Sept. 4, 2025

Kate and William Return to Work (Briefly) as Harry and Charles Plan Emotional Reunion

Kate and William Return to Work (Briefly) as Harry and Charles Plan Emotional Reunion

After a long summer aboard a secret superyacht, the Prince and Princess of Wales finally return to royal duties—with a photo-op at the Natural History Museum. But behind the scenes, reports say King Charles is preparing for a private meeting with Prince Harry, though William reportedly thinks it’s “a terrible idea.” Meanwhile, Meghan shares new behind-the-scenes photos of Archie and Lilibet to promote her Netflix series, raising eyebrows about whether the kids are off-limits—or part of the brand. Plus: another key ally steps away from Invictus, and critics are openly mocking Meghan’s latest reinvention as a “jam-making butterfly.”

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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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