July 27, 2026
Oprah Revisits Her Explosive Meghan Interview as Iran Threatens Britain and Prince Harry’s Security Review Stalls
Oprah Winfrey looks back at her landmark interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and explains the thinking behind her famous “silent or silenced” question. King Charles and Queen Camilla reportedly prepare for a major State Visit to Spain, while Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps issues a warning mentioning the British monarchy amid escalating tensions. Prince Harry’s request for a fresh UK security review remains unresolved, King Charles battles a persistent fly at the Sandringham Flower Show, and the monarch makes a spectacular entrance from the Doctor WhoTARDIS to open the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
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A calorogus Shark Media. Hello and welcome through Pallace Intrigue.
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I am your host, Mark Francis. Oprah Winfrey looked back
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at one of the most talked about interviews of her career,
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reflecting on the twenty twenty one conversation with Prince Harran
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Megan Mikael that dominated headlines around the world. Speaking to
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Vanity Fair as part of a retrospective on some of
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her most memorable television moments, Winfrey revisited the now famous
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exchange in which she asked Megan whether she had been
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silent or silenced. Watching the clear back, Oprah laughed at
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the distinctive hand jest as she made while asking the question.
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I don't think I've done it since, she said, as
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she repeated the motion, I don't know where that came from.
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Winfrey also explained why she asked the question in the
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first place. I wanted to be clear because was she silenced?
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Were people telling her not to talk? That's why I
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said that. I said it for clarification because I didn't
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want later to hear Well, no, it wasn't that. It
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really was that I was silenced. They wouldn't let me talk,
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so it was all for clarification. King Charles and Queen
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Camilla are expected to make Spain the destination for their
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next major overseas state visit. According to Hello, the King
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and Queen are planning an official state visit to Spain
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in twenty twenty seven, although exact dates have not yet
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been announced. If confirmed, it would mark the first British
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state visit to Spain since nineteen eighty eight, when Queen
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Elizabeth second and Prince Philip were hosted by King Juan
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Carlos and Queen Sophia. Charles and Camilla are expected to
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be welcomed by King Philippe the sixth and Queen Leticia.
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It is not yet known whether Princess Leonora and Infanta
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Sophia will take place in official events, although a state
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banquet could provide an opportunity for one or both to
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appear wearing tiaras. State visits are among the highest profile
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events in royal diplomacy and are designed to strengthen relationships
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between nations. Overseas. Visits typically include formal welcomes, meetings with
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political and royal leaders, cultural engagements, and a state banquet.
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The two royal families have developed a close relationship in
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recent years. King Felipe and Queen Leticia attended the coronation
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of King Charles in twenty twenty three and also joined
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the reception for visiting heads of state at Buckingham Palace.
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Charles also held a private audience with King Filippe at
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Clarence House in twenty twenty two, where the two monarchs
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were photographed laughing together. The Spanish King and Queen also
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traveled to London for Queen Elizabeth the Second's funeral and
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paid their respects during her lying in state at Westminster Hall.
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The last Spanish state visit to Britain took place in
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twenty seventeen, when King Filippe and Queen Leticia were welcomed
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with full ceremonial honors. Their itinerary included a state banquet
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at Buckingham Palace attended by the Prince and Princess of Wales,
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and King Filipe also addressed both houses of Parliament. The
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twenty twenty seven visit goes ahead as expected, it will
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become one of the most significant diplomatic engagements of King
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charles reign, and another opportunity to strengthen ties between the
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British and Spanish royal families. King Charles and the Royal
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family have been mentioned in a new warning issued by
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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as tensions continue to rise
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following renewed fighting between Iran and the United States. According
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to The Daily Mirror, the IRGC released a statement warning
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that any military base used to launch attacks against Iran
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would be considered a legitimate target. The statement also included
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criticism of what it called the British monarchy, accusing it
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of historical and recent involvement in conflicts in the Middle East.
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The warning follows reports that the United States has used
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a ref Fairford in Gloucestershire to support bomber operations. While
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The Mirror, citing Axius and other reporting, says b one
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bombers departed from Fairford for missions connected to strikes on
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Iranian targets. British officials they have not confirmed operational details.
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The UK government says it does not comment on foreign
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military operations for security reasons. Buckingham Palace declined to comment
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on the Iranian statement well that threat in the air.
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Prince Harry's long running battle over security in the UK
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has taken another turn, with The Times reporting that his
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request for a fresh review has yet to be considered,
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more than a year after he lost his final court appeal.
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According to reporting cited by The Royalist newsletter, Harry has
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not received the new risk assessment he sought after asking
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the Home Offers to reconsider his security arrangements following his
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legal defeat. After losing his appeal in twenty twenty five,
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Harry wrote to the Home Secretary requesting a fresh review.
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He was reportedly told his case would go before a
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risk management board, but The Times now reports that process
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has yet to take place. Home Office sources told the
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newspaper the delay is not unique to Harry's case. They
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say Britain's protection system is undergrowing strain because of the
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increasing number of public figures requiring armed police protection, including
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an unprecedented number of former prime ministers and politicians facing
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heightened security threats. One Home Office source told The Times,
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Harry's case is not all about Harry. It's about a
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much wider situation within the police, about the number of
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former premiers they are now protecting and fewer armed officers available.
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Tom Syke's writing and The Royalists quoted another unnamed source
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who questioned that explanation, describing it as bizarre and arguing
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that additional resources should be devoted to protecting high risk
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public figures. That assessment reflects the source's opinion rather than
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an official government position more Palace. In just a moment,
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King Charles and Queen Camilla were disturbed by a fly.
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The royal couple had arrived at the Sandracam Flower Show
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and a horse drawn Victoria carriage. At one point, Charles
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was repeatedly bothered by a persistent flying can be seen
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swat it away as he greeted visitors meeting members of
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the public. One well wisher told the King, I must
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same as you. You are looking good. Charles laughed and replied,
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it gets much harder, doesn't it. Another visitor remarked, you
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look so like your mum. Queen Camella mean while accepted
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a bag of citronilla based insect repellent from one exhibitor,
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something that might have helped with the fly bothering the
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King earlier in the visit. A new theory supposes that
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King Charles is actually a time lord. After he was
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seen stepping out of a tardis the doctor A King
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officially opened the twenty third Commonwealth Games in Glasgow with
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a speech that celebrated both athletic achievement and environmental responsibility.
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But before he spoke, he and Queen Camilla made one
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of the more unusual royal entrances in recent memory. The
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King and Queen emerged from the Doctor Who Tardus during
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the opening ceremony, drawing cheers from the crowd inside Glasgow's
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Hydro Arena. According to The Daily Mirror, the ceremony used
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the famous time machine to take viewers on a journey
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through Scotland, featuring landmark including Edinburgh Castle, Lochness, the Kelpies,
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Glen Finn and Viaduct and fittingly, Balmoral Castle. The sequence
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also included appearances from Olympic cycling legend Sir Chris Hoy,
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actor Greg mhugh and former Doctor Who star Sylvester McCoy.
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Once on stage, the focus shifted from spectacle to the
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King's official duties. Charles reflected on the Commonwealth Game's Baton relay,
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which began more than five hundred days ago on Commonwealth Day.
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He said, on Commonwealth Day last year, I placed this
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message into this baton, starting a journey across the Commonwealth's nations,
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territories and oceans. Over the past five hundred days, the
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Baton Relay has been welcomed by communities with generosity and pride.
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Seeing the Batons arrive in Scotland today in all their
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colorful glory, carried by inspiring athletes and para athletes, remind
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us once again that the Commonwealth is a unique and
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extraordinary family of nations. He also used the occasion to
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highlight one of his long standing priorities, protecting the environment.
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He said, for these Games really has carried another message
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to help remove the plastic pollution that harms our oceans
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and waterways and can impact on human health. Looking ahead
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to the competition itself, Charles praised Glasgow for hosting the
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event once again. He said, over the next ten days
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we will certainly thrive here in Glasgow as we share
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our love of sport and our planet. Let us build
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a harmonious and durable future for our families and each other.
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He concluded with the traditional declaration, it is now my
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great pleasure to declare the twenty third Commonwealth Games open.
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Thankfully the Daleks did not attack, and there you have it.
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