Sept. 1, 2025

Kate & William Hit Like on Taylor Swift Post, Diana Docs Loom, and Meghan’s Decor Plans

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Kate and William paused their holiday to double-tap Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s engagement post—royal approval has gone digital. Meanwhile, Meghan Markle also gave her Insta blessing, despite the unfortunate timing with her Netflix series launch. Elsewhere: Princess Catherine picks furniture from a royal storage palace nicknamed “California,” Sarah Ferguson shares new photos of the Queen’s corgis, and a time capsule buried by Diana in 1991 is unearthed. Plus: Are Harry and William headed for a showdown in 2027 over competing Princess Diana documentaries?

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Calorogus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to the Palace Entry Game.

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Your host Mark Rancis, the hard working Kate and William

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interrupted their vacation to hit like on Instagram. The subtle

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show of royal approval came after Taylor swift she had

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a photo of Travis Cosey proposing in a rose garden.

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She captured the post your English and gym teacher are

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getting married. The chieky caption and romantic setting drew an

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avalanche of congratulations from fans and celebrities alike, and now

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the future King and Queen of England have added their

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seal of approval, though William and Cater famously were strained

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on social media their decision to heart Taylor's post signals

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and ongoing royal funders for the pop star. Last year,

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Taylor posed backstage at her Eras tour with William, Prince George,

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and Princess Charlotte, who's reportedly a devoted swifty fanshow footage

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from the night showed William dancing enthusiastically to shake it off,

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clearly enjoying himself. It is unclear which royal interrupted vacation

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to hit that thumbs up button. But much thanks to

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the senior royals for taking time out of their busy

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day and hope they enjoy the rest of their time off. Also,

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let it be noted the Duchess of Sussex also gave

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Taylor a thumbs up, a most gracious act, considering Taylor

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distracted the media from when they should have been focused

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on the debut of season two of Meghan's cooking show.

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People magazine knows where their bread is buttered, and they

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have expanded there. Kate is wonderful coverage to the next

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generation with the cover story and headline Prince George, the

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boy who will be king the most normal twelve year

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old future monarch we've ever had. We have a rule

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at Palace Intrigue to leave the children out of things.

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It's one thing of Kate wants to vacation on the

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Saudi Secret Yard, and another if Megan wants to sell

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legally fruit spread. But George is a twelve year old boy,

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so we will leave him out of our coverage for

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the most part. After vacationing, the wonderful Princess Catherine will

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take on the arduous task of decorating the family's new

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grand residence and Windsor Greade Park. Royal commentator Richard Kay

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revealed on Palace Confidential that the Princess is selecting items

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from the California Stores, a massive furniture and art storage

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facility tucked within the grounds of Windsor Castle. It's called

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California because it's vast, like the state of California, and

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told it's the most amazing place, bigger than any museum's

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over spill space. Among the pieces reportedly under consideration a

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large dining table suitable for the family's new home, which

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also boasts tennis courts and a barrel vaulted dance floor.

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The facility, roughly the size of eight tennis courts, was

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commissioned by the late Queen Elizabeth in twenty nineteen to

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house surplus furniture, gifts and artworks not deemed valuable enough

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for the royal collection, particularly during the extensive renovations at

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Buckingham Palace. Sarah Ferguson has shared new photographs of the

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late Queen Elizabeth the second beloved corgies Sandy and Mick.

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I think I always get the pronunciation wrong on that one.

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One photograph shows the corgig's standing alert on a tree

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log beside Sarah herself tales wagging. The second captures then

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alongside the couple's Norfolk terriers, all posing happily outdoors. The

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two Corgis were originally a gift from Prince Andrew to

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his mother and became devoted companions to Queen Elizabeth during

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her final years. Since her death, Sarah has periodically updated

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the public on the dogs' lives Well Palace just a moment.

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We had some Diana related material We had to bump

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from yesterday's show to make room for Tom Syke's explosive

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peace concerning the death of Diana and why he thinks

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she was murdered. Go back and listen to yesterday's episode

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in case you missed it. Looking ahead, William and Harry

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may find themselves in direct competition, with both potentially preparing

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film projects to mark the thirtieth anniversary of Princess Diana's

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death in twin twenty seven. According to industry insiders, Harry's

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Archworld Productions has begun early talks with television companies about

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creating a new documentary centered on Diana. Once the executive

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told The Daily Beast Harry is looking to do a

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series about Diana in twenty twenty seven. They want to

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get the right partners, and we have had a conversation

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with them. I'm sure other production companies have too. An

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inside account of the implosion of Charles and Diana's marriage

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and Harry's story of Diana's death and its aftermath would

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be the TV sensation of all time. The mover said

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to unsettle Prince William, who believes that the joint film

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he made with Harry for the twentieth anniversary of Diana's

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death was intended to be the definitive tribute. A friend

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of Williams explained the film the brothers made for the

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twentieth anniversary was meant to be the last word. Wim

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made that very clear at the time, but of course

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things have changed since then. If Harry is now going

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to do another massive Netflix show effectively claiming her legacy,

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William will have to fight back, whether that's with an

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interview documentary of his own. The whole situation is just

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very sad. The same source added that William would almost

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certainly avoid working with the BBC given his lasting anger

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over the broadcaster's deceptive tactics in securing Diana's infamous panorama interview.

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It would be ridiculous to do it with the BBC,

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the friend said. Reports suggest Harry's perspective Diana project was

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a significant factor in Netflix's recent decision to extend its

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deal with the Sussexes. Royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams told The Express.

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Netflix's chief of content, Bella Baharia, has recently praised the

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enormous success of their highly controversial six part docuseries Harry

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and Meghan. They want something royal from the couple, whose

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royal links are their only claim to fame. A Diana

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documentary could be it. We know from his memoir Spare

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how deep his affection for his mother was and how

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devastated he was at her passing. This is obviously totally understandable.

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Diana was like a meteor. She was the world's most

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glamorous woman, whose charitable activities rightly become legendary, but who

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was also manipulative and had a faithfully symbiotic relationship with

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the media. The War of the Waleses between her and

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Prince Charles, which ended in divorce, was ferocious at the time.

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If the proposed documentary featured anything controversial, it would gravely

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endanger the Reconciliation, Harriet said he once with his family.

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Although it would undoubtedly draw the audience Netflix once, this program,

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especially now the Camilla, the woman Diana regarded as her

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arrival as now Queen Consort, also potentially has enormous dangers

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for Harry's future relationships with his family. A time capsule

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buried by Princess Diana in nineteen ninety one has been

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unearthed after more than three decades underground, revealing a nostalgic

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trove of ninety's life, complete with a Kylie Minogue cassette

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and a handheld pocket TV. The wooden capsule had been

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laid beneath the Great Ormond Street Hospital's Variety Club building

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during a ceremony attended by Diana, then president of the

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Children's Hospital. It was meant to remain sealed for a century. However,

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with construction now beginning on a new children's cancer center,

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the decision was made to retrieve the long forgotten box.

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The contents were chosen in part by winners with Blue

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Peter competition and aimed to reflect everyday life in the

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early nineties. Among the damp damaged items, Rhythm of Love

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by Kylie Minogue, I saw the powered calculator, a snowflake hologram,

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tree seeds, recycled paper, a European passport, and a full

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set of British coins marking twenty years of decimalization. A

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copy of The Times from the day of the capsule

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burial was also preserved. Hospital staff re ties to nineteen

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ninety one, either born that year or already working at

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Great Ormond Street, were invited to help recover the capsule.

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Among them was Janet Holmes, a senior health play specialist,

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who recalled one item fondly. It brought back so many

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memories seeing the pocket TV in there. I had bought

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one for my husband back in the day for when

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we had a break while driving his coach around the country.

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They were very expensive then. The capsule's rediscovery echoes a

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similar event from eighteen seventy two, when the then Princess

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of Wales Alexandra, buried a time capsule at the same hospital,

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though that earlier capsule remains lost. Sam McKnight, the legendary

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hairstylist behind some of the fashion's most iconic looks, first

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met Princess Diana in nineteen ninety during a vague photo

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shoot in a defining moment of their first encounter. McKnight

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recalls faking a short hairstyle using a tiara to tame

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Diana's voluminous eighties fluff. It was, he said, a pivotal

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moment of change. As a hairdresser, you learned to pick

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up subliminal messages. I knew she wanted to change when

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she asked me, what would you do if I said

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to anything? So we cut her hair really short that day. Diana,

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he says, understood the subtle power of hair as a message,

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something she shared with other media savvy icons like Lady Gaga.

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Very clever people like Lady Gaga and Diana learnt that

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hair is powerful. It can send a message of strength, vulnerability,

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not caring or being controlled beyond her public image. McKnight

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fondly remembers Diana's humor and down to earth charm. Princess

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Diana used to buy really rude birthday cards from a

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novelty shop on Kensington High Street. She loved to giggle.

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