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Hello and welcome to powers INTRYA. I'm your host, Mark Francis,
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Prince Harry and Megan Mirkele are returning to the Spotlight
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in New York City, where they'll be honored for their
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work in mental health advocacy and hopefully avoid one of
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those Midtown Manhattan rush our high speed car chases like
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they endured last time. You may recall in May of
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twenty twenty three. Their spokesperson said the relentless pursuit lasted
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for more than two hours and resulted in multiple near collisions.
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Some onlookers thought the details may have been exaggerated, while
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some Native New Yorkers pointed out that it's nearly impossible
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to go one city block without stopping, never mind a
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two hour high speed car chase. The Duke and Duchess
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of Sussex are heading New York to receive Project Health
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the Minds Humanitarians of the Year award at the organization's
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World Mental Health de Gala. The recognition celebrates the couple's
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continued efforts to promote mental well health being through their
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Archwell Foundation and public outreach. Meghan could use some good
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press after her return to Paris Fashion Week has quickly
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spiraled into what critics are calling a catwalk of catastrophes,
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a series of awkward moments, pr blunders, and viral clips
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that have kept the Duchess of Sussex firmly in the
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headlines for all the wrong reasons. It began with Watson
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called a Zoolander walk, Meghan striding through the Balenciaga venue
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in head to toe white and thousand dollar heels, her
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cape billowing behind her as cameras flashed. Admirers called her
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poised and elegant, but online critics accused her of trying
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too hard, joking that she looked like she was auditioning
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for her own runway show. Then came the moment that
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truly set social media ablaze, the clip appearing to show
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Meghan giggling after a model stumbled on the catwalk. Seated
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next to close friend Mine Arcus Anderson. The Duchess covered
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her mouth, appearing to stifle laughter, before turning back to
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face the runway. A representative quickly denied she was laughing
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at the model's fall, insisting the video was being misinterpreted,
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but Royal watches, including Mail on Sunday editor at large.
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Charlotte Griffiths said the optics were poor. She did seem
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a little bit out of place, Griffiths told gb News.
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At one point a model tripped, she burst out laughing,
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and then she obviously realized that that was quite a
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cruel thing to do, and she sort of covered it
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up behind the scenes. Another awkward moment unfolded as Megan
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tried to greet Dame Kristen Scott Thomas. The actress, a
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dame of the British Empire who once portrayed Queen Elizabeth
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II on stage and recently dined with King Charles and
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Queen Camilla, appeared to turn away mid conversation, leaving Meghan
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momentarily hanging. That wasn't all. The Duchess's Instagram video showed
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her feet propped up in a mini van while being
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driven along the same route where Princess Diana's fatal crash occurred.
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Through intense backlash, critics branded it as insensitive beyond belief.
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Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams said the decision to share the
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clip defies comprehension, adding to post a video connected in
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any way to the sight of Princess Diana's death is
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beyond reckless. Meghan's team was pushed back, calling the criticism
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manufactured outrage and insisting the video was meant simply to
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document her night supporting designer pir Paolo Piccioli, the new
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creative director of Balenciaga. In a statement, they said, this
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evening reflects the culmination of many years of artistry and friendship,
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reflected in her support for his new creative chapter at Balenciaga.
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But even that raised eyebrows. Given Balenciaga's lingering controversy over
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a twenty twenty two ad campaign involving children, One commentator wrote,
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for someone who brands herself as an advocate for children,
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showing up to support Balenciaga is tone deaf at best.
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By the time Meghan capped off the night with the
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neir had butt while greeting Piccioli, both leaning in for
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a kiss and colliding in instead, the Paris trip had
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taken on the quality of farce. Supporters praised her for
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owning the moment and praised her style, but for many others,
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the return to Europe after years away from royal circles
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has underscored what one pr analyst called her ongoing inability
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to read the room. Meghan revealed a fun and unexpected
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secret behind her Paris Fashion Week prep a one hundred
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day streak on Duo Lingo. Megan shared an Instagram reel
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recapping her weekend in Paris, including her commitment to brushing
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up on French. The video opened with a breakfast spread
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and a graphic celebrating her milestone one hundred day streak
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on the popular language learning app. Megan previously shared that
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she uses duo lingo to keep up her French skills,
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explaining to Variety in twenty twenty two, once We've gotten
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the kids to bed and I've played a little word
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or done my ten minutes of duo lingo, I really
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wanted to relearn French. I studied it for the four
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years of high school and then it just went away.
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More palace in just a moment. William's recent openness with
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Eugene Levy has drawn widespread attention from royal commentators. It's fascinating,
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said biographer Andrew Morton. The two words change and monarchy
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don't go naturally together. Monarchy is about continuity, to predicate
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your future life on the change you're going to make
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to it. Well, that's a delicate mechanism. Others saw the
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interview with Williams's way of signaling a clear generational shift.
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One royal source noted, He's not hiding behind palace walls anymore.
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This was William showing that he's his own man, not
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afraid to speak from the heart even when it's uncomfortable.
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Former palace aides told reporters that the episode underscored William's
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desire for authenticity over ceremony. When insider said, the king's
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illness is still very much on everyone's mind, but William
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is stepping into a new kind of leadership, one that
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feels more relatable, more human. Royal historian Sarah Gristwood put
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it simply, he's drawing a line under the al idea
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of the stiff upper lip. The monarchy is no longer
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about silence. It's about connection. We got a rather surprising
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text from our royal inside a deep Crown, when we
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asked about all this Deep Crown centers, does it ever
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occur to you precisely why we're suddenly watching speculation about
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William's reign. It's rather deliberate, I assure you. They're acclimatizing
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the public, getting everyone quite comfortable with the idea of
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what comes next. You must remember we've had elderly monarchs
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for the better part of four decades now, since the
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late nineteen eighties, really, when her Late Majesty was already
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in her sixties. An entire generation has grown up knowing
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nothing but silver haired sovereignty. The notion of a relatively
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young king vigorous contemporary requires psychological preparation. The public consciousness
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doesn't simply pivot on a sixpence. Every article, every photograph,
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every carefully orchestrated appearance does precisely that work. It's seen setting,
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if you will. Charles's destiny, as some of us have
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long understood, was always to serve as a transitional figure,
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a placeholder, though one mustn't say it quite so boldly
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in polite company. He maintains continuity. Yes, but the machinery,
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the real machinery, is already turning its attention to the
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next act. The future must be made familiar before it arrives.
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One doesn't advertise these things naturally, but the signs are
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there for those who know how to read them. Also,
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we'll have a new series for you this week called
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Pallace Intrigue presents King William. It's a speculative drama imagining
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the moment the King dies and William becomes king. Episode
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one begins with that life changing phone call, and from
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there the story follows William through duty, grief, Queen Catherine's transformation,
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a former queen struggling to hold her place, and the
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reappearance of a controversial brother. And the series begins this Sunday.
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your support. William is Hayl this year's Earthshot Prize finalists
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as Heroes of Our Time. Ahead of the awards first
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ever ceremony in Latin America, the Prince of Wales will
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travel to Rio de Janeiro next month, where the event
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will take place on November fifth of the city's Museum
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of Tomorrow, now in its fifth year. The earth Shot Prize,
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launched by William in twenty twenty, awards one million pounds
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each to five winners whose innovations tackle key environmental challenges.
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Nearly twenty five hundred nominees from seventy two countries were
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considered this year, with the final shortlist ranging from national
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initiatives to small startups. Among the contenders Barbados recognized for
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its bulb plan to go fossil free by twenty thirty,
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the Chinese city of Guangxu nominated for its rapid electrification
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of public transport, and Sydney's Key Quartered Tower dubbed the
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world's first upcycled skyscraper. Representing Britain is Bristol based Matter,
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which has developed a washing machine filter designed to stop
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microplastics from entering the ocean. Winning an Earthshop Prize would
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be like winning an Olympic gold medal, said founder Adam
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Root in a video message marking the announcement. William reflected
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on how much has changed since launching the prize. Back then,
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a decade felt like a long time. George was seven,
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Charlotte five and Louis two. The thought of them in
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twenty thirty felt like a lifetime away, but today, as
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we stand halfway through this critical decade, twenty thirty feels
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very real. It's a threshold by which future generations will
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judge us. The people behind these projects are heroes of
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our time. So let us back them because if we do,
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we can make the world cleaner, safer, and because if
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we do, we can make the world cleaner, safer and
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full of opportunity, not only for future generations, but for
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the life we want to lead now. And there you
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