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Caloroga Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Intrigue. I
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am your lost Mark Francis, Harry and Meghan avoided the
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paparazzi by sitting in the front row of the World Series.
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The fruit Jam saleswoman and her husband made a surprise
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appearance at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday night, joining the crowd
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for Game four between the La Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays.
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex was spotted sitting front
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row just ahead of Dodger's legend Sandy Kofax, cheering on
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Meghan's hometown team. Megan showed her support in an oversized
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white button down, dark trousers and her signature blue Dodgers cap,
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once she's been seen in many times before. Harry coordinated
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in a black blaze and white T shirt and dark trousers,
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eventually donning his own Dodgers had as the game got
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under weigh. Although some fans booed when the Sussexes we
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was shown on the big screen, the couple appeared relaxed
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as they watched the matchup, which ended in disappointment for
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local fans as the Dodgers fell to Toronto six to one
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time series. Other familiar faces in the crowd included James Marsden,
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Austin Butler, and Sidney Sweeney. While this marked Harry's first
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World Series appearance, it wasn't his first taste of Major
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League Baseball. The couple previously attended the twenty nineteen London
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Series between the Red Sox and Yankees, the league's first
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ever regular season game played in Europe. We've discussed how.
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On Sunday, Megan posted a short series of videos from
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a local pumpkin patch, showing Archie and Lilibit enjoying the
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outing alongside their grandmother Doria Ragland and family friend Marcus Anderson.
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The clips also included a time lapse of Prince Harry
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carving a pumpkin at home in Montecito, but within hours
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the video disappeared from Meghan's Instagram feed. The reason for
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the quick deletion appears to be privacy. In the background
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of Harry's carving session, the couple's children could be seen
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running around, blurry and distant, but visible enough of followers
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to recognize their faces. For a family that has closely
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guarded its children's privacy since stepping back from Royal Life,
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the moment was unusual. By the time the post was
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taken down, screenshots had already spread on x and TikTok,
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prompting commentary from Royal watchers and tabloids alike. The Royalist
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sub Stack reported that the Sussex communications team moved at
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lightning speed to remove the footage, calling it an extraordinary
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lapse for a couple so protective of their children's images.
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An unnamed publicist told The Royalist, it's all a bit
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too convenient. The clip gets attention, the Internet explodes, and
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suddenly Meghan's brand rolled out has on everyone's radar. Cynical
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marketing aside, the clip does have people asking about Marcus
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Anderson the way he always seems to be around. In June,
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Hello magazine reported on the Sussex's visit to Disneyland. They wrote,
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Meghan's longtime confidant, Marcus Anderson is believed to be the
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man seen with the couple as they toured the Californian
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theme park. He appeared in VERYUS photos wearing a light
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blue shirt, jeans, in a cap, and in the images,
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Meghan used a heart emogi to obscure his face. In
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March twenty twenty four, the US son published a column
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under The Royal Fox which reads it. Has also said
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he introduced Meghan to some of her best friends, including
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Amal and George Clooney and her reported stylists Jessica mulroney.
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The Powers both had a reasonably normal upbringing in comparison
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to their A list friends. It's not clear how the
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duo met, but they are frequently seen traveling together. In
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twenty eighteen, they jetted off to Madrid together for a
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getaway with friend and fashion designer Mischa Nonu. They've also
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traveled to New York together and been pictured all over
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town in Toronto in arm la dot COM's October fourth
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recap of Meghan's appearance at the Paris Fashions show mentions.
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Also present at the show was her close friend Marcus Anderson,
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the businessman who once played a key role in Meghan
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and Harry's romance, as he was the one who introduced
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to them. A source tells Okay magazine, Megan would love
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for Harry to be involved in whatever she's doing, but
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that's not how it played out, so this is something
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she'll have to do by herself. She's prepared to go
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at it alone and will stop at nothing to make
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a success of as ever moving on, Prince William is
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reportedly deeply unhappy that Prince Andrew has technically retained his
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title of Duke of York despite no longer using it publicly,
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and is expected to formally strip him of it once
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he ascends the throne. According to The Daily Mail, William
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is dissatisfied with the compromise reached by King Charles, which
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allowed Andrew to keep the title in name though he
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agreed not to use it. Royal author Tom Sykes told
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the paper William is deeply unhappy with what he sees
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as a bodged agreement on Andrew. He wants him out
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and he is likely to do this as soon as
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he can, Almost as soon as he becomes King. William
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was planning to formally banish Andrew from the royal family.
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As King, William would immediately strip Prince Andrew of his title,
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but he might also consider removing the titles from a
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number of others. He is looking at the whole family
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and wondering if it should be streamlined, and if so, how,
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But currently there are no decisions beyond one. Andrew was
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almost certainly going. Royal expert Helena Chad told Fox News
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Digital that William is looking into the future where a
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solution focused lens he is far more ruthless than his father.
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He always takes the heart of line. He can see
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reputational damage escalating for the royal family and is reviewing
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a decisive way forward to combat further scandals. He realizes
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it's harder for the king to deal with his brother,
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and it will be for him to deal with his
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uncle in due course. However, he feels his father has
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teated too long with the kid Glove's approach. Prince William
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and the whole royal family are fully supportive of King
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Charles taking a stronger stance against his brother. William would
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prefer a swift, clean break with Prince Andrew before things
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declined further. He also hopes to shield the king from
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the damage. An insider tells Closer williams absolutely convinced that
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the monarchy can only survive if it is streamlined and
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scandaled free, and in his view, that means Megan and
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Harry need to be cut loose completely. The insider says
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he wants to keep up the momentum and hold his
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father to his promise, which was to slim down the
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monarchy together and cut tires with hangers on who profit
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from their connections to the family even though they're not
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serving royals. William is taking Charles Hard's stance on Andrew
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as a huge victory. It's something he's been after for ages,
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and in his views, paved the way for Harry to
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get the same sort of treatment. William reportedly issued a
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royal ultimatum, telling Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie their titles could
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be at risk if they didn't convince their father to
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finally move out of Royal Lodge. The claim comes from
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broadcast to Emily Maetless, who famously interviewed Andrew for his
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twenty nineteen News Night appearance on The news Agent's podcast.
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Maeteless said there were reports that William met with his
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cousins last week to apply pressure. Maetlss said there's a
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question over whether there had been earlier in the day
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a meeting between Prince William and the princesses Beatrice and Eugenie,
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saying you guys have got to get your dad to
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move out of Royal Lodge, otherwise we will start re
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examining the state of your own titles. They are at
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the moment allowed to be princesses. But there was a
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bitter pressure, we understand, being put on the princesses to
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say this is going to happen. Obviously, you can see
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why Andrew is a father would want to keep their
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daughters happy and keep their titles in place, come what may.
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The discussion came after reports that Charles, returning from his
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Vatican visit, had planned to personally confront Andrew at Royal
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Lodge a symbolic reading of the Riot Act, but according
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to Matlus, the Palace pulled the plug once the media
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caught winned. She said, what happened I understand was that
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the Palace then got very nervous, and when they saw
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the choppers and the helicopters, they thought this has all
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got too big, this has got out of control. They
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canceled the whole thing, she said. The King just went
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straight home and never came by more palace in just
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a moment. A new review with no name of Palace
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Intrigue has invited us to be kind. One star Prince
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Andrew's personal banner displaying his coat of arms inside Windsor castles,
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Saint george Chapel has been quietly removed in what royal
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observers are calling a hugely symbolic act. The banner, which
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hung beside Prince Williams, represented Andrews's place within the Order
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of the Garter, the most senior order of British chivalry.
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It was first raised in two thousand and six, when
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the Duke was appointed a Knight of the Order. Its removal, however,
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is rare, traditionally reserved for instances of high trees and
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or rebellion against the Crown. A source told the Son
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it was removed at the most convenient moment. The banner's
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design included the three Lions of England, the Harp of
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Ireland and Scotland's Lion rampant with an anchor symbolizing Andrew's
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naval service, a design similar to the one born by
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Kings George the fifth and sixth when they held the
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same York title. Photographs taken of the weekend showed the
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banner still in place, but by midweek only an empty
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bracker remained above the choir stalls. Saint George's Chapel holds
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deep significance for the Duke. It is where he attended
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the funerals of his parents, Queen Elizabeth the Second and
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Prince Philip, and where his Order of the gartera membership
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has long caused quiet unease among courtiers following his twelve
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million pound settlement with Virginia Geoffrey, who accused him of
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sexual assault, allegations he is consistently denied. While the Duke
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has refrained from joining the order's public ceremonies since twenty nineteen,
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he has continued to attend his private luncheon each June. Historically,
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forty knights have been expelled from the Order since its
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founding in thirteen forty eight by Edward the third. In
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past centuries, a disgraced knight's banner would be unceremoniously thrown
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to the chapel floor and kicked into a ditch outside,
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a powerful symbol of dishonour that, in Andrew's case, appears
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to have found a quiet modern echo. And there you
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