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Caloroga Shark Media. Hi, and welcome to Palace Weekly. I
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am your host, Mark Francis. This is our shortened weekly
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version of all the stories you heard during the week
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on our daily podcast, Palace Intrigue. And if you'd like
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the full versions of these stories, please go back and
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listen to the full length versions. All right, let's dive in,
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starting with Everyone's Favorite Girl. I saw As tells Barave
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that Megan's cooking show isn't doing well for the streamer
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and inside, I said, people who worked on the show
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don't think it will be picked up for another season.
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It's not doing well or what the network would have
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hoped it would do. It's not the success they wanted
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it to be. Jan Moyer caught up on Meghan's cooking
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show and wrote in The Daily Mail. I try to
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like it, but I simply cannot. Like a squid on
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a hot grill, I curl up at the edges every
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time this cottage core version of the Duchess of Sussex
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gift wraps a cake or simples about her apple butter
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or how her ir vdy doctor made her eat dates
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when she was pregnant. For throughout all eight Tezy grin episodes,
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the camera cannot manufacture natural warmth or create the kind
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of real bonomee that is desperately needed for Here is
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a woman who has burned every bridge she has ever crossed,
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has suffered from multiple accusations of bullying, always denied, and
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ghosts anyone who has ever displeased her, including her own father.
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Every time she beatifictly chirps on about baking cookies as
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gifts to show up with love, or gifting cashmere socks
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to nurture and value her friends. I think, okay, but
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what about your poor old dad. Betty would love a
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biscuit a home cooked Mulera care package now and again.
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In the Telegraph, William Sitwell writes, the word Megan once
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sparked fury in seenior members of the royal family, but
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now it surely warrants merely a snigger sometimes coffee spat
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out at the breakfast tables of belly wobbles in a
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fit of giggles, rather than fear and loathing. With her
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latest series, with Love and the Inevitable Royal Reflections, she
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seems to have gone properly bonkers. So successfully has the
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unresolved trauma therapy that she and Harry so espouse ben
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that she has now crafted a whole new absurdist memory
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of that short period between her marriage to Harry in
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May twenty eighteen and the January twenty twenty mexet rebrand
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a series of scenes in which she has the starring
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role of a struggling, constrained butterfly aching to be set
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free from a brutal family of stiff's chain to the
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archaic rigmarole of so called duty, and in which she
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was forced to wear nude pantyhose all the time. The
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idea of princesses being constrained in royal palaces, ordered to
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wear specific tights and hairbands, aside from the hope they
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can be normal and nice to staff, is the stuff
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of fairy tales. As relations between this sixes and the
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royal family remains strained, sources now claim King Charles is
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pursuing a formal agreement likened it to a pre nup,
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to govern any future interactions between Prince Harry, Meghan Michael
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and the palace. The proposed arrangement would purportedly set firm boundaries,
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including when and how the Duke and Duchess of Sussex
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can attend royal events and what matters must remain private.
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The idea is to stop any royal dramas one insider
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told Closer. While Prince Hary is said to have shown
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some willingness to engage with such an agreement and offer
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a degree of transparency, Meghan has reportedly been less forthcoming.
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According to the source, the Duchess is adamant that she
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won't agree to royal talks if their needs aren't met.
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Speaking in a recent interview with journalist Emily Chang, Meghan
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said her legal name is Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, but
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royal commentator Victoria Arborter told Australia's Nine Honey, this is
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extraordinary and I want to know exactly who it is
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that is schooling her because she insists on saying that
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her legal name is Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. But actually,
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to the royal boffin's out there, they'll know that that
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denotes a royal divorce. A chain pointing out the post
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divorcee titles used by Diana, Princess of Wales and Sarah
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Duchess of York told the outlet, it's kind of all
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she has that people are really interested in. It always
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comes back to the royal in laws. It always comes
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back to that royal life, and it's because that's the
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biggest cash cow to milk. King Charles's second cousin, Lord
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Ivan mount Batton, also weighed in, telling Town and Country
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magazine it's interesting because she's completely incorrect. They are the
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Duke and Duchess of Sussex, but actually he's Harry mount
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Batton Windsor and she would be Megan mount Batton, Windsor.
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Prince Harry will return to the UK on Monday to
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attend a charity event, marking a rare solo visit that
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coincides with a significant royal anniversary. The Duke of Sussex
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is confirmed to appear at the well Child Awards on
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Monday the eighth, the anniversary of Queen Elizabeth. The seconds
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passing ahead of the ceremony, Harry is expected to meet
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with each winner and their families during a private reception.
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Royal correspondent Cameron Walker suggested the Duke may visit Saint
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George's Chapel to pay his respects at the Queen's final
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resting place. Said Walker, it's the eighth of September these awards,
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which is the anniversary of Queen Elizabeth the Second's death.
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So I suspect he may make a trip to Windsor
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Castle to pay respects at the grave of his grandmother.
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I'd be highly surprised if he didn't do that. A
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source from the US tells the Mirror that the King
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will make time for Harry this week, but William will not.
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Per this source, it's clear there is now a determination
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on both sides to make this happen. Nobody is pretending
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the wider family issues have been resolved, but this is
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about beginning with Charles and Harry. For the first time
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in a long time, there's a genuine sense that reconciliation
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is within reach. Prince Harry's team and the Palace have
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opened a line of communication and there is every hope
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that father and son will see one another when the
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Duke returns to London in September after twenty months apart,
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and with the King continuing his treatment. The feeling is
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that the time is right to take that step. This
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is not about grand gestures or set piece meetings. It's
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about a simple face to face conversation between a father
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and his son. The priority is privacy and dignity, but
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also ensuring the door stays open for further dialogue. As
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for Harry and William, though any chance of reconciliation between
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them has been rejected out of hand. Looking ahead, William
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and Harry may find themselves in direct competition, with both
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potentially preparing film projects to mark the thirtieth anniversary of
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Princess Diana's death in twenty twenty seven. According to Industry
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Inside as Harry's Archmore Productions has begun early talks with
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television companies about creating a new documentary centered on Diana.
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One senior executive told The Daily Beast, Harry is looking
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to do a series about Diana in twenty twenty seven.
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They want to get the right partners and we've had
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a conversation with them. I'm sure other production companies have two.
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An inside account of the implosion of Charles and Diana's
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marriage and Harry's story of Diana's death and its aftermath
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would be the TV sensation of all time. The move
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is said to unsettle Prince William, who believes that the
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joint film he made with Harry for the twentieth anniversary
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of Diana's death was intended to be the definitive tribute.
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A friend of Williams explained the film the brothers made
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for the twentieth anniversary was meant to be the last word.
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William made that very clear at the time, but of
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course things have changed since then. If Harry is now
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going to do another massive Netflix show effectively claiming her legacy,
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William will have to fight back, whether that's with an
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interview or a documentary of his own. The whole situation
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is just very sad. A time capsule buried by Princess
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Diana in nineteen ninety one has been unearthed after more
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than three decades underground, revealing a nostalgic trove of nineteen
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nineties life, complete with the Kylie Minoqua said in a
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handheld pocket TV the wooden capsule, I don't know why
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they're burying time capsules made of wood, but had been
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laid these Great Ormond Street Hospital's Variety Club building during
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a ceremony attended by Diana, then president of the children's hospital.
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It was meant to remain sealed for a century. However,
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with construction now beginning on a new children's cancer center,
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the decision was made to retrieve the Long Forgotten box.
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The contents were chosen in part by winners of a
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Blue Peter competition and aimed to reflect everyday life in
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the early nineties. Among the damp damaged items Rhythm of
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Love by Kylie Minogue, the solar powered calculator, a snowflake hologram,
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tree seeds, recycled paper, a European passport, and a full
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set of British coins marking twenty years of decimalization. A
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copy of The Times from the day of the capsules
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burial was also preserved. Here's a hint for the next
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time capsule, make it out of metal. A leak revealing
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confidential plans for King Charles's future funeral reportedly caused deep
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upset within the palace, with insiders claiming the monarch himself
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was left furious. The sense of information, which was first
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reported by the Telegraph, has sparked wide spread concern, not
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only because of the nature of the leak, but because
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of the timing. A source close to Radar Online described
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it as an incredibly delicate leak, one made all the
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more startling as the king continues to manage ongoing health issues.
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What inflamed it further, said the insider was the information
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about Harry and Meghan details the Palace had no wish
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to see public. The Palace saw the leak as an attack,
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added another insider. Prince Andrew was reportedly the target of
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not one, but two assassination attempts during his royal life.
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According to The Rise and Fall of the House of
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York by historian Andrew Lowney Lowney Allegislate, the Duke of
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York's laid back attitude towards personal security made him vulnerable
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to serious threats over the years, including plots from the
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Argentine military and the IRAA. The first alleged attempt followed
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the Falklands War in nineteen eighty two, when Argentina said
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to who have considered sending commandos to assassinate the Prince
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while he holiday in the Caribbean with Actress coup Stark
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loudly writes the Argentine junta actively explored an assassination mission
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against Andrew after the Falklands. Intelligence sources claim that was
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talk of sending a submarine packed with special forces to
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eliminate him. The second incident reportedly involved the ira with
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suggestions that militants had plans to target the Duke on
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a golf course. According to Royal Inside a rob Shooter,
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the House of Windsor has a time tested method for
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dealing with scandal, and it doesn't involve confrontation. Shooter, a
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former representative for Princess Michael, says the Royal family handles
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controversy by going quiet and letting time and public interest
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to the heavy lifting. They erase you, he claims. Speaking
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to Reality Tea, Shooter reflected on what he called the
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Palace's unspoken crisis management strategy. They won't publicly scold you
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or denounce you, he explained, They'll just stop answering your calls.
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It's a strategy, Shooter says he saw firsthand while working
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with Princess Michael, who found herself at the center of controversy.
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According to him, the response was simple. They quietly sidelined
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her and moved on as if the scandal and she
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had never existed. More palace in just a moment. The
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Royal Family may be bound by duty, but over the
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decades they've also inspired their fair share of crushes and
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had a few themselves. Womenanhome dot Com took a look
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at some of the famous crushes. King Charles once admitted
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he had long admired Barbara streisand calling her talent dazzling
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after meeting her on the set of Funny Lady, while
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Barbara later joked she could have been the first real
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Jewish princess. He was also said to be charmed by
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Joan Collins, even remarking in a letter on her unbelievable cleavage,
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and by Meryl Streep, who confessed she once dreamed of
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marrying him. But Thompson had teased about trying unsuccessfully to
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have a rude relationship with the then Prince of Wales.
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Princess Diana's admirers included Kevin Costner, with whom she was
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in talks to star in a Bodyguard sequel. Costner revealed
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Prince William later told him, my mum kind of fancied you.
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She also famously had a youthful crush on Prince Charles,
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whose photo sat by her school bed. Kate Middleton had
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admitted her teenage poster boy wasn't William but Levi's model
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Nick Cayman. She also once had a Hollywood crush on
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Tom Cruise, while rumors persist about a schoolgirl fancy for
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classmate Andrew Alexander. Prince Harry has been on more than
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a few celebrity lists, Adele Rita, aur Katie Perry, Hillary Duff,
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Sheeryl call Rosy Huntington Whiteley and Courtney Cox among them.
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In Spear, Harry admitted a crush on Cox, likening himself
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to her on screen love interest Chandler. As a teen,
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he decorated his wall with a halle Berry poster, something
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the actress herself cheekily knowledged. Other famous names have found
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themselves smitten with royals. Paris Hilton once declared Prince William
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HoTT and suggested he ditch his mousey. Girlfriend Miranda Kerr
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said she had fancied him since childhood, and model Isabella
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Calthorpe was rumored to have caught his attention during a
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brief split from Kate. Jack Whitehall even confessed to the
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Princess of Wales she'd been his first Emma crush. Beyond romance,
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some have expressed admiration Harry Hill for Princess Anne's toughness,
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Paul McCartney for a young Queen Elizabeth the Second's beauty,
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and Cindy Crawford, who fondly recalled Princess Diana inviting her
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to Kinsington Palace to meet a teenage William. And there
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Joined the community there. Just search for a Palace Intrigue
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on Facebook pages or Facebook groups, or just follow the