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A Caloroga Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Weekly.
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I am your host, Mark Farncis. This is where we
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get all these stories of the week together in a
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shorter form. If you'd like to hear the full versions,
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please go back and listen to the daily episodes of
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Palace Intrigue. One way to get people to stop talking
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about Andrew is to involve Nazis. And that's exactly what
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happened this week when ITV News uncovered that a twenty
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six year old former Buckingham Palace warden led a double
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life as a key figure in Britain's neo Nazi movement.
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While employed at the Palace welcoming guests and working in
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close proximity to the Royal family's state rooms, the man
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secretly served as chief propagandist for far right organizations Active
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Club England and Vanguard Britannica. Operating under the pseudonym John,
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the produced propaganda and artwork for extrememist groups while promoting
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the racist Great Replacement theory. After leaving Royal service last year,
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John traveled to Texas in September, where he represented a
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British delegation at the inaugural conference of the US neo
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fascist group Patriot Front. When confronted by ITV News, he
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admitted working for the Royal family, but said his employers
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don't tend to ask questions about the personal political views
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of their members. Buckingham Pallace said it takes such matters
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extremely seriously, but declined to comment on individual security issues. Meanwhile,
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Jeffrey Epstein continues to haunt Andrew from beyond the Grave.
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A claim alleges that Epstein was considering violent action against
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Andrew and Sarah Ferguson in the weeks before his death.
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Writing in his Lowney Report, Substack, author Andrew Lowney cites
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a source closely connected to Epstein who said he devised
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a detailed plan to take out Prince Andrew and Fergie
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was worried that they would foil and spill damaging information
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about him. According to that source, Jeffrey developed a concrete
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plan to eliminate both of them and had been in
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talks with a notorious UK sniper for hire. If Jeffrey
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hadn't died, Andrew and Fergi would have been murdered they
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knew too much about his sex trafficking ring. The same
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source said Epstein had become convinced that Buckingham Palace regarded
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his association with Andrew as a significant problem, and that
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Epstein was particularly suspicious of Ferguson. Jeffrey said Fergie used
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to tell him about other people's secrets. He said most
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likely she would not hesitate to tell his He had
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lost complete trust in both Fergie and Andrew and wanted
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them out of the picture forever. Newly released emails from
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Epstein's estate show Andrew used a self referential code name
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that has raised eyebrows. In a March twenty eleven email
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exchange with Epstein and Glain Maxwell, following notification about upcoming
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allegation by Virginia, Jeffrey, Andrew referred to himself as the
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Duke and wrote, please make sure that every statement or
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legal letter states clearly that I am not involved and
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that I knew and know nothing about any of these allegations.
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I can't take any more of this on my end.
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Other emails from January twenty ten show Epstein encouraging associate
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Boris Nikolitch to meet Andrew at Davos, describing the former
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royal as great fun. After Nikolitch met Andrew, he wrote back.
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He is great. Andrew has been seen in public for
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the first time since the king formally removed his remaining titles.
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The sixty five year old was photographed writing on the
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Windsor at State on Monday morning, still based on the
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Berkshire grounds as arrangements for his departure continue. It was
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the first sighting of him in nearly two months. A
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friend of Andrew's reportedly told Radar Online that his mood
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has done a complete one point eighty. He keeps saying
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it's a weight off his shoulders and not having to
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play the Royal anymore. Is making jokes about signing up
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for dating ap aps, hitting the public regular guy, even
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throwing parties again. He's calling this his big reset. He's
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taken to introducing himself as mister Windsor and insists he's
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more down to earth these days. The BBC has apologized
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for referring to Katherine as Kate Middleton during Armisted State coverage.
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The apology states, during our coverage of memorials to commemorate
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Armistice Day, we mistakenly referred to Catherine, Princess of Wales
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as Kate Middleton. These were errors during hours of live broadcasting,
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for which we apologize. Catherine announced her annual Together at
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Christmas Carol service will take place at Westminster Abbey on Friday,
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December fifth. This year's service will be on the theme
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of Love in all Its Forms and will feature performances
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and readings by guests including Hannah Waddington, Kate Winslet and
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Chitterwell Edge of four. The timing, just two days after
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Megan's Netflix holiday special, has prompted speculation about another scheduling
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clash more palacing just a moment. Meghan Markle faced fresh
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criticism after releasing the trailer of her Netflix Christmas special
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at the same time the Prince and Princess of Wales
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were attending the Royal Variety performance. The sixty five second
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clip features a brief appearance from Prince Harry as the
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couple sharing a kiss in a kitchen. Commentators noted this
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is not the first time Meghan has unveiled news during
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major royal moments. The Daily Mails Sarah Vine criticized the timing,
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writing sarcastically, I can't imagine what they are trying to imply,
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and besides, when is Meghan ever tried to steal her
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sister in Law's thunder. Prince William and Princess Kate turned
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the Royal Variety performance into what experts described as a
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private date nine. The couple arrived in coordinated velvet looks,
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Kate in a dark green off the shouldered gown and
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Winnim in a black velvet jacket. Body expert Judy James
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said the pair were often at their flirtiest best on
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such occasions. Inside, Kate met jesse J, who recently underwent
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a mistectomy for breast cancer. Jesse J said, Mum, to
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Mum who has just recently got on through cancer, I
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just wanted to give her a hug. We acknowledged that
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it's something that is not easy to go through, especially
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in the public eye. In The Express, Alicia Liberty wrote
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that the evening proved why she's so much better at
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Royal life than Megan Mirkle, noting that while Meghan's clip
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may have set the stage for a polished promo moment,
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Catherine's appearance stole the narrative. With a single step and
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glittering jewels worth over one million pounds, Catherine wore the
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gravel chandelier earrings worth an astonishing one point six million
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pounds and the Queen Mary choker reworked as a bracelet
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valued at around two hundred and sixty thousand. Liberty concluded
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Meghan may create the content, but Catherine creates the moment.
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Meghan's lifestyle videos stirred up controversy over bagels. The Dutches
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shared a clip showing how to make festive breakfast spread
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using her fifteen dollar edible flower sprinkles. In the video,
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Meghan scoops cream cheese onto a plate, decorates it with
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sliced strawberry and petals, and serves it with four untoasted
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bagel halves. The post prompted a wave of online mockery.
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What in the ever loving fresh hell is this? One
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user fumed, so now to serve green geese where smrigan
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on a plate, throwing leaves on it and calling it elevated?
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Another wrote, green jeeves and jam on a bagel is
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college dorm food, except even a college kid would toast
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it first. An American influencer ignited even more mockery after
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claiming that the sixty four dollar candle he purchased arrived
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without a wick link. Lauren posted an unboxing video declaring
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there's no wick and wrote in the caption I got
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markled kind of a metaphor for her career. Nothing's lighting.
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Social media quickly piled on, with one comment to joking, well,
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in these challenging economic times, the candle will last forever.
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Lauren told followers he planned to request a refund. Not
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everyone bought the story, though, with some suggesting the candle
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had been tampered with before filming. Megan appeared on the
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cover of Harper's Bizarre in a lengthy profile that frames
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this moment as her finally authoring her own story. Throughout,
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Meghan is unusually open, delivering quotes that tell you exactly
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how she sees herself now. She says her entire identity
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was wrapped up in being the smart one, and that
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I think I'm probably the same now. On mistakes and growth,
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Meghan is direct. You learn not to do it again.
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If it all goes swimmingly, you don't learn from it.
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She says, there's no such thing as perfect. I too
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get to make mistakes. There's also not a lot of
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fun in trying to be perfect, So why I try
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to do that? If you want to have fun? One
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detail stands out. Megan walks into a private brownstone in
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New York, and even though it's just her and the writer,
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the house manager still announces Megan Duchess of Sussex, a
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reminder of the world she now lives in, and perhaps
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the world she's creating for herself more palasing just a moment.
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Prince Harry's phone hacking lawsuit against The Daily Mail has
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been thrown into turmoil after a key witness dramatically withdrew
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his previous testimony, claiming it was forged. Private investigator Gavin
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Burrows now insists that a twenty twenty one witness statement
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was complete rubbish and contains a forged signature. In The Royalist,
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Tom Sykes writes, I've always felt that the problem with
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Prince Harry's big phone hacking case is that so many
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of the characters involved seemed to be shady private investigators
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or admitted phone hackers themselves, now claiming to have seen
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the light. Celebrated journalist Tina Brown suggested that the late
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Queen Elizabeth Bare some responsibility for Andrew's conduct. Speaking on
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a New York Times podcast, Brown said the Queen enabled
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Andrew in a really terrible way. She protected him, and
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Mummy was his only client. Essentially, she was the one
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who protected him, so unfortunately it made him worse. Looking
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ahead to William's reign, Brown said, I think he's just
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dying to clean house. Actually, some of the palaces probably
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have to be turned over to the public. I mean,
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how much over housing do you in that family. Royal
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biographer Robert Jobson's new book The Windsor Legacy reveals that
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William asked to scale back his workload in twenty twenty
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four as he struggled through the hardest year of his life,
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but King Charles urged him to think again. William was
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shaken to the core by the dual cancer diagnosis of
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his father and wife, but was denied a brief reprieve.
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William was also said to be hurt and angry after
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his father's decision to Knight David Beckham on the very
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same day William launched his Earth Shot Prize ceremony in Brazil.
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According to The Royalist, the timing left William feeling undermined
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during a week meant to highlight his global environmental initiative.
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In his sub stack, Royal inside of de Crown writes,
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We're watching a king who spent decades waiting for the throne,
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now refusing to cede an inch of space to his heir.
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The cancer diagnosis should have clarified things, should have prompted
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some honest conversations about transition and succession planning. Instead, it's
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made Charles more determined to prove is still fully in command.
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Prince William is reportedly furious that King Charles has allowed
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Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie to return to royal duties.
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According to sources, Charles personally approved Beatrice's new patronage with
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the outward bound trust, moves that reportedly blindsided Pallace Aids.
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Sources say the Prince of Wales is strongly opposed, believing
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the Yorks are poison with the public royal inside a
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deep crown tells Pallace intrigue. William's fury, which I can
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confirm is quite real, despite the Palace's attempts to downplay,
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it stems from something far more fundamental. The Prince of
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Wales sees the monarchy as an institution that must be protected,
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while his father increasingly views it as a family that
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must be mended. Meghan is reported to be unhappy after
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Catherine's secured actress Kate Winslet as a contributor to this
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year's Carol Concert. According to Radar Online, sources close to
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Meghan say she feels overshadowed. A Hollywood source claimed Megan
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is fuming because Kate has pulled off something she couldn't.
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Landing an eight lister like Keiate Winslet sends a message.
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It looks polished, classy, effortless, and is everything she is
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struggling to be. In The Royalist, Tom Sykes writes that
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the Sussexes continue to lurch from one pr disaster to
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the next, noting the week when they were revealed to
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be lying to the press, lying to the palace, gaslighting
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the public, annoying the Kardashians, and shamelessly sucking up to
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Jeff Bezos and doing it all very very badly. As
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Andrew faces potential charges and exile, As the Sussexes stumble
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from one unforced error to another. As Charles and William
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navigate an increasingly fraught transition, the future of the monarchy
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comes into sharper focus. Keith demonstrates what modern royal service
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looks like. William waits increasingly frustrated for his father to
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acknowledge what everyone else can see. And somewhere in Montecito,
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someone is announcing Megan, Duchess of Sussex to an empty room.
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The floodgates have opened, the scandals multiply, and the institution
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that survived abdication, war and Diana's death now faces perhaps
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its most uncertain chapter yet, not from external threats, but
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from the chaos within. And there you have it. If
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