Oct. 17, 2024

"Harry and Meghan's Star Power Fizzles: PR Expert Claims Couple Forced to 'Go Solo'!"

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1. "Harry and Meghan's Star Power Fizzles: PR Expert Claims Couple Forced to 'Go Solo'!"

2. "Meghan Risks 'Hypocrite' Label After Bullying Comments Amid Royal Staff Accusations!"

3. "Meghan's Red Hot Revenge Dress: 'Free from Royal Shackles' Claims Insider!"

4. "King Charles Gambles on Aussie Tour Despite Cancer: Expert Warns of 'Spectacular Backfire'!"

5. "Royals Under Siege: Republican Protesters Plot to Crash Charles and Camilla's Aussie Visit!"

6. "Royal Trick-or-Treat! Kate Middleton Caught Costume Shopping for Little Princes and Princess!"

7. "Palace Penny-Pinchers? Royal Job Ad Caught Offering Below Minimum Wage at Windsor Castle!"

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Ah Caloroga Shark Media.

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Hello and welcome through Palace Intrigue. I am your post

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about Francis. You know, we never really get to talk

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much about Megan Mikel in this podcast, so let's see

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what she's up to. Prince Arian Meghan Michael have come

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under fire from a PR expert who claims the couples

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shift towards solo projects as a result of their star

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power not being as successful as they hoped. The Duke

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and Duchess of Sussex appear to have adopted a new

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business strategy in recent weeks, with Prince Harry embarking on

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solo tours in New York, London and Southern Africa to

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promote his causes, while Megan has been attending events linked

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to her own projects. PR specialist Mark Borkowski weighed in

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on the reason for their business separation, telling Best Magazine

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there has been a separation of their work for a while.

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Harry is going back to basics with a formula that

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worked well for him as a royal family member, but

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there's also the realization that the couple's star power wasn't

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as successful as they hoped. They had to change the

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narrative Despite this critique, other experts have praised the move.

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Doug l Rej, a celebrity branding expert and founder of

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Achilles pr compared the strategy to splitting aces at the

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poker table. He told Fox News Together, you'd think they're unbeatable,

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but sometimes it's better to play two separate hands with

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an ace as an anchor. As the couple chief's focus

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towards individual ventures, experts continue to debate whether this new

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strategy will bolster their overall brand. Megan Michael has found

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herself in hot water again after discussing bullying during a

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recent appearance, just weeks after similar allegations were made against her.

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The Duchess of Sussex visited a youth organization in Santa

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Barbara earlier this month, where she spoke to teenage girls

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at Girls Incorporated about being one of the most bullied

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people in the world. The visit was part of the

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launch of a new digital wellness program, Social Media You,

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aimed at addressing the challenges of growing up in the

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digital age. However, much of the attention turned to Meghan's

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comments on bullying. Her remarks came shortly after the latest

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Duchess Difficult controversy in which former staff members accused her

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of bullying during her time as a Royal Royal. Author

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Christopher Anderson weighed in, warning that Meghan risks being labeled

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a hypocrite with her recent statements. Speaking to Fox News,

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he said, if Meghan feels unfairly targeted, she probably has

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every right to, but is it wise for someone who

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has been described as a workplace bully, whether it's true

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or not, to complain that she is a victim of bullying.

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It may come off as just more ego centric whining.

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Anderson added that while there is nothing wrong with Megan

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showing empathy for young girls dealing with online bullying, she

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should resist the temptation to make it all about her.

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Following the backlash, sources clarified to The New York Post

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that Megan talked about her experience with online bullying, but

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never claimed she was the most bullied person in the world.

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They're still talking about Meghan's red dress and how it

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could be signs of a comeback, and inside it tells

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Okay Magazine, before she met Harry, she would always wear

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eye catching outfits like that on the red carpet and

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would love the attention they would bring. She has admitted

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herself that once she became a royal, she really had

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to tone down her wardrobe and make more conservative choices,

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as well as claiming she wasn't allowed to wear a

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lot of color. Since leaving, she has slowly been getting

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more daring with her choices, and this appearance proved that

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she is finally free of her royal era and doesn't

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want to be associated with that part of her life anymore.

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Both she and Harry are pursuing their own career goals,

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and Meghan has decided that when she's doing solo events,

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she is going to be the star of the show.

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She has a lot of exciting projects coming up, including

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the launch of a new Netflix cooking show, and this

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is just the start of her fun and sexy you look,

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her time in the royal family made her sad and anxious,

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and she felt that she lost part of herself during

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that time. It's only just getting it back, our sources said,

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and she doesn't care what people think. She spent so

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long worrying about whether she was wearing the right outfit

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and if it was appropriate, and now she just wants

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to be herself. Megan has no plans to even go

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back to being a royal, and this dress shows that

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she's distancing herself from them and everything she used to

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be more pallace in just a moment. Royal expert Duncan

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Larcom points out to The Daily Beasts that despite health concerns,

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King Charles hasn't had any Joe Biden moments and there's

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no reason to doubt Charles team's assumption he can handle

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the Australia trip. Larcom said, wrapping everything up in mystery

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creates a vacuum that can all too easily get filled

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with conspiracy theories, as we saw with Kate earlier this year.

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If a wobbly moment did happen, then the tour could

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backfire us spectacularly. It is, of course a risk that

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applies to this general diary, but that is exactly why

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when it comes to domestic engagements nothing is being announced

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until the last minute. You can't do that on a

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foreign tour. My personal opinion is that having said he

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has cancer, they have made a rod for their own

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back by not telling us exactly what kind of cancer

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he has and how serious it is. Anti monarchy protesters

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are preparing to make their voices heard As Charles and

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Camilla head to Australia for the royal tour, Graham Smith,

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leader of the UK's largest republican group Republic, has arrived

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in Australia ahead of the visit, planning a symbolic protest

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when the Royals visit the Federal Parliament in Camber in Sydney.

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Smith emphasized that his goal isn't to push Australia towards

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becoming a republic, but to highlight growing republican sentiment in

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the UK. The message is simple, Charles does not speak

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for us, he does not represent us. He should go home.

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The protests coincide with the King and Queen's arrival in Australia,

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followed by Charles first attendants at the Commonwealth Heads of

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Government meeting in Samoa as the new head of the Commonwealth.

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As the royal couple undertakes a busy schedule of engagements,

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it seems opposition voices, led by Report Public are determined

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to follow closely behind. The Prince and Princess of Wale

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was committed to keeping life as normal as possible for

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their children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, including

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on Halloween. Just like kids around the world. They'll be

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out trick or treating on October thirty, first whist Halloween.

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Their former neighbor, Jay Rutland, husband of Tamara ecclestone, revealed

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that Kate Middleton took the children trickle treating around Kensington.

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Kate knocked on outdoor in London with their kids on

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Halloween trick or treating. Very friendly and down to earth,

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Jay shared at the time. Photographs of the family's outing

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were posted by Hello Magazine. This wasn't Kate's first Halloween

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outing with the children. In twenty nineteen, she was spotted

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shopping four costumes with George and Charlotte at a Sainsbury's

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in King's Lynn, near their Norfolk home and hall. Fellow

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shopper Kathy Whittaker recalled the moment to the Mirror, saying

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she was with Charlotte and George looking at Halloween outfits,

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but her bodyguard was telling people not to take pictures.

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A palace insider also shared that Prince William loves the

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scene of normalcy that Keate brings to their family life.

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Those children look pretty happy with life. A lot of

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it is the stabilizing normality Kate brings and that's how

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she grew up. William absolutely loves it inside, it said.

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With Halloween fast approaching, it seems the Royal children are

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in for another fun filled down to earth holiday celebration.

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Buckingham Pallace quickly corrected an error after a job listing

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for a housekeeper at Windsor Castle reportedly advertised a salary

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below the minimum wage. The Royal Household's website had posted

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an advertisement for the housekeeping role, offering a salary of

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twenty two thousand pounds per year. However, this would have

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meant paying the successful candidate just ten pounds fifty seven

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an hour, eighty seven p below the national minimum wage

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of eleven forty four. The job at listing, which has

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since been removed, outline that the successful applicant would be

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responsible for the interior upkeep of Windsor Castle and would

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work forty hours per week, with occasional travel to other

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Royal residences. Once the era was flagged, the Palace corrected

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the listing, just the salary to twenty four thousand pounds

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one eighty eight. A source told The Mail the salary

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originally listed was an error which since has been amended.

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The job also came with twenty five days of annual leave,

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increasing to thirty days, plus additional bank holidays. Other benefits

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included a non contributory fifteen percent pension plan, parental pay

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and leave, and volunteering days, as well as benefits to

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support physical and mental well being. The advert reportedly read

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you'll upkeep clean and care for a wide range of

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interiors and items, ensuring they're presented to their very best.

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