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Caloroga Shark Media at lower Welcome through Palace Intrigue. I
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am your host, Mark Francis. Kate Middleton's appearance this week
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was met with widespread admiration, with royal experts in noting
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that she appears to be embracing her engagements with enthusiasm.
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Former BBC Royal correspondent Jenny Bond remarked, Catherine is looking
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fantastic and looks as if she is enjoying every engagement.
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Bond told Okay magazine, it certainly seems to me that
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she has got her mojo back. We have seen more
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of her than many of us expected so early in
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the year. The welcome she's getting wherever she goes must
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make her realize that she is the star of the
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Royal family. Life, as you know, it can change in
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an instant, and we have had to find a way
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to navigate the stormy waters and road and known. I
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don't think anyone is ever the same after an experience
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with cancer. She added that Kate and William likely will
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cherish even more every single day that they spend together
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and with their children. Kate paid tribute to the life
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and legacy of Liz Hatton, a talented young photographer who
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recently passed away at the age of seventeen after a
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battle with a rare and aggressive form of cancer. Hatton
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was diagnosed with demo plastic small round cell tumors in
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January twenty twenty four at the age of sixteen, a
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condition so rare that only two hundred cases have been
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recorded since nineteen eighty nine. Determined to make the most
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of her time, Hatton created a bucket list, which included
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a goal that she was able to fulfill in October,
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photographing a member of the royal family. The Prince and
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Princess of Wales welcomed Hatton and her family to Windsor Castle,
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where she not only captured the moment behind the camera,
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but also shared a warm embrace with the princess. The
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official ex account for the Prince and Princess of Wales
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marked the occasion, writing a talented young photographer whose creativity
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and strength has inspired as both. Hatton later shared her
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joy on Instagram, calling the experience an absolute honor and
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thinking everyone involved in their kindness and support. Tragically, just
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a month later, Hatton's family announced her passing. She remained
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determined to the last, even the day before she was
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still making plans. They wrote, we are so very proud
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of the kindness, empathy and courage she has shown in
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the last year. On International Women's Day, Kate honored Hatton's
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memory by including her among the most brilliant women who
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have inspired us over the last twelve months. She reposted
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the October tribute and added celebrating the strength and creativity
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of Liz and Vickie Hatton. It was an honor meeting
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them both in Windsor. In October, The Times caught our
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attention by asking how did a coked up playboy befriend
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King Charles. In an investigation by The Times, we discover
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how James Stunt managed to loan fake masterpieces to King
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charles Charitable Foundation At Dumfries's house. The future King wrote
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a few of the too Stunt. Your kindness and generosity
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are truly remarkable, and I appreciate such a gesture more
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than you can ever know. Little did Charles know that
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several paintings, including a fifty million pound mo Name, a
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twelve million pound Darly, a fifteen million pound Shagal and
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a forty two million pound Picasso, were actually sophisticated fakes
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created by convicted art forger Tony Tatro on his kitchen
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table in Los Angeles. You cannot make this stuff up,
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says gm Peri and Brosie, producer of a new documentary,
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The Royal Stunt. There's an art forger, there's this crazy,
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coked up billionaire. There's the Royal family, giant Lithuanian bodyguards,
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and millions and millions of pounds at steak. The documentary
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reveals how Stunt, who described himself as a mogul with
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a street credit a gangster, cultivated a relationship with the
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Palace so close that when his brother died in twenty sixteen,
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Charles wrote a eulogy for the funeral, all while being
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the godson of the two Glorious gangster Terry Adams. Tetro,
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dubbed the world's greatest art forger, explained his technique. People
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think I copied paintings. I didn't. I came up with
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unique paintings in the style of I've done hundreds. His
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forgeries were so convincing that even the Palace art experts
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were fooled when questioned about the painting's Stunt, who once
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boasted on social media, do I take cocaine. Yeah, get
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over it. Do I share prostitutes from time to time? Yes?
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I love it. Initially denied everything, telling a reporter to
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shut the f up, you silly cow. None of my
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stuff is fake. The Palace has described the incident as
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extremely regrettable. King Charles has stepped into secure Queen Camilla's
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privacy and avert a potential security risk by purchasing a
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three million pounded property next to her beloved will share retreat,
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Raymill House. The move comes after concerns were raised that
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the Old Meal, a neighboring property, was said to be
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sold and transformed into a wedding venue and our that
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a Royal source said had caused Camilla great anxiety. Think
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of it, dozens of wedding guests carousing every weekend just
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the other side of her fence. Another source familiar with
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the plans told the Meal on Sunday. With the property's
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boundary just thirty feet from Rainmill, the King acted last
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month to buy it, with private funds preventing the sale
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from going through. A friend of Camilla's described the purchase
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as an imperative to ensure her protection and privacy, noting
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that a prospective buyer had been looking to maximize commercial
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use of the property as a short term holiday rental
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and wedding venue. Instead, the old meal will now be
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rented to a security vetted tenant to ensure it is
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put to appropriate use. A Royal source called the decision
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a pragmatic solution, being both a sound financial investment in
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a way of maintaining Her Majesty's privacy protection and continued
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enjoyment of her much loved home without any public funds
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being used. They added, I know how grateful and relieved
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she is not least given or the additional stresses and
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anxieties of the past year. Camilla has had a challenging
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eighteen months balancing the aftermath of the King's coronation in
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twenty twenty three with his subsequent cancer diagnosis. Friends say
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Raymall House has remained her sanctuary, a place where she
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can be herself and retreat from the pressures of royal life.
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It was here that she withdrew following the state funeral
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of Queen Elizabeth in twenty twenty two, and she continues
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to spend as much time there as possible. When not
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at High Grove House or Clarence House. She has her horses,
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she walks her dogs, and she loves spending time with
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her family. Said one friend. The business with her neighbor
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was frankly the last thing she needed. Palace Indriga with Raback,
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with Megan Sussex sucking up most of the oxygen. We
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haven't been able to see what the rest of our
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cast has been up to. Lady Louise Windsor appears to
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have embraced a new passion during her time at Saint
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Andrew's University, taking to the stage in amateur dramatic productions.
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The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh's eldest Child has been
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spotted rehearsing and performing with fellow students, including her boyfriend
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Felix de silver Clamp. As a member of the university's
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Mermaids performing arts group. Lady Louise has taken on various
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roles this year, including Oliver Surface and School for Scandal
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and Lady Caversham and Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband. She
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has also been seen using hand puppets in Sirino to Puppet,
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a creative adaptation of Sirino de Bergerac. According to royal sources,
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Louise adores acting a passion that echoes her father's own
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university days. Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, has made a
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trip to New York, furthering her work as a global
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advocate for women's rights and gender equality. In her role
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as patron of Plan International UK, Sophie attended a panel
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discussion where she heard harrowing first hand accounts from young
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people facing displacement, economic hardship, and gender based violence. The
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visit brought together young advocates highlighting that stark realities confronting
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girls worldwide. Among them was twenty year old Jasara from Peru,
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who spoke about the devastating impact of water scarcity on
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her family, saying, my family has one hour of water
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a day. Can you imagine how difficult it is to
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carry out our daily chores. She went on to describe
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how climate change has exacerbated gender inequality, leading to increased
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child marriage and violence against women. Sophie's dedication to these
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issues has taken her to some of the world's most
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challenging regions, including a recent visit to the Chad Sudan
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border where she met female refugees facing sexual exploitation. Speaking
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on the crisis, she was deeply moved, saying people are
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having to exchange food and water for sex for rape.
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That is violence that is being enacted through conflict is
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being used as a bargaining tool. These women have no
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option but to leave, and even then they're lucky if
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some of them can get away, because if they leave
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their houses, they get killed. Her ongoing efforts have earned
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her recognition, including an honor at the Hillary Rodham Clinton
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Awards in Washington, DC, for her commitment to women, peace
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and security. Many within royal circles now regard her as
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King Charles's secret weapon. A quietly effective and deeply engaged
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senior royal Princess Beatrice made her first public appearance since
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welcoming her daughter Athena several weeks early. The King's niece
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attended a fundraising gala for Born, a charity dedicated to
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researching premature birth, where it was announced that she would
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serve as its newest patron. Her attendance at the event,
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held at London's VNA Museum comes just weeks after she
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revealed the early arrival of her second child in January,
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a personal experience that appears to have deepened her commitment
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to the cause of preventing premature birth. Globally dressed in
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an elegant white self portrait gown, Beatrice being dis she
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posed alongside her husband on the red carpet. The gala
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featured a special performance by singer Ellie Gording, adding to
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the evening's significance. Mike Tindall has revealed that he flatly
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refused a sartorial request from his wife, Zara Tindall, and
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her mother, the possible former Royal sex bomb Princess Anne,
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ahead of his wedding in twenty eleven. Speaking at a
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charity evan to, the former English rugby star admitted he
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had no interest in donning traditional Scottish truths for his
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big day, despite their insistence. Truths a former Tartan trousers
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often warn as part of formal Scottish attire, are traditionally
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lined with leather on the inner leg to withstand where
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from horseback riding. Tindall told the Mail we got married
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in Scotland and Zara was schooled in Scotland. Obviously my
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mother in law is patron of Scottish rugby. They keep
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on that they need to get me a pair of
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truths and I'm like f off there you have it.
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