July 31, 2026
Harry and Meghan Hit Back After Archie and Lilibet Are Dragged Into Royal Feud
The Sussexes issue a furious response after a commentator predicts their children could make life difficult for William and Kate’s family. Plus: claims Meghan wants her royal relevance back, Harry is being pushed toward Hollywood, and his Canadian security costs are revealed.
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Ah Calorogus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Intrigue.
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I am your host, Maya Francis Majesty. Magazine editor in
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Chief Ingrid Seward believes Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are
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attempting to rebuild their connection with the royal family, partly
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because of what the relationship could mean for Archie and
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little Bit in the future. Speaking to the Son, Seward said,
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first of all, I think the Sussexes do want to
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foot back in the door for the sake of their
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children and their children's futures. I think the children could
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really be annoyed, not now, but when they grow up
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with their father and mother, they could ask, why haven't
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you introduced me to my other life, my cousins, my heritage,
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And I think that would be an awkward one for
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Harry and Meghan to explain. I think Harry is keen
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to reconcile with the family, and I'm sure that Meghan
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does too, as she needs that sparkle of royal gold
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dust around her becomes relevant again and her overall popularity proves.
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I am sure the pair are groveling at the moment
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at home. For Megan, the Americans hate her. Her popularity
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is shattered. Of course, there will always be the Megan
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super fans, but largely she has seen as somebody who
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breaks tires with her own family, and she has seen
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this splitting Harry and the children from their family too.
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The Americans also love the royals too, so winning them
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back would help her situation enormously. Meghan needs to mend
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those fences, but she is having to take a back
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seat and gradually work around this sue. It also believes
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because of the King's age, I think Charles himself will
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want to spend time with his grandchildren, though with his schedule,
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I think the only chance he will get to spend
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with them is during the annual summer trip to Scotland
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for the long Bow Moral Break. So with this in mind,
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I think there is a real chance that they return
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for that. This summer seems unlikely, but in the future
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I can see this happening, she said. I think the
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King will say to Harry, darling, boy, you know, I
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can only really see you in Scotland where he will
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be given assurances about security, and that is what I
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think will happen. The rest of the family won't want
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to make things any more difficult for the King than
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they already are. The issues with Harry and his brother, however,
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are a whole other ballgame completely. Megan is reportedly taking
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extra steps to avoid being recognized when she goes out
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in California, according to claims published by gossip columnist Rob Shooter.
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The report, which cites unnamed sources, claims the Duchess has
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begun wearing wigs, baseball caps, oversized sweatshirts, loose fitting trousers,
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and large sunglasses when she leaves home in Montecito. One
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unnamed source, quota by Rob Shooter, claimed after the UK
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she's become obsessed with staying invisible. Now she almost never
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leaves the house without some kind of disguise. She doesn't
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want anyone to recognize her, and alleged that her outings
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are now carefully planned to avoid attracting attention. A source
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tells Starn magazine what Meghan wants is for Harry to
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stop acting like he's above the whole Hollywood thing and
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start getting paid. It can't be all on her to
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support them. The source went on to claim there are
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plenty of opportunities available if Harry would be willing to
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pursue them. Among the ideas reportedly floated were television and
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film cameos, podcasting, and other entertainment projects. In The Daily Beast,
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Tom Sykes had some thoughts about Meghan's recent Instagram posts,
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writing here instead is a Meghan and Harry so relaxed,
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so ostentatiously at ease that they eat dinner giggling against
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a stone wall, collapsing into each other's arms. They visit
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a fish restaurant where the menu is chalked on a blackboard.
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They swim Harry Haulds the children through the air with
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cheerful recklessness in a swimming pool. They process down an
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avenue of lime trees at Allthorpe, clutching bauquets to lay
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on Diana's grave, which seems a weird thing to post
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as part of your holiday content, but hey, then we
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went to a grave. Even this somber times is son
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kissed and wonderful. Speaking on The Royalist Podcast, broadcaster Mark
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Dolan speculated that Harry and Meghan might eventually spend part
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of the year in the UK after Prince William becomes king,
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creating a competing royal presence. Dolan said Meghan and Harry
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will make life a misery for King William and Queen Catherine.
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They'd love to be in the UK. I think up
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to half the year with this rival. Court Dolan also
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extended that speculation to the next generation, suggesting Prince Archie
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and Princess Lilibet could one day create difficulties for Prince George,
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Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. Those comments prompted a rare
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public response from a spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess
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of Sussex, who strongly condemned the bringing the children into
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the discussion. The spokesperson said, there is a fundamental difference
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between criticizing public figures and choosing to demonize two young
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children who have done absolutely nothing to warrant it. To
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speculate the Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet will one day
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make life a misery for their cousins is an extraordinary
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and irresponsible thing to say about children. We are genuinely
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disgusted by these comments. Whatever the views people may hold
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about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, children should never
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be dragged into adult disputes or portrayed as future antagonists
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for the sake of a provocative sound by it. Royal
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commentator Jenny Bond tells New Magazine. I think a key
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problem in any relationship between Megan and Kate is the
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power balance. Catherine is a future queen. She will always
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take priority over Meghan. One day the Duchess will have
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to Curtsey to her. We know that Megan finds that
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rather comically absurd, more palacing just a moment. A new
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investigation by CBC News has found that Prince Harry's visits
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to Canada generated the highest taxpayer funded security costs of
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any internationally protected person over a five year period. According
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to the CBC, Harry's security accounted for roughly ten percent
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of the more than five point two million dollars Canadian
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the RCMP spent protecting over one hundred internationally protective visitors
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during that period. The costs listed cover additional expenses such
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as travel and overtime, but did not include officer's regular salaries,
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meaning the overall cost of providing protection would have been higher.
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Former Metropolitan Police Protection officer Simon Morgan told CBC there
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were good reasons Harry required substantial security at the time.
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Morgan said he was the Queen's grandson, he was the
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future king's son. He also noted Harry's military service in
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Afghanistan may have led Canadian authorities to adopt what he
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described as a more robust security posture. One of the
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organizations responsible for preserving the Royal Collection has reported his
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significant financial setback, with income falling sharply over the past
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Europe as fewer visitors to a Britain's royal residences. The
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Royal Collection's Trust latest annual report shows new income drop
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from thirteen point nine million to three point five men
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injuring the twenty twenty five twenty six financial year, a
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decline of more than ten million pounds. The Trust, which
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cares for the Royal Collection and manages public access to
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sites including Buckingham Palace, Winsor Castle and the Palace of
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Hollywood House, said the slowdown follows the extraordinary visitor boom
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that came after King charles coronation visit, and numbers across
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the Trust's attractions fell by about one hundred and eighty
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two thousand over the year, bringing total attendance to roughly
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two point six million people. Retail sales was a decline
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by around three hundred thousand pounds. Buckingham Palace was particularly
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affected because of the continuing reservicing project, which reduced the
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number of visitors who could be admitted during the annual
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summer opening. The Trust said record attendance that previous years
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simply could be repeated while major refurbishment work continues. Winsor
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Castle also experienced a modest decline as post coronation tourism
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eased and international travel remains often than expected. One bright
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spot came in Scotland, where the Palace of Hollywood House
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welcomed more visitors thanks to additional opening days and expanded
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schedule of group tours. Despite the drop, the Royal Collection
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Trust remains optimistic. The report says there is still strong
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public interest in visiting the royal residences, but acknowledges that
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economic pressures and uncertainty in global travel are likely to
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continue affecting attendance in the near future. And there you
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