Oct. 16, 2025

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s New York Nights — and Prince Andrew’s Final Warning from the Palace

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s New York Nights — and Prince Andrew’s Final Warning from the Palace

Harry and Meghan thought the best way to hit Manhattan and avoid that pesky paparazzi would be to have dinner at Taylor Swift’s favorite spot, Chez Margaux — joined in spirit, if not at the table, by Ed Sheeran.

But Meghan’s glamorous night out turned controversial after critics slammed her Instagram reel as “juvenile” and “unroyal.” We’ll also tell you about her quiet meeting with Vogue’s new editor, William and Kate’s day with firefighters in Northern Ireland, and how King Charles may have finally run out of ways to deal with Prince Andrew as new revelations emerge ahead of Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir release.

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Hello and welcome to Palace Intrigue. I'm your host. Mark ronsis.

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Privacy minded Harry and Meghan, who fled the UK to

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get away from the paparazzi, were spotted enjoying a night

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out in New York City dining at the exclusive members

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only restaurant she Margo in the Meatpacking District, a favorite

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haunt of Taylor Swift and other A listers. The Duke

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and Duchess of Sussex appeared relaxed and good spirits as

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they left the restaurant, with Meghan wearing a chic black

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and white strapless tweed dress and Harry dressed smartly in

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a navy suit and white shirt. Singer Ed Sheeran was

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seen dining at she Margo the same evening, though it's

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not known whether he joined the royal couple's table. Meghan

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Michael has come under fire for her latest social media post,

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with royal commentator Richard It's Williams calling it off key,

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juvenile and very unroyal. The Duchess shared a short Instagram

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reel including clips of Meghan showcasing rows of designer dresses

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and shoes in her hotel room indispersed with playful moments

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such as cookies shaped like New York taxis and pizza slices.

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Prince Harry also makes an appearance barefoot and dressed casually

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and gray juggers and a T shirt. Fitz Williams told

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The Express the video undermined the serious purpose of their visit.

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Meghan's new video seems very off key, with rows of

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shoes and dresses. We hear Dinah Washington's if I had

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a bell whilst Harry lounges around barefoot. You feel that

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the allure of luxury is irresistible to her, but she

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should bear in mind that it would be beyond the

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reach of many. The trip was about a serious subject

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to which the Sussexes have contributed. The mishmash of video juvenile,

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unsophisticated and very unroyal. There are reports Meghan quietly met

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with the new editor of American Vogue, Chloe Malley, at

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the Whitby Hotel in Manhattan. According to the Daily Mail,

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the private meeting was held in a quiet corner without

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Prince Harry, who did not accompany her on this occasion.

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While neither Megan nor Vogue has confirmed the meeting, speculation

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is already mounting that it could pave the way for

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a future magazine feature or even a cover. William and

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Kate spent a day in Northern Ireland during the new

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fifty million pound Learning and Development College for firefighters near Cookstown,

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County Tyrone. The hard working royals watched emergency workers carry

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out a series of live demonstrations, including rescuing a casualty

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from fast moving water and performing high rise rope rescues.

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The couple also observed firefighters wearing breathing apparatus as they

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pulled a dummy from a smoke filled shop and practiced CPR.

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Wearing a forest green Alexander McQueen coach, the princess joined

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her husband for a short ride and a fire engine

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across the training grounds. According to firefighter Cahom McNeice, who

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accompanied them, Kate was in high spirits and joked that

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she wanted to drive the fire engine herself the sirens blaring.

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The princess was saying, I'd love to drive at the

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real speed and have the sirens on. McNeice said she

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was wanting the Prince to drive, but no, the driver

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God is there safely anyway. William clearly impressed by the equipment, remarked,

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there are so many toys. There's so much kit. Both

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he and Kate later attempted to throw rescue lines in

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the water during a flood simulation and both missed, laughing

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at their efforts. Before departing, the couple were presented with

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three red bump caps for Prince George, Princess Charlotte and

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Prince Louis. More Pallas and Just a Moment, A posthumous

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memoir by Virginia Geoffrey, the woman who accused Prince Andrew

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and the late financier Jeoffrey Epstein of sexual assault, will

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be published tomorrow. Nobody's Girl, a memoir of surviving abuse

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and fighting for justice, co written with journalist Amy Wallace,

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was completed before Miss Jeffrey took her own life in

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Australia earlier this year at the age of forty one.

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The four hundred page book marks the first time Jeffrey's

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public claims against the Duke of York will appear in

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print since the pair reached an out of court settlement

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in twenty twenty two. Prince Andrew has consistently denied all allegations,

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and the settlement did not constitute an admission of liability.

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Publisher Knopf shared a statement that included one of Jeffrey's

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final emails to her co author, in which she expressed

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her wish for the memoir to be released no matter

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what I believe it has the potential to impact many

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lives and foster necessary discussions about these grave injustices, she wrote.

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Knopf said the book aims to shed light on the

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systemic failures that allow the trafficking of vulnerable individuals across

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borders and to help ensure that the truth is understood.

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In the Telegraph Victoria Ward, it suggests the King is

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running out of options when it comes to dealing with

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the Dune of York. Ward writes, the revelation that he

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not only stayed in touch with the convicted pedophile longer

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than he had previously admitted, but also that they were

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seemingly in cahoots has prompted renewed calls for Buckingham Palace

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to act to preserve the reputation of the monarchy. Aides

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note that the King, who has long suffered these scandals

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surrounding his younger brother, has already used various sanctions in

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an effort to apply pressure to the errant Duke. However,

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as one well placed source mold over potential options following

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the latest slew of damaging headlines, they suggested, plaintively, there's

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nothing else left. Efforts to remove the pair from Royal Lodge,

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their sprawling seven bed home on the Windsor estate, by

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cutting off the duke's personal allowance failed when he insisted

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he had independent income through various business deals and held

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a meeting with Palace officials to prove it. Unfortunately for

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the King, his long standing lease agreement with the Crown

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of State that does not expire until twenty seventy eight

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is water tight, providing he can afford the upkeep. Having

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exhausted most feasible options concerning the Duke's public persona, talk

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has inevitably turned to the many perks and privileges he

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retains in his private life. One of the options that

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source admits could be looked at yet is the use

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of the Royal estates, where he still hosts shooting parties

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and other activities. The withdrawal of such privileges has thus

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far not been considered, not least because the King has

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long maintained that for all his faults, The Duke does

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remain a member of the royal family, however, with few

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avenues left, one aid admitted that it was theoretically possible

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to restrict his access to Balmoral, Sandringham and Windsor, a

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move that would prove a bitter pill to swallow for

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someone who has long reveled in the trappings of royal life.

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The Duke has already been stripped of his military titles

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and charity affiliations, and his band from using his much

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cherished honorific there have been a growing There has been

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a growing public clamor to remove his last remaining title,

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the Dukedom, which would require intervention from Parliament. All things considered,

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the palaces at a loss. Many have suggested that the

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King should have acted more decisively from the outset. Much

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of the negative publicity has arisen from the Duke's jovial

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and high profile appearances at family gatherings such as Eastern

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Church services, or, more recently, the Duchess of Kent's funeral,

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where he laughed and chatted to stony faced Prince William.

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He cannot ban the Duke from such events, but he

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can insist and has that he be more discreet and

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make himself less visible for the cameras. Some have gone

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so far as to say invisible. On the BBC website,

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Shawn Coughlin discussed the removal of the Night of the Garter,

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which Coughlin points out is a high chivalric honour which

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in theory could be taken away. However, at present he

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doesn't take part in the annual public procession in Windsor

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and is confined to the private parts of the annual ceremony.

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It would require the intervention of Parliament, but there is

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a legal mechanism. It was used during the First World

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water sanction aristocrats who had UK titles but were fighting

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in the German army, so it's not impossible. Such as

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symbolic move might be pursued if the drip drip of

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scandal became too much to ignore. There once was an

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elaborate process for excluding someone from being a member of

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the Order of the Garden, known as degradation, but that

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hasn't been used since the eighteenth century. More recently, members

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were simply removed, such as the leaders of Britain's opponents

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in the First World War, will Helm the Second of

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Germany and Franz Joseph of Austria, Hungary, Benito Massolini, Robert

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mcgaby and Nikolay Charchescu who had honors withdrawn cofflin ads.

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The Romanian dictator had his order of the bath honor

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taken away the day before he was shot by a

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firing squad, so it might not have seen his biggest worry.

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