Jan. 31, 2025

How Trump could complicate things for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

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A look at Vanity Fair’s relationship with the Sussexes gone cold, how Trump could complicate things for Harry & Meghan, and whatever happened to Meghan’s pal Jessica?

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Calorogus Shark Media Today, a look at Vanity Fears relationship

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with the Sussexes gone cold, how Trump could complicate things

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for Harry and Meghan, and whatever happened to Meghan's pal Jessica.

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Hello and welcome to Pallace Intrigue. I am your host,

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Mark Francis. Richard Eden writes in the Daily Mail under

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the headline, sources reveal what Meghan did before marriage that

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they describe as a punch to the soul of pleaguxus.

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They tell me why it set alarm bells ringing and

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made them fear her motivations. Per Eden. I can disclose, however,

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that it was not this Vanity Fair article, but a

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previous interview in the magazine that truly alarmed at buckinghand Palace.

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Back in twenty seventeen, the then Meghan Markel was thrilled

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when she learned she would be on the cover of

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the respected US magazine. It was an ambition that she

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had long help, but one of which she could only

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dream while still a minor actress on the TV legal

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drama Suits. The cover of Vanity Fair was reserved for

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genuine stars, so when she was approached by the magazine

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after news broke of her romance with Prince Harry the

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previous October. Megan couldn't contain her excitement. She's just wild

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about Harry, gushed the headline that September inside the magazine

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declared as Markle tells Vanity Fair about her biracial background,

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her romance who hit series suits. It seems that this

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thirty six year old American may be just the woman

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for Britain's iconoclastic Royal. While Megan was jubilant at the

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prospect of her double whammy bagging a prince in a

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Vanity Fair cover, Royal officials were perturbed by the article

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when it was published. It was like a punch to

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the solar plexus, and a Royal source told Eden, we

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do not expect friends of members of the Royal family

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to give such interviews. The source pointed out that Cap

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Middleton and Lady Diana Spencer, for example, waited until after

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their engagements had been announced before they gave an interview,

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and in both cases it was organized by Pallas Affair

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for the TV cameras under the strictness of conditions. While

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people were pleased that Harry had found a serious girlfriend,

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the article did settle arm bells ringing. The source told

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me it made people worry that Miss Markle was seeking

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to use the relationship for publicity purposes. She is just

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wild about Harry, the Vanity Fair headline gushed in twenty seventeen,

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but Megan was not happy with the cover story and

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neither was Buckingham Palace, say sources. Royal author Valentine Lowe

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wrote in his book Courtiers, The Hidden Power Behind the Crown,

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that Meghan was troubled by the focus of the article

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being her relationship with Harry. A source was quoted as

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saying she was very unhappy with how that had been handled,

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and she was looking to throw blame in every possible direction,

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despite it having been a positive peace. She did not

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like the photographs. She thought the story was negative. She

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was upset that it was about Harry, not about her.

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Harry and Meghan also allegedly thought the headline was racially motivated,

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and pointed out the song I'm Just Wild About Harry

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had been performed by Judy Garland and Rooney as a

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blackface number in the nineteen thirty nine film Babes in Arms.

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Royal journalist Sarah Luise Robertson tells gb News that Donald

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Trump can do anything. At the moment, Harry and Meghan

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are so low down on his list of priorities. At

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the moment, he won't have given them a thought. But

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later down the line, if they say something else to

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upset him, I don't think he would have any qualms.

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The sticking point would be that he seems to really

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adore Prince William, he adores King Charles, and he loves

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our royal family, so he probably wouldn't want to do

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anything that would cause upset to them. However, Trump has

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a long memory and he doesn't like people who are disloyal.

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He didn't like the way they conducted themselves. Royal journalist

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Sarah Luise added he didn't like the way they acted

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toward the Queen and the documentary that they made. Also,

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he didn't like the way they snubbed him when he

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came across from his royal visit, and Megan Caldon misogynistic

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in an interview. He doesn't forget things like this, and

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he may very well do what Biden didn't and actually

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make public Harries visa application, which will show IF's lied

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or not about taking drugs. Some interesting words from Camilla

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Tommeny in The Telegraph, she writes Prince Harry's autobiography. Spare

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would go on to incorrectly describe me as the Telegraph's

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royal correspondent who had reported a sci fi fantasy that

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Meg had reduced Kate to tears. No, I hadn't, Regardless,

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he went on to say, I was someone who always

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made me ill, adding she had always always got stuff wrong.

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This felt more than wrong. It's a curious comment to

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make about a journalist whom he personally invited to cover

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his HIV initiative with Rhianna in Barbados, and who broke

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the accurate news of his relationship with Meg and Markle

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in the first place. But it seems there's Harry and

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Meghan's truth, and then there is everyone else's, incidentally on

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collusion with the Palace. When I broke that world exclusive,

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I didn't even run the story by the Royal Press

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Office beforehand, because I knew it was true and I

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didn't want to deal with any unnecessary interference. I also

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didn't want it to leak and get out scooped by

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any of my rival In all my times a royal reporter,

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I was never handed stories by the Palace. In fact,

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they would actively trade a block any negative reporting of

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any member of the royal family, including Prince Harry I

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was a constant thorn in their side and vice versa,

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and on the vendetta point rarely. In reality, what happened

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is that the undiluted praise that was being heaped on

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the Sussexes by journalists including me, She's a breath of

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fresh air changed when we started getting wind of staff

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leaving in their droves, tension between the royal brothers, tensions

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with royal sisters in law, and tensions within the royal household.

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As we accurately reported at the time, the Sussexes were

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growing increasingly unhappy and were looking for a way out.

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There were also bullying claims, which the couple denied. What

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were they supposed to do? Ignore all this and only

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tell one side of the story. That's not journalism. We

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leave that kind of propaganda to the Sussex squads on

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social media who think nothing of using the hashtag Camillatomeny

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is a liar without having even been within five feet

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of a royal figure, let alone a fact. Seven years on,

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and vanity fairs has produced an eight thousand word cover

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story which appears to further vindicate what I was writing

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back in twenty eighteen and beyond. Despite all that's been

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said and done, I'm genuinely pleased for Prince Harry. The

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truth matters. Pallas Intrigum me rat back. For years, Megan

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Michael and stylists Jessica mulroney were close friends, with mulroney

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playing a significant role in Meghan's life from her royal

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wedding to her baby shower and even the couple's Australian

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royal tour, but their once close bonds seemingly unraveled, with

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the pair now distant, if not completely estranged. Jessica Mulroney's

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three children famously featured in Meghan and Prince Harry's twenty

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eighteen wedding, with her daughter Ivy serving as flower girl

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and her twin sons Brian and John charming the world

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as page boys. Mulroney was also present for Meghan's lavish

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New York baby shower in twenty nineteen, and reportedly played

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her behind the scenes role during the couple's decision to

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step back from royal duties. However, the friendship began to

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falter in twenty twenty following a public controversy. The rift

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started when mulroney faced allegations of racism during a feud

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with lifestyle blogger Susha Exeter. Exeter accused mulroney threatening her

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brand connections during a dispute about a Black Lives Matter post.

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Despite mulroney's public apologies and attempts to repair her reputation,

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the fallout was swift and her losing TV gigs and

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enduring significant public criticism. Around the same time, reports emerged

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suggesting Megan had distanced herself from mulroney. While mulroney initially

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insisted their friendship remained intact, sharing public messages of support

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from Megan, signs of strain continued to surface. Cryptic Instagram

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posts by mulroney about losing friends and reflecting on toxic

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relationships fueled speculation that their bond had cooled. In twenty

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twenty two, the pair appeared even further apart, and by

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twenty twenty three, Meghan and Harry's visit to Canada marked

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a notable moment of separation. Despite being in mulroney's home country,

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The Sussexes reportedly chose to space end their time with

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other friends such as Michael Boublay and his wife, rather

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than reconnect with mulroney. Now, with Meghan's recent return to Instagram,

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fans have noticed mulroney's absence from the Duchess's social media activity.

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Mulroney is not following Meghan's new account, and her silence

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about Meghan's posts, ranging from a heartfelt tribute to her

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late dog Guy to the trailer for her upcoming Netflix show,

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has not gone unnoticed. It seems the once close relationship

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may be a thing of the past, and they have

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