July 25, 2025

Netflix cancels Meghan. Maybe they should just host a kiss-cam show with Coldplay and cheating spouses.

Netflix cancels Meghan. Maybe they should just host a kiss-cam show with Coldplay and cheating spouses.

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Calorogus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Intrigue. I

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am your host, Mark Francis, ready to bring you the

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world's royal news, complete with summer allergies just for you.

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Megan Michael and Prince Harry's time at Netflix appears to

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be coming to an end. According to multiple reports, the

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couple's one hundred million dollar deal with the streaming platform

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will not be renewed when it expires later this year.

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Under their Archwall Productions banner, they delivered several non fiction titles,

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including Harry and Meghan Lived to Lead, Heart of Invectus

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and the lifestyle series With Love Megan. A source told

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People magazine that the decision not to extend the contract

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reflects a shift in Netflix's broader business strategy. Another inside

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is shared with the son that there's no animosity from

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either side and the things have just run their course.

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Though the Archwel Netflix relationship is winding down, the already

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filmed second season of With Love Megan is still expected

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to roll out as planned. Reactions to the couple's creative

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output have been mixed. On the view co host Anna

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Navarro remarked that some people like her, some people hate her,

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some people don't care, motioning to herself as part of

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that third category. Meanwhile, Meghan McCain was more direct criticizing

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Michael's jam making and multiple rebrands, saying I don't want

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to eat her jam. I don't know what she's doing.

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It was so boring. The first official viewing figures had

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recently come in for What Megan Michael's much hyped lifestyle

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show with Love Megan, and they may not be what

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the duchess had hoped and apparently aren't what Netflix expected.

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According to Netflix's newly released global data, with Love Megan,

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which premiered in March after a delay caused by California wildfires,

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failed to crack the platform's top three hundred most watch

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shows for the first half of twenty two twenty five.

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The show garnded five point three million views, placing it

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three hundred eighty third on the list, on par with

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reruns of Suits. Royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams said Meghan's star

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in Hollywood is currently not a bright one. Her much

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touted cookery series with Love Meghan was not only panned

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by the critics, but also failed to make the top

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three hundred most watched Netflix shows. The decision to film

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its successor back to back, was idiotic, as nothing could

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be learned from the reaction to the first Will point

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out to mister Fitzwilliams that had the second season not

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already been filmed, it likely would never exist. Harry's polydocumentary

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didn't do well either, ranking four hundred and thirty six

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out of seven thousand titles on its platform and reportedly

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drawing only five hundred thousand views in six months. One

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source said she had everything going for her name platform press,

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and the numbers were dismal. Meghan's wine is making headlines

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once again, this time not for what's inside the bottle,

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but for how it's wrapped. Now that the deliveries have

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started arriving, reviews are pouring in, and not just about

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the taste. What's dividing fans the packaging. Each bottle arrived

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wrapped in white tissue paper and nestled inside a simple

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cardboard box. Some fans were delighted by the presentation. Isn't

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it lovely how it was packaged? Just to love the

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experience opening that box for the first time, one customer

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posted on x Another compared it favorably to establish California wineries,

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saying as if a packaging is by far the best,

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but others were less than charmed. What a massive waste

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of tissue paper? One critic wrote, the bottles looked like

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bowling pins, ghosts or something worse. Another joke that the

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design might be more suited to Halloween. All they need

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is a couple of eyes in a spooky mouth on there,

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and she's got a Halloween winner. The wine itself has

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also received mixed reviews from early sippers, with fans split

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on the flavor profile. Still, a product's rapid sell out

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proves the Dutch US brand power remains strong, even if

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it cauts criticism. Branding expert Edward Coreham James was critical,

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telling the Express, this is classic scarcity marketing at play

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for a new celebrity brand, particularly one with a global

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figure like Megan. This is the most potent way to

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establish premium status and high demand. They are creating fear

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of missing out FOMO on a grand scale. The fact

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that we are talking about the sellouts and the refunds

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only amplifies the narrative that these products are incredibly desirable

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for as Ever, the challenge is to move from being

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the brand that always sells out and sometimes refunds to

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the brand that consistently delivers quality and exclusivity. Oprah Winfrey

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appeared on Let's Talk off camera with Kelly Ripper, making

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a lighthearted remark about Harry and Meghan's a family name,

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referring to them playfully as the Sussex while discussing her

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hypothetical plans for baby chicks. The moment drew laughter from

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the host in a subtle nod to the tongue twister

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that is the Duke and Duchess's shared title. Oprah also

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recalled the day Harry and Meghan called her on Easter

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weekend with an unexpected dilemma, a duck emergency. Sorry to

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bother you, Oh, but we have a duck problem here.

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Harry reportedly said a duck had wandered onto their property,

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laid eggs, and unhatched ducklings, but with no proper pond.

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The couple were hoping Oprah's estate might offer a more

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suitable home. Oprah agreed, but things quickly descended into feathered

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chaos as Harry opened the car door in front of

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Oprah's friend Gail King and her children. The mother duck

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made a break for it, flying off while her ducklings

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remained in a box. What followed, Oprah said, was a

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half hour of duck herding as she, Harry, Meghan, and

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others dashed around trying to reunite the panicked mother with

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her fluffy offspring. Harry's running after her, Meghan's running after her.

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We've got the ducks in the box. It was the

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funniest thing I'd ever seen, Oprah laughed, adding that yes,

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there is video. Family Guy is once again taking an

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at the Sussexes. In a recent episode, Stewey warns Brian

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that interfering in the past could alter the future. Brian scoffs,

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doesn't history pretty much suck? He then rattles off a

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list of history's low points, Hitler, the Crusades, and finally,

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Prince Harry marrying Megan markel que The cutaway and animated

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Harry watching the episode on TV size again before turning

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to the camera with hands on his lips, asking, oh, like,

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all of your wives are so much better. It's not

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the first time Family Guy has mocked the couple. In

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a twenty twenty three episode, cartoon versions of Harry and

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Meghan were shown lounging by a pool, Butler delivered their

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millions from Netflix for no one knows what. Meghan then

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receives a notification for a paid Instagram post, and Harry

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groans I shouldn't have left the made up nonsense. That

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same year, South Park took its own satirical swing in

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the infamous Worldwide Privacy Tour episode, thinly veiled characters of

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Harry and Meghan marched around demanding to be left alone

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while simultaneously making global appearances. The show even lampooned Harry's

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memoir Spare, rebranding it where Prince Harry's camp is pushing

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back against speculation that he fears being banished by Prince

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William once his brother ascends the throne. The claim came

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from Royal author Tom Baw, who told The Mirror that

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Harry is seriously worried about his long term place within

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the royal fold and believes William might freeze him out

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entirely it becomes king. But in response, a spokesperson for

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the Duke of Sussex issued a sharp retort via gb News,

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saying it's funny how the people who know the least

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about him always have the most to say more Palace

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closely guarded secrets of the monarchy, but a recent media

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league has sparked a storm of recriminations behind palace walls,

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revealing the iron grip with which royal communications are managed,

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even in matters as sensitive as a monarch's death. When

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The Telegraph published its headline grabbing piece Prince Harry and

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Meghan at heart of King's funeral plans, it marked the

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first time the British press had seriously lifted the veil

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on the operations surrounding the king's eventual passing. The article

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claimed Harry and Meghan would be invited to take central

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roles and that the traditional morning period might be shortened,

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but no sooner had the story hit the newsstands than

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Palace officials sprang into damage control, despite the detail having

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reportedly come from within the palace's own funeral planning team.

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According to The Daily Beast, the King's top communications chief,

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Turbin Andre, was livid. Multiple sources confirm Andre made frantic

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attempts to halt or delay publication. One Fleet Street insider

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described it as a meltdown on the phone with The

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Telegraph's editors, despite the paper typically being among the more

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Pallace friendly publications. A senior journalist familiar with the saga

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said the newspaper did not wish to be controlled, leading

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to a heated standoff. Andrey lobbied behind the scenes for

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over twenty four hours, but failed to prevent publication. The

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result a furious communications campaign aimed at containing the spill.

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Andrey allegedly used a private WhatsApp group known as the

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Royal Rotor to warn off other reporters. In a message

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seen by The Daily Beast marked strictly not for reporting

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in any form, he labeled the article unconscionable and downright offensive,

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especially given the King's ongoing cancer treatment. Andrey warned that

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any outlet repeating details of the report would unlikely receive

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assistance in future Royal coverage. He also sent a message

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to members of the larger international Rota of Royal Correspondence,

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claiming the London Bridge plans were not yet finalized and

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the coverage was deeply distasteful under the circumstances. He added,

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speculation about Demyer's planning is deeply distasteful in normal circumstances,

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but downright offensive given that HMK is living with cancer

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and doing extremely well behind the scenes. The leak appears

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to have triggered internal friction within the Palace as well.

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Some courtiers fear that the apparent inclusion of Harriet Meghan

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in key funeral roles might be seen as the beginning

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of athor in the Royal Rift, an interpretation. The Palace

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seems eager to prevent from taking hold, and they have it.

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