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Caloroga Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Weekly, am
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your host Mark Francis. This is the weekly abridged version
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of the stories we brought you all week long on
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Palace Intrigue, and if you'd like those full stories, please
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check them out there. Starting with Megan, she's once again
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facing legal drama from within her own family. Her estranged
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half sister, Samantha Markle, is pressing forward with an appeal
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after her twenty twenty two defamation lawsuit was dismissed with
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prejudice last year. Oral arguments have now been scheduled for
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September ninth in Jacksonville, Florida. Samantha had originally sued the
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Duchess of Sussex over comments made in various interviews, including
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Megan's high profile twenty twenty one conversation with Oprah Winfrey.
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Although the court dismissed the case, ruling it could not
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he filed again, Samantha is now hoping an appellate panel
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will revive it. Many people would like to tell Meghan
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Markel to put a stick in it well. In the
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new Instagram Stories video shared by the brand The Duchess
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of Sussex, Seene beaming as she carries a tray of
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elegant pink popsicles believed to be made from her own
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as ever rose and featuring slices of frozen strawberries. The
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caption accompanying the video reads, What's better than a glass
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of rose on a sunny day? Rose popsicles? Per chance, Yes, Please,
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and thank you. When Prince Harry and Meghan Mikul traveled
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to Australia for the Invictor's Games as senior working Royals,
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the Duchess reportedly brought her own team to help insure
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the trip ran smoothly, a move that, according to biographer
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Tom Bauer, did not sit well with Pallace Staff. In
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his book Revenge Meghan Harry in the War between the Windsors,
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Bauer claims Megan arrived with four official aids, nanth the Cohen,
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Amy Pickerel, Heather Wang, and Marne Gaffney, but also asked
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close friends Jessica and Ben mulroney to fly in from
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Canada to provide round the clock support, with Jessica Dublinger's stylist.
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The extra entourage, Bower writes, created friction with Meghan, alleged
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to have been abrasive towards palace staff and local British diplomats.
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Montecito resident Rob Lowe commented on his neighbors Harry and Meghan,
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telling E News they definitely have brought a lot of
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attention to my sleepy little town. Let me tell you something,
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Once the royals move into your neighborhood, the neighborhood is
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never going to be the samee. The good news is
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property values go up. The bad news is the lines
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are longer at Starbucks. Netflix has been viewed its partnership
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with Archwell Productions. As part of the updated deal, Netflix
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will also collaborate with Meghan's lifestyle brand as Ever. Meghan said,
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We're proud to extend our partnership with Netflix and expand
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our work together to include the as Ever. My husband
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and I feel inspired by our partners, who were closely
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with us in the Archmare Production's team to create thoughtful
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content across genres that resonate globally and celebrates our shared vision.
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Netflix Chief content officer Bellabaharia praised the couple's impact, noting
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Harry and Meghan gave viewers an intimate look into their
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lives and quickly became one of our most watched documentary series.
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More recently, fans have been inspired by With Love Meghan,
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with products from the new as ever Lyne consistently selling
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out in record time. We thought it was odd that
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Prince William did not take part in the VJ Days ceremonies,
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so we asked our royal insider Deep Crown about it,
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who texted us the absence of the Wales couple from
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this year's eightieth anniversary commemorations is rather more significant than
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the Palace Press Office would have one believe. In twenty twenty,
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during the height of the pandemic restrictions, William still managed
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a substantial tribution with that thoughtful BBC address Quite moving, actually,
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particularly his references to his grandfather's service in Tokyo Bay.
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Now one must ask why, with no such constraints in place,
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the heir to the throne finds himself apparently unavailable for
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what should be a cornerstone event in the royal calendar.
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The whispers about Catherine's well being have been persistent, and
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those of us who observe these things closely note that
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when the princess is struggling, William's public commitments tend to
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Shall we say, become more selective. It's reminiscent of how
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the late Queen managed things during Philip's declining years. Certain
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appearances simply didn't happen, with little fanfare or explanation. The difference,
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of course, is that William is meant to be stepping forward,
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not stepping back. Charles, even at his age, continues to
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shoulder these ceremonial burdens with admirable dedication. The Palace may
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frame it as diary management, but those of us who
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remember how these things truly work no better. Prince William
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and Prince Harry are both expected to attend the upcoming
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wedding of their cousin Peter Phillips, but don't expect any
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signs of reconciliation between the brothers. According to reporting from
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Shutter Scoop, a senior palace insider claims the rift between
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William and Harry remains active and raw. The brothers are
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said to have made it explicitly clear no photos, no interaction,
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and under no circumstances are they to be seated next
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to one another. Prince William, as the future king, is
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reportedly insisting on seating arrangements. The reflectors status a source
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told Shutter Scoop that William's team insists that his seat
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reflect his future role as king, and that means Harry's
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position must be visibly beneath his. They don't even try
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to hide the hierarchy anymore. Secret Weapon Aunt Sophie, one
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of the working Royals who actually does work and isn't
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constantly on vacation, has paid tribute to one of Britain's
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oldest surviving Royal marines, meeting the one hundred five year
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old veteran James Jim Wren at his Salisbury care home.
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Sophie joined mister Rand at the Old Sarah manicare Home
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for tea and cake listening as he shared memories of
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surviving the sinking of HMS Repulse in December nineteen forty one,
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when Japanese torpedoes claimed the lives of five hundred and
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thirteen crew I was having a cup of tea in
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the alarm went off. They recalled the first bomb got
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right behind me. That saved my life in a sense.
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Rescued by HMS Electra, mister Wren went on to help
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defend Singapore before being captured in nineteen forty two and
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enduring more than three years in a prisoner of war
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camp in Sumatra. We didn't know where our next meal
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law drink would be coming from. He said, they had
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no idea how to deal with prisoners of war the Japanese.
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The great thing about being Prince Andrew these days is
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that you can be a jerk in public, and it's
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only the twenty seventh worst thing about you. Andrew has
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been accused of launching a foul mouth outburst at workmen
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installing speed bumps near his home at Royal Lodge and
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Windsor Great Park. Witnesses say the Duke of York was
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on horseback when he encountered a crew placing the new
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traffic bumps along his usual driving route out of the
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thirty one room property. Pulling up beside them, he reportedly demanded,
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what the eff are you doing. One source suggested the
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new hump positioned near the park gate will force Andrew
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to slow down when leaving, adding Andrew likes to driver's
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car out of the Royal Lodge quite fast, and there's
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obviously a bit peeved. The estate is managed by King
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Charles in his role as Ranger of Windsor Great Park
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and Prince Andrew long dubbed air Miles Andy for his
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extensive foreign travel, has reportedly not set foot in North
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America for more than a decade, and is now said
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to be too terrified to make the trip over fears
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he could face questioning about his tires to convicted sex
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offender Jeffrey Epstein. According to a Washington Insider, any return
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to the United States would trigger an avalanche of political, legal,
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and media scrutiny, a risk both Andrew and Buckingham Palace
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are thought to be unwilling to take. One. US summed
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up Andrew's predicament bluntly, America isn't safe for him, and
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with Epstein's shadows still looming, it may never be again.
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Sarah Ferguson's footwear caught some attention. She arrived at the
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famed Mayfair Hotel wearing custom navy blue loafers, each embroidered
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with a portion of a well known royal maxim. Never
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complain on one shoe, never explain on the other. It's
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a phrase long associated with the late Queen Elizabeth the
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Seconds approach to public life, and one that continues to
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guide the broader royal family in the face of scrutiny.
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It's claimed the late Prince Philip had serious doubts about
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Sarah Ferguson's intentions when she married Prince Andrew. According to
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entitled The Rise and Fall of the House of York,
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author Andrew Launey reports that the Duke of Edinburgh dismissed
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Fergie as a girl on the make, raising eyebrows over
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her role in the royal fold. Serialized excerpts in The
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Daily Mail reveal one well connected source recalling Fergie couldn't
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stop talking and inappropriately she was all hijinks, jolly hockey
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stickson practical jokes. Andy loved it. No one else did.
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The Queen said to someone, does that girl ever stop talking?
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The Duke of Ednmbridge just thought she was a girl
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on the make. Sarah, for her part, previously acknowledged her
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complicated relationship with Prince Philip, and a chat with Alan
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Carr on his Life's a Beach podcast, she said, yes,
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very wise, you had to be on your best. If
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you asked a silly comment, you were certainly told it
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was a silly comment. More pallets in just a moment.
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Ever dreamed of commuting like royalty? Now it's your chance.
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One of Queen Elizabeth the second's personal range Rovers is
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up for auction, and for around eighty nine thousand dollars
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you could drive off in a piece of royal history.
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The two thousand and six range Rovers Supercharged personally driven
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by Her Majesty from two thousand and six to two
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thousand and eight will go under the hammer at Iconic
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Auctioneers Silverstone Festival Sale running August twenty second through twenty fourth.
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But this isn't your average suv. The late Queen had
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the vehicle customized with upgraded internal wiring for security systems,
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added handles for easier entry and exit, and of course
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mudflaps for those rainy British days. Naturally, it was also
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fit for her Corgies. The back of the vehicle features
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a custom dog guard so her beloved pubs could ride
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safely in the rear cabin. A new podcast episode has
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reignited one of the more curious royal rumors that Queen
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Elizabeth I once attended a ghost cleansing ceremony at Sandringham.
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Royal biographer Robert Hartman, speaking on Queen's Kings and Dastardly Things,
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shed light on the decade's old tail, originally recounted in
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the private diaries of fellow royal chronicler Kenneth Rose. According
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to Rose, staff at Sandringham became increasingly unsettled in the
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year two thousand by strange goings on in the very
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bedroom where King George the Six died in nineteen fifty two.
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Spooped and unsure where to turn, they reportedly appealed to
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the Queen mother. Her solution invite a local parson to
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conduct what's been dubbed a religious cleansing ceremony and ask
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her daughter, the Queen, to attend. Hardman was quick to
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clarify the scene. It wasn't a conventional exorcism, he said,
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there was no dramatic casting out of demons like you
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see in films. It was said that the room contained
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a troubled spirit and that the parson was supposed to
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bless the space and they have it. Like to email
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