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Caloroga Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Intrigue and
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your host Mark Francis. Kate and William realized that after
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a summer of well, not working so much and hanging
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out on a secret souperyard, it's time to feed the media.
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The often vacationing royals will get in a few hours
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of work taking on the exhausting task of visiting London's
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Natural History Museum, their first official engagement since attending the
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Wimbledon's men's final on the thirteenth of July, which they
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needed six weeks vacation to recover from. Princess Catherine, who
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serves as patron of the museum, will accompany Prince William
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as they explore the newly transformed gardens designed to foster
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biodiversity and inspire a deeper connection to nature. The couple
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will meet with children and young people participating in the
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museum's educational programs, including pupils from lewis Ham engaging in
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a ponder dipping activity, and students from Manchester who have
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created wildlife habitats as part of the National Education Nature
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Park initiative. Expect lots of cute photos and the tabloids
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falling over the relatable royals. More details about the super
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yacht have come to light. According to the local Greek
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outlet Keerfula knee Press, the superyacht is the Lady Beatrice,
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a one hundred and ninety seven foot yacht once owned
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by the late Barkley twins, former proprietors of the Daily Telegraph.
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Named after their mother, the vessel is known for its
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opulent interior, pinstriped sofas, faux Greek columns, and a dining
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room ceiling painted in Renaissance Fresco style. It accommodates up
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to sixteen guests, featuring dining areas across two decks and
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a pool upper level. The yacht is now owned by
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financier Peter Dubins, an investor in Thomas's Battersea, the London
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School previously attended by Prince George and Princess Charlotte. We're
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not the only ones giving Kate and William a hard time.
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Their long stretch away from royal duties, combined with the
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recent reports of costly refurbishment at their Winds of residence,
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Forest Lodge, has reportedly caused some frustration at the top.
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Sources suggest King Charles has grown concerned about their reduced
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public workload. The tension may have been compounded recently when
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William initially declined to attend the funeral of Pope Benedict
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the sixteenth, reportedly preferring to watch his football club Aston
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Villa instead, a decision said to have irritated the King.
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Some observers have wondered whether the publicity surrounding the Wales
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family summer at sea is part of a broader effort
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to apply pressure from within to maybe do some work.
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A source from the US tells The Mirror that the
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King will make time for Harry next week, but William
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will not. Per this source, it's clear there is now
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a determination on both sides to make this happen. Nobody
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is pretending the wider family issues have been resolved, but
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this is about beginning with Charles and Harry. For the
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first time in a long time, there's a genuine sense
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that reconciliation is within reach. Prince Harry's team in the
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Palace have opened a line of communication and there is
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every hope that father and son will see one another
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when the Duke returns to London in September. After twenty
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months apart, and with the King continuing his treatment, the
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feeling is that the time is right to take that step.
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This is not about grand gestures or set piece meetings.
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It's about a simple face to face conversation between a
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father and his son. The priority is privacy and dignity,
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but also ensuring the door stays open for further dialogue.
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As for Harry and William, though any chance of reconciliation
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between them has been rejected out of hand, the Fleet
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Street Fox writes in the Mirror, we're told Harry is
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due to sit down with King Charles. Who knows where
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or when, or whether an unwise podcast might yet derail things,
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But a summit is on the cards. Wife Megan won't
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be joining, Busy as she is scattering flower petals on food,
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and Trilla lying about collecting eggs without every one's mentioning
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who cleans out the chicken coop? Nor will Archie and Lilibet,
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the latter of whom has never met her royal Grandpa
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in the flash, and the former who probably can't re
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met him. And what will happen is entirely predictable. A
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parent who will always love their child no matter what
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I wish to keep talking, coupled with a total lack
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of trust on all sidnes that whatever is said once
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somehow be weaponized to shore up a creaky monarchy or
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upsell a minor Californian celebrity. And do you know, it
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doesn't matter, because, as Harry once said so tastelessly, who
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knows how long his father has left? Even cancer free
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Charles are still seventy six. Perhaps he has the longevity
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of his parents, but at best there's twenty years, a
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long time, of course, But whenever he goes, Harry was
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to have half his own life span left and will
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be spending it in permanent exile. Very chilly willy for
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the older prince never forgives. It is a remarkable feature
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of William's backstory that whenever someone was less than perfectly
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loyal and close lipped about him, they were mercilessly and
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permanently shunned, And Harry did more damage of any of them.
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He trashed Kate, trashed the monarchy, and even accues his
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brother of starting a physical scrap over the rolling catastrophe
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of Harry's marriage. Harry, his therapist, might call it consciously uncoupling,
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but to William, it was the detonation of a nuclear
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bomban twice as toxic. You'll never forgive the suggestion that
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his wife made Megan Crayle, wondered about the skin color
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of their first child, nor that his younger brothers should
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have a role of any kind. And it's William who
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will control the purse strings, William who will dictate protocol.
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William will be the person Harry has to swear fealty too.
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Other sources answer, sure a meeting will happen. Time will tell. Meanwhile,
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Prince William reportedly believes a potential meeting between King Charles
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and Prince Harry would be a terrible idea. According to
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a friend who spoke to the Royalist column at the
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Daily Beast, Ultimately, William is a loyal soldier. He respects
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his father's rank, and he respects his father's a right
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to make his own decisions, and he won't make a
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fuss if it happens, the source said, But he thinks
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a Harry meeting is a terrible, terrible idea. Tom Sykes
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reports that one friend of the king said, whatever the
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King does, he will make his relationship with one of
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his son's worse reconciliation with Harry will be a provocation
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to William, who has made it very clear he does
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not believe Harry can be trusted. William was right about
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Andrew and he is right about Harry. Charles is weak
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more palace in just a moment. Harry has suffered another
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setback involving one of his most closely associated projects, as
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JJ Chalmers has stepped down as the trustee of the
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Invictors Games Foundation. The Daily Mail reports the Charmers, a
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former Royal Marines reservist and longtime friend of the Duke
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of Sussex, left his position after just two years. Charmers,
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who was seriously injured in a twenty eleven roadside bomb
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attack in Afghanistan, went on to become a gold medallist
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in the Invictors Games and later a familiar face on
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British television, including a memorable stint on Strictly Come Dancing.
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His departure from the board came as a surprise, though
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he will reportedly continue to serve in an ambassadorial role.
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The change at in Victors follows a turbulent period for
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Prince Harry's other charity center, Ballei. In the Telegraph, William
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Stillwell writes, the word Megan once sparked fury and senior
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members of the royal family, but now it surely warrants
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merely a snigger, sometimes coffee spat out at the breakfast
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table as the belly wobbles in a fit of giggles,
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rather than fear and loathing. With her latest series of
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With Love and the Inevitable Royal Reflections, she seems to
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have gone properly bonkers. So successful has the unresolved trauma
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therapy that she and Harry so espoused ben that she
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has now crafted a whole new absurdist memory of that
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short period between her marriage to Harry and May twenty
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eighteen and the January twenty twenty Megsit rebrand a series
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of scenes in which she has the starring role was struggling,
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constrained butterfly, aching to be set free from a brutal
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family of stiff's, chained to the archaic rigamarole so called duty,
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and in which she was forced to wear nude panteose
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all the time. The idea of princesses being constrained in
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royal palaces, ordered to wear specific tights and hairbands. Aside
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from the hope that they be normal and nice to
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the staff is the stuff of fairy tales. Harry may
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have left the UK to avoid the prying eyes of
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the paparazzi, but what if the enemy is coming from
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inside the house. Meghan shared more photos of Prince Archie
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and Princess Lilibet in an effort to promote her cooking show.
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The Duchess posted the images on Instagram, revealing that a
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children joined her during the filming season two. In one photo,
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Archie and Littlebit are seen intently watching a screen, with
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Archie holding sound equipment and little Bit her sit that
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You're red hair visible, clutching what appears to be a
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communications device. Another snap show is four year old Littlebet
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seated behind these scenes, her back to the camera, while
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a further image captures Archie holding eight director's clapboard with
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his face obscured by a heart emoji. Meghan also included
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a photo that appears to feature her late dog Guy,
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as well as a cameo from her longtime friend Daniel Martin.
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The captain read filming season two of With Love Meghan
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was more fun than you can imagine. Pardon how he
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kept the vibe alive? Music between sat up so I
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would play a song from my phone, and today I
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wanted to share some of the favorites I kept on rotation.
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Add them to your plays, press shuffle and enjoy. Happy
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Labor Day, weekend, work hard, play hard, and there you
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show notes I Mike Francis, Thanks to John mcderman. This
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