July 16, 2025

Harrygate: Trump’s State Visit, Secret Meetings, and a Leaked Peace Plan

Harrygate: Trump’s State Visit, Secret Meetings, and a Leaked Peace Plan

King Charles confirms Donald Trump’s upcoming state visit—and the backlash is swift. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, aides for the King and Prince Harry secretly meet, prompting whispers of reconciliation. But with Team Sussex frustrated by leaks and...

King Charles confirms Donald Trump’s upcoming state visit—and the backlash is swift.
Meanwhile, behind the scenes, aides for the King and Prince Harry secretly meet, prompting whispers of reconciliation. But with Team Sussex frustrated by leaks and Prince William reportedly blindsided, is peace even possible?

Plus, Matthew McConaughey wins Wimbledon hearts, and Meghan and Harry push a tech statement while Camilla hands out seeds.

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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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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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that will shape their futures and all our lives. Sometimes

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