Oct. 10, 2024
Meghan Markle's Red Dress - was it THAT horrible?
Liz Jones really didn’t like Meghan’s red dress. In the Mail, Jones writes: I tried, I really did. I’d invested so much in our relationship. Years! Yes, I’d overlooked countless red flags. I’m loyal, after all. She’s a woman. Someone I saw as...
Liz Jones really didn’t like Meghan’s red dress. In the Mail, Jones writes: I tried, I really did. I’d invested so much in our relationship. Years! Yes, I’d overlooked countless red flags. I’m loyal, after all. She’s a woman. Someone I saw as self-made, outspoken, a little broken, put upon, ridiculed and bullied by social and mainstream
media. But now? I cannot overlook that red dress.
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Ah Caloroga Shark Media.
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Hello and welcome through Pallace Intrigue. I have your host
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work Francis. Columnist Liz Jones really didn't like Megan's red
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dress and the male. Jones writes, I tried, I really did.
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I'd invested so much in our relationship years. Yes, I'd
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overlooked countless red flags. I'm loyal. After all, She's a
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woman someone I saw is self made, outspoken, a little broken,
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put upon, ridiculed and bullied by social and mainstream media.
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But now I cannot overlook that red dress. It was
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Megan's appearance on the red carpet and the Children's Hospital
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gala in Los Angeles this weekend that finally caused the
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scales to fall from my eyes. Yes, I suddenly found
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myself cringing with secondhand embarrassment when I saw those pictures.
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And once you have that feeling, you can't go back.
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I'm sorry to say that ill fitting dress. You didn't
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look like a regal royal. You looked diminished. That's when
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I realized that what you now represent is so small
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as well. Meghan has gone from duchess to deal list.
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She hasn't grown in stature over her years in the
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public eyes, she has shrunk, as though she'd been put
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through a hot wash. Only her eyebrows have grown. I
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know I'm not alone and seeing Megan now for the
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rather washed up Hollywood celebrity she hears. Dear God, even
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that bastion of uncritical, boring American wholesomeness in Style magazine
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just called Megan a jam entrepreneur for an event dedicated
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to helping children. The dress code should have been demure,
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not look at me. The red dress and her desperate
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grinning recalled her deal or No Deal error when she
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was the briefcase girl on the TV quiz show. I
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kept thinking, where's the briefcase? Plus the grabbing hold of
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other attendees and the girning, She's like the unruly loud
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friend who turns up at your hand thinking it's all
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about her, not the bride to be, and ends up
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falling in the pool. It was all just a bit tacky.
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Ashley Rosita of Mirror Me pr tells The Daily Record
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the dress is a statement not to be ignored, but
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combined with the dressed down hair and makeup, it also
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represents Meghan in a more relaxed frame, alludes to a
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less formal and more approachable persona, as well as showing
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Meghan's natural beauty and figure offered best Other Royal watchers
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were intrigued by Meghan's hair. At her recent solo outing,
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Megan opted for a more natural beauty look, with minimal makeup,
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soft glowing skin, and her hairstyled and loose, tussled waves
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that cascade it over her shoulders. The new hairstyle was
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a noticeable shift from her usual polished blow dry or
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chic updouse. Celebrity hairstylist Katie Allen pointed out that Meghan's
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relaxed waves suggest a softer, more approachable vibe. According to Allan,
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people often change their look when they're embracing a lifestyle
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or mindset shift, hinting that this effortless style might reflect
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a more laid back, relatable side of Megan. The contrast
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between her usual sleek, composed look and this new relaxed
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style sparked plenty of buzz. Meghan's choice to keep it
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natural at such a high profile event was seen by
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some as a deliberate move, signaling a desire to connect
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on a more personal level. In the Daily Mail, Allison
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Bauchov had an interesting analysis of the Dutchess difficult cleanup.
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She explains that the story, published while Harry was in
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New York on his long planned trip, was in a
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magazine which is edited by Dan Wakeford. Bouschoff points out
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that when Wakeford was at People Magazine, there was a
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similar truth about Megan cover. Beauchoff says that she is
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told the people who read US Weekly are people who
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love gossip. It is, after all, the gossip magazine. It
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is not the same as People Magazine, which tends to
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be only PR message approved. This is not the place
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that any celebrity and recent memory has gone to tell
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this side of the story. Everyone was so surprised to
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see Meghan's defense come out in US Weekly. Not that
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we were surprised, she responded, but that it was in
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what is essentially a tabloid. Considering Harry's vociferous hatred of them.
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From the perspective of the public, this is a big
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come down for her. Bouschoff continues, the US Weekly story
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arguably made their PR crisis worse, with insiders incredulous that
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Megan's highly respected agent Ari Emanuel that WME would have
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sanctioned such a down market move. A member of the
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Sussex Teen tells me this week that Meghan remains represented
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by Emmanuel, but there seems to be some distance between them,
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as I'm told by the Hollywood Reporter that the magazine
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had no contact with WME either before or after its
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article was printed. What may this mean? Tends to suggest
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that the agency isn't looking after Megan very closely. Indeed,
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there is a feeling her star is falling and she's
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not being taken seriously. Many in Hollywood have felt unimpressed
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by the lack of output from Harry and Meghan's TV
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production company Archwell following that one hundred million dollar Netflix
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deal More Palace. In just a moment, as we put
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the show together today, we came across a note from
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The Mirror, who had sent an email blast which mentioned
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Princess Kate is apparently set to appear alongside Prince William
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and Paul Meskel at the upcoming premiere of Gladiator two
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of the seventy second Royal Film Performance. The link, however,
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took us to not such a story, and the news
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is not appearing anywhere else at the time of this recording.
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Well keep you posted. The Duke of Kent, the royal
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family's oldest working member, celebrated his eighty ninth birthday. Despite
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his advancing age, the Duke still carries out royal duties
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for King Charles, demonstrating an unwavering dedication to service that
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has defined his life. Born in nineteen thirty five as
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Prince Edward, the Duke has lived through a dramatic and
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eventful life, often overshadowed by other senior royals. The cousin
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of the late Queen Elizabeth I, he has quietly read
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presented the monarchy for decades, combining his royal duties with
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a distinguished military career and a long standing role as
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Grand Master of the Freemasons. The Duke's first brush with
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public life came early. At just eighteen, he took a
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solemn vow to serve as his cousin's liege, man of
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life and limb during the Queen's nineteen fifty three coronation,
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a promise he upheld until her passing in twenty twenty two.
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He has remained a steadfast figure at royal events ever since,
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including joining King Charles in a ceremonial role during his
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coronation this year. Despite being less visible than other royals,
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the Duke's influence and presence has been steady over the years.
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He has championed charities such as the Royal National Lifeboat Institution,
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the Stroke Association, and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. He
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also held the prestigious position of President of the All
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England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club for over fifty years,
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presenting the Wimbledon trophies to champions, until stepping down in
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twenty twenty one. The Duke's personal life, however, has been
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marked by both triumphs and tribulations. Married in nineteen sixty
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one to Katherine Worsley, the daughter of a Yorkshire landowner.
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Their wedding was a grand affair at York Minister but
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in nineteen seventy seven tragedy struck when their son Patrick
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was stillborn, a loss that severely impacted the Duchess, leading
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to a period of deep depression. Though there were reports
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of the couple being on the verge of splitting, they
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ultimately stay together and now have three children and ten grandchildren,
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including Lady Amelia Windsor, once dubbed the world's most beautiful Royal.
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In nineteen ninety four, the Duchess of Kent made headlines
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by converting to Roman Catholicism, a significant move within the
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royal family, though it did not affect Edward's place in
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the line of succession. His youngest son, however, lost his
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position due to constraints of the Succession to the Crown
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Francis my thanks to John McDermott. This is Pallas Jurgue
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