June 11, 2025

Meghan Markle's Next Move: Hotels and Rosé Wine, Plus Lilibet's Birthday Cake & Prince Harry's Lonely Life

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Meghan Markle is reportedly planning a bold new venture with her As Ever brand, eyeing boutique hotels and rosé wine launches, all part of her mission to further establish herself as a California entrepreneur. Meanwhile, Lilibet’s birthday cake draws comparisons to Meghan’s iconic The Little Mermaid story, and reports reveal Prince Harry’s lonely life in California. Plus, King Charles enjoys a heartfelt visit to Lancaster, where royal support and anti-monarchy protests collide.

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Calorogus Shark Media, Hello and Welcome to Palace Injury Game

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host Mark Francis clearly Megan Michael wants this podcast to

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go on forever.

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She keeps feeding the Beast daily. Now she's reportedly going

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to open hotels. The Duchess of Sussex is reportedly preparing

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to trademark the as Ever named for hospitality services, signaling

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plans that could include boutique hotels, restaurants, or temporary lodgings

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where guests would experience her curated esthetic firsthand. According to filings,

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the trademark could cover the provision of food and drink

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alongside overnight accommodations, potentially offering guests an immersive experience featuring

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as Ever products and dishes inspired by Meghan's Netflix series

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With Love Megan. While the Duchess has not confirmed specifics,

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she has spoken publicly about her passion for hosting, once

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sharing that one of her favorite activities is pre guest

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rooms with sweet touches to make them feel at home.

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Pr and branding strategist Jack is It of Galliat Communications

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weighed in on the move, telling the Sun she's very

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much positioning herself as a star hostess Californian royalty who

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makes her guests feel welcome. However, he cautioned that hospitality

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is a completely different skill set, noting a night in

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as Ever B and B will be several hundred pounds.

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That's really going to blow up if it's bad. The

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Duchess has remained silent on the hotel rumors, but recently

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teased fans with news of an upcoming restock on the

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brand's Instagram account, writing to all who have been wondering

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and waiting, Thank you, Your favorites are returning, plus a

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few new things we can't wait to show you coming

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this month. Get excited. In the Sun. Jenny Bond writes

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the reports that Megan is now seeking to trademark future

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ventures in the hospitality sector for her as Ever brand

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suggests she's now fully invested in life as an influencer

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and entrepreneur and there's nothing wrong with that, but it

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has absolutely nothing to do with being royal. Marrying Prince

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Harry fired her into global fame and now she wants

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to capitalize on it. Somebody has to fund their Californian lifestyle,

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and Harry claims he has been financially cut off by

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his family After almost obsessive secrecy about their children and

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their home life, Megan is now bombarding her growing band

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of social media fans with updates of what she, Harry,

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and the kids have been up to. Megan, how about

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dropping the dutchess nonsense in the hr age which you

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are no longer entitled to use. Be independent and successful,

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Make your as Ever brand bigger than ever on your own.

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You are an independent woman with a husband who adores you.

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Just because he's a prince doesn't mean you have to

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hang on to the idea of being a princess. The

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Daily Mail made our day with an analysis of Lillibert's

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birthday cake, a pastel hughed birthday cake adorned with an

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aurial figurine Disney's famous Redhead Mermaid perched regally atop the confection.

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While to most this might appear a charming nod to

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a children's classic, others believe it harks back to one

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of Megan's most memorable public comparisons, likening herself to Princess

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Ariel during her twenty twenty one sit down with Oprah Winfrey.

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In that explosive interview, Meghan revealed that she saw striking

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parallels between her own journey and that of the Little Mermaid, saying,

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I was sitting in Nottingham Cottage and the Little Mermaid

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came on and I went, oh, my god. She falls

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in love with the prince and because of that she

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loses her voice. She then pointedly added, but in the

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end she gets her voice back. As one fan wrote online,

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it's not just a cake. It's a reminder that she

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told us her story and she's still writing the next chapter.

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Poor Harry is said to be turning into Uncle Edward

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as he lives out his days in California with seemingly

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few friends. Sources close to the duke reportedly call him

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desperately lonely. One source said he doesn't really have any

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real friends in the area except for fellow polo player

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Nacho Figeris, and Nacho travels constantly for polo matches. One

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friend told the outlet he is still very close with

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the band of brothers who were at his wedding, particularly

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Guy Pelly and Mark Dyer, but they live in England

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and the time zones are so different it's very hard

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to talk regularly, and again, there is no one for

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him to hang out with in person. Besides Nacho. When

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he is in town or Meghan and the children, he

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spends a lot of time chilling with his bodyguards. A

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source quoted by People magazine suggested Harry has one foot

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in the past, to which friends simply replied, of course

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he does. He spent his entire life in England with

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family and friends before mexit. It's hard to forge deep

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friendships with people when you're older, especially if you're wary

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they may speak to the press. It's like history repeating itself,

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said one friend, drawing comparisons to Edward the Eighth, who

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became the Duke of Windsor after abdicating the throne to

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marry American divorcee Wallas Simpson. The former king became a

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strange from it. The former king became estranged from his family,

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living out his days in France and occasionally visiting the

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United States. The Duke and Duchess of Windsor lived largely

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on the fringes of high society, popular with a set

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of well held outsiders and opportunists, but maintained a studious

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silence on matters royal. The Sussexes, you may have noticed,

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have been far more public, more palace in just a moment.

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King Charles received a warm Lancashire welcome and a nip

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of nostalgia as he made his first official visit to

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the county since ascending the throne. The monarch, who also

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holds the title Duke of Lancaster, met with cheering crowds,

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school children, local business owners and one unforgettable centenarian. Among

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those he greeted was one hundred one year old d

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Day veteran Richard Brock, whom the King recognized from a

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previous visit to Normandy. You are fantastic, Charles told him

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at a reception at Lancaster Castle, before offering a jovial

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health tip keep drinking whiskey. The King arrived at the

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Lancaster Railway station via the Royal Train, where he was

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received by the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire, Amanda Parker. From there,

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his Majesty proceeded to Lancaster Castle to take part in

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the ancient ceremony of the Keys, a tradition that dates

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back to eighteen fifty one, when the castle's keys were

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first presented to Queen Victoria. Queen Elizabeth I last participated

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in the ceremony into a fifteen pupils from Willow Lane

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Primary School had the honor of greeting the King of

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the Castle, while local secondary school students from Ripley, Saint

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Thomas and Lancaster Gold's Grammar lined the route, serenaded by

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a military band. Among the onlookers were Lancaster University students

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Matthew Lamb and Daniel Kirk, who described themselves as very

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proud royalists and said they had come to share their

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pride in the royal family. But not everyone was waving

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Union jacks. As the King's motorcade arrived, anti monarchy protests

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held up yellow banners reading abolished the Monarchy, enchanted, not

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my King, Science bearing messages like ditch the Duchies were

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visible as the crowd of voiced its descent. Undeterred, the

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King went on to meet local business representatives, including Gillian

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Hail from Butler's Farmhouse Cheeses, A known officionado of fine food.

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His Majesty revealed his fondness for sheep's cheese on a

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digestive biscuit, though he only had a sniff of the

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