Dec. 13, 2024

Is Prince Harry a Prisoner Of His Own Life

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William had a cute moment with a kid.

Has Prince Harry created his own nightmare?

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Calorogu Shark Media had lo and welcome to the Palace

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intry g I am your host, Mark Francis. Prince William

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got into the holiday spirit during a festive lunch with

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soldiers and their families from the first Battalion Mercy and

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Regiment at Bolford Camp in Wiltshire, but it was a

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ten year old doodle that stole the show and William's

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sense of humor. When young Carson Highway handed the Prince

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a posted drawing of him, William joked, is that me

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looks like I have five nostrils. Despite the self deprecating comment,

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he carefully folded the drawing and tucked it into his pocket,

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proving he's a good sport about his artistic likeness. The

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Prince also had a laugh at the regiment's mascot, an

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eighteen month old ram named Private Derby, who has set

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to spend Christmas among yous, so he has quite a

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fun Christmas. Oh good luck to him. While mingling, the

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Prince confessed he's not ready for Christmas, though he's looking

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forward to family walks in Norfolk and chaotic gathering with

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forty five relatives. He also offered sage Mario Kant advice

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to five year old Alexander Fitzgerald, saying you're supposed to

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let your dad win sometimes. The Royal festivities included Christmas jumpers,

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gifts for William's children and plenty of banter, but William

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himself declined to don festive attire, blaming his new equerry

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with a grin. See that guy in the jacket, it's

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his fault. I'll be having a word. Harry joined a

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virtual Christmas party hosted by Scotty's Little Soldiers, a charity

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supporting bereaved military families. The event brought together two hundred

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and eighty children and young people from around the globe,

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including participants from Germany, Thailand and Australia. Harry told the

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group it's okay to feel however you feel at Christmas.

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Some people will be celebrating and happy, other people feel reflective,

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and some people will be sad, and maybe you'll experience

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every single one of these emotions and that's absolutely fine.

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He encouraged the children to lean on their support networks.

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Remember you've got each other, you've got Scotty's and you've

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got the people that love you. Harry serves as global

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ambassador for Scotty's Little Soldiers. The party, run by expert

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entertainers Sharky and George, included interactive games like building cushioned

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towers and crafting snowmen out of toilet paper. Could Ellen

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be the one that gets Megan to return to the UK,

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A source tells in Touch, Harry has already been giving

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them all sorts of advice on the Cotswolds. The vibe

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there is very similar to Montecito, just with a whole

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lot more rain, and Harry knows it quite well. Ellen

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and Porsche have been absolute rocks from Megan and Harry

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from the moment they moved to California. They helped them

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get settled in Montecito and introduce them to so many

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great people. They're such a huge part of Meghan and

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Harry's circle. Despite their disappointment, Megan and Harry understand the decision.

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They totally understand why they're leaving. They've toyed with the

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idea themselves since the election, the source explained. According to

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the source, the change could persuade Meghan to revisit her

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stance on returning to the UK, Knowing that you'd have

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Ellen and Porsche's support over there. Would be a real

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help and might be enough to get her to change

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her mind about never setting foot there again. Polo show

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runner Milos Balage told Variety Harry was involved, I'd say

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in a pretty incredible way, and that he from the

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start definitely had a vision. This is a world that

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he knows well that I knew nothing of, and I

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think that was a good collaboration in terms of someone

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who really knows every tiny minute detail versus someone who's

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coming as like the Bland audience and finding a way

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to meet in the middle where it's going to cater

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to the world of Polo that already knows it and

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then bring in a slew of new fans, which is

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obviously our main goal. So he was very involved from

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the start in terms of suggesting where we might want

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to look for storylines, and then in the edit he

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was incredibly helpful. I really never actually worked with an

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executive producer in that sense where he had such an

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expertise for the sport that he could really offer excellent

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notes about how we were editing the gameplay and how

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to portray certain moments, and even while we were in production,

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he was giving so many ideas of like, hey, you know,

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what I love so much about Polo is that feeling

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that you're on the horse and you just feel the

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speed and you feel the excitement and you feel the roar.

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So it kept all of that in mind in terms

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of trying to think of how can we then capture

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that and communicate that appropriately, And I hope we were

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able to do that a bit in this series. He

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was asked about some of the Father's Done conflict storylines

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and how that might relate to Harry and Charles. What

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I will say about the EPs from Prince Harry and

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from the Duchess from Meghan. The point was always that

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Polo feels like one big family in so many ways,

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and it's true. I mean, when you're there, everyone knows

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each other around the field, and many are actual relatives,

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and then others are just by virtue of being in

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the same community. I would hope most people have some

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parental relationship that they can find a way to relate

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to this, whether it's like, oh, that's just like my dad,

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or like, oh my god, that's nothing like my dad,

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but you have a reaction to it. That was hope.

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Is Harry a prisoner of his own life? Radar Online

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quoted some Montecito locals. One said, it's almost as if

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they are a family and living like Rapunzel in her tower.

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He feels like he's been missold of life. Plus he

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and Meghan are also heading pretty much separate lives. It's

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it's like they are an estranged couple living under the

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same roof. Meghan sold the move to America as a

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way for their family to be happy, free and relatively normal.

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The biggest shock for Harry is that he thought raising

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his kids away from the Royal family would give them

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more freedom in California, though the opposite has happened. In fact,

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Archie and Bilibert's world seems even more cosseted than his

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own upbringing as an heir to the British Crown Palace.

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Intrigue right back. Is Charles struggling or did Donald Trump

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just play a game of telephone? Trump told reporters about

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his meeting with William saying, I asked him about his

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wife and he said she's doing well. And I asked

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him about his father, and his father is fighting very hard,

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and he loves his father and he loves his wife.

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So it was sad. Royal biographer Sally Bedell Smith told people,

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although the King is carrying out his duties with typical determination,

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he has had to accept limitations during his cancer treatment.

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As a result, William has been taking on more responsibilities

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and Kate have been preparing for their future roles sooner

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than they would have expected, and Insider suggests that this

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or may be weighing on Kate as a sense of

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calm before the storm. They are next in line for

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the biggest jobs of their lives, and of course Kate's

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health has taken priority, but it's also allowed everyone to

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take a step back and figure out what's important right now.

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We learned David Beckham has a photo of Queen Elizabeth.

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Beckham was on Instagram and told his followers, I know

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it's early morning. I've literally just walked into the office.

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Normally my office is actually quite tidy, and something has

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gone on during the night. He then panned past a

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frame image of Queen Elizabeth on the wall. We also

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saw his television stand, which had several Elf on the shelf. Figures.

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If you've ever dreamed of lounging like royalty, you might

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get your chance, but it won't be on a golden throne. Instead,

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try propping your feet on a stool made from repurposed

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Buckingham Palace curtains. Yes, royal drapery, once gracing the grand

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halls of Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace has been transformed

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into footstools and they're up for grabs in an online

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charity auction supporting the King's Foundation. The fabric, described as

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delved blue, floral, vintage rose and teal and rich damask

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burnt orange, hails from the rain of Queen Elizabeth second

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covering designs popular from the nineteen fifties to the nineties.

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The stools, crafted from woods by artisans of Snowden School

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of Furniture on the High Grove State, have their coverings

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sown by Dumfries's House Sowing Bee in Scotland. It's recycling,

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but make it royal And if footstools don't quite do

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it for you, you know this isn't the first time

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royal textiles have been given a second act. Last year,

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the King's creative streak led to turning old palace curtains

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into kimonos, which also found new owners at auction. And

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it wouldn't be a royal event without a touch of Whimsy.

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Battersea Dogs and Cats Home joined the effort. A photoshoot

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featuring adorable adoptable pups alongside these plush stools might just

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tug it to your heartstrings and your wallet. Some of

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the auction proceeds will also go towards helping these fairy

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friends find homes. The King's Foundation, benefiting from the auction,

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supports traditional craft training, blending sustainability with skillets preservation. Last

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year it raised over thirty two thousand pounds by auctioning

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off coronation chairs, this time with footstools boasting eco friendly

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royal flair. Your living room might just help to the

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crown in authenticity and they have it. Like to email

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