Markle Family Meltdown: Thomas Fires Back as Critics Roast Meghan’s ‘Cold-Hearted’ Silence

0:00 Ah Calorogus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Pallace Intrigue Game, your host, Mark Francis. The Thomas Markel storyline continues to be weird, The Royalist writes. One of Meghan's team appears to have briefed The London Times that they thought the leg amputation might have been a hoax. The Times reported on Friday that a spokesperson had told them Meghan had instructed AIDS to find out if her father is unwell. Meghan's office subsequently denied any such order had been given. Thomas's friends have reacted with outrage. Lady Colin Campbell, the friend of Mircale Senior, told The Royalist it was disgraceful for Meghan's team to accuse Thomas of inventing health problems to victimize Meghan, adding when he hops out of the hospital, well she say his foot is strapped up behind him.

0:57 In The Standard, Melanie macdonnaugh writes, the normal of a child of any age when a parent has taken ill and may let's say it die, is to rush to the bedside, no matter where in the world that bedside may be. That's what normal people do. She has never allowed him to see his grandchildren Archie six and Lily, for which he says he wants to, and to his eternal shame, Prince Harry has never insisted that they should. She has, in fact maintained her record to date as a callous daughter, the kind who, if she ever sat through King Lear, might feel a bad squeak of recognition at the conduct of Goneril and Reagan. Her ruthlessness in discarding a parent who had made the mistake of voicing criticism of her after her cooking show he said she was not authentic and who may not quite look the part she has framed for herself, tells you everything you need to know about her. There probably isn't anyone who sat through her dire Netflix series on The Perfect Christmas with the hokum about it being all about the company of those you love without feeling a sense of how to put it incongruity given the mismatch between the beautiful sentiments and actual conduct of the fragrant heroine. If Thomas Michael had been an abusive parent, Meghan's failure of duty might be comprehensible, but he wasn't. In all of Tom Dower's mesmerizing biography of Megan, there wasn't any hint of cruelty or unkindness. Rather, he was the means by which she established herself on the route to her glittering apotheosis as the star of suits. He looks after her, and if he is now frail and old and not looking

2:28 as felt as she might like, it's all the more reason to rally round to what might be his deathbed Death cancels out of the nonsense. If your father is in danger of death, a normal daughter would forgive any slights or resentments and be there to ease his passage to the next world. It would not be too late to bring his grandchildren to meet him. The young noticed the conduct of their parents. If she so obviously lacks any sense of duty to her father, she can't hope that her own children will be any better when her time comes. It's not too late yet to remedy matter by making for his bedside and making him happy. If nothing else, it would make her look good, and that's what she likes, isn't it. Princeterry is said to be exploring the possibility of securing Jennifer Lopez for a future Invictus Games engagement. The Duke of Sussex, who established the Invictus Games in twenty fourteen, is a recovery pathway for international wounded, injured and sick servicemen and women, is reportedly reaching out to several well known figures in the hope of strengthening the event's profile. According to one source of Harry can Land, low Pears to make an appearance at an Invictus event, it would be phenomenal for the charity and the thrill for him too. He's reaching out to everyone that he's got a connection to. It's not just low Peirs that he's trying to lure in, but no doubt she's the most thrilling prospect for him because he's very star struck by her. The magazine report also noted that Harry is very competitive and that witnessing his brother, Prince William rule in all these big names for his charity has lit a fire under him. Star Magazine previously

3:59 reported that Harry Meghan joined Lopez and her then fiance Alex Rodriguez on a double date in early twenty twenty. If you're wondering what else we can blame Harry for, some suggest he's responsible for cancer specifically that of Charles and Kate. Speaking to News Nation, biographer Andrew Lowney said there are arguments that some of these illnesses are being brought on by the problems of the so called spares. He went on to warn that the institution could face a deeper challenge should the Princess of Wales be unable to carry out her public role. I do think there will be a real crisis if something happens to Kate and she's incapacitated. She is the linchpin on which the whole future of the monarchy depends. Moving on to titles, he said, I think now that we've seen the royal titles can be struck out in an afternoon. I think we're going to see a lot of titles go if you're not a working royal, or you're not the direct line of succession. He added that the whole reputation of the monarchy has been sullied both by Harry and by Andrew, and that's the inheritance that he's going to have to deal with. More Palacing just a moment. Andrew Mountbatten Windsor is said to be making a series of astonishing requests before relocating to a property on Sandringham Estate following his removal from Royal Lodge in Windsor. Reports now suggest the transition has being delayed due to what have been described as unreasonable demands over his new accommodation. According to these claims, Andrew is reeling off demands and ultimatums, prompting what has

5:29 been characterized as a fresh feud between him and the King. Among the requests are said to his substantial six or seven bedroom house on the sandringhammert State, complete with staff including cook garden, a housekeeper, driver in police security. A source told the Daily Beasts royalists Andrew has done exactly what has been asked of him. He just wants to be left alone. He's giving up the lease on one of England's finest houses and expects to be treated fairly. A former courtier suggested that financial considerations were always likely to dominate negotiation, saying Andrew is essentially being bought out of the lease, so he will haggle over every last detail of the deal. Andrew's difficulties continue to cast a long shadow over the Royal family, with renewed scrutiny now falling on the homes occupied by Senior and Extended Royals.

6:17 His peppercorn rent arrangement at Royal Lodge and the subsequent surrender of his lease has highlighted how certain family members reside in Crown Estate properties at substantially reduced rates. The Crown Estate, which manages assets held in the right of the Crown and returns its profits to the Treasury in exchange for the sovereign Grant, is believed to hold hundreds of properties. Royal biographer Ingrid Sewards said, the Crown Estate contains a huge number of properties, but most of us haven't been aware of what exactly is out there, and until now few of us have cared to ask. Now that has changed, which means Andrew has opened the door to a lot of problems for his family and the way they live. Attention is also turned to bag Shot Park, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh's one hundred and twenty room mansion in Surrey. The couple renewed their lease in two thousand and seven with a one off payment of five million pounds. Calculations suggest that, depending on how long they remain, the effective annual costs could fall well below market value. Former Home Office Minister Norman Baker argued that any failure to maximize crown and state income represents less money for the public purse, and so an indirect public subsidy to rich members of the royal family. Sue defended the edinburghs all they get is travel that they may not even want, in some money for clothes when they do go abroad, and then this hugely reduced rental. The trouble with Royal Lodge was that Andrew was doing bugger all, so it felt wrong. But in my opinion, Sophie and Edward add a lot to this country and don't deserve the criticism. Another property drawing comment is thatched House Lodge,

7:52 where eighty eight year old Princess Alexandra pays two hundred and twenty five pounds a month. Royal correspondent Robert Jobson noted her decades of royal service, she did a lot of work for the family and is now old and frail and not very well. And you can't go in and suddenly put the rent up. But when she dies, that would be the time to put it on at market prices. And that should be true. Even if another member of the family moves in, they need to pay a commercial rate, some royals already do. King Charles pays the Duchy of Cornwall a six figure son to lease Highgrove from Prince William. William also pays a market rent for Forest Lodge, though he is unlikely to pay commercial rates for his Kensington Palace apartment. Several other family members, including the Gloucesters, the Duke of Kent, Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, and Princess Eugenie, are based in the accommodation on the Kensington estate at Saint James Pallace. Princess Anne, Princess Beatrice, Princess Alexander all occupies substantial apartments, with Beatrice's flat said to include a ballroom. Jobson noted that Andrew had at one point allegedly covered the London rent for his daughters, though this is thought to have stopped. Sue would argue that renting these properties can Rushley would create greater burdens. If they weren't given to family, they would be empty. In fact, putting them on the market would be a burden to the taxpayer because of all the police who would have to be around keeping tabs on everyone.

9:13 Jobson said, greater clarity is needed, particularly regarding non working royals. I'm not questioning the right to have somewhere to live in London, but we do have a right to know what they are paying, particularly in the case of people like Eugenian Beatrice who are not working Royals. Longer term reform is expected to fall to the Prince of Wales. When Charles first became king, he wanted to reevaluate how it was all working, but I think the cancer stopped him in his tracks. Jobson said he was hoping to limit the number of people having access to Crown and State properties, but I suspect all that will be left to William. Jobson cautioned that Britain must consider what the Crown and State is meant to be a commercial entity or a vehicle supporting royal residences. If they're going to run the Crown of State as a business, then they could rent all of them these palaces out to oligarchs.

10:01 But that certainly wasn't the original purpose of it, so it added. The criticism of royal living arrangements often reflects wider national unease. There is a malaise in Britain at the moment. People feel like it is too expensive to live in this country, and at times like that they tend to turn on the monarchy. But what they don't realize is how hard some of them work and how joyless much of their lives really are. The least we can do is let them live somewhere lovely must be rough and yeah, if you'd like to email as the addresses the Palace intric at gmail dot com. Please follow us on Spotify, Apple or on Facebook Instagram. Come by and say hi. By Mark Francis my thanks to John McDermott. This is Palace Intrigue and good terms