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Calorogu Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Intrigue Game.
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I'm your host, Mark Ranserson and Insider tells Closer. Megan
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feels like it's time to get fully involved with her
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husband's family drama on a public level. She already feels
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like Harry is being unfairly portrayed as bitter following his interview,
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and wants to do her own tell all to back
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up his claims about their lack of security. Megan doesn't
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feel the public truly understands and wants to give examples
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of times when her safety has been put at risk.
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She is willing to speak about some of the darker
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aspects of their life. Megan wants to speak out in
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detail about the Cold War she and Harry have endured.
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Just because the Royals have stayed silent, it doesn't necessarily
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mean that they haven't been contributing to this bitter family rift.
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Up until now, she has felt it best to try
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to keep positive, but after seeing Harry wear his heart
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on his sleeve, she feels she should more aligned with
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her husband. She realizes that she's been harping on about
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their happy life, but the truth is Harry is clearly
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very angry about this situation. Harry had hopes of being
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closer to his family and building bridges, but Meghan's not
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keen and has told him I want out. It's back
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to the drawing board. Of course. Meghan has strong connections
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with Oprah Winfrey and Gail King, both of whom would
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jump at the chance to give her another platform to speak.
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Meghan wants to stand up for her man. She wants
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to remind the world that at the core of it all,
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they are two humans who have been unfairly treated from
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the very beginning of their love story. We encourage Meghan
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to go on Oprah. We'll just ask that she not
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doing it on a daylight Trooping the Colour or Megan
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Podcast Tuesday, when we have other things to talk about.
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Spread the stuff out, please megs. We're learning that the
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Royals were given a very brief heads up before Harry's
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recent BBC interview. Hello Magazine's Royal editor Emily Nash reveals
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there was a very brief awareness raising at the palace
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shortly before it was broadcast. What I understand is that
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there were potentially discussions might have happened as a result
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of the case. Now having been concluded. PR expert David
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Yellen pointed out some mistakes Harry made during the interview.
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You never go into an interview hot with your blood up.
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You have to be cool, and he wasn't cool. You
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can see it in his body language and what he said.
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The second mistake was that Harry was not prepared because
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he thought he was going to win. And then the
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third mistake, which he made, probably because he was angry
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and he did expect to win, is that he volunteered
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what has become an uncontrollable global news story. The interview
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didn't need to be like this. It could have been
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so much better, or maybe it didn't need to happen
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at all. Now, the central tenet of PR is often
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timing when you choose to do things, and secondly, how
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you choose to do them. There was probably someone advising
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Harry to go on the offensive straight away after the decision.
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The difficult messages about his perceived mistreatment were communicated very directly.
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To put it mildly, perhaps he should have delivered some
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of his messages so much more elegantly. As you say
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that reference to how much longer the king has got
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a less confrontational tone might have garnered more sympathy. Harry
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has been accused of the mother of all f ups.
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Harry was filmed on a doorbell camera appearing to ring
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the bell of a home in West London, just hours
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after his legal team argued in the Court of Appeal
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that his life would be at risk without UK police protection.
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In court, his barrister had warned that his safety is
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at stake, but the unexpected sight of the Duke seemingly
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alone on the street has prompted charp words from those
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familiar with the world of closed protection. If he was
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without a bodyguard, that is the mother of all f ups,
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a security source told Mail Online, pointing to the contradiction
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between legal arguments about his security needs in the apparent
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solo appearance. The Mail on Sunday later reported that Harry
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was likely trying to visit old acquaintances John and Georgina Vaughan.
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Unbeknownst to the Prince, the Vaughans had long since moved house.
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Former undercover officer and Scotland Yard detective Peter Blaxley was
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cantid in his analysis. I've supplied security to high net
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worth individuals in the private sector, so I've protected people
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to him, and for him to be able to go
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walk about down on London Street without a security detail
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will have been his decision and his alone. It remains
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uncertain whether Harry was entirely without protection or if his
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current private bodyguard, former met officer David Langdowne, was merely
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off camera at the time the footage was taken. A
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new book is reigniting discussion over the now infamous bride'smaid
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dress dispute between Megan and Kate, offering a revised version
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of the events that reportedly left both women in tears.
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In Yes Ma'am, The Secret Life of Royal Servants, Royal
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author Tom Quinn presents claims from a former staff member
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who alleges that during the lead up to Prince Harry
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Megan's twenty eighteen wedding, both Catherine and Meghan were crying
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their eyes out following an emotional exchange about Princess Charlotte's
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bridesmaid dress. The truth is that during the discussions about
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the bridesmaid's dress, Meghan said a few things she regretted,
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and Kate said a few things she later regretted, but
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it was all in the heat of the moment. The
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unnamed source told Quinn. They added that the episode was laid,
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subtly altered and made more significant than it really was.
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This version notably contrasts with the narrative Meghan herself offered
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during her twenty twenty one interview with Oprah. Then, she
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insisted it was she, not Kate, who was left in tears.
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It wasn't a confrontation, Megan told Oprah. I don't think
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it's fair to get her into the details of that
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because she apologized. Meghan said that Kate had been upset
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about something related to the dresses. They had bought flowers
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and took responsibility. What was hard to get over was
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being blamed for something that not only I didn't do,
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but that happened to me. Prince Harry's memoir Spare provided
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further detail. He wrote, the tensions flared when Kate messaged
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Meghan about Princess Charlotte's dress being too big, too long,
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too baggy. Meghan, according to Harry, suggested Charlotte be taken
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to a tailor who was on stand by a Kensington palace.
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The situation reportedly escalated to the point that Harry returned
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home to find Meghan sobbing on the floor Palace Intrigue
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will be right back and Meghan have made significant changes
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to their senior team. According to the Telegraph, Meghan has
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hired her first chief of staff, Sarah Fosmo, a seasoned
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executive who previously worked for Bill Gates Private office Gates Ventures.
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Miss Fosmo also spent seven years with American motivational speaker
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Tony Robbins as a senior executive assistant. Prince Harry meanwhile
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has promoted Leanne cash And, formerly Archwall's head of operations,
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to the role of senior consultant. Miss Cashon joined Archwell
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Productions early in its development, is said to have steadily
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risen through the ranks. Prior to joining the Sussex team,
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she also worked as a personal assistant to Olympic snowboarder
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Sean White. A source close to the couple praised both appointments,
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saying Sarah and Leanne exemplify the strength and vision driving
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the Duke and Duchess forward. Sarah Proud senior hire as
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chief of staff for the Duchess of Sussex brings a
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wealth of experience perfectly suited to guide the Sussex's ambitious ventures,
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including a new business podcast and television project, which is
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exactly the way a Norse person speaks. As for Ms Cashn,
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the source simply noted her deep operational insight for key projects.
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Thomas Mikel, the estranged father of Megan, is now living
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in the Philippines, adapting to what he himself calls a quieter,
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friendlier existence, though the climate may be anything but gentle.
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At eighty years old and having suffered two heart attacks
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and a stroke in recent years, mister Mirkle has relocated
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to Sibu, where temperatures this week reached thirty three degrees
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celsius and humidity hoverd near ninety percent. A source described
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the new setting as brutal, even for men half his age,
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adding it's still sad to see him looking as though
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he's struggling. Photographs showed mister Mirkle sitting alone in the
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spoltering heat outside a local supermarket. He is now being
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cared for by his son and Megan's half brother, Thomas
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Mikel Junior, aged fifty eight. The two recently moved from
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a nearby a three star hotel into a flat tist
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off one of Sibu's busiest seven lane roads. Despite its
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modest surroundings. The apartment block is sidered upscale by local
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standards in a city where more than nine hundred thousand
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people lived below the poverty line. A source close to
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the family said Thomas and his son only recently moved
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into the property and they are still finding their feet
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in Cebu after the big move abroad. But they're here
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together and are firmly supporting each other. Mister Mirkle spoke
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earlier this year about the motivation behind his move. I
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traveled in that part of the world when I was
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a younger man. The people are so kind and welcoming,
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and they are respectful to older people. It is a
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place of culture and beauty, he said. At eighty, it
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is time to go somewhere where the people are lovely
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and they can enjoy a quieter, friendlier existence. In Southeast Asia,
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the medical care is good, you can live reasonably cheaply,
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the people are kind and respect older people, and the
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food is healthy. Mostly, I just want peace. At eighty,
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none of us know how long we have left. I
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want whatever time I have to be peaceful with none
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of the awful drama of recent years. Reflecting on the
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fractured family relationships, mister Mirkle added, I'm a grandfather and
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he is King of England, but he too is eight
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grand who would like to see his grandkids and are
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