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Callarogus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Balace Intrigue. I
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am your host, Mark Francis. Prince Harry has sparked online
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backlash after being introduced as Harry Wales during a recent
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appearance at a polo event in the United States. The
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Duke of Sussex was playing in the Saint Regis World
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Snow Polo Championship in Aspen, where he stepped in for
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a friend on the Aspen Valley team. While his participation
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in the match itself drew little criticism, controversy followed when
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a commentator referred to him as Harry Wales. You may
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recall it earlier in the year, Meghan made a big
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deal to Mindy Kaling that her name was Meghan Sussex.
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The name Wales is traditionally associated with the children of
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the Prince of Wales. It was used by Prince Harry
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during his childhood when his father, King Charles the Third
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held the title Prince of Wales. Since Charles ascended the throne,
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the title has passed to Prince William and his family
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now uses the Wales designation. Despite stepping back from royal duties.
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Prince Harry's formal title remains Duke of Sussex, which he
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was granted on his wedding day in twenty eighteen, and
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typically uses at public events. The use of Harry Wales
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therefore caused confusion among royal watchers. The Express reported Harry
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what's his name bravely shook off a hand injury. According
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to a witness quote and by page six, the Prince
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suffered a small knock to his hand during the game
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when it was accidentally clipped by one of Nacho Figera's
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sons as he swung as mallet. The source said they
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paused for a second and he shook it off. Harry
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and Megan are reported to have offered an exclusive dinner
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with themselves to the highest bidder as part of a
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charity fundraiser, with the price said to reach six figures.
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According to reports, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex auctioned
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the dinner experience to raise funds for Archwealth philanthropies, with
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bids believed to have been around one hundred thousand dollars.
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The arrangement is said to have been handled through the
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high end fundraising platform charity buzz, although the experience does
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not appear to have been publicly listed on the company's
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website and may have been offered privately to major donors.
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A spokesperson for Archwell confirmed to The Mail that the
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charity has worked with charity Buzz before, saying we have
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partnered with numerous fundraising partners over the years, and charity
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Buzz has been one of them. Charity Buzz has raised
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hundreds of millions of dollars for charitable causes and has
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previously offered access to celebrities including George Clooney, Beyonce and
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Sir Paul McCartney. Current listings on the platform include dinner
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with actor Bob Odenkirkin, premium tickets to major reward events.
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The fundraiser would not have been permitted during Harry and
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Meghan's time as senior working members of the Royal Family,
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when strict rules applied to selling access to royals. The
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issue of monetizing Royal connections has long been sensitive, particularly
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following past controversies involving other family members. A completely natural,
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organic not all contrived video showing Megan making a sweet
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gesture to a young fan has gone viral on social media.
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In the two minute clipper, young girl named Flori Anne
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is seen unboxing a surprise package from Meghan's lifestyle brand
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as Ever good Thing. The camera was rolling. The videos
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caption reads, It's from Meghan. Still a little speechless, but
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so full of gratitude. Inside the boxer several fruit spreads,
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two jars of honey, a candle in Meghan's signature flower sprinkles.
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Flori Anne's mother, Florence Blondelle, shared further details on Instagram
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about how the gifts arrived. She wrote, Meghan came through
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for flori Anne with sweetest as ever official goodies, lots,
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and our household has truly been floating on cloud nine
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ever since. Thank you for gifting my little Froggy, and
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thank you again for reposting flori Anne's story. We finally
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watched the at Netflix hashtag with Love Meghan Holiday Celebration
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special on December fourth, and her heart was completely at peace.
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Mine two Royal inside a Deep Crown seems frustrated with
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the Royals as Christmas telling palace intrigue. There was a
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time when the Royal family these Christmas arrangements required no
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explanation because everyone understood the rules. The family gathered at Sandringham,
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attended church at Saint Mary Magdalene and the Queen delivered
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her broadcast. One might not have liked the protocol, but
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one knew what it was. Her Late Majesty's genius lay
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in making these systems run so smoothly that most people
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never noticed they were systems at all. Decisions about who
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attended what weren't contentious because they'd been settled decades prior
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by hierarchy and president. The monarchy's great strength has always
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been its predictability. When every Christmas brings fresh drama about
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who will attend what and whether they'll process to service,
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the season ceases to be a demonstration of stability and
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becomes another front in ongoing institutional uncertainty one hesitates to invoke.
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It wasn't like this in Elizabeth's day, But I'm afraid
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in this instance it's simply true. It wasn't exciting, it
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wasn't spontaneous, but one always knew where one stood, and
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in monarchy, knowing where one stands is rather more valuable
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than people realize, usually just after they've lost it. More
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palas in just a moment in the Express, Chris Rich's writes,
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Prince Harry's nightmare has almost ended, but as William's just begun.
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When Prince Harry and Meghan downed Royal Tools in twenty twenty,
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they fled for the quiet and privacy of California, citing
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security fears if they as much returned to the UK
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as a family of four. Since then, the pair have
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barely left our screens, with a relentless slew of podcast books,
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tell all interviews, late night chat show appearances, and bile
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inducing at home with lifestyle streaming shows. For his poor
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older brother Prince William, protective of a wife Catherine as
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she recovers from her twenty twenty four cancer diagnosis, each
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TV expers a or new book packed with private family conversations,
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adds salt to the wounds. So the idea that Harry
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and Meghan could soon be spending an awful lot more
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time in the UK may not fill him with happy
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family's euphoria, more like awkward dread. In May, Prince Harry
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lost a legal case to have his police protection reinstated
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when visiting the UK. This doesn't stop the Sussex's jetting
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over the Atlantic any time they want. They still boast
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millions in the bank from cashing in on his name
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so he can afford a legion of unarmed private security,
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no offense to their famously brittle egos. But if Hollywood
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superstars can be seen wandering the streets of Soho and
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Primrose Hill on there, Todd, then the Sussexes can jet
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in with a few dozen burly bounces. With all the
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recent talk of royal titles, a new account has shed
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light on an extraordinary moment between Queen Elizabeth I and
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Sir Winston Churchill, revealing that the late monarch once considered
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offering her first prime minister a dukedom. The story appears
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in Valentine Lowe's book Power and the Palace, which explores
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the relationship between the sovereign and her governments. Churchill served
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as Prime Minister when the Queen came to the throne
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in nineteen fifty two, and the two developed a notably
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warm rapport. She attended a farewell dinner at Downing Street
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when he left office in nineteen fifty five, and she
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later made the rare decision to attend his funeral at
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Saint Paul's Cathedral, a gesture seldom extended to anyone outside
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the royal family. According to low the Queen was willing
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to offer Churchill a dukedom, despite long standing convention that
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such titles be reserved for members of the royal family.
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The proposal was said to have been contingent on Downing
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Street ensuring in advance that Churchill would decline, as the
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Palace did not wish to create a president. Those close
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to the former Prime Minister assumed he would refuse outright. However,
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Low rites that Churchill admitted he had briefly considered accepting.
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When his private secretary, John Colville asked why he ultimately declined,
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Churchill explained, well, you know, I very nearly accepted. I
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was so moved by her beauty and charm and the
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kindness with which he made this offer that for a
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moment I thought of accepting, but finally I remembered that
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I must die as I always have been Winston Churchill.
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The title was never conferred, and Churchill remained at commoner
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for the rest of his life, as he wished. Not
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everyone in the family is obsessed with titles. Among them
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are Princess Anne's children, Zara Tyndall and Peter Phillips, who
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were first cousins of Prince William, but largely stay out
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of the spotlight the same as true of the children
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of Prince Edward and Sophie, Zara, Peter, Louise and James,
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all sheer an important distinction. Unlike many of their cousins,
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they do not use prince or princess titles and are
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not style his or her Royal Highness. There was a
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deliberate choice made by their parents, who decided their children
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could choose whether to use titles once they reached adulthood.
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According to The Daily Mail, James has now turned eighteen
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and has chosen not to adopt the title of prince.
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Royal commentator Richard Eden said Prince Edward and Sophie's son James,
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turned eighteen yesterday, but he won't be celebrating by following
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the example of his cousins across the Atlantic. Eden added
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the James, who is sixteenth in line to the throne,
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will not untold be using his titles, with a source
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saying that's the last sort of thing he's interested in.
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His mother, Sophie previously explained the family's approach in an
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interview with The Sunday Times. She said, we try to
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bring them up with the understanding that they are very
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likely to have to work for a living, Hence we
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made the decision not to use HRH titles. They have
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them and they can decide to use them from eighteen,
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but it's highly unlikely and they have it. If you
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