Aug. 26, 2025

Kate’s Jaw-Dropping Blonde Hair, Harry’s Surfing Clip, and Meghan’s Pickle War with Pamela Anderson

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At Balmoral, the headlines weren’t about speeches or scandals—it was Kate’s dramatically lighter hair that stole the spotlight. Meanwhile, Prince Andrew was quietly sidelined from the family church outing, and King Charles looked weary ahead of Trump’s visit. The Sussexes tried to crash the news cycle with a Harry-surfing Instagram clip set to Salt-N-Pepa’s “Whatta Man.” In America, Harry’s visa is under review again—more than 1,000 documents are now with a judge. Virginia Giuffre’s memoir Nobody’s Girl will be released this October, promising new details and renewed scrutiny of Prince Andrew. And in the most absurd royal-adjacent news: Meghan Markle and Pamela Anderson are locked in a pickle war. Yes, really.

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Caloroga Shark Media. Hello and welcome to your palace Intrigue.

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I'm your host, Mark Francis. It was a day of

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drama at Krathi Kirk, the small stone church near Balmoral

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where the royal family traditionally gathers on the penultimate Sunday

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of August. The headlines were dominated not by a speech

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or a scandal, but by the Princess of Wales's hair.

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Catherine arrived with locks that appeared noticeably blonder than usual,

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striking change that immediately drew attention. Her long chestnut blowout

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has been part of a public image since her Saint

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Andrew's days. When William first noticed her, Kate's hair was

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described as incredible by The Express and jaw dropping. Others

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observed that Kate and her husband barely do any work.

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Stylist Sarah Gaston blamed the sun, the actual star, not

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the newspaper, telling actual newspaper, The Daily Mail, that the

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combination of sea air, sunshine and salt water had gently

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lifted her hair to a softer shade, creating the perfect

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starting point for her next sellon visit. As Kate embraces

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the natural changes that come with aging, such as the

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increasing presence of gray strands, She's made a thoughtful shift

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in her hair color strategy. Rather than covering grays with

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darker dyes, which often require more frequent maintenance, she has

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opted for a lighter, blendid tone. This approach not only

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gives her hair a softer, more natural appearance, but also

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helps camouflage Graze in a subtle, low maintenance way. Thanks

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to her time in the Greek Sun, Kate has found

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a new, more effortless hair color that flattens her features,

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respects the health of her hair, and celebrates the beauty

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of aging with confidence. Overshadowed by this talk of hair

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was the more consequential story Prince Andrew's continued exclusion. Though

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invited to Scotland, he has been relegated to Cragow and Lodge,

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a granite guesthouse a mile from Balmoral, where William and

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Catherine are staying. Significantly, Andrew was not among the family

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members who joined the King at church. After a summer

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of unflattering headlines and humiliations. The move suggests Charles may

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finally be drawing firm boundaries with his disgraced brother. King

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Charles looked weary as he departed church, and is expected

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to keep a low profile in the coming weeks as

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he prepares for Donald Trump's state visit. Meanwhile, while the

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Incredible Princess of Wales was trying to make the well

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they better place through the beauty of her hair, those

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selfish Sussexes trying to make it all about themselves by

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releasing a video of Harry on a surfboard. In the

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eighteen second clip posted to Instagram, Prince Harry is seen

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in a backwards baseball cap, shorts and along sleeved top

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as he rides a wave, crouching low as the surf

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curls over him. At one point, he can be seenquarreling

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neatly through the hollow wave, probably thinking about how he

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can exploit his royal tithes for more money. The Dutches

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captured the video we interrupt your regularly scheduled programming to

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bring you this important message, adding a Fox emoji. The

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footage was set to salten Pepper's nineteen ninety three track

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what a Man, featuring en Vogue, with Megan highlighting the

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lyric what a man, What a man, What a man,

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What a mighty good man. Harry is once again under

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scrutiny over his US visa after court filings revealed that

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more than one thousand documents linked to his application are

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being held by the US Department of State. Records show

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one thousand and seven papers on the Duke of Sussex,

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including two hundred seventeen from the Office of the Secretary

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of State, five hundred seventeen from the Bureau of Consular Affairs,

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two hundred seventy one from the Office of Legal Advisor,

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and two from the Office of the Deputy Secretary of State.

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A judge in Washington will now review the files to

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determine which, if any, may be released publicly. The case

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stems from a lawsuit brought by the conservative Heritage Foundation,

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which has long questioned whether Harry was fully transparent in

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his application following his admissions of drug use in his

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memoir Spare. A previous suit against the Department of Homeland

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Security produced heavily redacted files but did not reveal Harry's

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visa status. The Department of State has declined to comment

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on the current proceedings. Virginia Jeffrey's memoir Nobody's Girl, a

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memoir of surviving abuse and fighting for justice, will be

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released in the United States on October twenty first. The book,

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which Jeoffrey completed more than a year ago, is being

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published posthumously following her death by suicide. Her publisher Not

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described the work as a raw and shocking journey and

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the story of a fierce spirit struggling to break free,

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running over four hundred pages and offering further disturbing details

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of her years within Jeffrey Epstein's circle. Jeffrey herself made

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clear in an email to journalist Amy Wallace, who assisted

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with the manuscript, that publication should go ahead regardless of

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her fate. The content of this book is crucial, as

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it aims to shed light on the systemic failures that

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allow the trafficking of vulnerable individuals across borders. In the

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event of my passing, I would like to ensure that

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Nobody's goal is still released. I believe it has the

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potential to impact many lives and foster necessary discussions about

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these grave injustices. The memoir ensures that Prince Andrew's name

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will remain tired to the scandal. Jeoffrey alleged that she

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was trafficked by Epstein at seventeen and forced intersects with

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the Duke of York allegations he has denied more palace

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news has gotten. Pamela Anderson has teamed up with luxury

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lifestyle brand Flamingo Estate to release a limited edition of

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her great aunt VI's award winning pickle recipe, priced at

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thirty eight dollars a jar. The small batch item sold

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through Flamingo Estate quickly became a prestige product, with Anderson

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posing beside her jars and summary photos of the brand's

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website Stay with me this is heading somewhere. Anderson explained

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that she and founder Richard Christiansen bonded over cooking and

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gardening in the later rave. The result produced the most

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delicious pickles he had ever tasted true to Flamingo Estates ethos,

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only a few hundred jars were produced, unlike Megan's commercial

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approach with her as ever, brand proceeds from Anderson's pickle

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sales are being donated to the California Wildlife Center, a

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charity near and dear to her heart. The timing, however,

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could not have been more pointed. On August nineteenth, Markle

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shared her own Instagram video of homemade pickles and preserved lemons, writing,

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cooking up more than pasta with homemade preserved lemons. So

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much goodness is coming soon. The post earneder like from

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close friend Chrissy Tigan, who features in season two of

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Netflix's With Love Megan, which is out today. Tigan has

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previously been dubbed the unofficial Queen of Flamingo Estate by

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the brand itself, a connection that never translated into a

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deal for Megan. Jesse Forcett, co creator and executive producer

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of Anderson's series, could not resist a point of remark

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after Markle's first season, we take pride in planting the

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first seeds, creating original, distinctive programming that audiences love, and

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it's a compliment to see our work with Miss Anderson

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resonate so strongly, he told the Teeny Mail. What began

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as a lifestyle brand rivalry is now playing out in

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pickle Jars, and Pamela, at least for now, appears to

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have the upper hand. The new season of With Love

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Meghan is out today on Netflix. In The Times, Kevin

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Mayer writes, if God does love a Trier, and provided

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that he's on the right streaming package, the Great Lord Almighty,

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like every seemingly star truk guest on With Love Meghan,

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must deeply adore the Duchess of Sussex. Meghan is pretty

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good at fileying a fish, says Claire Smith, the no

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nonsense chef who runs the swank Michelin start notting Hill

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eatery Core. Regular guests include Ed Sheer and Adele and

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the Beckhams, and who features in the upcoming series, which

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airs on Tuesday. Smith adds, Meghan is actually really good

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at cooking, and she's creative, with a good palette, honestly

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and being consciously kind, because that's Meghan's like brand. It

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was a slightly strange show, somewhere between a Stepford wife's

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fever dream and an infernal version of celebrity Stockholm syndrome,

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where ostensibly trapped Z listers bleeded out badly scripted lines

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that included compulsory phrases such as that's one of my

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favorite things about you, Meghan, while chowing down sticky donuts

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that seem to be covered in torn plumps of couch

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grass and Japanese not weed. We're taking the rest of

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