June 17, 2026

Prince Harry Looks Happier Than Ever, Meghan's Jam Problem Grows and Divorce Rumors Return

Prince Harry Looks Happier Than Ever, Meghan's Jam Problem Grows and Divorce Rumors Return

Prince Harry appears relaxed and energized during a surprise appearance at the Warrior Games in Texas, prompting fresh questions about what life outside the royal spotlight really means to him. We explore Harry's latest public outing, Meghan Markle's newest social media controversy, mounting concerns about the future of the As Ever brand, and reports that King Charles may have blunt advice for his younger son. Plus, Kate's horse allergy becomes a talking point after Trooping the Colour, and anti-monarchy protesters try to steal attention from the Princess of Wales.
For pure clicks, I actually like the Wednesday title quite a bit. "Prince Harry Looks Happier Than Ever" creates curiosity, while "Meghan's Jam Problem" is specific enough to stand out from the endless Sussex headlines.

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Callarogu Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Pallace Intrigue and

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your host Mark Francis. More photos of the very happy

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looking Prince Harry have surfaced. Prince Harry spent part of

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his weekend in Texas supporting a cause that has long

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been close to his heart, appearing at the Warrior Games.

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Just hours after being spotted at Game five of the

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NBA Finals, the Duke of Sussex attended the second day

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of the Warrior Games, an adaptive sports competition for wounded,

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ill and injured American service members and veterans. The event

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has a special significance for Harry, who has often said

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it helped inspire the creation of the Invictus Games in

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twenty fourteen. During the day, Harry rolled up his sleeves

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to help serve barbecue lunches prepared by the United Airlines

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BBQ team. He also spent time meeting competitors in their families,

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and later presented medals to athletes taking part in the competition.

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The Fisher House Foundation, which provides accommodation for military families

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while loved ones that received medical treatment, also highlighted Harry's appearance.

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The charity wrote a special lunch came with a special

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surprise today Royal inside a deep ground observed he looked well,

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genuinely well, which is not always the case when one

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observes him at public engagements. These days. There was none

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of the tension around his eyes that one has grown

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rather accustomed to seeing. He was serving barbecue and presenting

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medals and shaking hands, and he looked, for lack of

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a more precise word, present, I will not speculate on

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which version is the will Harry. People are rarely so

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neatly divided, but I will say this, the old Harry,

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the one who precedes the grievance and the memoir and

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the carefully monetized candor, makes the occasional appearance. He turns

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up at warrior gains. He sits eight rows back with

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a veteran He ladles lunch and presents medals, and look,

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by all accounts, like someone who has remembered something about

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himself that the intervening years had buried. Whether he is

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permitted to remain that person, or whether the machinery around

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him will require him to become something more legible and

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more marketable, is a question above my pay grade. Meghan

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has sparked criticism after sharing a lighthearted joke on social

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media involving a friend's baby. The Duchess of Sussex posted

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a photo to Instagram from an outing with close friend

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Kelly McGee Zephon holding her three month old son Jack

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Oliver Zephon. Alongside the image, Meghan kissed the baby on

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the head and wrote we will know how to love

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a redhead and let me stop you before they start. No,

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it's not his baby, followed by the standard crying from

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laughter emoji. The joke referenced the baby's red hair a

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trait off and associated with Prince Harry. The post prompted

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discussion online, particularly among critics who questioned the comment given

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the Sussex's longstanding emphasis on protecting the privacy of their

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own children, only occasionally sharing carefully selected photographs that do

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not fully reveal their faces. Writing for The Daily Mail,

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Alison Bauschoff argued that one of the biggest challenges facing

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the Duchess of Sussex's business is non publicity or branding,

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but the practical realities of food retail. Bouchoff wrote, behind

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the pr approved images, illumine crisis brewis one of which

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rather belies her image as a global power player. It

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relates to something dazzlingly ordinary, the best before dates on

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her much vaunted range of jam because the Duchess is

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facing a serious problem for anyone in food retail how

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to shift your stock before it goes off. According to Bouschoff,

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products including jams, teas and flower sprinkles and expected to

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reach their best before dates around the same period next year,

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she claimed. For I can reveal that all of Megan's Jams,

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teas and tins of flower sprinkles are said to go

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pretty much simultaneously out of date at the end of

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next summer. To put it bluntly, our analysis of her

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recent sales figures indicates that there's more chance of King

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Charles taking a swim in a pool of a homemade

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concert and a selling all the stock in time. It

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may seem prosaic, but astonishingly this jam jarmageddon could see

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Meghan's lifestyle brand as ever, face losses of more than

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five million dollars on her jams alone. Those rapidly expiring

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tins of flower sprinkles could also cost a cool million.

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A new report claims King Charles could get out of

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the jam fielled pull to deliver some blunt a vice

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to Prince Harry should the two men meet during Harry's

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expected visit to Britain later this summer, so a Stell's

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Radar online. Charles has never had an issue with Harry

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being married to a confident, ambitious woman. In fact, he

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would be the first to point out that he has

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spent decades alongside a formidable partner of his own and Camilla,

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so the idea of a strong minded spouse is hardly

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something he finds intimidating or problematic. Where his frustration comes

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in is that he believes successful marriages require balance. In

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his view, there are moments when both people need to

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challenge one another, disagree, stand the ground when necessary. Charles

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fils Harry has been become increasingly reluctant to do that,

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and worries he is too often putting Meghan's priorities in

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her dreams ahead of everything else, including his relationship with

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his own family. One of the things Charles finds particularly

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baffling is that Harry can be incredibly stubborn and determined

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when dealing with his father, his brother, or Pallace officials.

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When he believes he is right, he is capable of

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digging his hills in for months, even years, and refusing

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to compromise. Charles has pointed out that the same determination

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seems to disappear when it comes to Megan. His feeling

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is that Harry is no longer applying the same independent

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thinking within his marriage that he applies elsewhere in his life,

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and that has become a real concern as discussions about

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a possible reconciliation move forward. Another source adds there is

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a growing feeling within royal circles that Charles has already

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extended far more understanding and compassion toward Harry than many

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people ever expected he would, especially given everything that has

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happened over the past few years. The King has had

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to contend with public criticism of the institution, deeply personalations

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from his son, and his own ongoing health challenges, yet

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he has consistently left the door open to some form

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of reconciliation. The expectation now is that Harry needs to

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demonstrate he is genuinely committed to rebuilding trust, rather than

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simply seeking concessions from his family. There is a sense

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that the burden has shifted and that Harry must show

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he is approaching any future discussions constructively and sincerely. There

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continues to be speculation about the Sussexes heading in different directions.

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One source said Megan has become increasingly driven by the

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feeling that this is a crucial moment for their brand

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and their future. She is constantly looking ahead and asking

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where the next opportunity is coming from, what new projects

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can be launched, and how they can remain culturally relevant

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in an environment that moves incredibly quickly and has a

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very short attention span. She genuinely believes there is still

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enormous potential attached to their story and their profile, but

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she doesn't think that success are simply going to arrive

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on its own. In her mind, the answer is to

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keep innovating, keep create, keep expanding into new areas. One

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source told Radar Harry, by contrast, appears farless concerned with profile, popularity,

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or commercial success than he once was. Over the past

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few years, his attention has shifted much more toward philanthropy.

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Veterans causes family relationships and projects that carry personal meaning

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rather than financial or public relations of value. He is

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increasingly motivated by impact and purpose, whereas Meghan remains focused

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on expanding their reach and creating new opportunities. Meghancy's possibilities

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that are still waiting to be realized, while Harry increasingly

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seems content to pursue a quiet path centered on family

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service and personal fulfillment. Another insider adds the reality is

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that Harry and Meghan appear to be operating from two

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increasingly different definitions of what a successful future looks like.

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Harry seems to be in a very different place emotionally.

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The attention, scrutiny and constant pressure that once came with

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being one of the world's most famous royals no longer

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appears to hold the same appeal for him. There are

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people close to him who believe he has become far

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more comfortable with the idea of stepping away from the

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spotlight altogether if it means gaining more privacy, stability, and

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peace of mind. Even an unlikely divorce would be complicated

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at this point, with an insider saying it's no secret

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that money is a huge issue for them right now.

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They are very leveraged. Trying to dismantle all of that,

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plus paying out all the legal fees for a divorce,

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would likely bankrupt them. This would be the worst possible

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time for them to split up. More palasins to the moment.

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Kate is allergic to horses. The princess was photographed sneezing

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several times during Tributing the Color, renewing discussion about her

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previously acknowledged allergy to horses. During a visit to a

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polo match in California in twenty eleven, she reportedly said,

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I'm actually allergic to horses. She added, the more time

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one spends with ant, the less allergic you become. The

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subject has often been raised when discussing Catherine's relatively infrequent

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appearances at horse related events compared with some other members

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of the royal family. Although she does attend major occasions

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such as Trooping The Color and Royal Ascot, Royal watchers

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have occasionally noted her sneezing or appearing uncomfortable around horses.

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Ket appeared unfazed as anti monarchy protesters attempted to make

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their presence felt during Trooping the Color, although camerons did

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catch a moment where she seemed less than impressed by

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the noise directed toward the royal family. Some described her

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facial expression as a glare. Others called the look as cold.

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Members of the protest group Republic gathered along them all

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during the King's official birthday celebrations, chanting slogans including not

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my King, and later displaying umbrellas spelling out stop the

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Rain as the royal family appeared on the Buckingham Palace balcony.

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