Aug. 4, 2025
Happy Birthday Meghan Markle
Happy Birthday to the Duchess of Sussex, who of course finds herself in the middle of another controversy - this one over Netflix Store Wages.
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Caloroga Shark Media, hed.
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Loo and welcome to Palace Intrigue. I am your host
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mark for ancis A happy forty fourth birthday to Meghan,
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Duchess of Sussex. Prince Harry is expected to do something
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extra special to mark the day. Grant Harold, who worked
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for King Charles between two thousand and four and twenty
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eleven and new Harry during that time, told Hart Pingo,
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he's quite generous. I think you'll go down the route
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of buying her jewelry or taking her away on holiday.
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I'm sure it will be something extra special. The royal
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family are famous for quirky, fun presence, so who knows.
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Maybe he might get her a piece of land on
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the moon, or he might get her title as a
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bit of a joke, something a little bit quirky, a
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little bit fun. As for public recognition, the royal family
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is not expected to officially mark Meghan's birthday on this
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social media channels, as they typically reserve such acknowledgments for
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working royals or milestone occasions. Still, Herald expects these Sussexes
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to highlight the day in their own way. They will
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try to make people aware it's her birthday. Because it's
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nice to get birthday wishes, and everyone deserves birthday wishes,
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he said. The Duchess of Sussex's lifestyle brand is said
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to appear in two new Netflix House retail locations, one
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in Philadelphia's King of Prussia Mall, the other in Dallas's Galleria.
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While fans may be thrilled to see some of her
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twenty seven dollarish products back on the shelves, critics have
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pointed out that the store workers selling those goods could
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be earning less per hour than the items themselves. Netflix
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House's advertising roles starting at about twenty dollars, prompting questions
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about how much the Duchess is profiting while frontline employees
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are earning comparatively modest wages. Megan appears to have quietly
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shelved to get another side project, as her curated shopping
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page on shop Mai has gone without an update for
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over ten weeks. Meghan launched the account earlier this year
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as a way to share her favorite beauty, fashion and
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lifestyle products, personally recommending items like a two hundred and
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fifty dollars straw panama hat from Rag and Bone and
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a one hundred five dollars a line skirt from Blues Owl. Initially,
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posts came almost weekly, offering fans a peeking to her
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closet and consumer tastes, but after a flurry of activity,
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the uploads stopped, with her last post now more than
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two months old. In a new interview with Yahoo Lifestyle,
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Australian Martha Stewart commented on the comparisons being made between herself,
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Gwyneth Paltrow and Meghan, remarking, Meghan, I don't really know
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very well and I hope she knows what she's talking about. Authenticity,
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to me is everything, and to be authentic and knowledgeable
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about your subject matter is extremely important. Sophie, Duchess of
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Edinburgh's reportedly quite content with one particular perk of her
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recent title upgrade. No longer needing to Curtsey to Meghan Markel.
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After years as the Countess of Wessex Aunt, Sophie elevated
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to Duchess of Edinburgh, a move that has reshuffled the
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royal packing order. According to Hello magazine, the secret weapon
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is said to be relieved by one aspect, in particular
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her days of dipping to Meghan and now behind her.
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A friend of the Duchess told reporters she no longer
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has to curtsey to someone in the family who has
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not only left royal duties, but has spent the past
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three years criticizing the institution that Sophie works so hard
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to support. Until recently, Meghan's marriage to Prince Harry placed
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her above Sophie in precedence. Despite the Sussexes stepping back
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from official duties in twenty twenty, that hierarchy meant Sophie
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still a working royal was expected to curtsey when encountering
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Meghan at formal occasions. Sarah Ferguson is back in the
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business game, this time swapping Pallace engagements for parenting essentials
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as she ventures into the baby care market. Fergie told
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the Male I created an eco friendly nappy. I think
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it's very exciting being a grandmother because the more grandchildren
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I have, the more urgency there is for compostible diapers. Meanwhile,
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King Charles is bringing his signature countryside style to the
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canine world with a launch of fifty eight dollar tweed
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dog coats, now available through the Sandringham Estate Shop. Dubbed
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the Happy Hound Coat, the item is crafted in Sandringham
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Royal tweed and lined with sherper fleece for warmth. It
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features a brown collar and Belton comes in a small
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medium in large size, designed according to the shop's description
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for frosty winter walks and elegant parkland outings. A notice
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in the shop reads, Sandringham's loyal and trusted doggy visitors
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to the Royal Parkland have been the inspiration for this collection.
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The coats are handmade in the UK and marketed as stylish,
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water resistant and machine washable. Known for his lifelong affection
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for tweed, the King has worn one of his favorite
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Herringbude coats since nineteen eighty six. Men died over the years,
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but still regularly seen on Christmas mornings Sandringham. Now, thanks
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to this latest offering, royal dogs can match their monarch
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in sartorial splendor, and even Martha Stewart can agree the
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King is being authentic more palace in just a moment.
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A dramatic museum heist in Paris has led to a
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three million pound insurance payout to the Royal Collection Trust
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after two royal treasures were stolen during a brazen daylight
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robbery last November. The items both eighteenth century snuff boxes
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of exceptional value had been a loan to cognact Jay
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Museum as part of an exhibition on luxury miniatures. One
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of the stolen pieces, a fabric royal snuff box entrusted
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with nearly three thousand diamonds, had once belonged to the
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Russian royal family and was acquired by Queen Mary in
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nineteen thirty two. The other featured a cameo of the
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birth of Venus. According to Lemon, the theft was carried
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out by four masked men who arrived on scooters and
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used an axe to smash into the display cases, startling
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visitors who witnessed the raid. The Royal Collections Trust newly
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published account confirms that received three million dollars in for
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the loss, noting the funds will be placed in a
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designated account for the enhancement of the collection. The robbery
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impacted not just British holdings. The Lieure and Versailles also
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had items on display during the same exhibition. Meanwhile, back home,
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the Royal Collection Trust is reporting record breaking attendance figures.
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Buckingham Palace welcomed six hundred and eighty three thousand visitors
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during its summer opening things, in part to the unveiling
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of the renovated east wing. Windsor Castle remained the top drawer,
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attracting only one point four million people. Overall, Royal palaces
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and exhibitions saw two point nine million visitors over the year,
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generating nearly nineteen million pounds in revenue and producing profits
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of almost fourteen million pounds. The Trust has also expanded
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access efforts, offering one pound tickets to those receiving Universal
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Credit and other benefits, nearly twenty thousand of which were
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sold at Windsor and Hollywood House over just four months.
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As the royal family continues to operate with a leaner
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public freezing team under King Charles, speculation is growing about
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whether certain well liked members might eventually step into more
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visible roles, particularly Zara and Mike Tindall. Former royal butler
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Grant Harold, who worked for King Charles when he was
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still the Prince of Wales, believes it's unlikely the Tyndalls
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will take on more royal duties anytime soon. They're not
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currently working royals. Of course, we see them at events
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and supporting the King, we always will, but as for
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increasing their presence, I don't think they will, Harold told
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Prime Casino. He added, I do think Mike is into that.
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The fact that we see them more informally is what
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I think makes them so likable. Zara and Mike are relatable,
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while Charles appears committed to a slim down monarchy. Harold
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left room for the future, suggesting Prince William might take
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a different view once he becomes king. When William was
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king and there is a younger royal family, who knows
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there could be a different story. It's thought he's going
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to keep it small going forward, but you never know.
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One argument for adding more working royals would be that
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the future King himself doesn't appear to like to do
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much work, something Princess sand seems to be increasingly grumbling about.
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And there you have it. If you like to email
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