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Calorouga Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Weekly. I
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am your host, Mark Francis. This is the abbreviated version
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of all the stories we brought you during the week
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on Palace Intrigue, and if you'd like the original full
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length versions, you can go back and take a listen
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to them daily there. Starting with Megan, Mikael and Prince
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Harry's time at Netflix appears to be coming to an end.
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According to multiple reports, the couple's one hundred million dollar
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deal with the streaming platform will not be renewed when
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it expires later this year. Under their Archworld Productions banner,
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they delivered several non fiction titles, including Harry and Meghan
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lived to lead Heart of Invictus in the lifestyle series
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With Love Megan. A source told People magazine that the
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decision not to extend the contract reflects a shift in
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Netflix's broader business strategy. Another insider shared with the Sun
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that there's no animosity from either side and things have
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just run their course. Though the Archwall Netflix relationship is
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winding down, the already filmed second season of With Love
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Megan is still expected to roll out as planned. Meghan's
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wine is making headlines once again, this time not for
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what's inside the bottle, but for how it's wrapped. Now
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that the deliveries have started arriving, reviews are pouring in,
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and not just about the taste. What's dividing fans the packaging.
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Each bottle arrived wrapped in white tissue paper and nestled
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inside a simple cardboard box. Some fans were delighted by
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the presentation, isn't it lovely how it was packaged? Just
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a lovely experience opening that box for the first time,
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one customer posted on x Another compared it favorably to
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established California wineries, saying, as ever, packaging is my father best.
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But others were less than charmed an massive waste of
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tissue paper. One critic wrote the bottles looked like bowling pins, ghosts,
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or something worse. Another joke that the design might be
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more suited to Halloween. All they need is a couple
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of eyes and a spooky mouth on there, and she's
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got a Halloween winner. Oprah Winfrey appeared on Let's Talk
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Off Camera with Kelly Ripper, making a lighthearted remark about
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Harry and Meghan's family name, referring to them playfully as
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the Sussex while discussing her hypothetical plans for a baby chicks.
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The moment drew laughter from the crowd and a subtle
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nod to the tongue twister that is the Duke and
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Duchess's shared title. Oprah also recalled the day Harry and
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Meghan called her on Easter weekend with an unexpected dilemma,
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A duck emergency. Sorry to bother you, oh, but we
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have a duck problem here, Harry reportedly said. A duck
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had wandered onto their property, laid eggs, and hatched ducklings,
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but with no proper pond. The couple were hoping Oprah's
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estate might offer a more suitable home. Oprah agreed, but
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things quickly descended into feathered chaos. As Harry opened the
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car door in front of Oprah's friend Gail King and
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her children, the mother duck made a break for it,
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flying off while her ducklings remained in a box. What followed,
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he Oprah said, was a half hour of duck herding
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as she, Harry and Meghan, and others dashed around trying
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to reunite the panicked mother with her fluffy offspring. Harry's
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running after her, Megan's running after her. We've got ducks
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in the box. It was the funniest thing I've ever seen,
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Oprah laughed, adding that yes, there is video. Family Guy
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is once again taking aim at the Sussexes. In a
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recent episode, Stewie warns Brian that interfering in the past
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could alter the future. Brian scoffs, doesn't the history pretty
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much suck? He then battles off a list of history's
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low points, Hitler, the Crusades, and finally, Prince Harry marrying Megan.
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Michael cue the cutaway and animated Harry watching the episode
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on TV size again before turning to the camera, hands
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on his hips, and asking, oh, like all of your
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wives so much better. It's not the first time Family
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Guy has mocked the couple. In the twenty twenty three episode,
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cartoon versions of Harry and Meghan were shown lounging by
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a pool as a butler delivered their millions from Netflix
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for no one knows what. Meghan then receives a notification
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for a paid Instagram post, and Harry groans, I shouldn't
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have left the made up nonsense. That same year, South
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Park took its own satirical swing. In the infamous Worldwide
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Privacy Tour episode, thinly veiled charactures of Harry and Meghan
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marched around, demanding to be left alone while simultaneously making
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global appearances. The show even lampooned Harry's memoir Spare, rebranding
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it where a newly decoded exchange between Prince Harry and
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Meghan Markle is raising fresh questions about just how early
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the couple may have begun plotting their royal departure. According
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to a new Channel five documentary titled lip Reading the Royals,
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the secret conversations the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were
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overheard via lip reading during a solemn event at Westminster
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Abbey in twenty eighteen. The occasion was the Service of
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Remembrance marking one hundred years since the end of the
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First World War, a formal moment with the entire royal
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family in attendance, including Queen Elizabeth. But while the cameras
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captured polished expressions and respectful silence, lip reading expert Nicola
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Hickling says something else entirely was unfolding in the hushed
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tones between the Sussexes. She claims Megan quietly told Harry
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to take advantage of the situation, prompting him to ask today.
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Her reply, do it tonight. Then, In what has become
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the documentary's most startling moment, Harry is said to ask,
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you do realize that this is the end, to which
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Meghan reportedly responds, yeah, I do know. Happy birthday to
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Prince George last Tuesday, who will find a major change
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in his life. Once a royal in the direct line
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of succession turns twelve, they are no longer permit to
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travel with the person ahead of them in line to
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the throne. That means George, now second in line, will
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have to begin traveling separately when undertaking official duties. The custom,
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which dates back generations, is designed to protect the line
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of succession in the event of a tragic accident. Royal
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watchers believe the Prince and Princess of Wales have made
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up their minds about Prince George's next chapter. According to
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a well placed insider, all roads lead to Eton. Currently,
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George attends Lambruck School in Berkshire along with his younger
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siblings Princess Charlotte and Prince Leoid, but with secondary school
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on the horizon. George is expected to move in September
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twenty twenty six. The decision about where he'll go next
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has been the subject of intense royal and media interest.
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During a recent call into LBC Radio, a listener named
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Hugh shared a memory that stuck with him from William's
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military days. On a rainy, miserable three am training exercise
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on Salisbury Plane, the future king wasn't issuing orders, he
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was browing tea. You described the moment one of the
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soldiers who was on Stag's sentry duty, kicked the other
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one who was in his doss bag, and said, Somaja,
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would you like a cup of tea? And Smudger stuck
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his head out of the magan and said, s please, Boss,
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that would be great. He asked, how would you like
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your Bruce Mudge? He said, NATO milken, two sugars. The
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man who made that NATO standard tea, Prince William. You added,
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that is what the military teaches you, that we're all
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the same, we respect one another and look after one another.
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Host Nick Ferrari then asked the obvious follow up, can
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William make a good cup of tea? Hugh refused to answer.
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Or just assume it was at least serviceable. King Charles
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monarchy won't see an increase in its day to day
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allowance this year, but the royal household is still points
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to receive a dramatic funding boost. According to released figures,
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the Sovereign Grant, the public money used to fund royal
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duties and maintain palaces, will surge by more than forty
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five million pounds or about sixty million dollars in the
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twenty twenty six to twenty seven financial year. For now,
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the grant remained steady at around one hundred and ten
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million for twenty twenty four twenty five, but thanks to
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record profits from offshore wind farms leased by the Crown
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of State, that figure will jump to approximately one hundred
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and seventy million dollars next year and remain that level
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into the next couple. Plans for the funeral of King Charles,
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code named London Bridge, remain among the most closely guarded
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secrets of the monarchy, but a recent media leak has
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sparked a storm of recriminations behind palace walls, revealing the
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iron grip with which royal communications are managed, even in
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matters as sensitive as a Monarch's death. When The Telegraph
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published its headline Grabbing Peace, Prince Harry and megane at
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heart of King's funeral plans, it marked the first time
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the British press had seriously lifted the veil on the
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operation surrounding the King's adventures passing. The article claimed Harry
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and Meghan would be invited to take central roles and
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that the traditional morning period might be shortened. But no
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sooner had the story hit the newsstands than Pallace officials
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sprang into damage control, despite the detail having reportedly come
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from within the palace's own funeral planning team. According to
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The Daily Beast, the King's top communications chief, Turbin Andrea,
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was livid, multiple sources confirmed, and Drea made frantic attempts
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to halt or delay publication. One Fleet Street insider described
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it as a meltdown on the phone with the Telegraph's editors,
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despite the paper typically being among the more Pallace friendly publications.
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Will Harry and Charles meet again? Roll biographer Tom Bower
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thinks perhaps not saying whether they'll meet again in charles
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lifetime depends on how long Charles lives. I couldn't say never,
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because I'm sure Charles wants to meet his son, but
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so much depends on how Harry behaves. Harry is seriously
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worried that when his father dies one day, William will
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list thoroughly banish him and he will have no status
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in Britain at all. He will be persona non grouter.
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Harry needs a meeting with Charles to show he is
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part of the royal family and to establish his credibility
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in Britain, but as long as the Palace won't give
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him access to Charles, he can't take the first step.
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They suspect that the moment he meets Charles, he will
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use it to establish his credibility, because that's what he
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desperately needs, and that's also why he's kept away. My
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money would absolutely be no if he did meet him,
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it would be in private. A lot depends on charles health.
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That is the unspoken issue in Britain today, more palace
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than just a moment. Queen Camilla may now be at
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the very top of the royal hierarchy, but even after
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twenty years of marriage to King Charles, she continues to
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keep one foot outside the gilded gates of pallace life
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in a subtle yet telling detail. Royal photographer Chris Jackson
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recently shared the Queen's new birthday portrait on Instagram and
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image showing Camilla looking relaxed with her rescue dog Molly.
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But it's the setting, not the smile, that drew attention.
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Pictured here happy and relaxed at home in ray Mill, Wiltshire,
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Jackson wrote confirming that Camilla had once again chosen to
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be photographed at her personal residence rather than at a
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royal estate. The repetition of at home in ray Mill
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was an accidental. While Clarence House is her official residence
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with the King, and the couple often spend time at
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High Grove House, ray Mill remains Camilla's private retreat, quietly
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apart from the Royal Foal. She purchased the eight hundred
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and fifty thousand pound property in nineteen ninety four after
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her divorce from Andrew Parker Balls and lived there until
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her two thousand and three marriage to Charles, but she
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never gave it up. With speculation mounting about Prince William's
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future plans for the monarchy, Charles has taken a very
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public step to secure Camilla's legacy within the royal family.
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Charles has formerly named Camilla Vice Admiral of the United Kingdom,
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making her the first woman in British history to hold
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the honorary title. The ceremonial role, granted with the approval
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of the First Sea Lord, Sir Gwynn Jenkins, is seen
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as a significant affirmation of Camilla's standing in both the
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royal family and the military establishment. Sir Gwynn said the
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appointment would further enhance her Majesty's relationship with the service,
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adding that her recent visit to HM Naval Base Devonport
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had been a tremendous booster morale. The move comes at
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a delicate time. While Camilla's marriage to the King has
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lung since shifted from scandal to stability, and she is
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said to get along well with both William and Kate,
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the complex legacy of Charles's earlier relationship with Diana still
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willoms large. In particular, Prince William is believed to retain
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strong feelings of loyalty towards his late mother, which could
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shape the monarchy's future direction. But while the King appears
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open to reconciliation within the family, particularly with Prince Harry,
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William is reportedly far less forgiving. The Daily Beast recently
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quoted a friend of the Prince of Wales saying William
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absolutely effing hates his brother and that he will never
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ever forgive Harry for what he has done. The naming
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of Camilla as Vice Admiral is the latest in a
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series of moves by Charles to solidify his wife's position.
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After originally bestowing the title Queen Consort, he later issued
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a royal warrant updating her official style to simply Queen Camilla,
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a sign of her full integration into the core of
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royal life. Harry did receive a rather unexpected show of
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public support, this time from a European royalty. Princess Delphine
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of Belgium, speaking on its Reigning Men podcast, said they
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lost such an important figure, and I feel very sorry
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for Harry because I think that was traumatic for him.
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She was referring, of course, to the death of Princess
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Diana when Harry was just twelve years old. Delphine went on,
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I think Harry suffered so much, and I think he
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was traumatized and it's coming out now. He's just traumatized.
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He's doing these things and everybody's bullying him. But not
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thinking about his trauna, and I just find terrible because
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I feel like he's just been kind of left. Dauphine
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herself has personal experience navigating royal tensions. She discovered in
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adulthood that her biological father was King Albert the Second
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of Belgium and endure it a year's long legal battle
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before finally being recognized as a member of the Belgian
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royal family in twenty twenty. And there you have it.
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