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Hello and welgome through palace intrigue. I am your host,
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Mark Francis. Prince Harry is reportedly reeling from what inside
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as are calling a deeply personal snub by actor John Travolter,
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a blow that underscores the Duke and Duchess of Sussex
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increasingly strained standing in Hollywood's In a Circle. The pair,
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once seen as rising stars in celebrity society, are said
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to be nursing wounded pride after Travolter, long admired by Harry,
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not least for his famous nineteen eighty five dance with
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Princess Diana, appeared to distance himself from the couple. Travolta
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and Harry had struck up a warm friendship in recent years,
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culminating in Harry's twenty twenty three induction as a Living
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Legend of Aviation, an honor Travolter personally presented, but the
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dynamic shifted when Travolter began publicly praising actor Britney Spears.
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Ex sam Ashgari on social media confused by that, but
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it seems that Harry felt left out and that Travolter
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is ignoring him so if you're listening now and on Instagram,
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be sure to tag Harry on all your mentions. However, recently,
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Harry feels like Dravolter is ignoring him, and his fears
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came true when he dropped the Instagram post with Britney
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Spears ex Sam and Inside had said that Harry doesn't
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have an issue with Sam personally, it just made it
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painfully clear that John still makes time for others, just
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not for him anymore. According to sources cited by Radar Online,
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Harry felt sidelined, reportedly telling a friend it feels like
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yet another opportunity has been taken away someone I genuinely
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relied on. Attempts by Harry to reconnect have gone unanswered,
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with one insider bluntly declaring the friendship is dead. Sources
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add Harry's deeply suspicious that William is turning people against him,
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and this only fuels that anxiety he's been saying. He
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wants to call John directly and ask him to be
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honest about what's really going on. Meghan is also said
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to be disappointed. Travolta had been seen as a potential
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ally for the couple's brand, especially as Meghan prepares to
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grow her lifestyle label as ever, but with Travolta keeping
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distance and only a handful of celebrities backing the couple publicly,
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the Sussex's A list circle appears to be narrowing. Adding
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to Harry's unease is a belief that his brother, Prince
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William may be quietly influencing these shifting loyalties. Harry's deeply
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suspicious that William is turning people against him, said a source.
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It's fueling is anxiety. As their Hollywood alliance is cool,
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the Sussex's may be facing the hard truth of fame
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in Los Angeles. Loyalty isn't guaranteed, even if your mother
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once danced with Danny Zuko. Meghan might want to put
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out a podcast or release more fruit Speak because the
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tabloids need something to write about and another overblown story.
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Prince Harry is totally whipped by Meghan Markle and King
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Charles knows it. According to royal commentator es to crack You.
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Speaking to The suncrag You claimed it's well known in
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royal circles of the Duke of Sussex's firmly under his
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wife's influence. She said, we know that King Charles said
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something about him being whipped. Fresh revelations from Royal biographer
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Sally Bedell Smith have ignited a storm of controversy, with
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claim Queen Elizabeth the Second harbored serious doubts about Meghan
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Margle long before the Sussex's stepped back from royal duties.
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Speaking on The Son's Royal Exclusive show, Royal commentator Phil
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Dampier described the allegations as dynamite, suggesting they confirm long
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held suspicions that Meghan viewed Prince Harry as a stepping
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stone rather than a life partner. Dampier emphasized the credibility
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of Biddell Smith's account, noting her close ties to Lady
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Elizabeth Anson, a cousin and confidante of the Queen. According
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to beddel Smith's substack feature Royal's Extra Lady Elizabeth relayed
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that the Queen once remarked Harry was possibly besotted and
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a bit weak, and feared he was being manipulated. The
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Queen had initially welcomed Meghan warmly, but that enthusiasm reportedly
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gave way to concern and disappointment. Harry has blown his
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relationship with his grandmother Lady Elizabeth said, reflecting on what
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she saw as a growing rift. The late Queen was
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said to be especially unsettled by Meghan's behavior in the
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lead up to the couple's twenty eighteen wedding, including a
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reported refusal to disclose details of her dress and a
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last minute request to have the Archbishop of Canterbury officiate
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by passing royal protocol and the authority of the Dean
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of Windsor. These are not trivial matters in palace circles,
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said Dampia, adding to have this confirmed by someone so
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close to the Queen as really dynamite. Fellow commentator Esther
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Craguwe agreed, pointing to a recurring pattern in the allegations
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surrounding Meghan. She noted that while Meghan was embraced by
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much of the public and the palace early on, cultural
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and class differences may have played a role in the
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eventual fallout. I think in some ways Meghan thought she
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was marrying a billionaire that was marrying a millionaire with
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like sort of.
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A reduced status.
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Lady Elizabeth, who died in twenty twenty, reportedly told Buddel
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Smith that Meghan had been not bad in the early days,
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but had grown increasingly difficult and demanding, even allegedly earning
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the nickname me Gain among Pallace staff. She sees things
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in a different way, Lady Elizabeth said in twenty eighteen,
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foreshadowing the couple's eventual break with the firm. By twenty nineteen,
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her tone had hardened further. I don't trust Megan an Inch.
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The biographer also record how tensions between the brothers had
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become a matter of quiet concern inside the Palace. The
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wedge between the.
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Brothers is really too bad, Lady.
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we like to see what the other royal houses are
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up to. In Sweden, elite bodyguards are facing a wave
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of scrutiny, and not from foreign spies but from their
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own fitness trackers. According to a Swedish newspaper, members of
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the country's security services uploaded more than fourteen hundred workouts
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to the popular Strava app between twenty fifteen and July
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twenty twenty five, among them roughly seventy logs connected to
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King Carl the sixteenth gustav and Queen Sylvia revealing the
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locations of their secret holidays, including a private island in
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the Seychelles, the mountain village of Storlion and most recently
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a luxury villa on the French Riviera visited in June.
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The data was so precise that their movements could have
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been tracked in real time. The hotel was confirmed the
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royals had indeed stayed at the listed properties. They also
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stressed that they were bound by confidentiality and could not
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comment further. The security breach raises serious questions about operational
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protocols and how seemingly mundane digital habits composed very real
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risks to national figures. Meanwhile, Queen Maxima and the Dutch
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royal family are facing a deeply troubling mystery as one
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of their most trusted staff members, Carlos and Capeachin, has
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now been missing for every month in the rugged wilderness
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of Patagonia, and Capinchin had been a devoted caretaker of
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the royal family's residents in Villa La Angustura, Argentina, home
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close to Queen Maxima's heart given her Argentine roots, known
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and respected in the local community, he was lasting in
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June thirteenth after crossing into Chile to visit family and
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inspect construction sites. His disappearance has since sparked a wide
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scale search involving local police via fighters in the army,
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but with no trace of the man himself. Authorities discovered
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and Capitchin's truck abandoned in a remote wooded area, observed
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and containing clothing, boots, and tools. Police believe it's unlikely
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he disappeared voluntarily, as he left behind his belongings and
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made no farewells to his family. As the search entered
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its fifth week with no new leads, questions remained unanswered,
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and after decades of legal wrangling and public controversy, Germany
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has reached a landmark settlement with the House of hohen Zolen,
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descendence of the country's last Emperor, Wilhelm the Second. The agreement,
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signed in June twenty twenty five, ends the royal family's
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long and often contentious effort to reclaim properties and millions
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in compensation for the palaces and possessions lost after World
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War II. George Frederick, Prince of Prussia, withdrew those financial
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claims in twenty twenty three, clearing the way for negotiations. Now,
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a new nonprofit, the hohen Zolen Art Foundation, will manage
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around three thousand cultural objects from furniture and silverware to artworks,
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most of which will remain on public display in major
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German museums, including the German Historical Museum and the Prussian
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Palaces and Gardens Foundation. The resolution also closes the book
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on whether the family deserved restitution at all, a debate
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driven by Crown Prince wilhelms documented ties to the Nazi regime.
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The historians remain divided on whether his support was significant.
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The law barred at restitution for Nazi collaborators, one reason
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the case dragged on for years. In the end, it's
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the public who benefits. Germany keeps its cultural treasures and
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the owen Zoln's get a carefully curated legacy minus the lawsuits.
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Mark Francis thanks to John McDermott. This is Palace Intrigue
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and good terms. The following is a paid presentation of
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the Happiness Experiment.
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Our sister, I'm going to bring forward and yours and
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give it to you now. And he said, oh wow,
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that's great, thank you, that's so general. So you, Carl,
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that's great. But his wife, my sister in law, went ballistic.
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She said, this is too much money, this is wrong.
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I don't want anything to do with and stormed out
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of the room. And I thought, well, that's not what
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I expected.
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Oh my god.
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So I realized from that that this was not an
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easy thing to do. So I learned a lesson from that,
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and I knew that I had to do this authentically.
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I had to do it right, otherwise it was not
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going to work. So that happened.
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And then the third thing that happened was that I
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was looking at my financial statements and I had more
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money there than I was really using.
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It was sitting there.
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I mean, it was growing, making profits and so forth,
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but it wasn't being used. I wasn't using it for me.
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I wasn't using it for things that I really cared about,
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not for my people. So I thought, well, if I
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have all this money now, why should I wait until
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I die?
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Why don't I bring it forward?
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And then it was a long process for me to
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come around to that, but that's what finally started this,
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and I said, well I'll do it now.
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Let's back up just a bit. Tell us a little
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bit about your new book. What is the Happiness Experiment.
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Well, this is a recording of the real events with
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real people who I decided that I would bring forward
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the inheritance the money I had for them in my
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will and made it a prequest. So it was a
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chunk of money that they were going to get while
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they were still young enough to enjoy it. And I
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was still alive to see it happening. So I saw
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what they were doing. So when I sat down with them,
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I talked about money and happiness and how one can magnect.
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And I said, look, I'm going to bring this forward
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to give it to you, but what I want from
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you is a plan so you use this money, so
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it's really a big benefit for you. I don't want
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this to overwhelm you. And they said what kind of plan?
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I said, I want a happiness plan, and they said,
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a happiness plan?
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What's that?
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So, you know, nobody has seems to have a happiness plan,
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but it's one of the most important plans you can get,
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and it doesn't have to be very complex. What is
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it that makes you happy? What values do you want
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to pursue? You know, what goals and dreams do you
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have and you can pursue them? And so I got
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them to write a happiness plan. And then when I
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saw the plan, I gave them all the money all
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at one time, and so then they took it and
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I watched them with their plan. I saw all their plans,
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what they did, and how they became happier, and so
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you know, that had to be written about so because
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I wanted other people to see what they did so
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they too could do the same thing.
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Which prequest is the most unique one you've come across.
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Well, it was a very very painful and sad story
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because two dear friends of mine had a beloved daughter
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and she was hit head on by a drunk driver
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and killed. She happened to be eight months pregnant at
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the time, so that killed the granddaughter too, and.
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Also their daughter.