Prince George To Get a ‘Ring of Steel’ at Eton

0:00 Ah Calorogus Shark Media at low and welcome to Palace Intrigue. I am your host, Mark Francis. Security has been in the news a lot recently, and Prince George is starting at Eton College. He will be accompanied by an extensive security operation, a source to a radar online security measures surrounding George's enrollment will include drone monitoring and SWAT style teams deployed on roofs of the school and the surrounding perimeter. The security presence will be especially strong in his first few months at Eton. Another inside it claimed George is a massively high profile kidnap and terrorism target, and there will be a ring of steel thrown around Eton, especially when he first starts attending. Another source claimed security planners have been trying to balance George's safety with giving him as normal a school experience as possible. The challenges allowing the young prince enough independence to enjoy school while ensuring every foreseeable risk is addressed. The source said security will be exceptionally robust, but the aims to make it as unobtrusive as possible for George and the other pupils. A Royal biography is offering fresh claims about family life behind Pallace walls, including an anecdote suggesting Kate helped Prince William learn some of the more ordinary aspects of parenting. According to royal author Tom Quinn, a former Kensington Palace staff member claim the Princess of Wales introduced William to everyday parenting experiences that were unfamiliar to him. The former maid reportedly said Kate had to explain many of the things

1:30 that parents outside the royal family do with their children. As a matter of course, she had to show him how to give the children a piggyback. For example, Williams said, very quietly, my father never gave me a piggyback. The book also includes claims about the different personalities within the royal family. In an excerpt published by The Times, a former member of staff said, to King Charles and Prince William, King Charles and William both get irritated very quickly. They are very pecky. It comes naturally to them. The same source suggested Catherine often plays the role of peacemaker within the household. I don't know where William would be without Kate. She hasn't had everything done for her throughout her life, so she calms him down when he gets a bit fractuous. She has said he sometimes has to be treated as a fourth child. One former Kensington Palace employee said Kate is someone who slowly and carefully absorbs the atmosphere of a place, the relationship between people, and the rules. She doesn't jump in straight away and try to change everything to suit her way of thinking. She binds her time and is very intelligent and intuitive about other people, what they do and how they behave The sources who claimed Catherine welcomed advice from palace staff as she adjusted to royal life. She was also coached not just by women who wanted Kate to avoid the problems as mother had encountered, but also by the staff. The former employee said Kate was always happy to accept advice, both from the lower staff, with whom she got on very well, and from the courtiers, even though some of them were initially very snooty about her.

2:52 Landing a job with the Prince and Princess of Wales apparently requires more than an impressive resume. It may also require spotting a dead fly. According to former Royal recruit and chief Tracy Waterman, one of the more unusual interview techniques used within the Royal household was designed to test where the candidates truly pay attention to detail. Speaking in the documentary Sandring Hand the Royals at Christmas, Waterman explained one of the tests I liketed to see if a candidate has a potential eye for details, to place a dead fly, either in the fireplace or on the carpet. Once the dead fly is placed, I then bring the candidate into the room. The test wasn't simply about noticing the fly, It was about what the applicant did next. It's a great test, Wataman said, when out of ten will actually bend down and pick it up. That's a special housekeeper, more palace in just a moment. Prince William was reportedly left angry before Peter Phillips's wedding after Queen Camilla allegedly refused to allow Peter's bride, Harriet Spurling, to borrow a tiara from the Royal collection. According to claim's first reported by Radar Online, the disagreement centered on Harriet's request to wear a royal tiara for her wedding last month.

3:59 The report, claim's request was denied because Harriet is not a member of the royal bloodline. An unnamed source alleged that William took issue with the decision. William was furious. The source claimed, he has a very close relationship with Peter and it's disgusted that Camilla would try to stir up trouble on his wedding. They just to show off a power. The reporters who claims William attempted to reverse the decision, creating further tension between him and the Queen. According to the same insider, even though it's a point now, Camilla is still mad. She's accusing William of purposely undermining her. The alleged disagreement has attracted attention because previous royal brides have been allowed to borrow family Tiara's Peter phillips first wife, Atumn Kelly, wore Princess Anne's festooned Tiara when they married in two thousand and eight. Peter's sister, Zara Tindall, also borrowed one of Princess Anne's pieces, the Meander Tiara, for her twenty eleven wedding to Mike Tindall. Harriet Sperling ultimately married Peter Phillips without wearing a Tiara from the Royal Vault.

4:55 Neither Buckingham Palace nor Kensington Palace's commented on the claims, which are based on an sources and have not been independently confirmed for I an use. Vicky Spratt writes My eye opening day with Prince William and why He's frustrated at the system. When I first received the invite to attend a visit he was making to a housing estate in Newport, Wales, I was skeptical. The Royal family are notorious for their controlled relationship with the British media, but I am not a cynic. So off to Newport. I went on the train on a very warm June morning in twenty twenty three, the future King arrived, flanked by police officers on motorcycles. He met homelessness support workers and spoke with people who had experienced homelessness, and what he announced that day was hard to criticize homewards. It's a five year project which is now more than halfway through.

5:41 In his Royal Highness's own words, he sees it as his life's work to end homelessness and ensure everyone has a safe and secure home. In twenty twenty five, I went out with William again, this time as Sheffield, where he was speaking alongside Brown about the merits of early intervention to prevent homelessness. By this point, the context of William was incredibly political. Intervention into homelessness policy had changed. It was operating in the second year of a Labour government which had promised to sort Britain's worsening house in crisis out. As the Prince spoke on stage next to Brown, had struck me that Labour had delayed their much vaunted homelessness strategy and gone incredibly quiet on the council house building revolution they promised during the election campaign. Breton's future King, on the other hand, was on stage outlining policies which could make sure nobody faced homelessness ever again. As I wrote shortly afterwards, he was doing the government's job and doing it rather well. It's now twenty twenty six. Sadly, homelessness is a growing problem across Britain. In recent weeks, the number of people sleeping rough in London has hit new record highs according to the data that is available, and over one hundred and thirty four thousand households in England alone, including more than one hundred and seventy six thousand children are stuck in emergency temporary accommodation, the highest figure since records began. Recently, I was invited to Aberdeen where the Prince was meeting with team men at Langston Housing Association and a young woman called Eron, who became homeless due to difficult circumstances in her personal life. When she was offered a fully furnished, secure home. Aaron did not know

7:11 it had anything to do with William or Homewards, but when she found out, she was shocked and impressed that a member of the royal family was stepping up where Britain's politicians had failed. I felt like a burden when I was homeless, Aaron told me after she chatted with the Prince. Now I feel safe and secure and I can properly show up for my life and my work. When you put it like that, it's so simple. If we allow people to become homeless because of a relationship breakdown, financial trouble or an eviction, it will cause other problems in their lives. William seems to have understood that clearly. He has looked at the housing system and established how it interacts with the economy and mental health and committed to a housing first approach and they have it. If you'd like to email us, he addresses the Palace intrig at gmail dot com. If you're on Spotify and droppers a comment. If you're on Apple, check out that button up there that says listen uninterrupted and become a premium subscriber for five bucks a month. We really appreciate the support.

8:04 I'm Mark Francis my thanks to John McDermott. This is Balla's Intrigue and good Times