July 6, 2025

Meghan Markle’s Wine Launch Sparks Outrage..heres' why

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Meghan Markle’s wine launch stirred more than just grapes—it sparked backlash for its timing on Princess Diana’s birthday. Royal expert Kinsey Schofield called it “borderline cruel,” accusing Meghan of hijacking Diana’s legacy. Meanwhile, newly surfaced notes reveal Queen Elizabeth was “not at all content” with the Megxit deal and found Meghan’s wedding dress “flamboyant.” Elsewhere, Donald Trump’s obsession with Diana is back in the spotlight with stories of roses, creepy compliments, and even a shocking Howard Stern interview. Plus: A museum founder remortgages her home to preserve Diana’s iconic wardrobe.
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Calorogus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Entry Game,

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your host Mark Francis. Megan Michael celebrated the launch of

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her new wine with an Instagram reel via the as

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Ever brand, featuring a glass of wine being poured, accompanied

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by ambient audio. However, some online viewers were less than

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impressed the sound of the poor drew ridicule, with critics

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suggesting it didn't sound like wine at all. One compared

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it to the sound of liquid hitting a toilet ball.

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The comment section quickly filled with playful jabs at mockery,

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proving that while the wine may have sold out quickly,

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the promotional audio left a sour note with some Royal

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expert Kinsey Chofield told the Son the Palace sources told

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her it's not lost on Prince William that Meghan has

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launched an alcohol brand on his mother's birthday, the very

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mum he lost in a drink driving tragedy. Timing an

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alcohol launch to Diana's birth They wasn't just a misstep.

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It was borderline cruel to claim ignorance. He it doesn't

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hold up. It wasn't just insensitive. It felt like a

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betrayal of the very narrative she's working so hard to craft.

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Chofield added, as Megan is doing victory laps around the kitchen,

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excited for this launch, Harry is still thinking about the

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mother he lost, the mother that he loved, the mother

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that he talks to us about constantly. This is still

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a tough day for Prince Harry too. Let's be honest.

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Meghan has spent years framing herself as the spiritual successor

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to Diana. I was once told by a royal family

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source that Beatrice. I believe this was the Queen's platinum jubilee.

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Overheard Megan tell Prince Harry that Diana spoke to her

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during her yoga session that morning. I feel like Meghan

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was hijacked, or attempted to hijack this woman's legacy to

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the point where Megan is so important that Diana is

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speaking to her from the other side of the yoga mat.

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Following her separation from Prince Charles, Princess Diana reportedly found

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herself the focus of unwonted attention from Donald Trump, an

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experience she confided about to broadcaster Scott. According to Scott,

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Diana was unsettled by Trump's persistent interest and once asked

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her during a dinner, what are we going to do

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he gives me the creeps, Scott responded, plainly, just throw

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them in the bin, referring to the flowers Trump had

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been sending to Kensington Palace. Diana reportedly laughed at the suggestion,

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but the sentiment was clear. Writing in The Sunday Times

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in twenty fifteen, Scott described how roses and orchards piled

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up at her apartment. She said that Trump clearly saw

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Diana as the ultimate trophy wife. She added it had

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begun to feel as if Trump was stalking her. After

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Diana's death in nineteen ninety seven, Trump reflected on his

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interest in her in his book The Art of the Comeback,

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writing I only have one regret in the women department

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that I never had the opportunity to court Lady Diana Spencer.

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He caught her a dream lady and said she lit

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up the room with her charm, her presence. She was

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a genuine princess. But perhaps the most eyebrow raising remark

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came in a ninety seven interview with Howard Stern and

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which Trump said he could have nailed her plant founder

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of the Princess Diana Museum has acquired one of the

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most significant private collections of the late Princess of Wales's

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personal wardrobe, spending an eye watering one point nine million

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dollars at auction to do so. The auction, held at

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Julians and Los Angeles, featured more than two hundred personal

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items once owned by Diana. Plant secured thirty five of them,

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including evening gowns by Elizabeth Emmanueln Katherine Walker, over a

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dozen pairs of shoes, and the peach plume hat Diana

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famously wore when departing for her honeymoon with then Prince Charles.

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The star of the collection is a beloved Belleville Sassoon

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floral dress by designer David Sessoon, which Diana wore on

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several occasions, including hospital visits. The dress was known as

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the Caring Dress by Martin Nolan, co founder and executive

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director of Julian's Auctions, for its association with the Princess's

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deeply personal outreach work. Bidding for the gown began at

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one hundred and fifty thousand dollars and escalated in fifty

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thousand dollars increments before reaching its final sale price. Of

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three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Plant, who appeared visibly

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emotional during the events, later told people that sacrifices made

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to secure the pieces were substantial. We're not rich, we're

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not wealthy. This is all from donations. We always mortgage

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our house and then we do this kind of stuff,

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she said. She confirmed that this maybe is the third

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or fourth time she and her husband le VIGNEO Sanchez

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had re mortgaged their home to preserve Diana's legacy. When

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you see them go for so little, you can't not

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preserve them, if that makes any sense. Plants added. The

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pieces will now form part of the Princess Diana Museum's

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permanent collection, with Plants calling the experience life changing. Newly

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surface notes from a trusted royal confidant revealed that Queen

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Elizabeth I was far from pleased with the so called

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Megxet arrangement, offering rare insight into the late monarch's personal

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feelings about Prince Harry and Megan Michael's dramatic departure from

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royal life. The revelations come courtesy of Lady Elizabeth Antson,

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the queen's cousin and longtime confidante, who shared candid observations

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in a com diversation with royal biographer Sally Bedell Smith.

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The notes from that exchange, recently published on Smith's Substact blog,

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include the blunted mission she the Queen said she was

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not at all content, and more strikingly, Harry was rude

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to her for ten minutes. Lady Elizabeth, who passed away

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in twenty twenty, reportedly confided that the Queen was deeply

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saddened by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's decision to

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step back from their duties and move to California. She

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also offered a glimpse of earlier tentions, specifically around Meghan's

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twenty eighteen wedding. According to the notes, the Queen found

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Meghan's javonchy gown, with its batt owned neck lane and

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three quarter sleeves, flamboyant and potentially inappropriate, particularly given Meghan's

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status as a divorcee. Lady Elizabeth has quoted and saying

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Meghan wouldn't tell her Queen Elizabeth Iond about the wedding dress,

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a decision that reportedly did not sit well with her Majesty.

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The Queen she added, seemed unsure about Megan overall, remarking

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privately that the jury was out on whether she likes

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Royal household's commitment to providing value for money to the

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than ninety three thousand guests attending eight hundred and twenty

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