June 26, 2026

Kate Warned to Protect Family from Meghan Markle as Meghan’s Basket Video Gets Roasted

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A new round of royal drama unfolds as Meghan Markle’s latest Instagram-style video draws ridicule from critics, Kate supporters push back against reconciliation talk, and broadcaster Gabby Logan reveals the surprising fallout from calling the Princess of Wales “Kate Middleton.” Plus, why one royal historian says Prince Harry is beginning to resemble one of the monarchy’s most tragic figures: Edward VIII.

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Ah Calarogu Shark Media. Hello and welcome through pallace intrigue.

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I'm your host, Mark Francis. In The Daily Mail, Amanda

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Platel writes under the headline why Kate must stand firm

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and protect her family from Sussex's manipulation and most of

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all her children. Per Plateau, frankly, I'm less concerned by

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the psychodrama between father and son than about the Princess

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of Wales. How must she feel about the homecoming of

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Grifton Meghan, who has done so much to discredit her,

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coming back here to be embraced by the King at

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heart of the royal family. The King has even offered

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the Sussex's a royal residence to use during their stay.

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Not very happy, one would imagine. Would only be human

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for her to feel slightly betrayed by such a heralded reunion.

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After all, both Sussex's have been so cruel to her,

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while Harry and his viper of a wife been trying

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to make their grubby millions in sunny Montecito. Kat has

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played her perfect part as the ever loyal daughter in

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law and future queen, who, before her cancer diagnosis, helped

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fill the massive vacuum in royal duties caused by these

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Sussexes moved to America. I bet Kate hasn't forgotten or

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forgiven the allegations in the twenty twenty royal biography Finding

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Freedom by Ohmued Scobi, ever, the Sussex's faithful mouthpiece, that

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she was cold and not supportive of Megan during her

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brief stint as a working royal, or Harry's claims that

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she was constantly on edge after realizing she was now

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going to be compared to and forced to compete with Meghan. Well,

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look how that competition worked out. Worldwide, Princess Catherine is

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the most loved royal, often slightly pipping her husband in

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the popularity stakes, while Meghan rates as one of the

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least popular, beaten to the rock bottomed slot only by

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the disgraced former Prince Andrew. Those close to Harry and

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Meghan have, of course, done their best to sabotage that popularity.

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Perhaps most unforgot, givably and with the most damaging effect

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is the Dutch translation of Scoby's book Endgame Inside the

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Royal Family and the Monarchy's Fight for Survival, which inadvertently

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named King Charles and Kate as the Royals who questioned

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what the Sussex's firstborn archie's skin color would be, as

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Megan alleged in her Oprah interview in twenty twenty one.

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Some sources say Prince William believes his father it's making

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a misjudgment in making efforts to rebuild a relationship with

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Harry and I adventure most of the British public would

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agree with him. BBC presenter Gabby Logan has revealed she

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received days of online abuse after referring to the Princess

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of Wales as Kate and Middletown during a broadcast discussion

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about celebrity sightings at sporting events. Will pause here to

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remind our listeners that our podcast is primarily targeted at

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American audiences who refer to the Princess as Kate, which

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helps inform our editorial policy. Similarly, tend to use Megan

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Markel as opposed to Megan the Duchess of Sussex, or

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even Meghan Sussex, which apparently was used once when speaking

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to Mindy Kaling. You may also note we casually will

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refer to Charles. Speaking on the Sports Agents podcast, Logan

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recorded an unexpected backlash that followed when she considered a

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routine on air remark. Chapman explained, occasionally on some live

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games that I've done when you do the build up,

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and occasionally then they've cut someone up in the crowd,

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and I've looked at it and thought, I've absolutely no idea,

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and then they'll tell me in my ear who it is.

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Logan responded by remembering one occasion when she did know

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exactly who was being shown. I did know this person

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when it was cut up once at a rugby game.

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It was her Royal Highness, the Princess of Wales. But

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I didn't call her that. I said, oh, Kate Middleton

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is in the house. Can I tell you how many

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days of abuse I got from mainly American based accounts

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telling me that basically I need to be beheaded because

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I was anti royal. Despite the criticism, Logan appeared to

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take the reaction in good humor, concluding, I mean she

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has got a loyal fan base just a moment. Meghan

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Mankle's latest reading recommendation is attracting attention after the Duchess

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revealed that one of her favorite books is an unlikely

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self help classic that has remained popular for nearly three decades.

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While many might expect Meghan's preferred reading this to be

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filled with literary fiction or biographies, one of the most

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frequent Sciented favorites is Spencer Johnson's best selling motivational book,

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Who Moved My Cheese. First published in nineteen ninety eight,

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the slim volume runs fewer than one hundred pages and

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uses a simple parable to explore how people respond to change, uncertainty,

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and unexpected challenges. The book's central metaphor compares personal goals

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and ambitions to cheese, while life's obstacles and shifting circumstances

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are represented by a maze that must be navigated. Explaining

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why the book resonated with her, Meghan recall encountering it

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while studying at Northwestern University. A professor at Northwestern had

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this book on elist of required reading for an industrial

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engineering class, and I took in my junior year of college.

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It was a seemingly odd choice, but at the end

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of the day, the takeaway was a self empowerment and

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motivational bent that I applied to decision making in my

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life to this very day. It's an invaluable quick read.

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More recently, she revealed that she has been reading The

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Bloom Because of You, a collection of poetry about motherhood

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written by Jessica H. Richards. Meghan said the book was

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given to her by a fellow mother. Believe it or not,

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one of Meghan's social media posts was not well received.

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The short clip, shared on the as Ever Instagram page,

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shows the Dutchess strolling through a garden carrying a basket

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filled with fruit and vegetables. Dressed in white trousers and

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a blue and white striped blouse, Meggott smiles toward the camera,

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plays with her hair, and carries a drink as the

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video unfolds. The post was accompanied by a simple caption,

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A basket full of summer. When comments, I wrote, never

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before have I seen a celebrity who loves themselves so much?

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It's like a love affair. Others questioned the overall tone

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of the video, with one social media user asking what

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is this performance that surely cannot be serious. Several viewers

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focused on the contents of the basket itself, particularly a

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large number of apples visible in the footage. Some guarding

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enthusiasts suggested the fruit appeared unusually mature for late June.

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In California, where the Sussexes live. One commentary observed interesting

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seeing that apple season doesn't start until late August in California.

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Historian Hugo. Vickers has drawn comparisons between Prince Harry and

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one of the most controversial figures in modern royal history,

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Edward the Eighth, the king who abdicated the throne in

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nineteen thirty six. The comparison is not a new one.

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Ever since Harry and Meghan stepped back from royal duties

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and moved to California, commentators have frequently compared the Sussexes too,

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the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Usually the focus falls

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on Meghan and Wallace Simpson to American women whose marriages

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dramatically altered the course of royal history, but Vickers believes

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the more interesting comparison may be between the men, saying,

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the one thing in common is that the two husbands

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both look pretty miserable. If you look at photographs for

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the Duke of Windsor in old age, I've never seen

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such sad eyes on a man because of what happened.

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Princeerry also looks very very sad most of the time,

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and rather angry when I give talks occasionally, usually at schools,

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I showed a picture of the Queen with smarkling eyes

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at the age of ninety, having done her duty, whereas

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the Duke of Windsor looked pathetic. That he looked very sad,

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