PALACE WEEKLY: COOKING CATASTROPHE AND ROYAL RECONCILIATION - The week in royal news.

0:03 Caloroga Shark Media. Hi, and welcome to Palace Weekly. I am your host, Mark Francis. This is our shortened weekly version of all the stories you heard during the week on our daily podcast, Palace Intrigue. And if you'd like the full versions of these stories, please go back and listen to the full length versions. All right, let's dive in, starting with Everyone's Favorite Girl. I saw As tells Barave that Megan's cooking show isn't doing well for the streamer and inside, I said, people who worked on the show don't think it will be picked up for another season.

0:44 It's not doing well or what the network would have hoped it would do. It's not the success they wanted it to be. Jan Moyer caught up on Meghan's cooking show and wrote in The Daily Mail. I try to like it, but I simply cannot. Like a squid on a hot grill, I curl up at the edges every time this cottage core version of the Duchess of Sussex gift wraps a cake or simples about her apple butter or how her ir vdy doctor made her eat dates when she was pregnant. For throughout all eight Tezy grin episodes, the camera cannot manufacture natural warmth or create the kind of real bonomee that is desperately needed for Here is a woman who has burned every bridge she has ever crossed, has suffered from multiple accusations of bullying, always denied, and ghosts anyone who has ever displeased her, including her own father.

1:34 Every time she beatifictly chirps on about baking cookies as gifts to show up with love, or gifting cashmere socks to nurture and value her friends. I think, okay, but what about your poor old dad. Betty would love a biscuit a home cooked Mulera care package now and again. In the Telegraph, William Sitwell writes, the word Megan once sparked fury in seenior members of the royal family, but now it surely warrants merely a snigger sometimes coffee spat out at the breakfast tables of belly wobbles in a fit of giggles, rather than fear and loathing. With her latest series, with Love and the Inevitable Royal Reflections, she seems to have gone properly bonkers. So successfully has the unresolved trauma therapy that she and Harry so espouse ben that she has now crafted a whole new absurdist memory of that short period between her marriage to Harry in May twenty eighteen and the January twenty twenty mexet rebrand a series of scenes in which she has the starring role of a struggling, constrained butterfly aching to be set free from a brutal family of stiff's chain to the archaic rigmarole of so called duty, and in which she was forced to wear nude pantyhose all the time. The idea of princesses being constrained in royal palaces, ordered to wear specific tights and hairbands, aside from the hope they can be normal and nice to staff, is the stuff of fairy tales. As relations between this sixes and the royal family remains strained, sources now claim King Charles is pursuing a formal agreement likened it to a pre nup,

3:06 to govern any future interactions between Prince Harry, Meghan Michael and the palace. The proposed arrangement would purportedly set firm boundaries, including when and how the Duke and Duchess of Sussex can attend royal events and what matters must remain private. The idea is to stop any royal dramas one insider told Closer. While Prince Hary is said to have shown some willingness to engage with such an agreement and offer a degree of transparency, Meghan has reportedly been less forthcoming. According to the source, the Duchess is adamant that she won't agree to royal talks if their needs aren't met. Speaking in a recent interview with journalist Emily Chang, Meghan said her legal name is Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, but royal commentator Victoria Arborter told Australia's Nine Honey, this is extraordinary and I want to know exactly who it is that is schooling her because she insists on saying that her legal name is Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. But actually, to the royal boffin's out there, they'll know that that denotes a royal divorce. A chain pointing out the post divorcee titles used by Diana, Princess of Wales and Sarah Duchess of York told the outlet, it's kind of all she has that people are really interested in. It always comes back to the royal in laws. It always comes back to that royal life, and it's because that's the biggest cash cow to milk. King Charles's second cousin, Lord Ivan mount Batton, also weighed in, telling Town and Country magazine it's interesting because she's completely incorrect. They are the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, but actually he's Harry mount Batton Windsor and she would be Megan mount Batton, Windsor.

4:42 Prince Harry will return to the UK on Monday to attend a charity event, marking a rare solo visit that coincides with a significant royal anniversary. The Duke of Sussex is confirmed to appear at the well Child Awards on Monday the eighth, the anniversary of Queen Elizabeth. The seconds passing ahead of the ceremony, Harry is expected to meet with each winner and their families during a private reception. Royal correspondent Cameron Walker suggested the Duke may visit Saint George's Chapel to pay his respects at the Queen's final resting place. Said Walker, it's the eighth of September these awards, which is the anniversary of Queen Elizabeth the Second's death. So I suspect he may make a trip to Windsor Castle to pay respects at the grave of his grandmother.

5:23 I'd be highly surprised if he didn't do that. A source from the US tells the Mirror that the King will make time for Harry this week, but William will not. Per this source, it's clear there is now a determination on both sides to make this happen. Nobody is pretending the wider family issues have been resolved, but this is about beginning with Charles and Harry. For the first time in a long time, there's a genuine sense that reconciliation is within reach. Prince Harry's team and the Palace have opened a line of communication and there is every hope that father and son will see one another when the Duke returns to London in September after twenty months apart, and with the King continuing his treatment. The feeling is that the time is right to take that step. This is not about grand gestures or set piece meetings. It's about a simple face to face conversation between a father and his son. The priority is privacy and dignity, but also ensuring the door stays open for further dialogue. As for Harry and William, though any chance of reconciliation between them has been rejected out of hand. Looking ahead, William and Harry may find themselves in direct competition, with both potentially preparing film projects to mark the thirtieth anniversary of Princess Diana's death in twenty twenty seven. According to Industry Inside as Harry's Archmore Productions has begun early talks with television companies about creating a new documentary centered on Diana.

6:45 One senior executive told The Daily Beast, Harry is looking to do a series about Diana in twenty twenty seven. They want to get the right partners and we've had a conversation with them. I'm sure other production companies have two. An inside account of the implosion of Charles and Diana's marriage and Harry's story of Diana's death and its aftermath would be the TV sensation of all time. The move is said to unsettle Prince William, who believes that the joint film he made with Harry for the twentieth anniversary of Diana's death was intended to be the definitive tribute. A friend of Williams explained the film the brothers made for the twentieth anniversary was meant to be the last word. William made that very clear at the time, but of course things have changed since then. If Harry is now going to do another massive Netflix show effectively claiming her legacy, William will have to fight back, whether that's with an interview or a documentary of his own. The whole situation is just very sad. A time capsule buried by Princess Diana in nineteen ninety one has been unearthed after more than three decades underground, revealing a nostalgic trove of nineteen nineties life, complete with the Kylie Minoqua said in a handheld pocket TV the wooden capsule, I don't know why they're burying time capsules made of wood, but had been laid these Great Ormond Street Hospital's Variety Club building during a ceremony attended by Diana, then president of the children's hospital.

8:08 It was meant to remain sealed for a century. However, with construction now beginning on a new children's cancer center, the decision was made to retrieve the Long Forgotten box. The contents were chosen in part by winners of a Blue Peter competition and aimed to reflect everyday life in the early nineties. Among the damp damaged items Rhythm of Love by Kylie Minogue, the solar powered calculator, a snowflake hologram, tree seeds, recycled paper, a European passport, and a full set of British coins marking twenty years of decimalization. A copy of The Times from the day of the capsules burial was also preserved. Here's a hint for the next time capsule, make it out of metal. A leak revealing confidential plans for King Charles's future funeral reportedly caused deep upset within the palace, with insiders claiming the monarch himself was left furious. The sense of information, which was first reported by the Telegraph, has sparked wide spread concern, not only because of the nature of the leak, but because of the timing. A source close to Radar Online described it as an incredibly delicate leak, one made all the more startling as the king continues to manage ongoing health issues.

9:18 What inflamed it further, said the insider was the information about Harry and Meghan details the Palace had no wish to see public. The Palace saw the leak as an attack, added another insider. Prince Andrew was reportedly the target of not one, but two assassination attempts during his royal life. According to The Rise and Fall of the House of York by historian Andrew Lowney Lowney Allegislate, the Duke of York's laid back attitude towards personal security made him vulnerable to serious threats over the years, including plots from the Argentine military and the IRAA. The first alleged attempt followed the Falklands War in nineteen eighty two, when Argentina said to who have considered sending commandos to assassinate the Prince while he holiday in the Caribbean with Actress coup Stark loudly writes the Argentine junta actively explored an assassination mission against Andrew after the Falklands. Intelligence sources claim that was talk of sending a submarine packed with special forces to eliminate him. The second incident reportedly involved the ira with suggestions that militants had plans to target the Duke on a golf course. According to Royal Inside a rob Shooter, the House of Windsor has a time tested method for dealing with scandal, and it doesn't involve confrontation. Shooter, a former representative for Princess Michael, says the Royal family handles controversy by going quiet and letting time and public interest

10:49 to the heavy lifting. They erase you, he claims. Speaking to Reality Tea, Shooter reflected on what he called the Palace's unspoken crisis management strategy. They won't publicly scold you or denounce you, he explained, They'll just stop answering your calls. It's a strategy, Shooter says he saw firsthand while working with Princess Michael, who found herself at the center of controversy. According to him, the response was simple. They quietly sidelined her and moved on as if the scandal and she had never existed. More palace in just a moment. The Royal Family may be bound by duty, but over the decades they've also inspired their fair share of crushes and had a few themselves. Womenanhome dot Com took a look at some of the famous crushes. King Charles once admitted he had long admired Barbara streisand calling her talent dazzling after meeting her on the set of Funny Lady, while Barbara later joked she could have been the first real Jewish princess. He was also said to be charmed by Joan Collins, even remarking in a letter on her unbelievable cleavage, and by Meryl Streep, who confessed she once dreamed of marrying him. But Thompson had teased about trying unsuccessfully to have a rude relationship with the then Prince of Wales.

12:07 Princess Diana's admirers included Kevin Costner, with whom she was in talks to star in a Bodyguard sequel. Costner revealed Prince William later told him, my mum kind of fancied you. She also famously had a youthful crush on Prince Charles, whose photo sat by her school bed. Kate Middleton had admitted her teenage poster boy wasn't William but Levi's model Nick Cayman. She also once had a Hollywood crush on Tom Cruise, while rumors persist about a schoolgirl fancy for classmate Andrew Alexander. Prince Harry has been on more than a few celebrity lists, Adele Rita, aur Katie Perry, Hillary Duff, Sheeryl call Rosy Huntington Whiteley and Courtney Cox among them. In Spear, Harry admitted a crush on Cox, likening himself to her on screen love interest Chandler. As a teen, he decorated his wall with a halle Berry poster, something the actress herself cheekily knowledged. Other famous names have found themselves smitten with royals. Paris Hilton once declared Prince William HoTT and suggested he ditch his mousey. Girlfriend Miranda Kerr said she had fancied him since childhood, and model Isabella Calthorpe was rumored to have caught his attention during a brief split from Kate. Jack Whitehall even confessed to the Princess of Wales she'd been his first Emma crush. Beyond romance, some have expressed admiration Harry Hill for Princess Anne's toughness, Paul McCartney for a young Queen Elizabeth the Second's beauty, and Cindy Crawford, who fondly recalled Princess Diana inviting her to Kinsington Palace to meet a teenage William. And there you have it. If you'd like to email us, address

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