from paid
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speaking gigs, has lost touch with his UK mates and
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now has a separate office to his wife, Megan the
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Duchess of Sussex, and has professionally speaking becomes sidelined spare
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in their marriage, according to a page six report. According
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to the Peace, the Sussex's coffers are rapidly depleting, which
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has reportedly resulted in them having to cut back on staff,
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unlikely helped by the fact that Harry is without a
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steady income Simultaneously as the forty one year old suffers
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through this long dark night of the career soul, recent
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years have come with a shockingly rude introduction to this
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thing called and I think I'm pronouncing this correctly, living expenses.
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Just the Sussex's mortgage and security costs alone, based on
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Page six's numbers, comes to more than five million dollars
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a year. If that's correct, that's just stress. The If
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then the five years they have already spent in the
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US will already have wiped twenty five million dollars off
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their bottom line. The picture is a tad cheerier in Jammerstand,
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where Meghan has pitched to her professional tent with her
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as ever lion of spreads and useless dibble devil, kitchen
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thing games and candles approaching them one year mark. While
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some wild dollar figures have done the rounds about how
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much money she has made from as Ever, really it's
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impossible to note quite how lucrative the business might be,
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but whatever the number is, at least it's something. With
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reports that Netflix has canned any further seasons of With Love,
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Meghan and the streamer as yet per page six, to
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have bitten on the pitch for holiday specials such as
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July fourth and Valentine's Day, and that she has reportedly
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to them and in the no source told the outlet
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of the Sussexes, I don't think they leave the house much.
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Megan does, maybe, but not so much. Harry. Well, Harry
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did leave the house at least once. Harry has become
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a regular at Kelly Slater's surf ranch in Lamore, California,
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one of the world's most exclusive and technologically advanced wave pools.
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The Duke has been refining his technique there under the
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guidance of surf coach Raimana von Bastawla, a Tahitian surfer
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who has worked with a number of high profile clients.
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In a newly shared video posted by Van Bastalla, Harry
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is seen riding a clean barreling wave and a black wetsuit,
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first crouched low before standing upright as he moves smoothly
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through the section. The coach ryots alongside him on a
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separate board in one clip, briefly placing a hand on
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Harry's lower back to steady him. The footage also shows
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Harry practicing under floodlights, smiling and flashing a thumbs up
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toward someone off camera. Van Bastella captioned the video cannot
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stop you my brother for having a good time. Megan
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has previously shared footage of her husband's surfing there, prompting
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criticism from some commentators who question the environmental impact of
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wave pools, even Harry's outspoken advocacy on climate and sustainability issues.
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In response to similar criticism in the past, surf Rancher
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has pointed to efforts to reduce its environmental footprint, including
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renewable energy use, sustainable construction materials, and a commitment to
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cutting single use plastics. Sessions at the surf ranch are
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known to be prohibitively expensive, with reports suggesting private bookings
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can cost tens of thousands of dollars per day, adding
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to the site's reputation as a playground for elite surfers
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