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A calorogus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Intrigue.
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I am your host, Mark Francis. The Australia trip created
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a lot of discussion around Megan's Fashion. News Corp columnist
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Angela Mollard took issue with the Duchess of Sussex's visit
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to a woman's shelter, suggesting the presentation did not align
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with the setting. She's gone into a homeless shelter. She's
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then putting up content showing her in a fifteen hundred
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dollars jacket, a similarly priced skirt and swede. It doesn't
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sit comfortably with me. Meanwhile, The Sydney Morning Herald took
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a look at the AI Fashion platform one off, where
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Megan is not only a backer but also a featured creator.
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That means when users search for and purchase items she
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has worn, she receives a share of the proceeds. Her
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profile is already populated with outfits from the Australia tour,
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including pieces by Australian designers, effectively turning each appearance into
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a shoppable moment. The platform itself is built around a
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simple insight, as co founder Bobby Mayleak put it When
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we talk to any talent, they're aware that every day
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someone is searching for their name plus fashion. There's this
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pervasive feeling with talent that they're not monetizing their actual
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trendsetting other people are. One Off addresses that by taking
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a commission, typically between ten and twenty five percent from retailers,
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which is then split with the creator. In practical terms,
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Megan can now dress like a royal and earn affiliate
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revenue two. As the analysis notes, her team frames the
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move as both commercial and creative. A spokesperson said when
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Meghan's agency WME brought her this opportunity last year, she
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was excited to join the platform because it creates an
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interactive closet experience for consumers. One Off has a global
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reach that allows users to access information on styles worn
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for both public appearances and everyday life and make sure
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the right designers are getting the proper credit. She cares
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about fashion and was motivated to invest not only to
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expand her portfolio, but to help uplift the fashion designers
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she is a fan of. In The Daily Mail, Shane
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Watson had some strong opinions about Meghan's attire, writing this
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not a royal tour could have been an opportunity for
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Megan to showcase her personal style and cement her image
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as a woman of taste with her finger on the
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fashion pulse. In the end of what we got was
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Meghan more ordinary, a series of bland, predictable outfits, all
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instantly available to buy via a new AI powered fashion platform,
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one off, from which she received half of the cut
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from the retailers ten or twenty five percent. Megan, like
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many celebrities as monetizing her online style searches, and her
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presence on one Off proves she is among the roughly
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one hundred celebrities whose style is most searched for. But
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given the number of misfires on this trip, it's unlikely
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to be a money spinner sales wise. On day one,
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Meghan wore a six hundred and fifty five pound navy
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sleeveless waisted midi dress fitted on top with six decorative
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buttons by Australian designer Karen Ghee, finished with five hundred
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pounds dire black leather heels. Is not so much California
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style guru as parade inspection ready politician or slick city
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business woman. The tailored navy dress could be ted talk,
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it could be Davos, but great fashion it is not.
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It looks a lot like the uniform you might find
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on the concierge of a five star hotel or front
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of house in a nuptown restaurant at any point over
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the last forty years. Polished but ordinary and navy. Why navy?
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On their previous not a royal tour, Meghan gravitated towards
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white linen separates. Admittedly they were in Jordan and the
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weather was warm, but we felt sure that the Duchess
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was gunning to make white the color of purity, innocence
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and high fashion minimalism her personal signature, and that would
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have been a smart move. Meghan has worn a succession
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of white tailored sleeveless dresses before. She has great arms,
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and arms are a status flex now. If you've got them,
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you flaunt them, especially in cool weather. But navy felt
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like a backwards step duller, more conservative and less youthful.
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On day two, Meghan made a surprise appearance as a
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guest judge on Mastership Australia, and by now no one
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was surprised for her big studio entrance. She chose an
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entirely plain black outfit, a three hundred ninety five pound
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long sleeved silk shirt by Natto, a five hundred and
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eighty seven pounds silky high waisted midi skirt with a
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high front split by Camilla and Mark, and six hundred
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and ninety five Manolo Blani Bebie pumps head to toe
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monochrome apart from some pearl earrings she wore on the
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original Stradia tour back in twenty eighteen. Evidently Megan wanted
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to distance herself from the prettily clad female presenters, but
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slim fit black on her slender frame was dull and
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severe more Tisha without the drama full of shorter off
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the shoulder black dress with some texture would have more
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spark and energy. Not to mention glamour Day three and
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Megan's chose an outfit for the Scar Tree Walk should
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have been a walk in the park for her one
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hundred and seventeen pound bootcut jeans by Rollers, a thirty
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pound T shirt by Alliance of Mums with two hundred
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and twenty pound ivory trainers by Freda Salvador, and a
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three hundred seventeen pound light camel coat by More and
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Label Friends with Frank Once again, this outfit managed who
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looks stiff and contrived and outside the fashion conversation. Her
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last outfit on the tour and other friends in Frank eighteen,
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a two hundred eighty seven pounds short khaki shift dress
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worn with black Wolford tits and Manolo blank black Swede
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Bebe pumps, was a fashion rule breaker. Short dress plus
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very high hills and the absolute low fashion point of
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the tour. Any stylists worth their salt would not have
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let her wear shoes this high let alone with address
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this short, but worth noting that as the tour wound up,
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all the hills she had worn had sold out. As
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for the clothes, only the split black Master Chef skirt
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was out of stock. Maybe this is an aberration, or
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maybe there's a way to go before Meghan conquers her
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next challenge, not a royal visit to Paris, anyone or palace.
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In just a moment, a reporter is making fresh claims
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about staff turnover with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's household,
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suggesting the couple have gone through multiple nannies over the years.
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Royal commentator Sancy Showfield told News Nation you can hear
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about the professional positions, but the number of household staff
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departures is much higher. It actually became kind of comical
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because during a certain period it felt like every week
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there was someone knew who left. The report also includes
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a secondhand claim attributed to a former nanny relaid by Schofield,
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which alleges I spent a lot of time with Megan
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and the way she treated me can only be described
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as dehumanizing. Her mask dropped after six weeks. A representative
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for the Duke and Duchess of SUSSSUS quoted in the
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articles rejecting the claims, describing the reporters untrue. Another commentator,
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Brontie Coy, questioned Meghan's use of the phrase working parents,
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saying I have a son, but when I hear people
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from positions of great privilege where they can afford nanny's
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and a lot of help, go on and on about
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the working month thing, I find that a little bit grating.
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Meghan is also said to have decided against following Prince
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Harry's path by releasing a personal tell all, even though
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the idea has reportedly attracted strong interest in publishing circles.
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A source told Okay magazine. Meghan and Harriet cautious about
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everything they do and say to uphold the standards of
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the monarchy. Those memoirs are the types of projects they
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don't want to do. They do the best they can
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not to upset the royals. Everyone who goes into business
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with them knows there are constraints, but it hurts the
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project's creativity. They are adamant about having creative control and
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final edit, and what they can't say limits things. A
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source previously told Closer. The word in publishing circles is
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that everyone's mad to land Megan's memoirs, and the numbers
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being thrown around are ridiculously high. We're talking tens of
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millions for her authorized biography. It's going to get to
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the point where she can't say no. She's strategically chosen
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to hold off for the sake of peace, but she
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absolutely wants to share the truth, and why shouldn't she.
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There is more discussion around the notion of the Sussex's
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moving out of Montecito. A source told heat World Meghan's
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decided that being closer to Los Angeles will make life easier.
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They're too cut off from the social scene in Hollywood.
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She wants to be much more tapped in because that's
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where the deal really happen. Possible locations mentioned include Brentwood,
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Bell Hair, Malibu, and even New York, although the report
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notes there may be financial considerations following recent changes to
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the couple's media partnerships. The article also claims Prince Harry
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is not fully supportive of the idea, and insiders said
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Harry is zero desire to be anywhere near Hollywood, and
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he's not keen on New York either. Megan will win eventually,
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she usually does, and then you have it. If you
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