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Calorogus Shark Media. He Hello and welcome through Palace Weekly.
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I am your host, Mark Francis. This is the show
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where we bring you these shortened versions of all the
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big stories that were playing out on Palace Intrigue during
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the week. And if you'd like to hear the full
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versions of these stories, please go back and take a
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listen to those. The main two stories this week Wimbledon
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and that secret meeting. Here we go, Kate Middleton returned
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to Center Court and to the hearts of the nation.
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The Princess of Wales made a stunning comeback at Wimbledon
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last weekend, attending not one, but both finals of the
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tournament and what became a deeply emotional, closely watched a
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royal appearance. It was her first time at the Championships
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since revealing her cancer diagnosis in twenty twenty four, and
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judging by the crowd's reaction, she was sorely missed. On Saturday,
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Kate arrived at the All England Club for the women's
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singles finals between Amanda Anisimova and Eager Swerjek. The moment
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she descended the steps into the Royal Box, the entire
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stadium rose to its feet, a standing ovation thundered across
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Center Court. The Princess, elegant in a cream belted blazer
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and pleated skirt, gave a gracious wave in a quiet smile.
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She was flanked by tennis legends Billy Jean King and
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Martina Navrattlova, a reminder of the decades long connection between
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British and Tennis Royalty. The All England Club's official account
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posted the moment with a simple caption, Center Court rises
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to give a warm welcome to our patron, HRH the
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Princess of Wales. The welcome wasn't just warm, it was roaring,
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heartfelt and for many, tear inducing. Queen and Miller's visit
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to wimbled and stirred up more than just Center Court drama.
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It triggered a royal row online After Good Morning Britain
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contributor Nerinda cow took issue with how spectators were prompted
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to rise for the Queen's arrival. Camilla received a warm
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welcome and a standing ovation as she entered the Royal
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Box on Wednesday Day alongside her sister Anabelle Elliott, but
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footage from the moment shows Aids gently tapping seated audience
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members on the shoulder to prompt them to stand, a
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gesture that left Narinder fuming. Matthew McConaughey is earning higher
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praise from Wimbledon fans after a simple but classy gesture
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during last Sunday's men's final. In video footage shared online,
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mcconnie he can be seen rising to his feet as
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the Prince and Princess of Wales arrive and take their seats.
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The subtle act of standing out of respect, while not
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required of non British citizens one fans over, with one
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viewer calling him a lovely Southern gentleman. According to the
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Etiquette School of New York, Americans are not expected to
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bow or curtsey too members of the British royal family.
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In another story gathering interests, there appeared to be a
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meeting between King Charles Communications secretary and two of Prince
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Harry's senior aides at a private members club in London.
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The Daily Beast points out notably absent from the Peace
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Summit this week were any representatives from Prince William's team,
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and given the deep personal animosity between the brothers, that
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is no surprise. A friend of William's told the Beast
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William absolutely effing hates Harry. William will never ever forgive
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Harry for what he has done. Charles is the King,
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he can do what he likes. But make no mistake,
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William believes with every fiber of his being that giving
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Harry and Meghan back any royal im proture is a
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huge mistake. The informal gathering took place at the Royal
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Overseas League in Westminster, just a short walk from Clarence House.
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In attendance were Tobin Andre, the King's top communications aid,
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and two key members of Harry's team. Meredith Mains has
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recently appointed Los Angeles based communications chief, and Liam McGuire,
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a long time British publicity strategists now working for the
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Sussexes from London. According to reports, Mains and McGuire arrived
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by taxi around three point fifty pm, followed by Andre,
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who appeared to be carrying a bottle of Berry. Brothers
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and Rudd, perhaps a small gesture diplomacy. King Charles and
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Queen Camilla are facing significant backlash from Royal watchers after
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Buckingham Palace confirmed that Donald Trump will receive an official
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state visit to the United Kingdom this September. The announcement
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made on Royal social media channels and the company by
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a formal photograph of the King, Queen, President Trump and
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First Lady Millennia Trump, stated his Majesty the King will
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host the President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump,
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accompanied by the First Lady Milania Trump, for a state
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visit to the United Kingdom from seventeenth September to nineteenth
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September twenty twenty five. This visit, which comes at the
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request of the UK government, follows a February meeting between
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President Trump at the White House,
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where Starmer personally delivered a letter of invitation from the King.
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The letter offered what was described as an unprecedented second
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state visit, a move aimed at strengthening US UK relations
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amid global instability and rising economic pressures. Meghan Markle, who
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once proudly declared I am proud to be a woman
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and a feminist, has undergone what Royal commentators are calling
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a striking reinvention from global advocate to domestic influencer. In
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the Channel five documentary Megan Duchess for Sale, Experts suggested
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the Duchess of Sussex has shifted from the woman who
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challenged sexist advertising as a child to one now marketing
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jam flower sprinkles and lifestyle advice through her brand as
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Ever and to her Netflix series With Love. Megan. Newsweek's
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royal correspondent Jack Royston commented that was her big rebrand
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all of a sudden. She went from being the feminist
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who got angry that women were depicted as only being
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in the kitchen, and then she reinvented herself as the
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traditional at home in the kitchen, cooking and hosting kind
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of image. Netflix junkie dot Com writes about Megan's weekend
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inst With one simple post, Megan Michael reminded humanity that
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summer is not a season, it is a whole esthetic
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with a fruit platter comprising strawberries and grapes on a
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ceramic ball, occupying a white scarf by the pool. Mikael's
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latest social media update also featured a notebook with a
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summer essentials checklist. The suits of Lump appeared to have
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checked off Sunshine, good Friends and as Ever Rose on
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the roster, with the latter also popping in the neat capture.
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Michael captured the post current status, weekend mode activated, and
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a review of her rose went this way. When a
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package with three bottles of as Ever rose showed up
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on my doorstep, I enlisted my husband to taste tests
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that Bespoke Bland with me. After playing pretend some meliaise
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in our kitchen, looking at each other as we simultaneously
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took our first steps to gauge the other's reactions. I've
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gathered my honest thoughts of the rose, which the company
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said is the first of mani Its forthcoming wine offerings.
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The bottle describes the poor as a delicately balanced rose
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with soft notes of stone fruit, gentle minerality, and lasting
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finish beyond the marketing speak. In layman's terms, the rose
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is good my experience with it. It is smooth, almost dangerously,
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as we finished the whole bottle in one night without
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even trying. It goes down easy and is dry and light.
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To hear my husband describe it, his three adjectives were lively,
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refreshing and pleasant, mine flavorful, sweet and enjoyable more palace
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in just a moment, Victoria Ward in the Telegraph thinks
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the FBI dropping Epstein's case is bad news for Prince Andrew.
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Ward writes there should be no popping of Champagne corks
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at Royal Lodge, the Duke Winsor's home. Rarely has there
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been such a pyrate victory. For while the decision not
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to pursue those connected to Epstein may well be a
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weight off the Duke's shoulders, it changes nothing. Sophie, the
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Duchess of Edinburgh, delivered a deeply moving message from King
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Charles during a visit to Bosnia marking the thirtieth anniversary
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of the Serabrenica genocide. Sophie, on her first official visit
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to the country, traveled to the town of Serbrennica, where
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more than eight thousand Muslim men and boys were murdered
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in July nineteen ninety five. She began by producing herself
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simply as Sophie and thanked the families to the victims
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for their invitation. At the Cerabrenica Memorial Center, a former
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battery factory where many had sought refuge, she paused to
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view the personal items of those killed, including shoes and jackets,
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on display in a UK backed exhibit. She then wrote
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in a condolence book, our duty must be to remember
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all those lost so tragically, and to never let these
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things happen again. It is only by working together that
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we find peace. She signed it simply, Sophie. King Charles
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may soon be tooting his own horn literally after receiving
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a French cavalry trumpet as a gift from President Emmanuel
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mccron during the recent state visit, but Queen Camilla might
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be less than enthusiastic about the royal fanfare echoing through
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their garden. The King once dabbled in music during his
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school days at Gordonstown, where he played trumpet in the orchestra,
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and while his youthful attempt at learning the bagpipes ended
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in what he once called a rather stupid abandonment of
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the effort, Charles has never quite lost his love music.
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The Daily Mail's e from Hardcastle, Colin couldn't resist a
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cheeky aside suggesting that should the Monarch rekindle his trumpet career,
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Camilla might take a leaf from the royal playbook and
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send him to practice at the bottom of the garden,
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the same faith that once befell him during a brief
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flirtation with the bagpipes. Now that Lieutenant Colonel hottie is
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off the market. There is a new soldier catching the
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eyes of Royal watchers. They were supposed to be looking
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at the King, but instead there I was locked on
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someone else entirely. During a recent visit to the Royal
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Regiment of Artillery in lark Hill, King Charles shared a
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moment of camaraderie with military personnel while donning ear defenders
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and trying his hand at firing an artillery gun. But
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it wasn't the cannon fire that set the Internet alight.
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It was Sergeant Neil Mitchell, the green beret wearing detachment commander,
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who appeared in one of the royal family's Instagram photos
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and promptly broke the comments section. Are we not going
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to talk about the green beret guy in the first picture?
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Good heavens he's handsome, gutched one user. Another admitted, I
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do love the King, honestly, but my eyes went straight
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to the really muscly guy with a green beret and
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kill a smile. A third summed it up six simply
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the photographer understood the assignment, and there you have it.
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