Nov. 23, 2024

Is Prince William undercutting the King?

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Sure the Spare is a thorn in the King's side. but what about the Heir? Do we have an impatient Monarch-in-waiting?

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Calarogus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Intrigue. I'm

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your host, Mark Francis. Regular listeners to this podcast know

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that we find Diana ELS's columns for news dot co

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dot are you very entertaining. And it seems as if

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the New York Post agrees with us, as they published

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this recent item in which Diana takes a look at

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the friction between Charles and his son Nope, not Harry,

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the other son. Also writes there would be no British

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royal history without sneaky sons, sneaky fathers, sneaky uncles, brothers, friends, dukes, earls,

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French cousins, and certain queens mucky vellian boyfriends angling to

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be the power behind the throne. But still it's another

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thing entirely to see it up close and personal. Elsa

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quotes William's recent speech about being royal with a smaller

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r and being more empathetic. She then writes, all of

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this sounds swell and all, but to say we could

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do with more empathetic leadership suggests we don't have any

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right now. Ergo, King Charles is lacking in this department,

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So to his Majesty's apparent current deficit in terms of impact, philanthropy, collaboration,

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convening and helping people. If only Charles had had the

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idea I would say in the nineteen seventies when he

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launched the then groundbreaking Prince's Trust of Helping People, that

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the seventy six year old has only been warming the

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throne for a scant two years and already his son

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is doing some agitating about what his rule will be

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like and setting out his kingly stall. Hardly rebounds to

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the Prince of Wales's credit or says much about his loyalty.

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Nile Gardener, the director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for

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Freedom at the Heritage Foundation, told gb News Harry and

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Meghan are viewed as just massive narcissists who spend all

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the time trashing the royal family. Most Americans really admire

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the royal family. The Queen was hugely popular with Americans,

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and they don't take kindly to attacks on the royal family.

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The Royal family is very much loved in American All

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these attacks from Harian Meghan, they've gone down very badly

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in the United States. They have alienated most Americans. Brothers

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not speaking to each other appears to be a Winsor

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family trait. We've heard how Charles the Third is reportedly

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cut off Prince Andrew's financial support. Now we hear the

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Royal brothers aren't even speaking. Vanity Fair reports this latest

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royal drama marks a new low in their feud, with

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the King taking definitive action to push Andrew out of

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his thirty room Royal Lodge mansion and into Frogmore Cottage,

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which has been empty since Harran Meghan packed their bags.

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A source told The Times that Charles has fed up

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with Andrew's resistance to downsizing, especially given the Duke of

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York's tires to Jeffrey Epstein, which a Format Royal correspondent

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Stephen Bates described as making Andrew damage to goods. Bates

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added Charles realized that Andrew's association with Epstein made him

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a loose cannon. The allegations about his behavior were never

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successfully quelled. Andrew's morning riot earlier this week turned into

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a near slapstick comedy as his horse, apparently fed up

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with royal decorum, decided to test him balance. Riding alongside

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his eldest granddaughter Sienna, The Duke of York was caught

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in the Battle of Wills with his steed. The horse,

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clearly not in a cooperative mode, put on a display

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that nearly unseated the sixty two year old prince. Thankfully,

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Andrew managed to keep his spot in the saddle, though

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not without pulling a few unintentionally amusing faces that were

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dutifully captured by cameras. Safety consciousness, ever, the prince was

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equipped with a hard hat, presumably ready for anything his

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four legged companion might throw his way. Sienna, who was

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Beatrice's daughter and tenth in line to the throne, seemed

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unbothered by her grandfather's equestrian drama, proving that some royals

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can keep calm and carry on even when their relatives

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are on the verge of a very undignified tumble. Pallas

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entrig a rare back. In a conversation with Okay, former

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royal correspondent Jenny Bond shared her thoughts on why Megan

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Marghle might choose to celebrate Christmas in California. Bond said,

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I think most women like to be with their mums

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on Christmas Day given them. Doria does not seem to

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have any other family she wants to share the festivities

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with I think it's a fair bet that Megan will

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want to be with her, and that would mean them

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all being in California. I don't imagine that Doria would

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want to spend such a special time with people she

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barely knows. In other words, the Spencers. Speculation has swolled

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about an invitation from Charles Spencer for Prince Harry and

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his family to join him at Allthorpe House, the childhood

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home of Harry's late mother, Princess Diana. Harry last visited

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in August, but it seems increasingly likely that Sussex's will

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remain in California for a warm, family focused Christmas with

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Doria Ragland. Despite Harry's close relationship with the Spencers, Bond

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suggested it's doubtful he would take up such an offer.

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She explained, it's nice, though, to think that Harry might

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have an option to be with his uncle in the UK,

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although I have no reason to believe the Earl actually

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has invited Harry in family to stay. Regarding other potential

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European trips, such as a visit to Portugal, Bond dismissed

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the idea unless Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank were also there.

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She pointed out that while Eugenie and Jack have been

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dividing their time between Portugal and the UK since twenty

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twenty two, it's more likely Eugenie will want to be

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with her mum, Sarah Ferguson on Christmas Day. All in all,

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I think the chances are that Harry, Megan, the children

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and Doria will enjoy Christmas in the sunshine of Montecito.

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It will probably be a time of some reflection for Harry.

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He has written about his nostalgia for times when his

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UK family were all together, But as any parent knows,

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when your kids are rushing around manically rapping, opening presents

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and getting thoroughly over excited at Christmas, there's not much

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time to think of anything other than keeping them happy

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and stopping them fighting. So I reckon it will be

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fun and sun filled Christmas in Montecito. Samantha Michaels lawyer

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Peter tick and trade out some nicknames for Harry, saying

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to most of us Americans wouldn't give a tinker's damn

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as to whether the prince is the Duke of Wales,

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the Duke of Sussex, or the Duke of Earl In fact,

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I wish I could say it was simply a spelling

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mistake when he should have been the Duke of Wales.

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The last one is spelled wails. Peter wasn't done with

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his comedy routine and continued, in all our seriousness, we

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have a guy here in the United States who believes

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our First Amendment is bonkers, meaning crazy, while he's one

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of sixteen governors of a group called the Aspen Institute

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of the Ministry of Truth who decided which statements on

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our Internet should be deleted as misinformation. He also added

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that Harry should be labeled as the Minister of Fiction.

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