Nov. 26, 2025

Meghan Markle’s Festive Thirst Trap, Harry’s Uk Home Plan, and Kardashian Disaster Aftershocks,

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Harry wants the kids back in Britain — even if Meghan hates the idea — and insiders say he’s ready to push ahead “no matter the consequences.” Reports claim he misses pubs, old friends, and actual British life. Meanwhile, fallout from Kris Jenner’s Bond-theme bash continues, with experts saying Harry looked like a “fish out of water” and the Kardashians are privately fuming. Tom Sykes dissects Picture-gate, PR pros slam Meghan’s “return to acting,” Bethenny Frankel says the Sussexes “tried to ride two horses,” and Meghan posts an early holiday stocking-stuffing video because of course she does. The couple hints at another Australia trip and donates to the Masaka Kids ahead of their Netflix doc. It’s the full Sussex circus, mid-week edition.

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Calorougus Shark Media, Hello and welcome to Palace intrigue host

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Mark Ransis. Prince Harry is said to be considering a

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course of action that could place real pressure on his marriage,

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with reports suggesting he intends to bring Prince Archie and

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Princess Lilibet to Britain more regularly, even if Megan, the

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Duchess of Sussex disagrees. According to accounts carried by Radar

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online dot Com, the forty one year old is determined

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that his children maintain a genuine link to their British

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roots and to members of the royal family, particularly at

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a time when the King's health remains the subject of uncertainty.

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One source remarked he's focused on making sure the kids

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don't lose their connection to the UK. He won't let

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anyone stand in the way of that, not even his wife,

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no matter what consequences that has for their marriage. Although

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the Duke and Duchess have not been invited to Christmas

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with the family at Sandringham, insiders believe Harry is nonetheless

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preparing a discreet return during the festive period. A second

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source said Harry is on a mission. He won't accept

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that his children grow up never knowing their British family

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or where he came from. He's prepared to go against

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Meghan's wishes on this. He thinks these visits have to

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happen and soon. Those close to the princes describe him

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as intent on repairing what they call years of negativity

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surrounding his rare visits since he and Meghan stepped back

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from royal duties in twenty twenty. Earlier this year, in

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an interview with the BBC, that Duke admitted I missed

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the UK, but said he could not envisage a scenario

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in which I would be bringing my wife and children back,

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citing his long standing security dispute with the Home Office.

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Sources now suggest Harry is also eager to reconnect with

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old friends over Christmas, missing aspects of his former life

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that he has not experienced since moving to California. As

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one insider put it, Harry and missus sports and going

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down to the pub with his mates, and he sees

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that as part of himself and his culture, and he

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wants a good drink up this Christmas. Prince Harry said

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to have felt distinctly out of place at Chris Jenna's

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bond themed seventieth birthday party, and insider said this was

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a dream night out for Megan. She was totally in

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her element and went home totally starry eyed, gushing about

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all the amazing connections they've made and that the sky

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is the limit now that they've been officially accepted into

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Chris's high powered click. From Harry's perspective, it was surreal

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to be hanging out with that crowd, and not in

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a good way. Everyone could see he was like a

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fish out of water and found the whole experience awkward.

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They continued. He's got nothing against the Kardashians, but partying

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with reality stars and influences isn't what he imagined for

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his life when he moved to America. The couple's appearance

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reportedly raised eyebrows and royal circles. One insider in the

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UK labeled the gathering tacky, adding that the ostentatiousness was

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at odds with what Prince William is trying to do

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with his life and the monarchy. In The Royalist, Tom

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Sykes discussed picture Gait Sikes observes attending Christianna's birthday at

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Jeff bezos house is not for this set a social

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occasion in the way normal people understand the term. It

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is a luxury trade fair in which the product is

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one's own image. A networking symposium disguised as a soiree.

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Every photograph is a marketing data point. Megan understands this instinctively,

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which is why if she truly never wanted to see

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those images online, she could have arrived by the discreete

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private entrance used by some guests and politely declined to

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pose with Kim Kardashian. She did. Neither. Megan needed the

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upside proof of continued relevance, A rejoined to whispering about

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their exile from the A List, So why take the

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pictures down? A former colleague at the Invictor's Games told

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me that Harry was right to fear the downside, saying

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that being seen to hobnob with the Kardashians in Remembrance

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Week was dangerous for his position at the charity, which

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some say is under threat. Their appeal post mexit was

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supposed to rest on two pillars, authenticity and escape. They

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would purge their trauma by telling the truth about what

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it was like inside the House of Windsor. They would

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then build a freer more honest existence outside it. Yet

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here they are being publicly contradicted on matters of fact

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by the Kardashians on one flank and the Palace on

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the other. They looked less like a liberated truth tellers

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than people who, finding themselves trapped in a hypermanaged hall

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of mirrors, had resorted to fiddling with the angles more

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Palace in just a moment. PR expert Renee Smith is

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not impressed by Megan's so called return to acting. She said,

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I wouldn't call it acting anymore. They'd call another Oprah

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interview acting. It's still just Megan being Megan, but this

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time with better lighting and perhaps a better storyline. From

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a PR standpoint, it feels more like a headline grab

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than a professional reinvention. Strategically, it's confusing too. She spent

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the past couple of years trying to reposition herself as

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a businesswoman and philanthropist, then as an influencer lifestyle brand,

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but definitely not a performer, So this move muddy to

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the narrative. Is she building a brand or chasing relevance?

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My guess if she's going for anything that will get attention.

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Bethany Frenkel recently shared a revealing perspective on Meghan and

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Harry's public image, beginning with an intriguing anecdote about her

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connection to Meghan's ex husband, Trevor Engelson. When Frankel first

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saw Meghan and Harry in US Weekly, she texted engleson

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to confirm it was his ex wife. In their exchange,

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Frankel asked, do you think she'll close, to which Engelson

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immediately responded, Oh, She'll close. In an interview with The Toast,

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Frankel provided a nuanced analysis of the Sussex brand. She

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initially thought Megan was wonderful for the monarchy, but criticized

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their subsequent approach. As she put it, they tried to

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put fifty pounds of shit in a five pound bag,

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attempting to simultaneously tell multiple conflicting narratives victimhood, triumph, freedom, exile, glamour, humanitarianism, privacy, exposure.

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Frankel emphasized strategic missteps, stating if they had been managed

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properly or really been strategic like played chess, it would

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have been such a different outcome. Her critique extended to

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their social positioning, noting the absence of expected high profile support.

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I don't know what happened to Amahl and George? Where

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are the Beckhams? She pointed out that the Obamas should

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have been their people, but that justin Trudeau's circle want

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nothing to do with them. Regarding the conversational Kardashian Party photos,

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Frankel offered a sharp observation they couldn't resist the temptation

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of going, but also wanted to resist the temptation of showing.

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She summed up their core problems succinctly. You can't ride

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two horses at the same time. You can't be all

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about the podium and the philanthropy and the muted tones

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and don't care about flash and cash and then hang

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out with the flash and cash. Megan is getting ready

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for the holidays, sharing an early glimpse of her festive

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preparations posting a video on her as ever Instagram account.

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The clip shows missus Sussex placing a rapped gift into

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a white stocking hanging above a fireplace. The caption she wrote,

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Oh we see you. Not even Thanksgiving yet and you've

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already got this in the bag. Harry and Meghan have

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offered a fresh indication that a return to Australia may

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be on their horizon. The couple recently sent a letter

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to celebrity astronomer Angela Pearl, whom they met during their

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visit to New York City. In the note, Harry and

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Meghan thanks Paul for attending an event with them, praising

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her energy and insight. Before signing off, The suggested that

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further contact was likely, adding a line that pointed toward

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an Australian visit. They wrote on a separate note, we

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hope your family in Ukraine remained safe and we look

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forward to staying in touch, especially as we look to

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visit Australia again. The latter, dated October twenty fourth, included

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some sections that had been blurred. Perl later shared a

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photograph of it on Instagram, alongside an image taken with

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the couple. She captured her post still in awe of

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the special evening. Thank you, Prince Arian Meghan for the

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warm invitation and inspiring conversation. Megan and Harry have quietly

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made a fifty thousand dollars donation to a Ugandan children's

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dance troupe featuring in their forthcoming Netflix project, The Massaca

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Kids Africana said the money will be used to support

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the feeding care and education of the orphaned and vulnerable

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children it assists. The donation comes just weeks ahead of

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the release of the Netflix documentary Massaca Kids A Rhythm

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with in. The film, produced by Archwell Productions, follows the

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Massaka Kids dance group, who first gained attention online for

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their upbeat videos they created as a source of joy

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during difficult circumstances. The trailer for the documentary tells us

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they dance their way into the world's hearts. Now go

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behind their viral videos to the heart of Uganda, where

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Massaca Kids Africana has become a beacon of hope, helping

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children transform their hardship into joy. The documentary is scheduled

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for release December ninth, a week after Megan Markul's holiday

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episode of With Love Megan arriving on Netflix and They

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