May 9, 2025

Meghan Markle's birthday post, possible lawsuit and fake tears?

Show Notes
Transcript

Harry did his best to distract everyone for a week, but it's back to Meghan.

Her birthday post and the discussion it started

A possible lawsuit?

And were those fake tears?

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Callarogu Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Intrigue. I'm

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your host, Mark Francis. The Royal family gathered at Westminster

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Abbey for a solemn and stirring national Service of Thanksgiving

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to mark the eightieth anniversary of v Day, honoring the

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bravery and sacrifice of those who secured peace in Europe.

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Charles and Camilla led the royal contingent, joined by the

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Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh,

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the Princess Royal and Sir Tim Lawrence, along with the

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Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke of Kent.

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Together they paid tribute to the veterans of the Second

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World War, in the generation that endured so much for freedom.

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A handwritten message from the King, laid with a wreath,

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read simply, we will never forget. The Prince and Princess

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of Wales added their own, saying for those who made

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the ultimate sacrifice during the Second World War, we will

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remember them. Prime Minister Sir Kiir Starmer attended, as did

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several of his predecessors, Rishie Sunak, Lord David Cameron and

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Boris Johnson. Notably absent, though hardly unexpected, worthy Duke and

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Duchess of Sussex. The service, broadcast live on the BBC,

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began with a national two minute silence at midday, followed

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by moving tributes, including the lighting of a candle of

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peace by ten year old Alexander Churchill, great great grandson

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of Sir Winston Churchill himself. Young members of the congregation

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offered white roses to veterans in a touching moment of remembrance.

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In a warm and somewhat poetic Instagram post, Meghan wrote,

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our son, our son, Happy sixth birthday to Archie. Thank

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you for all of the love, prayers and warm wishes

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for us. Sweet boy, He's six. Where did the time go?

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She added, thanks to guests who attended his party last weekend,

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though notably she stopped short of firming the location. All

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science suggest the festivities were held at home. That home,

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of course, being their twenty nine million dollar Montecito estate

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nestle within nearly seven and a half acres of privacy.

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It is, by any measure, an ideal party venue. The

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grounds include a children's playpark complete with slides, climbing frames,

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a helter skelter and even a tightrope, perhaps more than

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enough to exhaust a half dozen sugar fuelled six year olds.

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The property also bursts a lavish outdoor pool and ample

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garden space for a running about, all well out of

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the public eye. It is unclear if Megan assembled balloon

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arches and rainbow fruit platters as one does for a

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children's party according to her Netflix cooking show. GBN News

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reported Megan is facing potential legal action from a fan

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in the United States who alleges she suffered catastrophic burns

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after attempting a homemade bath salt recipe featured on With Love.

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Megan Robin Patrick, a diabetic from Maryland, claims she was

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left with severe injuries after replicating a bath salt mixture

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demonstrated by the Duchess during a wellness segment on the show.

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The blend included epsom salt, Himalayan salt, Arneca oil, and

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lavender oil. Miss Patrick, who was seeking approximately ten million

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dollars in damages, says the concoction caused persistent burning, discomfort

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and the emergence of new blister like sores and ulcers daily,

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which have severely disrupted her everyday life. She now struggles

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to take warm showers or wear clothing over the affected areas.

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She added that the pain feels as though it is

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burning from within, and described the sensation worsening as she

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entered the bath. Initially, I experienced mild, tingling sensation without discomfort. However,

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as the water level rose to color my legs and

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reached my buttocks, I began to feel burning and significant

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discomfort in those areas. Miss Patrick also stirred the water

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with her hand, only to experienced a similar burning on

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her palm. That same evening, she claims a routine shower

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caused intense pain when water made contact with the now

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ulcerated skin. The Maryland resident, who has an autoimmune condition

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and suffers for diabetes related dry skin, said she viewed

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the clip on social media platform x and used ingredients

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she already had at home. She has reportedly indicated a

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willingness to settle the matter without litigation if an acceptable

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financial arrangement is reached where the Duchess, Netflix and Archwall productions.

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Gimi News adds that in response, Meghan's legal representative issued

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a firm rebuttal noting that the use of Ebsom salts

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is contraindicated for individuals with diabetes except on the advice

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of a physician. Meghan's recent appearance on The Jamie Kern

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Lema Show has drawn a sharp criticism from two prominent

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media figures, broadcaster Megan Kellyan royal commentator Dan Wooten, who

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both questioned the sincerity of her emotional expressions and the

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truthfulness of her remarks. In particular, Woton focused on a

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moment when Meghan was asked if she would remain married

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to Prince Harry forever. He told her Okay Magazine, her

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voice goes up too oted and she says yes because

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she's lying. We've spoken about it, but she is shopping

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the post divorce book to publishers already. Megan doesn't want

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to have to write a book now, which would obviously

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include loans and loads of positive stuff about Prince Harry,

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because she's peering for the big payday, the massive payout

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to keep her going for years. Megan Kelly then offered

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her own take, honing in on Meghan's appearance. During the interview,

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while the Duchess claimed to be make up free, Kelly

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remarked she had the perfect blowout and suggested the look

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was fake. She's pretending that she's crying, and we did

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at the zero wind resumed in just to see there

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isn't a tear. Insight, look at this. I invite the

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viewers to take a close up look at this. Where's

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the tear? There's nothing there. It's an actor's trick. She

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just keeps wiping and wiping and wiping, and so we

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think she has a heart more palance in just a moment.

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There is no shortage of Harry reactions. In the Guardian

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Marina Hyde, it writes, don't you get it, Harry, You're

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not a victim. You're a rich man can pay for

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his own sodding security. The reason you don't see Beyonce

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out there on the talk show circuit whining about how

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much money she has to spend on security easily eight

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figures a year, is that she is a very rich person.

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Seems to understand that, regrettably it goes with the territory,

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and that you have to pay for it out of

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your riches. Next week, Kim Kardashian is expected to take

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the stand in the Paris trial of the robbers who

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tied her up and subjected her to a truly horrific

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ordeal when she was staying in the city in twenty sixteen.

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At no point during her examination is she expected to

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say that Francois Orland, who was president at the time,

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should have intervened via the workings of the state to

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provide security. As well as being biologically unable to sweat,

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Prince Andrew had this weird condition where he couldn't have

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a listen to himself, and you do worry Prince Harry

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has inherited the same gene. Perhaps one of his many

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very rich friends could give him a primer on what

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being a rich person involves. Rich people who have earned

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their own money understand that publicly gnashing their teeth about

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the cost of security is the quickest route to ridicule

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and contempt from the public that has infinitely less than them.

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Doing it for broadcast in the country the day after

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local elections, where the most toxic issue on the doorstep

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was means testing the winter fuel allowance, Well, have a

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listened to yourself, Harry Antoinette. Arguably the most bizarre irony

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of all is Harry's ongoing insistence on melting down in

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the media. If he detests the media so much, he

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could always stop making the money by conducting his private

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business in public, driving traffic and engagement for those he

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considers his sworn enemies, unless provoking another row that could

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be lucratively explored in documentary form, is covertly the whole point,

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in which case perhaps he's cottoning on to a life

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in business after all. In the Express, Sebastian Murphy compared

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Harry to David Brent from the Office. Murphy rights, even

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a fool with zero media training would know that the

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best strategy the Duke and Duchess of Montecito could possibly

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pursue right now would be one of quiet, modest The

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British public might even rediscover a little affection for this

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errant English son were he to stop winging and be

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filmed primarily to promote charitable causes. But no, this prickly

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prince decided once again to vent the supposed injustice he

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suffered in an interview with a BBC. Given his capacity

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for grievance, I'm surprised he could tolerate sitting down for

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the former employer of disgraced Martin Baschier. But sit down

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he did. When this muppet is finished doing his best

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David Brent impression. Perhaps he could pause and reflect that

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he still have security had he not made the decision

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as a grown adult to step down as a senior royal.

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I can't believe somebody can be so dense as not

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to wake up one day, observe that with which he's dissatisfied,

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and conclude that those frustrations are the consequences of his

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own actions. Happily, for Harry, he doesn't have that capability.

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I envy him how liberating it would be to blame

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quite literally everyone but myself for every irritation the surfaces,

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