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Ah calorogus Shark Media. He hello and welcome to Palace
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intrigue game, your host, Mark Francis. It seems that Tessa
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Dunlop is not a big prince Harry fan. In The Independent,
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she writes, freshly pressed from the Californian sunshine. This is
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a man born so rich and famous he wears his
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entitlements like a magic coat, one perfectly tailored to meet
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his princely needs. As both the son of a king
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and the millennial spokesperson for a dispossessed generation who have
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taken refuge from a dangerous world and well being in
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identity quests if only they had Harry's money. In Harry's hutzpah,
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the Duke of Sussex is not an intellect, nor is
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he particularly good looking. He once managed to be brave
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and dutiful in a military story that is now old hat.
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But it does not matter. What Harry has can't be
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worked for. His asset is not a stripe on his
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arm or a grade in an exam. Know that Duke's
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secret weapon, the lightning rod that gives him the space
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to air the same grievances all over again, is says
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God given right to service his own agenda. He does
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not symbolically rule like his father and forgets the hard
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working royal stick that Anne goes in for. Ditto any
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save the planet efforts from the Prince of Wales. Harry
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understands that to save others, he has to save himself.
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Q the archetypal millennial prince, a man child who leans
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into an annual voluble overshare on the condition that we
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will watch and someone else pays for it. I'm wateringly entitled, yes,
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but what did we expect? After all? Harryers a homegrown,
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heavy combination of hereditary principle and generational grievance, with thirteen
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fireplaces in the Montecito Mansion and wealth beyond almost anyone's
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wildest dream. Harry's reality does not match his millennial peers,
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but his sense of grievance does. And there's the rub.
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For royalists and old school thinkers, it is infuriating that
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a man with so much, a duke who flaunts his
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titles and privilege, simultaneously weaponizes that entitlement to attack the
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very source of his good fortune, the House of Windsor
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and the press that has so doggedly emboldened its modern brand.
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It must have been bash Harry day in the British
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brass as The Times. Royer Nicker claimed in under the headline, admitted, Harry,
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you didn't hate every second of being working Royal. Royer writes,
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much of being a member of the Royal family is
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a performance on pallace balconies on overseas tours while hosting
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controversial heads of state with a game face on. Of
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all the royals I've watched over the years, Harry was
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best at winning performances and media stunts, ensuring maximum coverage
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for the family business and his own causes. For the
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most part, he looked like he enjoyed it. If Hygjinx
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and Jamaica sprinting with Usain Bolt on a tour honoring
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Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee in twenty twelve were performed under
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duress for the media, then we were all fooled. If
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the mic dropped video with Granny and the Obamas, which
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marked Harry's twenty sixteen in Victors Games in Orlando, Florida,
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was performed for the press against his will, then he's
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a much better actor than I thought. Harry says he
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just wants an apology and some accountability. But is that
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really all he wants, because watching him in court, it
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felt like there was another agenda at play that he
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wants us to believe he was never a happy prince.
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If his ambition really is to wipe clean the memory
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of a prince who once relished his role, he may
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soon achieve it. In the court of public opinion. The
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image of happy Harry is fading from view. But what
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a shame it will be if the once cheerful Prince
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who did so much good inside the Royal fold is
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forever remembered outside the institution as a disgruntled duke. A
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woman described as being fixated on Prince Harry was seated
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just meeters behind him in the public gallery during his
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High Court appearance last week, despite being known to private
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security teams monitoring threats against the Duke of Sussex. Prince
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Harry was attending proceedings at the Royal Courts of Justice
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in Central London when his private security personnel identified the woman.
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She is understood to be listed on a register of
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fixated individuals maintained by a private intelligence firm working on
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behalf of the Duke. Despite recognizing her, security staff were
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unable to intervene. A source told The Telegraph, there's nothing
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they could do. They are not the police. It's a
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public building and she has a right to be there.
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He is obviously always worried about his security situation. It's
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not ideal. The woman is reported to suffer from mental
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health issues and has allegedly appeared near Prince Harry on
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multiple occasions. Reports say she previously gained access to a
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secure area of Central London Hotel while Harry was attending
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the Well Child Awards last year. Two days later, she
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was also spotted near him at the Center for Blast
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Injury Studies in West London. According to reports, King Charles's
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considering a significant gesture of reconciliation by offering the Sussex's
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time at bow Moral, his private Scottish residence. A source
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told Rob Shooter's Shooter Scoop this is Charles's most personal residence.
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Offering Harry and Meghan time at bow Moral is an
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enormous gesture. It signals trust, forgiveness and the genuine desire
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to heal. The proposal would reportedly involve invitations to attend
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select family gatherings, though it is said to have caused
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division within the family. Sources suggest Prince William was opposed
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to the idea. An insider claimed William is strongly opposed.
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He believes it's too much, too soon, and fears it
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could reopen wounds that have barely begun to heal. By contrast,
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to the same sources said Charles Nose time is precious.
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It's about family, not protocol. The reports come alongside claims
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that the King may also be prepared to offer the
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couple accommodation at Highgrove House during a future visit to
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the United Kingdom. A source told The Daily Mail, Viney
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the Express, there's a good chance that they will stay
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at a royal residence during a UK stay that includes
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Invictor's events if the current thaw in family relations continues.
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More pallacy just a moment. The son of Norway's Crown
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Princess is said to appear in court next month as
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prosecutors expand an already serious criminal case. Marius borg Hoyby,
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the son of Crown Princess Mattie Marie, will go on
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trial in Oslow beginning February third, with proceedings expected to
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run until March fourteenth. He is now facing a total
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of thirty eight charges. Hoiby had already been charged with
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thirty two offenses, including alleged rape, abuse in a close
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relationship involving one former partner, acts of violence against another woman,
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death threats, and multiple traffic violations. Prosecutors have since added
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six new charges to the indictment. The most serious of
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the new allegations dates back to July twenty twenty, when
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Hoybe is accused of receiving and transporting at least three
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point five kilos of marijuana from Lawrence Gog to Tonsburg,
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where it was allegedly delivered to another individual. The additional
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charges also include two alleged breaches of restraining order and
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three further violations of Norway's Traffic Act. Weiby is currently
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free pending trial. Oslow's state attorney, Stirler henrix Bo, said
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there is no current basis for holding him in custody.
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He described the case as extremely serious, saying this case
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is very serious. Rape and violence in close relationships are
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very serious acts that can leave lasting traces and destroy lives.
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The fact that Marius borg Hoeby is a member of
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the royal family should, of course, not mean that he
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should be treated more lightly or more so than if
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similar acts had been committed by others. Until late last year,
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members of the royal family had largely avoided public comment. However,
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in an interview with The Times in December, Hoeby's mother,
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his stepfather, Crown Prince Hearken, as well as King Harold
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and Queen Sonja, spoke openly about the situation. Crown Princess
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Madame Marie, who has previously disclosed her pulmonary fibrosis diagnosis,
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rejected claims that she had warned her son in advance
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of his arrest. I think it's been quite a strange
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to be accused of such serious things, which, of course
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I did not do. The thing that perhaps upsets me
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the most is being criticized for how we've handled it
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as parents, that we didn't take it seriously. I find
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that hard. She said the family had sought professional help
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for her son, so it feels a little unfair to
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claim that we didn't take the situation seriously, because I
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think we have. She said, being a parent is the
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most vulnerable thing you can do, and I think all
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parents will recognize that there is an incredible amount of
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self blame involved. King Harald said it was impossible to
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prepare for what lies ahead, but now it is in
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the hand of the court, then we will take what comes,
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he said. Queen Sonya added, but it's not exactly something
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you look forward to. The Kings of the royal family
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would attempt to continue with business as usual while acknowledging
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the wider impact of the case. I'd like to say
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that we feel for all those who are affected. We
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feel for them and hope they will be okay and
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get better after the trial, he said. The trial is
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expected to draw intense public attention as it unfolds in
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Oslo early in February, and we will bring you updates
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on that case as it happens and they have it.
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