June 2, 2025
Meghan Markle's Podcast is Not Dead Yet!
In great news for us, Meghan will be releasing a bonus episode of her podcast this week. Meghan took to Instagram to share a rather glittering twist: a bonus episode will be released onTuesday.
A brief teaser clip featured Meghan herself, offering a clue as to what prompted this unexpected addition:
“Next week, we've got one more very special interview for you. A bonus episode. Because when a matriarch calls — and when *this* matriarch calls — oh, you answer.”
While the identity of the guest has not yet been formally disclosed, speculation among fans has pointed with some confidence to Tina Knowles, mother of Beyoncé, as the likely subject of the final conversation.
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Calorogus Shark Media, Hello and welcome through Palace Intrigue and
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host Mark Francis. In great news for us, Megan will
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be releasing a bonus episode of her podcast this week.
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Meghan took to Instagram to share a rather glittering twist.
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A bonus episode will be released on Tuesday. A brief
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teaser clip featured Meghan herself offering a clue as to
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what prompted this unexpected addition. Next week, We've got one
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more very special interview for you, a bonus episode, because
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when a matriarch calls, and when this matriarch calls, oh,
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you answer. While the identity of this guest has not
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yet been formally disclosed, speculation among fans as pointed with
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some confidence to Tina Knowles, mother of Beyonce, as the
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likely subject of the final conversation. Meghan's production partner posted,
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we had just wrapped Confessions of a Female Founder and
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packed up the mics until a call came in that
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we couldn't ignore. On the line was one of the
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most influential and inspiring matriarchs and culture today. Naturally, we
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hit record, will listen so you don't have to, and
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we'll share the details in the bonus episode on Tuesday afternoon.
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It's unclear if the episode addresses Vegetable Gait, which we
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told you about him yesterday's podcast The Express Wan of
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Paul asking if Megan's podcast should be renewed. We voted yes,
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as we wish she'd release one daily, but we seem
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to be in the minority. When we last checked, and
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we're not kidding, ninety eight percent had voted no, one
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percent said yes, and one percent weren't sure. In the Telegraph,
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Michael Deacon writes under the headline Prince Harry has just
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done something so dim I'm almost starting to like him.
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After so many negative headlines, you'd think that Duke of
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Sussex would be able to see a media attack coming
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a mile off. But you'd be wrong. Deacon explains. Prince
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Harry flies from la to Shanghai to promote in a
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travel magnificent but at the same time a tiny bit troubling,
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because you've got to wonder, before dear Harry set off
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on the journey in question, did he not see such
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a headline coming? Did he not pause just for a
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moment and think, hang on, I'm about to give a
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speech about saving the planet. But in order to reach
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the venue at which I'll be speaking, I'll be getting
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into an aeroplane and flying approximately sixty five hundred miles.
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Is there perhaps a small risk that headline writers will
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try to make me look like some kind of comical
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hypocrite At the very least, though you'd say yourself, hang on,
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I don't need to fly sixty five hundred miles to
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give this speech, because apparently there's been a remarkable new
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technological breakthrough known as the video call. So to demonstrate
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my selfless commitment to saving the planet, I'll use it
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to give my speech from home. Harry, however, didn't do this,
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which suggests to me that he simply has no idea
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how daft he looks. It has emerged that Harry was
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left so disappointed following his introduction of Megan Markle to
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his late mother's sisters, Lady Sarah mccorcadale and Lady Jane Fellows.
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According to royal biographer Tom Bauer, in his book Revenge, Megan,
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Harry and the War between the Windsors, the Duke of
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Sussex at harbored hopes that his aunt's Princess Diana's older
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sisters would recognize a kindred spirit in Megan, seeing echoes
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of Diana's warmth, resilience, and outsider status. Instead, the reception
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was notably cool. Bower writes, Harry assumed that Diana's family
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and friends would see a similarity between Diana and his fiancee.
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Both he said sheared the same problems. He was so disappointed.
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The author goes on to claim that no one agreed
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that his vulnerable mother had anything in common with his girlfriend,
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and that Diana's sisters felt Megan would not fit in
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with the royal family. The hard working Prince William will
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be back at it this week, following a week off
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to recover from watching his wife push a button to
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christen a ship. The Telegraph made sure everyone knows how
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hard the Prince works by telling us how the twenty
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fifth Duke of Cornwall is said to visit part of
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the U Dutchy estate every four to six weeks, quietly
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moving through its farms, offices and communities, to speak with tenants,
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shake hands and ask directly how he can help. These
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visits are largely private and go unrecorded in the court
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circular testament to the discretion of local residents. Who are,
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as the paper puts it used to royal comings and goings.
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The Duchy itself has no small affair, Spanning one hundred
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and twenty eight thousand acres across twenty counties, largely in
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Southwest England. It is a complex portfolio of farmland, commercial
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properties and housing. In a nod to both tradition and innovation,
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William appears determined to reshape it for the twenty first century,
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placing social impact at the heart of its mission. One
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clear example is his support for We Are Farming Minds,
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a Duchy backed charity aimed at tackling mental health challenges
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and rural isolation among farmers. In March, he visited Folly
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Farm in Somerset, where he met with young farmers and
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even shared the spotlight with Clarkson's farm star Caleb Cooper.
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Prince William's involvement goes well beyond exhausting ribbon cutting. He
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chairs the quarterly Prince's Council meetings, attends multiple internal committees, and,
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perhaps most modern of all, keeps in touch with Duchy
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Star via WhatsApp. Presumably there's so much texting that he
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needs every third week off, We're told Wills even films
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video messages for Duchy linked events, including a river conservation
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forum and a charity boxing night. His attendance at the
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Groundsworld Festival last year was reportedly inspired by a Duchy
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tenants recommendation, Yes, It's a portrait of a future king,
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blending duty discretion in digital age pragmatism, with boots firmly
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planted in both the soil and the twenty first century,
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and an eye on the next week off more pallace.
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In just a moment, two works of art were unveiled
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aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth, depicting two landmark events, his Majesty
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King Charles the third presenting a new color to the
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Royal Navy and the solemn use of the State gun
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carriage during the funeral procession of her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth.
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The portraits, which in ceremonial gravitas, have been formally added
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to the Royal Navy Trophy Fund collection and enduring tribute
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to the deep and ongoing bond between the Royal Family
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and the Senior Service. Commander Dave Cunningham said, we are
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delighted to have these two new paintings as part of
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the collection of the Trophy Fund. The trustees wanted to
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have something meaningful to mark these two momentous occasions, and
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we hope these two pictures, although very different in their style,
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will inspire current Royal Navy personnel to understand our ethos
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and heritage and to recognize the part they would play
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in our future. A rare mourning ring, commissioned by George
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the Fourth to honor his sister, Princess Amelia, is said
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to go under the hammer after being discovered in a
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Leicster charity shop for the modest sum of fifteen pounds.
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Dating from eighteen ten, the morning Ring was unknowingly brought
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to auctioneer Charles Hanson by a client unaware of the
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piece's regal providence. Once examined, its significance was immediately clear.
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Hansen said, I was stunned and dazzled. This find proves
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treasures still lie hidden on our high streets. From a
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simple box emerged a piece of deeply personal royal history,
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commissioned by the Royal Family itself to honor a lost
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loved one. It's not just the monetary value, it's the
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emotion history at humanity behind this ring that truly moves you.
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The Peace, now expected to fetch between three and five
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thousand pounds at auction, was one of only fifty two
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such rings produced and distributed to family and close confidants
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Following her funeral at Windsor, Princess Amelia, the youngest daughter
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of George third and Queen Charlotte, died of tuberculosis at
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the age of twenty seven. On her deathbed, she is
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said to have placed a ring containing a lock of
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her hair into her father's hand and whispered the words
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remember me. Those words were later engraved in the design
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beneath an image of a crown. The grief stricken George
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third is said to have never recovered from Amelia's passing,
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with many historians citing her death as a turning point
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in the decline of his mental health, an arc that
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would see him famously immortalized as the Mad King George.
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