Sept. 9, 2025

Harry Returns to Windsor, William Works Overtime, and Kate Debuts APrince William and Princess Catherine led tributes on the nother New Look

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Prince William and Princess Catherine led tributes on the third anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s death, while Prince Harry paid his respects at St George’s Chapel after flying in from California. William now faces a rare four days of consecutive public duties, while Harry begins a solo four-day visit focused on youth projects. Speculation continues over whether the King will make time to see his youngest son. Meanwhile, new stats show Harry is the most Googled royal, Archie is spotted at an expensive “British” soccer camp in California, and Catherine quietly steals the spotlight with a fresh new hairstyle at the Women’s Rugby World Cup.

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Callaroga Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Intrigue, Iam

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your host, Mark Francis, Prince William and Princess Catherine led

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tributes on Monday to mark the third anniversary of Queen

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Elizabeth the Second's death, while Prince Harry also paid his respects.

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Following his arrival from California. The lead Queen, Britain's longest

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serving monarch, died at Balmoral on eighth of September twenty

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twenty two at the age of ninety six, bringing to

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a close a reign of seventy years. To commemorate the occasion,

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the Prince and Princess of Wales visited their local branch

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of the Women's Institute near Windsor, an organization with which

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the Queen had a long association. She had been a

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member for eighty years and served as president of her

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Sandringham branch from two thousand and three until her death.

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Prince Harry meanwhile was seen at Saint George's Chapel, Windsor Castle,

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where he laid flowers at the Queen's resting place beside

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Prince Philip. Despite being only a few miles from his brother.

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There are no plans for the pair to meet. William

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will actually work four days in a row, counting Monday's outing. Today,

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the air will visit to Spiral Skills in Lambeth, a

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youth organization supported by his Homewards initiative. Tomorrow he will

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travel to Cardiff to mark Suicide Prevention Day, where he

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will visit a new mental health hub at the Principality

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Stadium created in memory of Jack Lewis, who died in

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twenty nineteen at age twenty seven. The Principal meet Jack's

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family and speak with representatives from football and rugby about

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supporting mental health and sport. The very public schedule is

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in no way to distract the press from someone else

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who is making the rounds. Meanwhile, the Spare will return

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to Nottingham, a city he has long described as close

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to his heart. Today he will visit the Community Recording Studio,

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which works with young people and has previously hosted both

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Harry and Meghan. The Duke is expected to announce a

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substantial donation to children in need to help address youth violence,

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attend briefings with local partners, and deliver a short speech.

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The very Busy King is reportedly a bow moorl and

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it remains unclear if he has time on his schedule

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for Harry's well announced trip. If the King does have time,

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sources speculate it would be on Wednesday. A source told

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The Mail on Sunday a meeting with Charles is not

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off the table. The only people who would know about

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in a Clive Alderton, the King's private secretary, and Charles

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and Harry. If anything is planned, then he is keeping

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this extremely close to his chest. It certainly is part

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of his intention to see his father. If it's on Wednesday,

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then he would make it work. Roya Nickott told The

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Sunday Times. No one knows apart from the King, Harry

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and his private secretary. As from what I understand, it's

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still very up in the air. If it does happen,

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I think it'll happen midweek when the King comes down

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from Balmorrel. It's never that simple. Father and son went

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to see each other. But Harry has said so many

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things in the last two years that has been hurtful

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to the King, to the Queen, to William, to Kate,

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that so much mistrust. Can a meeting like that happen

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and Harry not talk about it after? That's the key question.

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Royal expert Charles Ray adds, the big problem is that

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Harry is flying fifty five hundred miles to London and

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the King is still five hundred miles away in Scotland.

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It is unlikely you would expect the King would fly

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down again to have a cup of tea with Harry.

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As Harry continues his four days solough visits, traveling without

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Meghan and the kids, friends say he still hopes to

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one day bring his family back. One told The Sunday

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Times he's not given up hope on bringing his family

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back to the UK. He wants to be able to

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show his children where he grew up. He wants them

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to know their family here. He really would like to

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come back to the UK much more. Meghan has not

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been in the UK since September of twenty twenty two,

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who while Archie and little Bit last visited that June

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during the Platinum Jubilee. Whether he will see the King

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remains and certain. The monarch, currently receiving treatment for cancer,

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is spending time at Bellmorral, but is expected in London

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this week. The friend of Harry's told These Sunday Times

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he's made it absolutely clear he wants a reconciliation with

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his family. It's on them now. New statistics show Prince

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Harry has become the most searched member of the royal

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family over the past year, earning him the title of

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most googled Royal. Data from click Intelligence analyzed searches between

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September twenty twenty four and twenty twenty five and found

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Harry generated two point two million individual searches. Digital marketing

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expert Simon Brisk told The Daily Mail Harry and Meghan

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are the most googled because they sit at the crossroads

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of tradition and disruption. They are royals who chose to

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walk away, but they still carry the titles, the history

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and the intrigue that comes with the monarchy. That tension

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may them endlessly fascinating to the public. For Harry, the

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curiosity comes from unresolved family drama. Every rumor about a

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reconciliation with his father or a brother feels like a

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cliffhanger in an ongoing series, and people search because they

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want to know what happens next. Prince Archie is attending

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a twenty five hundred dollar British themed soccer camp in California,

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located over an hour's drive from the Sussex's Montecito mansion.

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The six year old's love of football came to light

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after paparazzo Meghan Markel shared photos online showing Archie in

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a red sports jersey featuring the logo of GB Soccer School,

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a training facility in Studio City, roughly seventy miles from

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the family's home. The school later appeared to confirm Archie's

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enrollment by reposting Megan's photos on its own social media,

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adding smiley face in football emojis. According to the organization's website,

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GB Soccer School offers group classes for children aged two

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to ten, along with private coaching. In summer camps, parents

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are required to stay for the entire session, meaning Archie

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is likely always accompanied by either the security focused Duke

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of Sussex or his mother. Pricing ranges from about three

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hundred and twenty dollars for a forty five minute session

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to three sixty for a one hour class, with each

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program running over eight consecutive weeks. Harry and Meghan are

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estimated to be spending between twenty five and twenty eight

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hundred dollars per cycle on Archie's football training. More Pallas

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the funeral of Catherine, the Duchess of Kent will take

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place at Westminster Cathedral on September sixteenth. The service will

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be a requie a mass reflecting her Catholic faith and

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will mark the first Catholic funeral for a member of

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the royal family in modern history. The Duchess, who died

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last Thursday, age ninety two, was remembered for her kindness,

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her passion for music, and her support of tennis. She

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had worked as a primary school music teacher in Hull,

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where pupils knew her simply as missus Kent, and remained

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a much loved figure at Wimbledon, where she presented trophies

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for many years, famously comforting a tearful Jonah Nevatte after

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her nineteen ninety three defeat. Ahead of the funeral, her

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coffin will rest in the chapel at Kensington Palace before

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being received into Westminster Cathedral the evening before the service.

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It will remain overnight in the Lady Chapel. The funeral itself,

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to be presided over by Cardinal Vincent Nichols and with

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the Anglican Dean of Windsor also taking part, will begin

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at two pm on the sixteenth. Afterwards, the coffin will

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be taken to the Royal Burial Ground at Frogmore in Windsor.

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In the ongoing chess match between the Waleses and the Sussexes,

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Kate found a way to keep Harry out of the

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headlines with her hair. Catherine, fresh off lots of summer vacation,

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took a break from last week's one day of work

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to cheer on England's Red Roses in their Women's Rugby

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World Cup match against Australia. The Princess debuted a noticeably

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lighter hairstyle, with her long hair worn in soft waves

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and loosely pinned back mockingie, striking change from her well

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known chestnut look. Dressed in a smart black trouser suit

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and white ruffled blouse, she was photographed enthusiastically applauding alongside

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Jonathan Webb by his chair of the Executive Board of

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World Rugby. As patron of the Rugby Football Union, the

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appearance carried special significance for Catherine, who has been a

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strong supporter of women's rugby. Meanwhile, the hard working Prince

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of Wales, patron of the Welsh Rugby Union, attended Wales

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match against the Fiji at Sandy Park in Exeter. There

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