Sept. 10, 2024
Prince Harry at 40: Is this the future Harry wanted?
Is this the future Harry wanted? Apart from his friends. Living three miles from the beach. Doing fake Royal tours?
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Callaroga Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Intury. Game'm
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your host, Mark Francis. Princess Kate is reportedly preparing for
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a return to royal duties, with plans to join the
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Royal family at Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday after completing her
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chemotherapy treatment. According to The Sunday Times, she is expected
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to attend the National Service on November tenth alongside King
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Charles to one of those who died in conflict. Additionally,
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if her health permits, Kate will host her annual together
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at Christmas Carol Service at Westminster Abbey in December. The
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big story this week will be Harry's fortieth birthday. In
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the Daily Mail, Jan Moyer writes, life begins at forty,
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as the saying goes. As he approaches is milestone birthday
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next Sunday, Prince Harry has already done a lot of living,
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perhaps even too much. However, it is not his fault,
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as he often points out that he has been in
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the public eye since birth. He didn't ask to be
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born into the House of Windsor or paraded on the
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hospital steps when he was barely a day old. A
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little blue blood, nugget of princely promise and aristocratic genes
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squaddled in centuries of royal breeding. Over the decades since,
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many different Harries have floated across the world stage. A
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durable schoolboy in cap and piped blazer, tragic bereaved son,
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teenage terraway, brave soldier, helicopter pilot, best man, worst option.
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Then there was Mahiki nightclub regular, husband and father, royal tormentor,
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exiled prince, self appointed, caped crusader. It's no secret he
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has also been a joker. He's smoker in a midnight tooka.
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But these days, as he struggles to establish himself as
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a serious man in America, Prince Harry likes to present
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his most solemn persona to the world. Low points have
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been Prince Harry accepting an award from John Travolta for
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being a living legend of aviation and telling an Apple
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documentary called The Me You Can't See. I've got a
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hell of a lot of my mum and me and
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on it goes a slow boil at a cringe. That
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is not to say that Prince Harry does not mean
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well or deserve credit for some of his initiatives in
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Victor's games is certainly the best of him and has
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been a triumph around the globe. Yet as a pair
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of full time activists, the Sussexs just don't seem convincing
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or dedicated enough for a start to the sight of
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Prince Harry being eaten alive by his own piety as
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he or his wife climb aboard another private jet is
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heartily encouraging, and there is little transparency about money, how
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much they donate, how much they keep, and who gets
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what and why. As Prince Harry faces another birthday, another year,
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what does the future hold? It can only get harder
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as time goes on. The bloom fades on the rose,
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and the cheeky charm that once endeared him to the
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world is rarely glimpsed these days. Often there is a
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touch of disdain in his blue eyed gaze. Sometimes he
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looks downright miserable. Perhaps he is thinking to himself, where
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did it all go wrong? Birthday essays aside it was
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a slow news day for the royals, with Lee being
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a story about how William should worry about an alliance
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between Beatrice, Eugenie and the Sussexes. That's the sort of
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generic story that gets dredged up when tabloids are bored
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with rehashing Kate, Megan in the Dress, or even telling
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stories of Queen Elizabeth anyway, Tom Quinn told The Mirror
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for William and Kate, an alliance between Harry and Meghan
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and Beatrice and Eugenie is a huge worry. They sense
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that Beatrice and Eugenie feel that, as virtual outcasts themselves,
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they have far more in common with Harry and Meghan
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than when any other part of the family. The situation
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is made worse by the fact that the senior Royal's
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main ass that Kate herself has been out of action.
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The anniversary of Elizabeth's passing had everyone reflecting on her absence.
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Royal biographer Andrew Morton told Okay, it's been very difficult
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for the royal family just to keep going because so
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many of them have been seriously ill and are seriously ill.
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King Charles has not been a particularly lucky monarch so far.
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I think they all miss her guiding hand with the
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Queen as head of state and head of family. They've
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all betted down quite nicely into their roles, and now
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everyone's been jolted around as the illness which has assailed
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so many of the senior royals has knocked the whole
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edifice back on its hills. Royal expert Jenny Bond adds,
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if you think back to that picture of the Queen, Charles,
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William and George taken a few years ago, you remember
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how solid the future of the monarch he looked. With
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three future kings all alive and well. After that many
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ups and downs of her reign, the Queen must have
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felt that her legacy was secure and future was looking
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pretty rosy. So it would have been a great shock
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for Elizabeth to witness the difficulties of the past few months,
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and she would obviously have been deeply upset by her
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son and her granddaughter in law suffering from cancer. I
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think William in particular would have found his grandmother's presence reassuring,
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and she would have given him why his counsel I
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suspect she would have told him to do exactly what
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he is doing, putting his family first until things improve.
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Megan is being accused of disrespecting Queen Elizabeth by appearing
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at a bookstore. Megan attended Oprah Winfrey's book party at
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Godmother's bookstore in Summerland, California, vent, which took place just
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a day before the anniversary of the Queen's death, caught
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the attention of eagle eyed fans behind Meghan during her speech.
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Prince Harry's controversial memoir Spare was prominently displayed on the
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store's hometown Hero's shelf, celebrating local authors, a detail that
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many saw as a nod to the Sussex's break from
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the royal family. Though the specifics of Meghan's speech remained unknown,
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the gesture of having Spare front and center on such
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a poignant day added a layer of tension to the event,
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sparking debates online, with critics accusing Meghan of poor timing
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and disrespect, while supporters praised her for continuing to speak
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her truth. Palacintri could be rat back. Prince Andrew was
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facing a harsh reality regarding his living situation at the
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Royal Lodge. According to The Times, only two possible options
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remained for him. He either has to cover the cost
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of the lodge's security himself or moved to a smaller
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royal residence. A source from the outlet stated Andrew was
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taking longer than designable to recognize the reality of the situation,
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even though relocating is clearly the most sensible course of action,
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Given that Andrews stepped down as a working royal in
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twenty nineteen and has never had a traditional job, it
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is highly unlikely that he can afford the extensive security
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bill for the estate. Though he receives a private allowance
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from King Charles and a naval pension, both could be
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in jeopardy if he continues to resist moving out of
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the Royal Lodge. The lodge, valued at an estimated thirty
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million pounds in twenty twenty two, requires significant repairs, which
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Andrew has reportedly not addressed. This has led King Charles
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to consider renting it out privately for an estimated one
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million pounds a year. The more sensible alternative residence for
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Andrew and his ex wife Sarah Ferguson is Frogmore Cottage,
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a recently renovated, smaller property still benefits from windsor estate security. However,
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Andrew has repeatedly refused to move into the cottage, despite
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the King's willingness to continue financially supporting him there. The
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Insider added it is now two years into the King's
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reign and he wants the matter settled. It can be
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done tidally or untidily. It can be done with grace
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and dignity, or it can be forced upon him. It's
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all rather sad, but things stand. Life at Royal Lodge
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is set to become increasingly cold and uncomfortable for the Duke.
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The only question now is when he will realize that
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he has become a prisoner of his own pride and
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