Aug. 22, 2025
How sick is Kate really? PLUS Meghan’s Pasta, Taylor’s Block, and One Uninvited Bug
Meghan Markle stirs pasta and stirs the pot with a video featuring $300,000 in jewelry—because what’s a rosé-fueled cooking clip without Diana’s Cartier watch? Then came Taylor Swift, crashing Meghan’s news cycle with a surprise album drop. Coincidence? Meghan’s not so sure. Meanwhile, eagle-eyed critics spot a bug in a cookie video and launch a full-blown hygiene scandal. Also today: wasp invasions at Sandringham, Kate’s quiet recovery continues, and the Duke of Westminster finds godparent diplomacy surprisingly complicated.
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Caloroga Shark Media. Hello and welcome through Palace Intrigue. I
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am host Mark Francis. We tried to go a few
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days without saying the M word, but we cannot go
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forever no matter how many selfish storylines win. Him and
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Kate provide. If Meghan's going to wear a quarter million
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dollars of jewelry to make pasta, We're going to talk
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about it. Posting two Instagram, Meghan was filmed preparing a
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spaghetti dish featuring homemade preserved lemons, set to Annette Funicello's
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Mia Kara Mia More. Dressed in the crisp white shirt,
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she diced garlic and basil, stirred pasta, and finished with
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a glass of rose, cooking up more than pasta with
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homemade preserved lemons. So much goodness is coming soon, she
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wrote in the caption. But it wasn't just the recipe
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that caught attention. Meghan wore more than three hundred thousand
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dollars worth of jewelry while cooking, including Princess Diana's Cartier
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eight tank, Fronseai's watch, her Carty eight Love bracelet, and
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her diamond engagement ring designed by Prince Harry along with
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her wedding and eternity bands. Meghan was reportedly left frustrated
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after Taylor Swift's surprise album announcement overshadowed the release of
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the trailer for the second season With Love. Meghan, the
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Duchess of Sussex, instagram on August twelfth to unveil the
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trailer for her Netflix cooking and lifestyle series, which is
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set to return August twenty six. In a carefully curated post,
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Meghan captured the teaser, the Best Moments are made to
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be Shared With Love Meghan returns August twenty six on
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at Netflix. However, just hours later, Swift made a splash
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of her own, appearing as a surprise guest on the
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Kelsey Brothers New Heights podcast. The pop Icon revealed her
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upcoming album, The Life of the Showgirl, sending social media
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into overdrive and racking up more than one hundred and
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sixty seven million views within the first twenty four hours.
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A source reportedly close to the Duchess said Meghan thought
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her trailer would own the news sign then Taylor's announcement
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came in like a wrecking ball. Meghan's convinced it wasn't
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just bad luck. She saw this as her comeback moment,
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then Taylor took all the oxygen out of the room.
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In the Daily Mail, Sharon Hunt doesn't believe the Taylor story,
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writing at first glance, I'm not convinced, but whether the
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article is true hardly matters. Plenty of major media outlets
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around the world ran with it its pure celebrity catnip. Could Meghan,
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a bonafide royal, be quietly seething that Taite's new album
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stole her thunder? In my opinion, the real story here
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isn't Shooda's big scoop, or even Meghan risking the wrath
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of the world's most devoted pop fan base by allegedly
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daring to complain to friends that Taylor stole her spotlight.
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What fascinates me is how easily the idea of Megan
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throwing a tantrum over another celebrity's moment is believed by
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so many. What does this say about the Duchess of
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Sussex reputation right now? Meanwhile, Megan found herself at the
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center of online criticism after sharing what appeared to be
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a charming in Harmer's video promoting her lifestyle Brain and
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the Duchess took to Instagram to post a short clip
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of herself preparing a cup of tea alongside a plate
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of flower topped short bread cookies, but eagle eyed viewers
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fixated on one expected guests, a tiny insect crawling to
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the bottom of the cookie plate. The brief clip, which
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was quickly reposted to x through the ire of trolls
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who seized on the moment to accuse Meghan of being
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unhygienic and disgusting. There's literally a bug crawling around on
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the plate, one user explained. Another added, you would think
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Megan would notice as before posting. The criticism quickly spiraled,
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with others mocking her table manners after she appeared to
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take a bite of a cookie and then placed it
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back on the blatter. She bites a cookie and throws
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it back like we all share half eaten biscuits at home,
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one comment read. Another chimed in, who does that this
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woman is gutter trash? But not everyone joined the digital
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dogpile supporters defendant Meghan, noting that an outdoor summer setting
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and an insect appearance are hardly rare. God forbid someone
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sits outside with food in pig summer and a bug
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lands on it. One user clapped back, happens to everyone,
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and it's not like she made two families move because
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she wants privacy. Bugs do happen after all. Visitors to
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Standringham House and Norfolk have been cautioned to be on
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alert due to an unusual surge in insect activity, especially wasps,
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across the King's twenty thousand acre country retreat. The spike
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in stinging insects follows one of the driest springs in
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fifty years, which has created ideal conditions for a wasp
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population and boom. Warning science posted around the estate now
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read please be aware that wasp activity is currently high
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in this area. Staff have been seen managing the situation
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with wasp traps and protective clothing, and guests are being
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advised to take extra care near rubbish bins where the
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insects tend to gather. A royal source told the Son
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King Charles is known for his love of the environment,
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but everyone is aware too many wasps could be a
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problem for visitors. Wasps are a critical part of the
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ecosystem and nobody wants to harm them. This year, there
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may have been far more than as normal which is
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Reports suggest that Princess of Wales is still finding her
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way back to full strength despite announcing eight months ago
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that she was in remission from cancer. According to Radar Online,
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Catherine continues to face physical and emotional challenges behind closed doors.
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A Palace insider explained, behind closed doors, she's still struggling
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emotionally and tires a lot more easily. It's taking longer
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to readjust it to royal life after her cancer treatment.
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The source added that while she has maintained a strong
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public face, her recovery remains ongoing. We noted last week
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that the Princess had released a statement with audio did
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not appear in the video. The insider notes she's still
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not back to where she was before her diagnosis, and
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she's not sure she ever will be, which is why
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she's told William she needs a decent break before term starts.
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William is wholly supportive. They always entertaining. Danielle also took
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a look at recent videos from the Royal Sisters in Law.
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Writing for news dot co dot au Elsa points out
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Royalty didn't use to demand much of the people occasionally
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wait behind a metal barricade outside of Sheffield Hospital to
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wave by a commemorative detail here and there. Don't rise
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up and start hammering together at guillotine on the mall.
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But now beekeeping, flourishing, bread making, rose arranging, fresh berry picking,
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wild swimming, vegetable patch tending long walks, making our own
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jewelry and fitting in the time to bask in the
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wonders of sun dapth rippling wheat fields that would have
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brought a tear to the eye of h baits. Don't
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they know some of us have jobs and don't have
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access to wheat fields. Both videos feature shots of vegetable gardens,
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hands picking fresh berries, dogs and laughing friends, and both
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are dreamy ideals that suggest endless summary days and finding
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one's Galsy bliss Kate's sumner talks about abundance, our own
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potential for growth, igniting our inner fire and exploring our
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own creativity, passions and dreams. Flourishing, cherishing, playing, connecting, being
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present and urges viewers. So open your heart, sing, dance
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and play. If Meghan had put out a video so
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Hold on Kate's Hills, she would be accused of cynthically
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trying to best Kate. Instead, the Princess of Wales has
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enjoyed a smooth, largely laudatory ride in the UK press,
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along with a certain head patting affectionate blind eye being
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turned to its hippie dippy daffiness, and they have it
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