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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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