June 25, 2025
Meghan Posts the Kids, Harry Keeps the Titles, Royal Heads Spi
Royal watchers are raising eyebrows after Meghan posted personal photos of Harry and the kids, despite their past warnings about social media. Ingrid Seward says Harry likely isn’t thrilled, though one insider says he’s “heartbroken” over King Charles ghosting him—and this was his last resort. Meanwhile, Harry’s request for Archie and Lilibet to keep their HRH titles has left royal staff “bewildered.” If the Sussexes hated royal life, why save the titles for their children? The contradictions keep piling up.
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Caloroga Shark Media. Hello, and welcome to Palace Intrigue. I
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am your host, Mark Francis. Many speculate Harry cannot be
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too happy about Meghan sharing photos of the children, Ingrid
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Seward told the son they've spoken about social media and
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how damaging it can be, especially for young kids, and
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how worried they are about it. And then the next
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thing you know is Meghan is posting quite personal, very
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charming pictures of her husband and the children all over
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everywhere through her Instagram account. So it just doesn't make sense.
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I would love to know what Harry thought, but I
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suspect he might be a little uncomfortable because Harry isn't
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really a great self promoter, unlike his wife, who is.
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I think he would prefer to be a little more
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circumspect about who sought photographs of him and his family.
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But I can't imagine that Meghan would have done it
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without his knowledge. However, and Insider floated a different theory
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to the Daily Mail, saying Harry is completely heartbroken. His
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dad refuses to see him or the kids, not even
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on zoom. It's a last resort. He's tried everything, galls letters,
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but nothing's worked. This is his way of saying, look
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at what you're missing. Meanwhile, Harry has reportedly left Pallas
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inside as utterly bewildered after claims emerged that he wants
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his children, Prince Argie and Princess Lilibet, to retain their
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HRH title so they could decide for themselves one day
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whether to become working royals. According to the Guardian, a
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source close to the Duke of Sussex said the intention
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was to give the children the choice when they were older,
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despite Harry and Meghan having stepped back from royal duties
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and relinquished the use of their own HRH styles back
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in twenty twenty, royal commentator Richard Eden wrote in The
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Daily Mail that Pallas staff is struggling to make sense
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of the couple's stance when a royal source told him
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Harry and Meghan apparently found official duties in life within
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the royal family unbearable, yet they want this for their children.
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It doesn't make sense. The children became Prince and Princess
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following King Charles accession to the throne, though their HRH
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styles used publicly. While Harry and Meghan have been critical
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of royal life in recent years, they continued to use
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the Duke and Duchess of Sussex titles granted by Queen Elizabeth.
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In twenty eighteen, Meghan recently spoke about the importance of
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the family name, telling people it's our shared name as
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a family. It means a lot to me. In the
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news dot co dot uk, Daniella Elsa writes Harry is coming.
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In twenty twenty seven, Birmingham will host the next Invictor's Games,
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and Buckingham Palaces reportedly very quietly nosing around the idea
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of using the advents stepping stone to sort out the
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twenty first centuries biggest family viewed that of Prince Harry,
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the Duke of Sussex and anyone who owns a crown
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or has the work the in the name section of
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their passport. For the very first time in Yoonk's The
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Noise Coming out of the Pallas, a vaguely waftly conciliatory
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based on a major report from Camilla Tomeny in The Telegraph,
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who also broke the story that Harry was dating suit
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star Meghan Markeael in twenty sixteen. According to Tommedy, behind
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Pallace Gates, there have been exploratory discussions about if or
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when father and son could ever be reunited, With a
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handy dandy opportunity presenting itself in two years time. The
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more cynical amongst you might be wondering why Charles might
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be interested in making things up with the Duke, and
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you would be right to. After all, in the last
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fifteen months, Harry has been in London on four separate occasions,
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and his Majesty has not made the time to see
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him once. Instead, Charles' sudden openness to possibly making things
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up with Harry is reportedly motivated less out of seemingly
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tender paternal feeling and more out of cold eyed pragmatism
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about the possible damage being done to King's reputation. What
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the Games represent is a natural opening for Childs to
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turn a possible lemon into lemonade. As head of the
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British Armed Service, the King has no choice but to go.
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He can't not support the military and veteran communities with
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rousing gusto. However, sitting back and letting the Duke lap
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up the massive reputational boon that are the Games would
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have to be a tough thing to swallow, given that
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Harry continues to turn up in front of cameras to
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say things like, I don't know how much longer my
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father has held speak to me. So if some sort
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of meeting of the King and Duke could be staged,
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it would mean that the Palace could sell it its
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child being the big of man and embracing forgiveness. They
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could also reframe an event that redounds to Harry's credit
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in heart the highly successful games into an opportunity to
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make his majesty look particularly good. And thus we get
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to the really big question mark in all of this.
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Where would Megan, the Duchess of Sussex fit into this
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misty eyed family scene. She has proudly been to every
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one of the five games that have taken place since
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she started dating h every time turning up to hugwave
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and cheer her way into competitors in their family's hearts
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and selfie reels. Former Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman told us
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Weekly he doesn't run into the Sussex's. In Montecito, Troy
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was promoting his new product eight Elite Light Beer, presumably
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to live in Montecito. One must sell easy to make
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fun of products anyway, Troy said, I haven't run into them,
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but they are there from what I can gather. I
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think anyone with a heartbeat knows that they're out there.
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But I'm not hanging with them, that's for sure. The
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former Cowboys quarterback even cracked it, Harry and Meghan probably
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aren't cracking open his beer of choice. I don't picture
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them drinking much light beer. More powers in just a moment.
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In a moving essay for the Telegraph, Sarah Ferguson has
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opened up about the lasting emotional scars from her childhood
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and decades in the public eye. She writes that her
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mother's sudden departure when she was twelve left her feeling unworthy,
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contributing to an unhealthy relationship with food and long term
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struggles with self esteem. Now sixty five, the Duchess says
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her recent diagnosis of breast and skin cancer forced her
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to confront dark places in her mind. A visit to
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Paraclesis Recovery in Zurich helped her explore trauma complex PTSD
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and adult ADHD, conditions she believes are often misunderstood and overlooked,
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especially in high functioning individuals. Sarah also shared how being
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publicly mocked in the press, particularly during the eighties and nineties,
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has left a lasting impact. Despite past tabloids, scandals and
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personal setbacks, She says she's committed to advocating for mental
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health awareness and encouraging others to seek help without shame.
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Mental health knows no boundaries, she writes. Let us continue
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to support one another and work towards a future where
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mental health is treated with the care, respect, and attention
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it deserves. Princess Eugenie offered a rare peak into her family,
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sharing a snapshot from her home office during a video
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call and support of Scoliosis Awareness Month twenty twenty five.
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In the background, glimpses of her world with husband Jack
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Brooksbank and their sons August and Ernest. Family photos were
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proudly displayed on the shelves along with the towering stack
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of art books, no surprise given her Newcastle University degree
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in English Literature and History of Art and her role
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as a director at Hauser and Worth the Contemporary Art
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Gallery with royal level polish. Also on the shelf a candle,
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proof that even a princess appreciates a bit of cozy
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ambiance during a zoom like the email us. Her address
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