Meghan Markle's Podcast is Not Dead Yet!

0:03 Calorogus Shark Media, Hello and welcome through Palace Intrigue and host Mark Francis. In great news for us, Megan 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 on Tuesday. 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 this guest has not yet been formally disclosed, speculation among fans as pointed with some confidence to Tina Knowles, mother of Beyonce, as the likely subject of the final conversation. Meghan's production partner posted, we had just wrapped Confessions of a Female Founder and packed up the mics until a call came in that we couldn't ignore. On the line was one of the most influential and inspiring matriarchs and culture today. Naturally, we hit record, will listen so you don't have to, and we'll share the details in the bonus episode on Tuesday afternoon.

1:16 It's unclear if the episode addresses Vegetable Gait, which we told you about him yesterday's podcast The Express Wan of Paul asking if Megan's podcast should be renewed. We voted yes, as we wish she'd release one daily, but we seem to be in the minority. When we last checked, and we're not kidding, ninety eight percent had voted no, one percent said yes, and one percent weren't sure. In the Telegraph, Michael Deacon writes under the headline Prince Harry has just done something so dim I'm almost starting to like him. After so many negative headlines, you'd think that Duke of Sussex would be able to see a media attack coming a mile off. But you'd be wrong. Deacon explains. Prince Harry flies from la to Shanghai to promote in a travel magnificent but at the same time a tiny bit troubling, because you've got to wonder, before dear Harry set off on the journey in question, did he not see such a headline coming? Did he not pause just for a moment and think, hang on, I'm about to give a speech about saving the planet. But in order to reach the venue at which I'll be speaking, I'll be getting into an aeroplane and flying approximately sixty five hundred miles.

2:25 Is there perhaps a small risk that headline writers will try to make me look like some kind of comical hypocrite At the very least, though you'd say yourself, hang on, I don't need to fly sixty five hundred miles to give this speech, because apparently there's been a remarkable new technological breakthrough known as the video call. So to demonstrate my selfless commitment to saving the planet, I'll use it to give my speech from home. Harry, however, didn't do this, which suggests to me that he simply has no idea how daft he looks. It has emerged that Harry was left so disappointed following his introduction of Megan Markle to his late mother's sisters, Lady Sarah mccorcadale and Lady Jane Fellows. According to royal biographer Tom Bauer, in his book Revenge, Megan, Harry and the War between the Windsors, the Duke of Sussex at harbored hopes that his aunt's Princess Diana's older sisters would recognize a kindred spirit in Megan, seeing echoes of Diana's warmth, resilience, and outsider status. Instead, the reception was notably cool. Bower writes, Harry assumed that Diana's family and friends would see a similarity between Diana and his fiancee.

3:30 Both he said sheared the same problems. He was so disappointed. The author goes on to claim that no one agreed that his vulnerable mother had anything in common with his girlfriend, and that Diana's sisters felt Megan would not fit in with the royal family. The hard working Prince William will be back at it this week, following a week off to recover from watching his wife push a button to christen a ship. The Telegraph made sure everyone knows how hard the Prince works by telling us how the twenty fifth Duke of Cornwall is said to visit part of the U Dutchy estate every four to six weeks, quietly moving through its farms, offices and communities, to speak with tenants, shake hands and ask directly how he can help. These visits are largely private and go unrecorded in the court circular testament to the discretion of local residents. Who are, as the paper puts it used to royal comings and goings.

4:21 The Duchy itself has no small affair, Spanning one hundred and twenty eight thousand acres across twenty counties, largely in Southwest England. It is a complex portfolio of farmland, commercial properties and housing. In a nod to both tradition and innovation, William appears determined to reshape it for the twenty first century, placing social impact at the heart of its mission. One clear example is his support for We Are Farming Minds, a Duchy backed charity aimed at tackling mental health challenges and rural isolation among farmers. In March, he visited Folly Farm in Somerset, where he met with young farmers and even shared the spotlight with Clarkson's farm star Caleb Cooper.

5:02 Prince William's involvement goes well beyond exhausting ribbon cutting. He chairs the quarterly Prince's Council meetings, attends multiple internal committees, and, perhaps most modern of all, keeps in touch with Duchy Star via WhatsApp. Presumably there's so much texting that he needs every third week off, We're told Wills even films video messages for Duchy linked events, including a river conservation forum and a charity boxing night. His attendance at the Groundsworld Festival last year was reportedly inspired by a Duchy tenants recommendation, Yes, It's a portrait of a future king, blending duty discretion in digital age pragmatism, with boots firmly planted in both the soil and the twenty first century, and an eye on the next week off more pallace.

5:46 In just a moment, two works of art were unveiled aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth, depicting two landmark events, his Majesty King Charles the third presenting a new color to the Royal Navy and the solemn use of the State gun carriage during the funeral procession of her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth. The portraits, which in ceremonial gravitas, have been formally added to the Royal Navy Trophy Fund collection and enduring tribute to the deep and ongoing bond between the Royal Family and the Senior Service. Commander Dave Cunningham said, we are delighted to have these two new paintings as part of the collection of the Trophy Fund. The trustees wanted to have something meaningful to mark these two momentous occasions, and we hope these two pictures, although very different in their style, will inspire current Royal Navy personnel to understand our ethos and heritage and to recognize the part they would play in our future. A rare mourning ring, commissioned by George the Fourth to honor his sister, Princess Amelia, is said to go under the hammer after being discovered in a Leicster charity shop for the modest sum of fifteen pounds.

6:53 Dating from eighteen ten, the morning Ring was unknowingly brought to auctioneer Charles Hanson by a client unaware of the piece's regal providence. Once examined, its significance was immediately clear. Hansen said, I was stunned and dazzled. This find proves treasures still lie hidden on our high streets. From a simple box emerged a piece of deeply personal royal history, commissioned by the Royal Family itself to honor a lost loved one. It's not just the monetary value, it's the emotion history at humanity behind this ring that truly moves you. The Peace, now expected to fetch between three and five thousand pounds at auction, was one of only fifty two such rings produced and distributed to family and close confidants Following her funeral at Windsor, Princess Amelia, the youngest daughter of George third and Queen Charlotte, died of tuberculosis at the age of twenty seven. On her deathbed, she is said to have placed a ring containing a lock of her hair into her father's hand and whispered the words remember me. Those words were later engraved in the design beneath an image of a crown. The grief stricken George third is said to have never recovered from Amelia's passing, with many historians citing her death as a turning point in the decline of his mental health, an arc that would see him famously immortalized as the Mad King George.

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