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

0:03 Calorogus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Entry Game, your host Mark Francis. Megan Michael celebrated the launch of her new wine with an Instagram reel via the as Ever brand, featuring a glass of wine being poured, accompanied by ambient audio. However, some online viewers were less than impressed the sound of the poor drew ridicule, with critics suggesting it didn't sound like wine at all. One compared it to the sound of liquid hitting a toilet ball. The comment section quickly filled with playful jabs at mockery, proving that while the wine may have sold out quickly, the promotional audio left a sour note with some Royal expert Kinsey Chofield told the Son the Palace sources told her it's not lost on Prince William that Meghan has launched an alcohol brand on his mother's birthday, the very mum he lost in a drink driving tragedy. Timing an alcohol launch to Diana's birth They wasn't just a misstep.

1:01 It was borderline cruel to claim ignorance. He it doesn't hold up. It wasn't just insensitive. It felt like a betrayal of the very narrative she's working so hard to craft. Chofield added, as Megan is doing victory laps around the kitchen, excited for this launch, Harry is still thinking about the mother he lost, the mother that he loved, the mother that he talks to us about constantly. This is still a tough day for Prince Harry too. Let's be honest. Meghan has spent years framing herself as the spiritual successor to Diana. I was once told by a royal family source that Beatrice. I believe this was the Queen's platinum jubilee. Overheard Megan tell Prince Harry that Diana spoke to her during her yoga session that morning. I feel like Meghan was hijacked, or attempted to hijack this woman's legacy to the point where Megan is so important that Diana is speaking to her from the other side of the yoga mat.

1:49 Following her separation from Prince Charles, Princess Diana reportedly found herself the focus of unwonted attention from Donald Trump, an experience she confided about to broadcaster Scott. According to Scott, Diana was unsettled by Trump's persistent interest and once asked her during a dinner, what are we going to do he gives me the creeps, Scott responded, plainly, just throw them in the bin, referring to the flowers Trump had been sending to Kensington Palace. Diana reportedly laughed at the suggestion, but the sentiment was clear. Writing in The Sunday Times in twenty fifteen, Scott described how roses and orchards piled up at her apartment. She said that Trump clearly saw Diana as the ultimate trophy wife. She added it had begun to feel as if Trump was stalking her. After Diana's death in nineteen ninety seven, Trump reflected on his interest in her in his book The Art of the Comeback, writing I only have one regret in the women department that I never had the opportunity to court Lady Diana Spencer.

2:44 He caught her a dream lady and said she lit up the room with her charm, her presence. She was a genuine princess. But perhaps the most eyebrow raising remark came in a ninety seven interview with Howard Stern and which Trump said he could have nailed her plant founder of the Princess Diana Museum has acquired one of the most significant private collections of the late Princess of Wales's personal wardrobe, spending an eye watering one point nine million dollars at auction to do so. The auction, held at Julians and Los Angeles, featured more than two hundred personal items once owned by Diana. Plant secured thirty five of them, including evening gowns by Elizabeth Emmanueln Katherine Walker, over a dozen pairs of shoes, and the peach plume hat Diana famously wore when departing for her honeymoon with then Prince Charles.

3:31 The star of the collection is a beloved Belleville Sassoon floral dress by designer David Sessoon, which Diana wore on several occasions, including hospital visits. The dress was known as the Caring Dress by Martin Nolan, co founder and executive director of Julian's Auctions, for its association with the Princess's deeply personal outreach work. Bidding for the gown began at one hundred and fifty thousand dollars and escalated in fifty thousand dollars increments before reaching its final sale price. Of three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Plant, who appeared visibly emotional during the events, later told people that sacrifices made to secure the pieces were substantial. We're not rich, we're not wealthy. This is all from donations. We always mortgage our house and then we do this kind of stuff, she said. She confirmed that this maybe is the third or fourth time she and her husband le VIGNEO Sanchez had re mortgaged their home to preserve Diana's legacy. When you see them go for so little, you can't not preserve them, if that makes any sense. Plants added. The pieces will now form part of the Princess Diana Museum's permanent collection, with Plants calling the experience life changing. Newly surface notes from a trusted royal confidant revealed that Queen Elizabeth I was far from pleased with the so called Megxet arrangement, offering rare insight into the late monarch's personal feelings about Prince Harry and Megan Michael's dramatic departure from royal life. The revelations come courtesy of Lady Elizabeth Antson, the queen's cousin and longtime confidante, who shared candid observations in a com diversation with royal biographer Sally Bedell Smith.

5:03 The notes from that exchange, recently published on Smith's Substact blog, include the blunted mission she the Queen said she was not at all content, and more strikingly, Harry was rude to her for ten minutes. Lady Elizabeth, who passed away in twenty twenty, reportedly confided that the Queen was deeply saddened by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's decision to step back from their duties and move to California. She also offered a glimpse of earlier tentions, specifically around Meghan's twenty eighteen wedding. According to the notes, the Queen found Meghan's javonchy gown, with its batt owned neck lane and three quarter sleeves, flamboyant and potentially inappropriate, particularly given Meghan's status as a divorcee. Lady Elizabeth has quoted and saying Meghan wouldn't tell her Queen Elizabeth Iond about the wedding dress, a decision that reportedly did not sit well with her Majesty.

5:52 The Queen she added, seemed unsure about Megan overall, remarking privately that the jury was out on whether she likes Megan more Palasin just a moment. Our spin off series Crown and Controversy kicks off on July thirteenth. We're season one, taking a look at the courtship of William and Kate. There will be new episodes every Sunday on its own feed, So follow Crown and Controversy or download the trailer now on your podcast app. If you'd like to listen to the entire season right now and commercial free, become a premium subscriber to Caliroga Plus for just five dollars a month. You'll get this show Palace Entry without ads. There's a lot of commercials in this show. Crown and Controversy is full season available ad free right now, plus more than twenty five other shows on the network, all without ads or feed drops. And if you're on Apple Podcasts, just click on that banner there that says uninterrupted listening and you can even get a thirty day free trial of the service. For other podcast apps, go to Calaroga dot com slash plus. We have a link in the show notes Crown and controversy launches June thirteenth, It has been confirmed that King Charles will bid what's being described as the fondest of farewells to the Royal Train, with the historic locomotives set to be decommissioned in twenty twenty seven after decades of service to the monarchy. The eight carriage train, which has served sovereigns since Queen Victoria first introduced a royal carriage in the mid nineteenth century, will be retired ahead of the expiration of its maintenance contract. In its place,

7:24 the Royal families expected to rely more heavily on two newly acquired helicopters for travel within the UK. Throughout its storied history, the Royal Train has played a ceremonial and symbolic role in royal life, including transporting the coffins of Queen Victoria, King George the Fifth and King George the sixth to Windsor for burial. James Chalmers, keeper of the Privy Purse, framed the decision as part of the monarchy's ongoing efforts to modernize and tighten its belt. He said the move reflected fiscal discipline and was part of the Royal household's commitment to providing value for money to the British public. The New York Times reported the number of public engagements carried out by Britain's royal family fell sharply in the year leading up to March twenty twenty five, with official records pointing to the impact of serious health issues affecting both King Charles and Kate. According to the latest Sovereign Grant Report, members of the monarchy undertook just over nineteen hundred engagements across the UK and abroad, down from twenty three hundred the year before, in a far cry from the thirty two hundred events completed annually under Queen Elizabeth Sid before the pandemic. Still, the report stress that royal activity remained consistent in many respects, with more than ninety three thousand guests attending eight hundred and twenty eight events hosted at royal residences. James Chalmers, who oversees the King's financial affairs, noted the continued diplomatic and symbolic value of the monarchy, saying soft power is hard to measure, but its value is I believe now firmly understood at home and abroad, and there you have it if you like to email us our addresses The Palace Intrigue at

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