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Caloroga, Shark Media, The Loo and Welcome to Palace Intrigue
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Game your host Mark Francis. In entitled The Rise and
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Fall of the House of York, author Andrew Lowney paints
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a portrait of Prince Andrew not just as a man
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disgraced by association with Jeffrey Epstein, but as a deeply entitled,
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out of touch figure whose unchecked behavior, both personal and professional,
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has left a crator beneath the crown. The nickname Randy Andy,
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first coined at Gordonstown, may have once sounded like roguish,
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tabloid banter, but Lowney's account suggests it belies something far darker.
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From porn stars to politicians, actresses to aristocrats, Andrew's escapades
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span decades. During a two thousand and six diplomatic visit
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to Thailand, hotel staff reportedly witnessed more than forty women
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cycle through the Princess Suite. In one we can, a
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former model recalls being swept to mustique for what she
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thought was romance, only to be discarded after two days
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of what she described as kinky requests. Back at home,
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staff recall predatory advances, crude comments, and a reputation so
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infamous that new employees were warned to avoid him altogether.
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Even Messus's hired for professional sessions were allegedly propositioned a
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constant sex pest from the start, said one therapist, who
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was allegedly subjected to relentless commentary about her body. But
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Andrew's behavior wasn't confined to the private sphere. As UK
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Trade envoy, he allegedly used his royal status to promote
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business ventures while indulging in lavish travel, extravagant accommodations, and
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a parade of social events that often feared into farce.
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Diplomats dubbed him his buffoon Highness, while colleagues remembered his
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disregard for briefings, penchant for off colored jokes, and believe
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that rules simply didn't apply it to him. His conduct
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toward staff was reportedly brutal, from berating employees over minor
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infractions to demanding maids fetch him from four floors below
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to open his curtains. Andrew's disdain for those beneath him
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were so pronounced that some courtiers compared him unfavorably to
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Margaret Thatcher at her worst. Meanwhile, rumors swell about compromat
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video evidence potentially held by foreign powers courtesy of Epstein,
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who allegedly used Andrew's vulnerabilities as a pawn in a
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global game of leverage. Intelligence sources have long speculated that
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Russian agents may have obtained compromising material on the Prince. Still,
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Andrew's downfall is not pinned on a single moment, but
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on years, if not decades, of unchecked excess, entitlement and arrogance.
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Former lovers call him a disappointment. Colleagues call him a liability.
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Even Prince Charles now King was said to have tried
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and failed to block Andrew from becoming Trade Envoy, calling
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the appointment a disaster waiting to happen. Lowney concludes that
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Andrew's impunity was not just tolerated, but protected. The Palace
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deployed lawyers, pr operatives and threats to shield him from scrutiny.
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Staff were bound by NDA's media with Stonewall. Yet the
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dam is breaking if the unconditional truth has ever released.
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One palace inside her told Lowney the British public would
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try to impeach the royal family. Entitled The Rise and
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Fall of the House of York is due out August fourteenth.
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Sarah Ferguson is also well discussed in the book, including
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her crush on John F. Kennedy Junior, whom she nicknamed
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number nine on her private league table of crushes. Texas
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businessman Steve Wyatt held the top spot. After learning Diana
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had met him briefly, Fergie fumed, he's mine. Why can't
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you just leave him alone? Despite never actually meeting John John,
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she reportedly spoke of him endlessly, collected photos, and constructed
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an elaborate fantasy around their imagine relationship, But the bulk
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of entitled is less romcom more financial horror story. After
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her split from Andrew in nineteen ninety two, Sarah plunged
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into extravagance spending with no apparent concern for reality. A
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so called self ketering summer rental near Khan came with
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a full entourage to Scotland yard offices, a wine delivery service,
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and five extra phone lines, including one by the pool.
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Bills such as the fourteen hundred pounds owed to her
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home electricity provider, were ignored. I'm not interested, she said.
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The book traces a surreal lifestyle of opulence and delusion.
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Horses bought for Olympic dreams that entered in tragedy, nursing
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home deals that blurred charity with personal gain, and lavish
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global travel underwritten by its sponsors, suitors or blind optimism,
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whether staying in presidential suites or receiving cosmetic injections at
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Portuguese spas. Fergie lived large or while claiming I'm a
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separated mother of two largely responsible for the finances of
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them family. She was, however, far from broke. Analysts projected
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the nearly three million pounds in revenue from the Budgy
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the Little Helicopter merchandise, yet her bank required permission for
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her to sign a check, and bills from hairdressers to
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spirit guides went unpaid. She opened shopping centers in Austria,
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advertised cranberry juice on TV, and signed with weight watchers
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for five hundred thousand pounds, all in an attempt to
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clear debts that ballooned to four million pounds. Her household
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employed dozens from dog walkers to a flower arranger, while
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her butler iced watercress at four thirty am. Mills fit
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for Henry the Eighth was served nightly. Then binnd One
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dismissed staff as summarized at best, she just doesn't want
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to know. The Queen stepped in repeatedly, until in nineteen
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ninety six the Palace publicly declared Sarah's finances were no
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longer its concern. Andrew eventually helped negotiate settlements, but even
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friends were left out of pocket. One lent one hundred
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thousand pounds for a holiday, receiving just five thousand pounds back.
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I thought it was a gift, Sarah insisted. When times
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got tough, Fergi didn't downsize, She went on holiday. By
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the time Entitled reaches its closing chapters, the Duchess is
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working shopping channels, fielding lawsuits, and still dodging bills, including
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fifty one thousand pounds at suffrages and sixty five hundred
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for misused royal male privileges. One staff member admitted their
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only job was to pick up after the dog. Another
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assisted him. The images of a woman trapped in a
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fantasy of wealth and royalty, unable or unwilling to face
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the real world. Fergie sang for her supper, cracked off
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colour jokes, and performed when Harry met Sally impressions at parties.
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Behind it all in security loomed. If there's one thing
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entitled makes clear, it's this. Sarah Ferguson's greatest role may
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have been playing the Duchess of York, long after the
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curtain should have fallen more powers in just a moment.
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Richard Eden tweeted, happy birthday to the actress who married
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into the hashtag Royal family, has proved a great success
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and is loved by all she is, of course, Sophie Winkleman,
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also known as Lady Frederick Windsor, who turns forty five,
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Happy birthday, Big Suits. While the Royal Family made no
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public gesture to mark Meghan's birthday, her in a Circle
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was full of glowing praise. Among those leading the tributes
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was Abigail Spencer, Meghan's former Suits co star and close confidant,
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who posted as glorious as the day I met you
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Champagne in human form, a creature unlike any other. Thank
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you for being a sister in this life and beyond.
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Words can't capture from the rooftops. So grateful for your
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life at Meghan, Thanks for saving mine. Love Abs. The
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pair share of birthday and recently appeared together in Meghan's
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Netflix lifestyle series With Love Megan Kelly McKee Zavstim, co
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founder of Alliance and Mums, also posted a heartfelt birthday
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message alongside a sunlit photo of the two friends. Happy
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birthday to you, sweet Am, your pure magic, the force
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of fun Latin so much love. Thank you for being
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the kind of friend who makes everything better and way
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more fun. He is to the best trip around the
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sun yet. Love you so very much. No official photographs
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from the birth they have been released. If there was
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a cake, it stayed off line. In The Royalist, Tom
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Sykes points out that Meghan did get a wonderful birthday
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message that appears to be from herself. Sites rites and
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Instagram praising Meghan Markle's magic touch and saying she is
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the woman behind it all. That appeared on her Business
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as Ever page totally feels weird and inauthentic. The caption,
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accompanying a new black and white photo of Meghan looked
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rich in her fancy garden, states celebrating the woman behind
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it all, she pours her heart, vision, a magic touch
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into every detail, and today we raise a glass to her.
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Happy birthday to our founder. If I didn't confess that
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I think this was actually written by Meghan or an
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in house bot forced to watch the whole of With
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Love Meghan and then regurgitate mechanisms, I would not be
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sharing my truth. One giveaway is the addiction that this mysterious,
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anonymous yet surprisingly well informed well wisher uses to praise
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Megan while you can pour your heart and sold into
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a project. We don't typically talk about pouring our vision
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into something. And when was the last time you heard
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someone say I poured my magic touch into that. It's
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a telltale sign of a vintage Megan word salad. Loads
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of lovely words, all telegraphing the right vibe of empowerment
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and optimism, squished together with reckless abandon, a big fruit
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rainbow of verbiage gone slightly awry and doused with a
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ton of maple syrup. And there you have it. Tried
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