Meghan Markle is now the 17th most popular royal

0:03 Calorogus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to you, Palace Intrigue. I am your host, Mark Francis. On this Thanksgiving, let us heed the words of Meghan Markel, now the seventeenth most popular royal according to a new survey. Meghan tells us to just think about how you'd want someone to treat you. How would you want someone to open their arms to you. Samantha Mikael told The Daily Mail, when my dad goes, it will be too late. You can't get back that time. It leaves a hole in your heart. My dad doesn't want Megan to pay him back, but you want love from them because there is pain in your heart if it isn't there. Earlier in the week, Meghan hosted an intimate dinner for Afghan women resettling in California as part of Archwall Foundation's Welcome Project, and she didn't just talk about the holidays, she embodied the spirit of them. Meghan said, from my standpoint, I think part of why we wanted to make sure we had this opportunity to all be together again so many of us right now is that the holidays come up and have already begun. In many regards, it brings up so much emotion for people. You miss home, you miss your country, and you also find comfort in the new community that you have here. I am grateful that we are able to be part of that community. Megan discussed the power of stories and connections, saying, all of you have stories to tell. The power of you telling them and sharing them with each other without broader community is what will help propel the change that I think we all dream of, that you see and hear in the poems that we

1:34 just listened to. The designer Dog Biscuits and jam Entrepreneur described the Welcome Project as the perfect example of seeing an immediate need and then saying, Okay, how do you make this a much larger vision so it's not just a short term banding on a problem, but a long term solution. The sometimes podcaster expressed admiration for the women who have faced extraordinary challenges. It was rewarding to see women on the other side of what has been a really hard time for many of them, more than most can imagine. Referencing a mother and son recently reunited, she reflected as a maham, can you imagine not being able to see your child? The star of the upcoming Netflix cooking show also discussed the shared joy of discovering traditions.

2:16 Whatever cultures are different, whatever traditions are different, There's actually so much we have in common. There's a lot of joy in discovering each other's new rituals too. You find comfort in things you know, but you find so much community and connection and things you don't know as well, Meghan said. The Sussexes are always pretty low key on Thanksgiving, for example, last year, when they hosted Gloria Steinem William praised a young woman in Newport for her resilience after she shared her story of loss and perseverance. During his visit to tackle homelessness, the Prince met Rebecca, a thirty two year old care assistant at the Nelson Trust, a support service for vulnerable women in Wales and surrounding areas. Rebecca spoke of her difficult journey, including time spent in foster care, living the streets at sixteen, and struggling with the loss of her partner and father. Despite these challenges, she told the Prince she was proud of who she had become, now focusing on raising her two daughters and making happiness without money. The Prince was visibly moved, telling her, you seem like a force of nature. Rebecca. We need more rebeccas in the world. You have been through more things than most people go through in their entire lifetime.

3:22 I'm not sure I would have come out on the other side like you. He added that she should be so proud of herself. Rebecca hopes to use her experiences to support other lost teenagers and inspire them to find their way. During his visit, William urged local business leaders and charity representatives to take bold, innovative approaches. I can be the slight disruptor here and say to you all to think very differently outside the box, because this is unique what you're doing. Let's be really ambitious and almost throw the paperwork up in the air and see how it lands pellus in drinker it right back. The Meghan ranked fourth in a recent Express poll asking readers to name their favorite royal couple, leading the poll by a significant margin, where William and Kate, who secured forty nine thousand votes, solidifying their position as the most popular royal couple.

4:13 King Charles and quin Camilla followed in second place with forty five hundred votes. While Prince Edwin and Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh rounded out the top three with thirty nine hundred. The Sussexes did outperform other royal couples, including Zara and Mike Tindall, who came in fifth with thirty eight hundred. Princess Anne and Sir Tim Lawrence, Princess Beatrice Eduardo Macbalimozzi, and Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank trailed further down the rankings. Public interest in royal disclosures is undeniable, but the poll reflects growing support for royals addressing broader societal issues. Nearly eighty percent of respondents said they wanted to hear more or at least the same amount of topics like homelessness, to mestic violence, and environmental causes. Similarly, forty three percent believe the monarchy should increase efforts to promote charitable work, with another forty percent thinking the current approach is just right.

5:04 A different survey was less hopeful for the Sussexes. According to the latest quarterly data from polling agency you Go, Megan Markle has dropped to seventeenth on the list of the most popular members of the British royal family. This places her just behind Princess Alexandra, who we had to google and learned is the only daughter of Prince George, no, not that one, the Duke of Kent, and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark. She is a granddaughter of George the fifth niece of Edward the eighth and George the sixth and first cousin of Elizabeth the second. There you have it, plag to email us who addresses the Palace Intrigue at gmail dot com. Please follow us on Spotify, Apple or the app of your choice, and don't forget. You can get this show commercial free, along with hundreds of others from Calairoga Shark Media, including Romance Weekly, a nice series to follow as it's all Christmas themed through the next few weeks. Check out Romance Weekly. If you're in the mood for a little love in your life, you can find that show wherever you get your podcasts and Mark Francis my thanks to John McDermott. This Palace Intrigue and contains