Sept. 6, 2024

Is Prince Harry just a broken record at this point?

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Apologize!

(silence)

If you don't apologize I won't come back

(silence)

I mean it! I won't be a royal!

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Hello and welcome through Pallace Intrigue. I I'm your host,

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Mark Francis on gb News. Royal biographer Angela Levin shared

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strong opinions about Meghan Markel and Prince Harry, particularly concerning

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rumors of Harry's potential return to royal duties. Levin claimed

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that Megan is jealous of the Princess of Wales and

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would only consider returning to the UK if an involved

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a big house and lots of money. Levin stated, Meghan

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is not going to come, except if she could take

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some of the jobs that Catherine has. Levin also criticized

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Prince Harry for playing the victim and wanting to return

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to royal life part time. She expressed her concerns, saying

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it really upsets me and it makes me very nervous

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that he would put on a pretense that he's a

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victim and wanted come back, and he's not a victim.

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He's become very very unpleas isn't about what he does.

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Host Andrew Pearce agreed with Levin, suggesting that Harry wants

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the best of both worlds after stepping back from royal duty.

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In twenty twenty. Levin responded, absolutely, that's what he's like now.

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He wants the best of it, and he can see

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this a chance to get it because Prince William is

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very busy with lots on his mind. Levin further speculated

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that Harry might try to take advantage of the situation, stating,

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the King is obviously doing his very best, but he

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gets tired and they can take advantage of that too.

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They've just got to say, Harry, you've lost the plot

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and we're not having people telling us what to do.

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She added that if Harry genuinely wanted reconciliation, he would

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approach King Charles with a sincere apology. However, Levin doubted

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this would happen, saying, if Harry really wanted to do it,

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you say to your father, I am so sorry, please

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forgive me. But he won't do that. He'll want apologies

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and money, and he'll want super security. Host Nana Akua

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also weighed him, suggesting that Project Megan in California has unraveled,

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which might be why Harry is considering return to the UK.

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Levin agreed, adding Megan always calls herself a global something

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or other. She's not that's one of the huge reasons

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why she's not interested in the UK. Levin also pointed

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out Megan's struggles with maintaining consistent pr supporting, noting she's

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just lost another head of pr if you look at

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the real monarchy staffer there for twenty thirty years, and

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that's because they're treated like one of the family. The

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Daily Beast she aired. Allies of Prince William told The

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Daily Beasts that Harry was a broken record who was

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pretending to not get the message that he is not wanted.

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After Harry's camp told UK paper The Mirror that the

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exiled Prince would be prepared to undertake some royal duties

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if he was asked to do so by the King,

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but only if he received an apology from William. Prince

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William's office declined to comment, but a friend of Prince

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William told The Daily Beast Harry is a broken record

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at this stage. We all know he would love to

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be given a part time royal role, but Queen Elizabeth

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was very clear that he couldn't be half in half out.

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Nothing has changed, however, is promulgating these ludicrous theories on

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Harry's behalf is simply pretending to not get the message

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that he is not wanted. They are either very thick

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or pretending to be friends of the Spencer's told The

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Daily Beasts that it was probably always going to be

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a funeral that brought the boys together under one roof,

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and the fact that William didn't boycott it because Harry

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was going to be there has cast a glimmer of

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hope in an otherwise deeply depressing impasse. They both adored Jane,

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Princess Diana's elder sister, Lady Jane Fellows, Robert's widow, and

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it's absolutely right that they were both there out of

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respect to her. It's an important recognition of the fact

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that blood is thicker than water. It's a mature, promising

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sign that their private disagreements are not going to be

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allowed to overshadow important family events. Page six wrote about

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Harry having a midlife crisis as his fortieth birthday approaches.

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They also report Megan is planning on throwing an a

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list party, no word yet on if William was invited.

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In The Evening Standard, Melanie mcdonnod writes, apparently it's world

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Operation Bring Back Harry. Even a partial rehabilitation will be tricky.

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The funeral of Lord Fellows William and Harry's uncle by

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marriage the other day was enlivened, if that's the word,

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by the spectacle of the two princes and separate pews

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in church. Not talking. From what we've seen so far,

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Prince William is not a forgiving soul, and he has

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a lot not to forgive. His brother's memoir the Megan

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and Harry interview with Oprah, of the attempts from Montecito

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to exploit the royal connection, Sussex, royal jam etc. So

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in the spirit of public service, here are some tips

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for the Duke of Sussex to engineer a return a

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Do not even try to include your lovely wife in

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the approachment. If an annulment of the marriage is impossible,

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simply work on the basis that for quite a lot

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of the time you and Megan may have to live

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on separate continents and enjoy what the philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe

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called a telegamus marriage characterized by frequent periods apart, absence

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makes heart grow fonder, etc. You hope b your children

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are not problematic bringing over the presumably adorable Archie in

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lily to meet their grandfather will soften everyone up and

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make for lovely press images. See work ruthlessly on your

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father's Christian faith. Part of the deal, as you know,

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is forgiveness. Well play out the parable of the prodigal

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son for real. D it seems clear that your brother

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can't stand you and hiss. Let it be known that

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he wouldn't invite you to his coronation. Eat mud, be

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prepared to present prizes at church fates in Northumbria and

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glad hand at NHS Hospital staff for years to come.

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Embrace veterans. You're really good with veterans. There should be

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no event too small for you to attend. E this

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is really important. Suck up to your aunt Princess Anne.

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She is the model of the hard working royal. Get

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her on side. Everyone is scared of her. If she

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wants you back in the fold, that's where you b f.

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Cheer up. You have something to offer which the others don't.

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The appealing spectacle of the black Sheep returned. The Royal family,

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as you have intimated in your book, live in perpetual

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terror of becoming marginalized and redundant and unloved. You for

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all your faults have a charisma that your boring uncle

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Edward does not make the most of it. But g

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as per A, do not even attempt to include the

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Duchess in the deal forgiveness as its limits tell Us Indrigo,

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a rat back. Queen Elizabeth had some inappropriate photos taken

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of her. Now, before you get too excited, it seems

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her Majesty had her hands in her pockets. Despite being

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one of the most photographed women in the world, nearly

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all her official photos portrayed her informal regal poses, reflecting

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her status as a monarch. However, according to Angela Kelly,

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the Queen's personal dresser and close friend, there was one

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type of photograph the Queen longed to take, a relaxed,

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informal shot with her hands in her pockets. This desire

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was considered inappropriate by her advisers, including the queen mother,

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who advised against it, perhaps fearing it would undermine the

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dignity of the monarchy. Yet Angela Kelly, while writing her

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book Dressing the Queen, saw an opportunity to fulfill the

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Queen's wish. She recounted in another book, The Other Side

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of the Coin, how she nervously asked the Queen if

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she would pose with her hands in her pockets for

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a photograph. To Angela's surprise and delight, the Queen agreed

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almost immediately. During the photo shoot, photographer Barry Jeffrey began

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giving directions, but the Queen confidently took control, striking various

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poses with her hands in and out of her pockets

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and even placing them on her hips like a seasoned model.

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Angela described the moment as extraordinary, something she never expected

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to witness, a side of the Queen that was relaxed, playful,

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and utterly natural. However, when it came time to publish

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the book, the Royal Collection decided that some of the

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more candid shots could not be included. They were concerned

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that such informal images might bring the monarchy down. As

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a result, those special photos were kept out of the

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public eye, preserving the Queen's image as the ever formal

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and composed sovereign, while the story behind them remains a

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touching reminder of her more personal and down to earth side.

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