Sept. 28, 2025

Meghan’s Magic FM Moment, NYC Honors, Disneyland Memories—and the PR Backlash

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Magic FM invites Meghan to guest-host after she praises the station on Netflix; Harry and Meghan will be honored in NYC at Project Healthy Minds; new Montecito snaps with the dogs and that As Ever crest; Harry recalls Disneyland with Diana; updates on Meghan’s cooking show and “fizzle” critiques; Norway’s Crown Prince weighs in on Märtha Louise; plus a reality-TV PR box dust-up.

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Calorogus Shark Media.

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He hello and welcome through Palace Intrigue. I am your host,

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Mark Francis. Megan may have a surprising new career path

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opening up on the radio. In the second series of

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her Netflix program With Love Meghan, she revealed that one

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of the things she misses most about the United Kingdom

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is listening to her favorite station, Magic FM. The radio

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station called Magic, she told viewers, admitting she still tunes

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in from abroad now. Magic FM has responded with an

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invitation of its own. At Radio Center's tuning in conference

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on Tuesday, the station's content director, Paul Sylvester said the

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offer is on the table. The Duchess wants to host

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a show, She's very welcome. He later repeated the offer online,

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writing I did say exactly this. In response to someone

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quoting his remarks On the Netflix show, Meghan's guest Tan

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France teased her about her taste in music, calling Magic

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such a grand mass station. Meghan laughed in reply, I'll

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be that grandma. She went on to explain to fondness

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for retro playlists. My favorite station in my car is

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called mom Jeans. These are throwback great singer lungs and

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you forget the existed. I love it. Meghan, whose husband

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Harry famously does not enjoy the paparazzi, has shared a

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new glimpse into her life in California, posing with her

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dogs in the Montecito backyard that inspired the logo for

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her lifestyle brand as Ever. The Duchess was pictured with

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black lab Poola and beagle Mia in a post to

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the brand's Instagram page, captioned Chris bare blue sky as

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in the Sweetest Moments. Behind them stood two palm trees

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that meet at their base, a feature Meghan has sat

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hold steep meaning for her family. In a twenty twenty

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two interview, she recalled Prince Harry's first impression of the

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trees when they toured the property. See how they're connected

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at the bottom, he goes, My love It's us. The

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intertwined palms became the senate piece of the as Ever crest,

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flaked by two hummingbirds. Harry and Meghan have to be

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honored at this year's World Mental Health Day festival, hosted

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by the nonprofit organization Project Healthy Minds. The Duke and

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Duchess of Sussex, who co founded the Archwell Foundation, will

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be recognized as Humanitarians of the Year at at gala

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on October ninth. The award acknowledges what organizers describe as

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their global efforts in building a safer, more equitable digital

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world for families and youth, and their meaningful contributions to

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advancing mental well being worldwide. The couple will accept the

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accolade in person, and the following day will take part

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in the festival itself, where Archwall is co producing a

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series of discussions with leading figures in the mental health field.

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The foundation's Lost Screen memorial, created to highlight the impact

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of online harms, will also be on display. In a

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joint statement, Harry and Meghan said working with families and

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young people to prioritize safety online has been some of

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the most meaningful work of our lives as parents ourselves,

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we have been moved to action by the power of

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their stories and are honored to support them. We're proud

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to be longtime partners of Project Healthy Minds as we

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work together to shine a light on what remains one

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of the most pressing issues of our time. On the

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tenth Harry and Meghan will attend Project Healthy Mind's fourth

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annual World Mental Health Day festival. As all this takes

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place in New York City, we hope there isn't one

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of those high speed midtown weeknight car chases like the

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last time. Prince Harry recalled his first visit to Disneyland

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as a child, when he joined his brother Prince William

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and their late mother Diana. Appearing in the new ABC

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series The Happiest Story on Earth Seventy Years of Disneyland,

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Harry said, I remember it very very well. I remember

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losing it as a kid, with all the characters like

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losing it. He explained that his own children had shared

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in that same sense of wonder when they visited the

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Florida Park for the first time earlier this year. They're like,

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this is amazing, he said, Like, guys, this isn't even

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the front of it. Prepare us. So if you're about

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to be blown away to see the kids throw themselves

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into these experiences when they have no idea what they're

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walking into, it was amazing and it brings out the

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kid in you again. Meghan described the family holiday in

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June as two days of puret joy. One wonders if

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they would enjoy it as much if they had to

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stand in line for two hours to get on it ride.

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Meghan's cooking show has struggled in both rankings and reviews.

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That's My returning to the platform on August twenty six,

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it failed to break into Netflix's global top ten most

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watched shows, and no third season has yet been confirmed.

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A Christmas special is, however, expected later this year. PR

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expert Edward Coran James described the Sussex's first Netflix deal,

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reportedly worth one hundred million dollars, as an expensive failure.

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While their Harry and Meghan documentary was a global hit,

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subsequent projects, including a polo series and Meghan's Cooking Show,

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have failed to make a significant impact. Megan is once

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again facing criticism from insiders who say she's well a

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pattern of launching big, attention grabbing initiatives only to quietly

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let them fizzle. A Hollywood insider speaking to Radar Online

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suggested that the Duchess of Sussexes shifted priorities dramatically in

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recent years. Her energy is on Netflix production meetings and

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lifestyle branding. Charity work is no longer her focus. She

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talks about helping others, but the reality is she's building

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her personal empire. The source went on to draw a

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sharp contrast between Megan and Princess Diana, noting Diana would

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walk into a hospital ward or onto a minefield, and

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the compassion was real. Meghan is more concerned with securing

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celebrity profiles. In Los Angeles. The Duchesses now dormant forty

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by forty initiative was also cited as an example. Launched

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with fanfare on her fortieth birthday, the project called on

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mentors to donate forty minutes of their time to help

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women re enter the workforce after the pandemic. I palas

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Figure told Radar Online the idea behind forty by forty

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was to help women re enter the workplace, but the

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only career that got a boost was Megan's. She used

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the project to promote her image as a humanitarian, then

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quietly let it die. That makes it look cynical. It

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was supposed to show she could create meaningful initiatives outside

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the royal family. Instead it proved the opposite. Without the

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Palace machinery behind her, she struggles to deliver. We got

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another review, this one for one star on Twitter. Not

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my cup of tea boring, lacking in substance, Signed Megan Markel, well,

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thanks for listening back in just a moment. Crown Prince

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Harken of Norway has spoken publicly about his sister, Princess

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Martin Luise and her relationship with her husband, Shaman Direct Verrett.

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The Crown Prince told local media, I think I should

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refrain from judging it, but unfortunately I do not think

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that there is a good enough distinction between the activities

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of the Royal House and the Netflix project and the

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commercial side of Princess Martin Luise and Direct Verret's activities.

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His words echoed a statement issued by the Palace last

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week which said all people should have the right to

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tell their story. This time also applies to Princess Martin

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Luise and Direct Verrat. At the same time, the Royal

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House wants a clearer distinction between the activities of Princess

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Martin Luise and Direct Verrat at the Royal House. This

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will be the topic of the conversations we will have

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in the future. And by the way, we've been covering

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this story in our new sister series, Crown and Controversy

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Norway's Royal Rebels and episode three is out today wherever

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you get your podcasts. If you think our British family

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is a handful. You should check out the Norwegians and

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turning to important news from important people talking about important things.

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Van der Pump Rules alum Stussy Schroeder has declared she's

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finished supporting Megan Markel after being left out of the

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Duchesses later as ever PR gift box a drop, Schroeder said,

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I have literally defended her when no one else did.

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I have filmed videos about it. I've commented on all

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the things. I've literally had my efing PR reach out.

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Schroder suggested Megan dismissed her because of her reality television background,

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the way she moves through social media. I think that

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she's stuck in twenty seventeen and she just thinks I'm

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a lowly reality person. She claimed, That's what I think,

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and I am furious, and this is the last straw.

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I'm not watching her show anymore. Her frustration was heightened

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by the fact that markl did send boxes to the

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host of The Toast podcast. Schroder noted, when you were

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sending PR boxes to people who talk shit about you,

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and they also say, I wonder what Starsy's thinking about this?

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Everyone effing knows no longer. My feelings are hurt and

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I'm a toxic fan. I was a toxic fan that's

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now a toxic hater. And there you have it. If

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