Oct. 9, 2025

Meghan Markle’s New York Comeback and Prince William’s New Era

Meghan Markle’s New York Comeback and  Prince William’s New Era

Harry and Meghan return to the spotlight in New York to collect a mental health award — and hopefully avoid another “two-hour Manhattan car chase.”

Meanwhile, Meghan’s Fashion Week trip keeps snowballing into a PR nightmare, from giggling at a model’s fall to a video on Diana’s tragic route. Then Deep Crown returns with a cryptic note about why the Palace is already preparing the world for “King William,” as the Prince readies for his Earthshot Prize in Rio.

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Calorouga Shark Media.

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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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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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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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