Feb. 7, 2025

Meghan Markle releases video without makeup....and people are mad

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In today’s news, Meghan appears without makeup, drops hints that she’s friends with Billie Eilish….ans still gets criticized. Jack Whitehall says he’s been dropped as a friend by the Sussexes….and Prince William tells us, “Sometimes the hardest thing about grief is finding the words for how you actually feel.”

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Calorogus Shark Media. In today's news, Meghan appears without makeup,

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drops hints that she's friends with Billie Eilish, and still

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gets criticized. Jack Whitehall says he's been dropped as a

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friend by the Sussexes, and Prince William tells us sometimes

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the hardest thing about grief is finding the words for

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how you actually feel. Hello, and welcome to Pallas Intrigue.

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I am your host, Mark Francis. When devastating wildfires tore

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through southern California in January, fourteen year old Avery Colvert

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knew she had to take action. What started as a

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small effort to collect clothing for wildfire victims has since

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transformed into a full fledged non profit, thanks in part

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to an unexpected boost from Meghan Markel and the Archwell Foundation. Colvert,

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an eighth grade student, was spared from the destruction of

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the Eton fire, but her school, Elliott Art's Magnet Academy,

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was not. Marie Claire, I felt really bad that I

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didn't lose my home because almost everyone I knew lost everything.

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Determined to help, she and her stepdad, Matt Chate, came

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up with the idea of holding a free fair where

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wildfire victims could pick up donated clothing, skincare and accessories,

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items exactly what a teenage girl would want. What was

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supposed to be a small, week long initiative quickly exploded.

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Within thirty minutes of announcing the location, trucks lined up

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and down the street with donations, and then came a

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call from the Archwall Foundation. Colvert said she just started

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to break down crying when she learned the foundation, co

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founded by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, wanted to

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get involved. Megan Markele herself arrived with bags of clothing

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from her own closet and stayed for hours personally helping

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girls pick out outfits and accessories. For all the girls

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who were coming in, they got to be styled by

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Megan Markel, Colvert said, adding that some broke down in

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tears upon meeting her. Despite claims from some royal commentators

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that Megan was only there for a photo Woprovert called

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those accusations ridiculous. She insists Duchess was so incredibly kind,

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even receiving stylist training beforehand so she could better assist

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the girls. Chate echoed this, saying he was stunned by

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how much time Meghan spent volunteering, even carrying bags of

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clothing out to people's cars. Once Avery's story made the news,

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Meghan returned to Instagram, seemingly responding to criticism over her

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wildfire relief efforts with an emotional new video. Speaking candidly

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and appearing makeup free, Meghan recounted how she met the

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fifteen year old while visiting Alta Dina, one of the

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worst hit areas. The girl's mother told Meghan that when

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they returned to their burned down home, her daughter searched

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desperately for the T shirt she had left in the wash.

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Moved by the story, Meghan reached out to friends Adam

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Levine and Bahati Princelou, who helped secure Billie Eilish merchandise

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to replace the lost shirt. Comments on Meghan's post were disabled,

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yet some took two other forms of social media to comment.

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One U are shared someone's lost their home and she

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is gushing about how amazing she is forgetting them some

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signed merch This disaster tourism has now turned into disaster merching.

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Another added, why not just do a good deed and

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not make a video about it? All eyes will be

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on the Sussexes this weekend as they are expected to

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appear jointly during the Invictus Games. Talk TV host Kevin

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O'Sullivan said, Harry and Meghan are obsessed with their image.

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They are obsessed with publicity. For a long time now.

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They have been pursuing this strategy that it's best if

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they don't appear together. I mean, they did appear together

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when they went down to the La Fires recently, but

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how did that work out for them? Not very well really.

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People were disgusted by their photo op appearance, calling them

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disaster tourists and tragedy vultures, but that their solo appearances

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has not really worked out either. They are still getting

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an avalanche of negative publicity every day. Prince William visited

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Cumbria for what has been described as an emotive and

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powerful engagement with Child Bereavement u K, a charity close

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to his heart as patron since two thousand and nine.

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The Prince spent time with grieving children, teenagers and parents,

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offering words of understanding drawn from his own experience of

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losing his mother Diana at age of fifteen. Speaking at

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the event, William acknowledged the difficulty of expressing grief. Sometimes

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the hardest thing about grief is finding the words for

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how you actually feel. The Prince, dressed in a slate

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gray blazer with a light blue shirt, appeared visibly moved

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as he spoke with children who have benefited from the

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charity's work. Teenagers shared their experiences of loss with him,

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with one girl noting that William really understood because of

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his own personal history. During his visit, he also met fundraisers,

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including a sixteen year old boxer who raised thousands for

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the charity. When asked if he liked boxing, William joked,

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I don't mind throwing a few punches around, but not

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at your level. It's exhausting as well. Before leaving, he

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read messages on the charities before I die Wall, laughing

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at one that said win the Fortnight Cash Cup. Palace

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Intriguer Barret back Jack Whitehall has joined the evergrowing list

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of people who say Prince Harry ghosted them after Megan

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Michle entered the picture. The British comedian, who once considered

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himself good friends with Harry during his bachelor days, now

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says he was well and truly dropped when the Duke

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of Sussex settled down. Speaking on an Australian radio show,

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Whitehall reminisced about his party days with Harry, confirming he

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wasn't quite in the inner circle but still had a

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few wild nights out with the Prince. Notably, he missed

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out on the infamous naked billiards game in Las Vegas,

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though to be fair, that guestless was probably more exclusive

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than the Royal wedding, which Whitehall was also not invited to.

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His father Michael Whitehall previously suggested that Jack's royal exile

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might have something to do with a joke he made

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at the twenty fifteen Royal Variety performance where he called

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Harry Ginger nuts. Whether it was that or just the

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natural consequences of marrying into the most scrutinized family on Earth,

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Whitehall has usually lost his Royal plus one status. Royal

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expert Jenny Bond had told The Mirror, I think Harry

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is happy to continue his family life in California, but

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hopefully spend more of his time on his charity work

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into which I think he could pour his heart and soul.

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The commercial world is simply something he's not used to,

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and let's face it, his wife is probably better at

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it than he. No shame in that he is a

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very wealthy man already end, and my opinion, can indeed

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carry out the kind of universal service that he pointedly

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alluded to as he exited the official working Royal family.

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I think it is an entirely legitimate way ahead for

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Megan to concentrate on commercial activities and celebrity appearances, which

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she seems to very much enjoy, while Harry pursues the

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charitable work he is known for and where he can

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make such a difference. This is a modern world, after all,

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and it really doesn't matter who is the chief breadwinner

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as long as the family is happy and secure. And

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