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Callaroga Shark media. Hello and welcome through pallace intrigue. I
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am your host mark for answers. King Charles and Queen
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Camilla are facing significant backlash from Royal watchers after Buckingham
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Palace confirmed that Donald Trump will receive an official state
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visit to the UK this September. The announcement, made on
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Royal social media channels and accompanied by a formal photograph
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of the King, Queen, President Trump and First Lady Malania Trump,
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stated his Majesty the King will host the President of
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the United States of America, Donald J. Trump, accompanied by
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the First Lady Malania Trump, for a state visit to
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the United Kingdom from seventeenth September to nineteenth September twenty
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twenty five. The visit, which comes at the request of
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the UK government, follows a February meeting when Prime Minister
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Kiir Starmer and President Trump were at the White House,
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where Starmer personally delivered a letter of invitation from the King.
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The letter offered what was described as an unprecedented second
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state visit, a move aimed at strengthening US UK relations
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amid global instability and rising economic pressures. However, not all pleased.
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Comments flooded the royal family's official Instagram page within hours
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of the announcement, many sharply critical. One user wrote bad idea,
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Charles still time to cancel, receiving over four thousand likes
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in short order. Another added, we shouldn't be legitimizing the
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Trump regime or giving him a podium here. An American
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comment to quipped, you can keep him if you like us.
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Folks in the US would appreciate that the state visit
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is said to take place at Windsor Castle rather than
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Buckingham Palace, which remains under renovation. The visit will also
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notably fall on the third anniversary of Queen Elizabeth the
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second funeral on September nineteen. Past state guests, including French
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President Emanuel Macron and Japan's Emperor Narahito, have marked such
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occasions with floral tributes to the late Queen Saint George's
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ties Apple, and Trump is expected to follow suit. Despite
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comparisons to his first state visit in twenty nineteen, when
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protesters famously flew the Trump Baby blimp over London, this
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trip may be lower key in public spectacle. Parliament will
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be in recess during Trump's visit, meaning he won't address MPs,
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a privilege given to other US presidents like Obama and Reagan,
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nor will there be a ceremonial carriage ride down the mall,
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a feature of many past state visits. Behind the scenes,
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there were reportedly early disagreements over the shape and timing
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of the visit, with the original plan involving a lower
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profile meeting in Scotland, but the decision was ultimately made
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to extend the full state visit treatment, with Pallace AIDS
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insisting that his Majesty x on the advice of the
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elected government. Team Sussex is reportedly frustrated after private details
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of a potential royal reconciliation if it were leaked to
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the press just days after senior aids from both sides
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quietly meant to open a dialogue. The confidential meeting ended
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up splashed across the front pages of the Mail on Sunday,
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with specific information about the location, timing, and even photographs
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of the aids enjoying drinks on a balcony. Sources closed
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to Prince Harry insists Team Sussex was not behind the
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leak and are said to be frustrated that the fragile
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peace initiative has been compromised so early one inside had
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told the Mail there's a long road ahead, but a
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channel of communication is now open for the first time
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in years. But with photographs and details of the meeting
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now in public circulation, trust has taken another hit. The
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leak has reportedly increased suspicion on both sides, making the
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already delicate process of rebuilding personal relationships even more difficult.
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In the Sun, Matt Wilkinson wonders if the Sussex's hand
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of friendship is really an attempt to force a wedge
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between Charles and William. Wilkinson writes, the Sussexes appear to
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be offering the hand of friendship, but are they actually
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trying to force a wedge between the king and the
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future king. If they can get the King on side,
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then they can isolate William, divide and rule. William's right
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to stick to his guns, as he is in a
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better headspace now is no longer seething and has moved on,
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but is still waiting for Harry to apologize. While Harry
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loved bombs his father, who has not locked the door
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or thrown away the key to reconciliation. Let's not forget
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it has been his older brother who has consistently made
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big gestures. It was William who kindly took him and
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Kate out of the royal procession at Harry and Meghan's
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final royal engagement the twenty twenty Commonwealth Day ceremony after
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learning the Sussexes had also been removed. It was William
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who stood shoulder to shoulder with Harry to unveil a
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statue of Princess Diana at Kensington Palace less than three
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months after the Oprah Winfrey interview. It was William who
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invited Harry and Meghan to join him and Kate to
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look at flowers left in Windsor for Queen Elizabeth II
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after the death and the show of unity. And it
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has never been William who has publicly trashed his family.
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Melanie mcdonnot wonders in the standard what kind of family
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operates in this fashion? Other than unnatural and dysfunctional family?
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What's wrong with Prince Harry simply pitching up at Buckingham
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Palace or win or bal Moral and asking to see
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his dad, maybe sending a text beforehand to say he's
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on his way that's how normal people function. Was he
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afraid that his father might be too busy to see him?
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That was the word the last time Harry was in London.
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But what's stopping both of them simply cutting out the
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middle men and women and just meeting for a warm
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embrace and the talk? Is it the King being difficult
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or is it Harry? Either way, the standoff is ridiculous
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and a shockingly bad example to the nation. If the
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King would like to talk about peace in any of
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his public pronouncements in the next year or so, then
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he could start by making up with his errand son.
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And if Harry would like to celebrate the wonders of
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family one recalls those nauseous pictures of him with his
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little uns on Father's Day, he too, could set an
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example by demanding to see his father, who is, let's recall,
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still ill with cancer. It is perhaps pushing it a
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bit to expect Prince William to join this love fest.
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In Christ's parable of he prodigal Son, the oldest son
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was a sourpuss. But it's not too much to ask
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father and son to kiss and make up like a
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normal family would. That's all one expects, really, winds us should,
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for a change start behaving like a real family, where
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when we get things badly wrong we say sorry and
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make up. A close reading of the parable would put
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both parties on the right track. Unconditional love and forgiveness.
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Go on, try it. The Daily Beast reported William found
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out about the secret meeting in the papers. A source said,
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William reading about the meeting in Sunday's papers will not
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go down well. Tell us intrigue will be a rad
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men's final. In video footage shared online, McConaughey can be
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seen rising to his feet as the Prince and Princess
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of Wales arrive and take their seats. The subtle act
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of standing out of respect, while not required of non
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a lovely Southern gentleman. According to the Etiquete School of
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New York, Americans are not expected to bowell Curtsey. Two
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members of the British royal family, Harry and Meghan, mustn't
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have liked everyone fawning over Kate, as they issued a
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statement through their Archwell Foundation highlighting their ongoing commitment to
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online safety and technology accountability, particularly in the wake of
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a major development on Capitol Hill that got quite buried
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by Wimbledon and the secret meeting. On the Archworld website,
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the couple preys the efforts of youth led groups they've
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backed through the Responsible Technology Youth Power Fund. The statement
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read their work highlights a need to keep young people
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at the table where decisions are being made about technology
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that will shape their futures and all our lives. Sometimes
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we'll be asked why we discuss Megan so much, and
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we point out that without her, a lot of this
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is quite boring. For example, we wouldn't expect many downloads
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telling you that Queen Camilla stopped off for ice cream,
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the Queen made a cheerful stoppert Joanna's gelato, sampling a
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scoop of passion fruit ice cream before departing for her
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