Dec. 9, 2025

Meghan Markle’s “Reach Out” Chaos: Dad Says No Call, Hospital Says No Record, Samantha Says ‘Medusa’

Meghan Markle’s “Reach Out” Chaos: Dad Says No Call, Hospital Says No Record, Samantha Says ‘Medusa’

The Markle family drama hit full soap-opera mode as Meghan’s team insisted she “reached out” to her recovering father — while Thomas Markle says he’s received nothing, the hospital confirms zero contact, and the supposed message turns out to be an email he hasn’t opened in five years. Samantha jumps in with “Medusa” insults, Thomas gives emotional bedside quotes, doctors detail the massive clot that forced emergency amputation, and insiders whisper he’s now shopping a big TV payday. Meanwhile, palace sources say Meghan feels she can’t win. Add fresh reports of Harry feeling adrift, a new UK security move, Pippa Matthews skipping Kate’s carol service for Abu Dhabi, and the looming return of Andrew at baby Athena’s christening — and the royal holiday season just got even messier.

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Callaroga Shark Media BA, Hello and welcome to Palace Intrigue.

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I am your host, Mark Francis. The Markel family saga

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is getting stranger. A spokesperson for the Duchess of Sussex

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has said that Megan Mirkel has reached out to her father. However,

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Thomas Mikel has told outlets he was confused by the claim,

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insisting he had received absolutely no messages. He stressed that

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he has kept the same phone number for years, precisely

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so that his daughter could contact him instantly if she

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ever chose to. It later emerged that the supposed contact

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referred to by the Sussex teen was an email sent

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to an address Thomas has not accessed in at least

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five years. Those close to the retired lighting directors say

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he never uses email at all. To verify the account,

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several hospital departments in Cebu, including administration, RECEPS and the

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Intensive Care Unit, reported that they had received no calls

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from the Duchess or her representatives. The Mail on Sunday

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quoted a hospital employee who said, mister Michael is a

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VIP patient. Of course we all know who he is.

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If Megan or anyone connected with her had called here,

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we would have known. It is a big hospital by

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Filipinos standards, but we all know each other and we

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all talk. We were all confused when we saw the

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story that the duchess had reached out to her dad.

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As far as we are aware, it didn't happen. We

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would love to see the Duchess here in the Philippines.

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A different report in gb News claims that Megan has

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been personally ringing hospitals across the Philippines in an effort

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to locate her father after his emergency surgery. The Duchess

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is reportedly hoping to deliver a handwritten letter to Thomas Markle.

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Samantha Michael on social media claimed Houston there's been no contact.

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Time to stop the PRBs MEDUSA. The Daily Mail was

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Caroline Graham shared a conversation she had with Thomas, in

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which he said, of course I want to speak to her,

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but I am not sure if these are the right circumstances.

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I've always said I am open to reconciling with my daughter.

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I have never stopped loving her. I don't want to

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die estranged from Megan. I want to meet my grandkids.

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It might be nice to meet her husband Too. Graham,

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who was visiting Thomas in person, tells us Thomas said,

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this is so surreal. We have been through a lot

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you and I what a crazy journey it has been.

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The nurses have told me that people around the world

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are praying for me, and I want to say thank

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you for those well wishes. People are so kind. I've

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been out of it all week, but I am finally

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feeling more like myself and I would like to show

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people I'm okay. I'm grateful to the wonderful medical team

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who saved my life. I'm grateful to still be alive.

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But I wanted to say a big thank you to

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all the well wishes and also to the fantastic medical staff.

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I really want to say thank you to the people

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of the UK who have been so kind to me.

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I'm an old man now, but my life has been

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saved and I'm grateful for that. I have a long

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road ahead. The Mail on Sunday also quoted Dr Alexander Korr,

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who was on the surgery teen. Doctor Corr said there

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was no chance of saving the leg. The blood clot

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was at least fourteen inches long and ran through the

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length of his thigh. If we had tried to clear

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the blockage. The necrosis from the dying tissue in the foot,

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which was gravely infected, could have moved through his blood

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screen and caused sapsus, which, with his multiple health conditions,

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could have killed him. The biggest threat was an infection

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spreading throughout his body. We did emergency surgery to amputate

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the leg below the knee, and then we removed the

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blood clot. There was no option but to amputate. It

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was major surgery. But mister Mikale is doing well and

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we are satisfied with his progress. We are taking it

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a day at a time. There may be a large

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medical bill to be paid. Thomas Michael Junior said, So

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got kind of really screwed on insurance here. Nothing that

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he had there that he thought he was going to

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cover him here. So everything's out of pocket and it's

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going to be a day by day thing and figure

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this thing out and get him whatever we need to

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get him. Dad's going to be okay, but it's going

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to be a whole different world than what he's used to.

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This is a big, big, serious deal and it's going

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to take a lot of extensive care. This just got

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bumped up to a whole different level. In a video

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posted to his YouTube channel, Junior said, now my channel

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and everything that I make off of it, which is

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not that much, is going to take care of my father.

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He added, I'm working on some other things for some

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different revenue or whatever, for like a gofund me or something.

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Money problems would lend credence to a claim that comes

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from Royal commentator Rob Shooter, who cites Royal insiders, Thomas

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is angling for a payday. He wants a TV deal.

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He's already done the print interview in the photo. Now

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he's shopping the on air version. He wants real money.

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Another insider told the commentator he keeps saying the picture

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of him without a leg would be powerful. He thinks

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TV networks will bite. He's asking around for numbers. He

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knows exactly how this tango works. He's done it before.

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They added, Thomas isn't subtle about any of this. He's

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shopping the story. He thinks people will pay because of

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who Megan is and because TV pays more than print.

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A Palace adjacent source told the Royal expert she feels

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she can't win if she calls him. It's a headline.

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If she doesn't, it's a headline too. Another insider added,

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she's upset, frustrated, but mostly tired. It's always something. Damned

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if she does, damned if she doesn't more palace in

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just a Moment. Closer Online, which tends to be on

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the gossipy side, quotes an insider as saying Prince Harry

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has never felt more adrift than he does now. He's

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devoted to the children, yet quietly wrestling with a sense

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of displacement that has only grown deeper as the year

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draws to a close. Harry's world has shrunk dramatically. While

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the public see a man smiling through appearances and charity work,

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the reality behind closed doors is far more fragile. Harry

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clings to Meghan because he's got nobody else. It's not

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love he's lacking. It's a life of his own. Harry

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gave everything up for Meghan, his home, his family, the

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structures that grounded him, and now he's asking himself what

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he gets in return. Not emotionally, Meghan loves him, but

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in terms of identity, he doesn't know who he is anymore.

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Meghan wears the trousers Harry's not going anywhere, and she

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knows it. She is confident, decisive, and forward driving, qualities

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Harry wants relied on, but now occasionally feels dwarfed by other.

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Sources told Closer Harry wasn't feeling the recent Jenna party.

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Meghan was in her element and went home totally starry eyed,

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gushing that the sky is the limit now they've been

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officially accepted into Chris's high powered click. From Harry's perspective,

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it was surreal to be hanging out with that crowd,

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and not in a good way. We told Harry to

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doesn't seen much of polo player Nacho Figeris, with the

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source adding Nacho was his escape valve. They understood each other.

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Now Harry has drifted. He mostly sees Megan's friends. While

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they're lovely people, they aren't his people. Harry has reportedly

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secured a significant development in his long running dispute over

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security arrangements during visits to the UK. The Duke of

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Sussex is understood to have written to the Home Secretary

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Shabana Mahmood shortly after her appointment, submitting a formal request

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for a risk assessment to the Executive Committee for the

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Protection of Royalty and Public figures, known as RAYVACK and

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overseen by the Home Office. A source close to the

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Duke indicated in October that the request had been made,

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and is now reported that the Home Office has ordered

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a threat assessment for the first time since twenty twenty,

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Royal watchers have noted what appears to be the reason

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behind Pepper Matthew's absence from this year's Christmas Carol Service.

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It was Minster Abbey, the sister of Princess Catherine, was

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instead seeing at ten ending the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

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over the weekend, prompting speculation about her whereabouts. Missus Matthews

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and her husband James were briefly shown on Sky Sports

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during Saturday's qualifying coverage at the Formula One season finale.

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Their appearance abroad coincided with their non attendance of the

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Carol Service and events they have missed only once before,

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in twenty twenty one, when restrictions remained in place following

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the Curvid nineteen pandemic. Andrew mount Patten Windsor and Sarah

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Ferguson are said to make a notable return to royal

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visibility when they attend their granddaughter's christening On Friday, Princess

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Beatrice and her husband Edwaro Mapelle Moozzi will gather close

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family and friends at the Chapel Royal on Saint James

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Place for the baptism of their daughter Athena. A source

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said it's going to be a royal occasion, but everyone

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is dreading the thought of seeing Andrew there. According to

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The Daily Mail, the same source suggested relations between Beatrice

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and her father remain strained, but that it would be

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cruel for her not to invite him. They explained, Beatrice

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has of course invited her far, but things are not

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worn between them. However, she's worried about him. He's going

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through a low ebb with his mental health and she

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recognizes that he dotes on his grandchildren and it will

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be cruel to deprive him of the chance to attend

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the christening. The source added that some careful conversations and

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diplomacy with King Charles will have taken place to get

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