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Ah Calorogus, Shark media at low and welcome to Palace Intrigue.
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I am your host, Mark Francis. Harry and Meghan are
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being urged to consider something they have rarely tried since
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leaving Royal life, doing less. Page six spoke with Royal
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commentator Kinsey Schofield following the theatrical release of Cookie Queen's Showfield
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argues that Harry and Meghan might benefit from stepping away
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from the constant cycle of launchers, announcements and new ventures.
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I would tell them to disappear professionally for a little while,
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dramatically reduce the number of announcements, and identify one genuinely
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compelling project with experienced people around them who know how
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to execute it, Showfield told Page six. Reputation recovery is possible,
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but I don't think it comes from another rebrand or
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another glossy publicity campaign. She said, I would recommend the opposite,
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less talking announcements, in more execution. Success is one of
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the most effective reputation management strategies in Hollywood. Making something
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undeniable and suddenly the conversation changes. When you try to
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establish authority in every category simultaneously, you can end up
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establishing authority in none of them. Pick a lane, become
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good at it, and allow success. To rebuild credibility, they
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need to start creating their celebrity as the product and
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start creating products strong enough to survive without their celebrity.
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There are only so many times you can tell the
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audience why you left the royal family. If they want
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longevity in entertainment, they have to prove people are interested
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in their taste, ideas, and storytelling when the monarchy isn't
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the hook. I also don't think it's a coincidence that
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we're seeing renewed efforts toward reconciliation with King Charles at
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a moment when Harry and Meghan need to rebuild their credibility.
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I suspect that they understand that their fractured relationship with
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the royal family has become a professional liability. Newsweek reports
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that as Ever's website received about one hundred and twenty
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seven thousand visits in July, according to estimates from similar Web.
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That's down from about two hundred and sixty eight thousand
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visits in January, decline of roughly fifty three percent. Traffic fell,
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and every month except one during that period in July
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was as Ever's lowest traffic month of twenty twenty six,
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and as ever spokesperson told Newsweek comparing as Ever's website
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traffic with royal websites is probably not an especially meaningful comparison.
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As Ever is a consumer business where the more relevant
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measures are customers, repeat purchases, and sales rather than raw
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website visits. Traffic naturally rises around launchers and then settles
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as the initial curiosity subsides. The focus is on building
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a sustainable brand and loyal customer base, not chasing page views.
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Newsweek compared as evers traffic with King Charles Highgrove Gardens
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online sharp. Highgrove had about forty eight eight thousand website
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visits in July, about half that of as Ever, but
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it's not a particularly clean comparison. Highgrove also sells products
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through physical locations, including its shop in Tetbury, through Fortenham
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and Mason in London, and at the Chelsea Flowers Show,
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and unlike as Ever, we do have some financial information
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about the High Grove business. The company that operates the
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shop reported turnover of five point seven million pounds in
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twenty twenty five, with a profit of five hundred ninety
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one thousand pounds going to the King's foundation that includes
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more than just online sales. Newsweek also compared as Ever
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with Royal Family's official website. Royal dot UK had about
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seven hundred and thirty one thousand visits in July, although
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that's not a store, A more interesting comparison might be
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Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop, since that's also a celebrity lifestyle business.
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Goop received about seven hundred and forty nine thousand website
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visits in July. Harry and Meghan's Sussex dot com website
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was much smaller, with about seventy one thousand. There are
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a couple of other interesting numbers in the as Ever data.
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About twenty six percent of its July visitors were returning visitors,
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seventy four percent were new, and although as Ever currently
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ships only within the United States, only about thirty one
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percent of its July website traffic came from the US.
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Star magazine claims Meghan has asked Prince Harry to see
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why the members of his family might publicly show their
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support for her lifestyle brand. The source said it wouldn't
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take much. Just one Instagram mentioned from Princess Beatrice or
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Princess Eugenie or in a dream world from King Charles.
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The same source claims Meghan has been sending as ever
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products to members of the family. Meghan has reportedly sent
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gift baskets with her new honey to Charles and Queen Camilla,
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and to everyone else in the family too. The source added,
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she's convinced that once they try it, they'll understand what
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all the fusses about and want to get on board.
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According to the report, Harry isn't enthusiastic about asking his
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family to promote Meghan's business. The source describes Harry as
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Meghan's number one Cheerly. It says, he's very clear that
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asking for favors now is the quickest way to undo
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all the progress they've made. There's also the obvious problem
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that members of the royal family don't normally use their
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positions to endorse our relative's commercial products. That's not how
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the monarchy works. The source said. They can't suddenly start
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endorsing commercial brands, and he's not going to set her
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up for another disappointment by promising that it can happen.
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Nor is he going to put everything he's been working
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toward at risk. There's always talk about them building on
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the reunion in London, continuing the peace path with more
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meetings very soon, and Harry has promised her that it's legitimate.
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The Charles is on their side, the sources said. So
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she really can't understand why this is too much to
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ask well Palace in just a moment. The Sunday Times
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Royal editor Royer Nicker reports that Harry is expected back
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in the UK next month for a week of engagements
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involving well Child and the Invictus Games, and according to
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a source close to Harry, that could become the new pattern.
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The template first visits been working well, so the frequency
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of trips will increase, especially in the run up to Invictus,
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which he's determined to make the best games yet, so
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he'll be coming back and forth a lot more every
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few months, the source told The Sunday Times, and added
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he wants more and more of a foothold here, more trips,
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back less court rooned drama, and he always loves seeing
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his family. For gb Newsley Cohen writes under the headline
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Sorry Harry, you don't get to attack the crown and
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then come crawling home Cohen Chairs. Cookie Queen's earned three
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hundred and twenty seven thousand dollars, while cat Video Fest
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took about five hundred and sixty nine thousand. That single
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result is not proof of total commercial irrelevance, but it
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is another awkward reminder that extraordinary name recognition does not
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automatically translate into an audience willing to pay for what
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they produce. Now, Harry wants more Britain and more family.
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He wants more charity work, more in victis, more contact
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with his father. The September visit is expected to center
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on well child and preparations for the twenty twenty seven Games.
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None of these activities is objectionable in itself, but the
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broader direction is unmistakable. He is seeking a larger foothold
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in the country and causes at once gave his public
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and private life, meaning that creates an uncomfortable conundrum for
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the royal family. After the sustained public assaults the Sussexes
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launched against Crown, country and family, it is unfathomable to
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imagine the Palace helping him rebuild the very public position
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he spent years attacking without exacting a serious cost. Harry
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cannot reasonably expect Britain to forget the damaged caused by
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his memoir, his interviews, and the repeated public attacks on
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the royal family. He cannot expect supporters of the monarchy
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to treat years of accusations and recriminations as though they
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were merely an unfortunate private disagreement. Nor can he expect
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the institution to treat his renewed interest in Britain as
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though it carries no history. Many of the monarchy's most
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loyal supporters are likely to resent a royal rehabilitation. They
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watched as the royal family were accused of cruelty, racism,
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and indifference. They watched private grievances become global and attainment.
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They watched the monarchy absorb the damage while the Sussexes
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built a public brand around their grievances. For many, a
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renewed royal role will not look like a heartwarming family reunion.
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It will look like a reward for behavior they regard
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as unforgivable. Royal expert Jenny Bond adds via the Eye Paper,
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if we do start seeing him at more charity events
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over here, as well as conducting his now quite regular
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visits to Ukraine. Perhaps you could argue that he has
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achieved what he asks for in the first place. Not
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quite half in and half out, but a way of
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doing traditional royal engagements, even though he's not part of
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the firm. It's something I think he and Meghan should
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have been allowed to do in the first place. But
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the late Queen Elizabeth I was implacable. As a result,
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the monarchy lost two people who could have helped forge
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important links between the crown and Britain's diverse communities, and
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William lost his brother. What a tribute it would be
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to Diana if her sons could finally be reconciled on
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the anniversary of an untimely death. But if Harry's fire
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has been twel the anger smoldering inside William, who is
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known to be a stubborn character, could be much harder
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to extinguish. He feels betrayed by the brother who sold
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the family secrets, or at least Harry's version of them,
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and now wants to be allowed back into the fold.
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If any truce is to be called, it will be
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William who does the calling, and they have it. If
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