Feb. 2, 2026

Price Harry Mocked Over Court Sketches - turns out he's balding

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Prince Harry is reportedly left shaken after unflattering court sketches from his High Court appearance go viral, sparking widespread mockery online. Security experts weigh in on whether the Duke should pursue a restraining order against a known stalker as concerns grow over his safety during UK visits. The episode also explores claims that Harry prioritizes keeping Meghan happy amid slipping popularity, his renewed focus on Africa in a deeply personal new book foreword, fresh speaking engagements in Washington, and disturbing new reports about Prince Andrew’s mental state following his eviction from Royal Lodge.

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Calorogus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Intrigue. I

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am your host, Mark Francis. Prince Harry was reportedly left

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privately distressed after court sketches from his recent High Court

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appearance circulated online and became the focus of widespread mockery.

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During Harry's evidence, court sketch artist Elizabeth Cook captured his appearance.

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The drawings were quickly shared on social media, where attention

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shifted away from the legal case and towards the Prince's looks,

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particularly his hair. Online News's comment on what they described

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as a receding hairline and bold patches. With the sketches

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spreading rapidly, a source close to Harry said the reaction

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came as a shock. Harry was genuinely horrified when he

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saw the sketches. The new court artists could be unforgiving,

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but he did not expect to be depicted looking that bold.

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Seeing those images everywhere made him deeply uncomfortable. It hit

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a nerve because he is very aware of how closely

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his appearances rutinized. He expected the focus to be on

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the substance of the case. Instead, he opened his phone

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and saw endless jokes about his hair. From his point

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of view, the sketches showed him bolder than ever and

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that was a real shock. The online reaction also included

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comments comparing the judge in one sketch to comedian Alan

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Carr and to Winston Churchill, while separate drawings of Elizabeth

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Hurley prompted remarks that she was barely recognizable. Royal expert

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Angela Levin told talk TV that Harry just wants to

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keep Megan happy. She's getting less and less popular, so

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she now wants Harry near her. Leven further alleged that

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the Duke of Sussex does what his wife wants him

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to do, and he is keen to keep her happy.

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Levin also argued Megan benefits from that visibility when promoting

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projects and causes linked to their shared brand. She suggested

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that during parts of the Sundance Film Festival weekend, Megan

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appeared to attract less attention than her husband. Prince Harry

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has been advised to consider seeking a restraining order against

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a woman described as a stalker who has repeatedly appeared

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near him during visits to the UK. The warning comes

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after the Duke of Sussex spent four consecutive days attending

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proceedings at the High Court in London last week. According

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to reports, a woman with a history of appearing during

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Harry's UK visits was present throughout the hearings. Prince Harry's

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private security team said to believe they lack the authority

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to intervene without police involvement. Speaking to Newsweek, Allen Bomberg,

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chief executive of private security firm Intelligent Protection International, said

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he probably should consider a restraining order. The way they're

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probably looking at it is they probably don't want to

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inflame the situation. A source close to Harry's security team,

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speaking anonymously, said the issue has become central to the

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Duke's ongoing fight to have taxpayer funded the police protection

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reinstated during UK visits. The sources said the woman is

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known to the Fixated Threat Assessment Center f TECH, a

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joint police and mental health unit, and to the Metropolitan Police,

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Royalty and Specialist Protection Command. The more interesting question here

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is why, given she was and is known to f

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TECH and RASP, wasn't she removed from court by them?

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The source said. Answer because there was no police presence

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in court. Restraining orders are an element part of the

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tools they can deploy against fixated threats, but they are

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often not enforceable because of mental health issues. That's why

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f TECH is operated as a specialist joint unit between

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the NPS and the NHS. Bomberg reiterated the challenges involved

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in dealing with fixated individuals, telling Newsweek, Yeah, but you

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can have fixated persons and that's now the problem I

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would say with fixated person is a very very fine line.

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You've got to be very careful until they then cross

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a line where you can legally properly get them bang

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to rights. Then you've got to be very careful. I mentioned,

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they're probably, you know, trying to be very very careful

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and they're trying not to draw attention to it too much.

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Harry has reflected on his long standing connection to Africa

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in a forward he has written for a new book

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by National geographic explorer Steve Boys, due to be published

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in early March. The Jukeisissex contributed the forward to Okavengo

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and the Source of Life, Exploring Africa's Lost Headwaters, which

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follows boys work on the Okavengo Wilderness Project and document's

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efforts to preserve the Okavango Delta through exploration, photography and mapping.

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In the forward, how he describes the Okavango Delta as

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a place of deep personal significance, writing, there are some

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places on Earth that are so vast, beautiful and alive

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they truly open your eyes and mind. That Okavego Delta

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is one of those places. An enigmatic wetland that disappears

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into the Kalahari Desert and is home to the world's

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largest remaining elephant population, A wilderness beyond comparison. This paradise

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has been my second home for more than twenty five years,

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a place to escape and be enveloped by nature's sheer magnificence.

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The Duke also references his le mother, Princess Diana, recalling

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her nineteen ninety seven visit to Angola in support of

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Halo Trust. He writes, back in nineteen ninety seven, in Huwambo, Angola,

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just a few miles from one of the sources of

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the Okavango, my mother walked through a live minefield being

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cleared by the Halo Trust, a humanitarian landmine clearance charity.

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That famous walk was a turning point in the fight

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against these lethal devices. Addressing environmental concerns. Harry writes, as

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wildfire's rage and hurricanes terrapart entire peninsulas. We are faced

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with a harsh reality, a climate crisis and a mass

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extinction that can no longer be ignored. Appreciating, preserving and

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protecting these last wild ecosystems is essential to our collective survival.

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He concludes by describing the Okavango Delta as central to

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his own sense of purpose, calling it my source of life.

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Harry has been announced as a keynote speaker at a

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major international conference in Washington, d C. Scheduled to take

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place just days before a significant appearance by the King Queen,

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the Duke of Sussex. Will appear at the International Association

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of Privacy Professional's Global Summit, which runs from March thirtieth

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through April second. According to event organizes, Prince Harry will

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deliver a keynote address in his capacity as a humanitarian

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and mental health advocate. Since nothing is easy, groundworkers already

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been laid for a fake controversy. The summit coincides with

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Maundy Thursday, April second. Each year, the Monarch distributes Maundy

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money to select pensioners in a ceremony attended by senior

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members of the royal family. King Charles has taken part

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in the service every year since his accession, except in

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twenty twenty four, when he was absent while undergoing cancer treatment.

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Expect the spin to be about how Harry is overshadowing

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his father. William is delivered about it, and it's all

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Megan's fault anyway. More Ballace in just a Moment. Author

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Sarah McCarthy announced on January twenty sixth of her book

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Blue Butterfly, Inside the Diary of an Epstein Survivor, would

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not be published. McCarthy cited substantial physical and electronic harassment

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as the reason for the decision. Her publisher, Trini Day,

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said the author was also unable to reach a contractual

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agreement with one of these survivors. Interviewed, McCarthy said she

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had faced escalating pressure. I have experienced sustained and forceful

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pressure from independent, outside sources that make it impossible for

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me to proceed safely at this time. The decision has

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not been made lightly, but has become necessary as a

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matter of personal security, not only for myself, but for

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my loved ones and those who entrusted me with their stories.

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There are moments when protecting life, health and equilibrium must

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take precedence over pushing forward, even when the truth feels urgent.

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I share this not to provoke speculational fear, but in

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the hope that establishing a clear boundary will allow me

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to return to a normal, grounded and quiet life. McCarthy

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also said she continues to believe that truth has its

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own timing and will ultimately be revealed. I have played

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my part for now. I am choosing stillness, safety, and

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trust in a order. The books have been scheduled for

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release on April thirteenth. According to its original concept, the

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book focused on the account of Juliet Bryant, who said

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she was recruited by Epstein in two thousand and two

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and later trafficked across his properties in the United States

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and the Caribbean. An early press release stated she was

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introduced to co conspirators who enabled his operations to flourish.

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In plain sight, there is nothing to suggest Andrew would

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have been mentioned in the book or that he ever

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met Sarah McCarthy. According to Radar online dot Com, sources

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say Andrew, who has been leaning heavily on familiar comforts

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in the wake of being ordered to vacate Royal Lodge

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near Windsor Castle. A source claimed Andrew has always been

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obsessive about his collection of Teddy Bears, but these days

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it's crossed the line the way he's carrying on about

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having someone going to try to steal them. He refuses

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to let anyone touch them unless he trusts them completely.

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Another source alleged to Andrew has become unusually attached to

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his Teddy Bears since being told to leave Royal Lodge.

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What is even more strange that Andrew carries on whole

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conversations with the bears and then we'll relate what they

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say back to his staff, as though the stuffies have

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given orders. He's completely anthropomorphized them, to the point that

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Andrew is convinced the move out of Royal Lodge is

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going to be hard on them, because, as he said,

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it's their home too. It might sound pathetic, but he

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is in a genuinely pathetic place, and the Bears, along

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with his late mother's Corgies, and the only companions he

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feels he can rely on. Everyone's whispering that Andrew is

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just one step away from completely losing it, and they

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