June 14, 2026

Prince Harry's Homesick Wedding Snub, Andrew Investigation Widens, Trooping the Colour 2026

Prince Harry's Homesick Wedding Snub, Andrew Investigation Widens, Trooping the Colour 2026

Prince Harry skipped cousin Peter Phillips's wedding and reportedly "never felt more homesick," blaming Prince William for the rift — though a source close to Peter says they simply lost touch. Meghan marked Princess Lilibet's fifth birthday, reigniting a privacy debate with Piers Morgan. Thames Valley Police confirmed an expanding investigation into Prince Andrew over a 2002 Royal Ascot allegation; no charges have been filed. Trooping the Colour centered William, Kate, and their children, while Beatrice and Eugenie drew fresh scrutiny over royal housing. Plus William's submarine-fleet visit, a food-bank "I love you, bro," and a farewell to Lady Pamela Hicks.

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Ah Calorogus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Weekly.

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I am your host, Mark Francis. If you'd like to

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But let's check out what happened last week. It was

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a week book ended by two of the most watched

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events in the Royal calendar. On Saturday last Peter Phillips

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and Harriet Sperling married quietly in Gloucestershire while the world

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tried to read the guest list for clues, and yesterday,

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Trooping the Color brought the Working Monarchy to the Buckingham

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Palace Balcony for its annual thirty seconds of televised unity,

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in between a continuing police investigation, a brand that launched

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a matchbox to mixed reviews, a duke who went largely

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unseen for over a month, and a question about whether

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Prince William might one day voluntarily step aside for Joe.

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Let's get into it. We begin in Gloucestershire, where the

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wedding of Peter Phillips and Harriet Spurling took place at

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All Saints Church in Kemball on Saturday, with the reception

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moving afterward to Gatcombe Park. The ceremony was private, the

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tone was deliberately quiet, and the guest list was as

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things now always are scrutinized for signal. The most watched

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interaction of the day was not between the bride and groom,

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but between Prince William and Princess Beatrice, who he greeted

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with a kiss on the cheek as guests arrived. Royal

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biographer Ingrid Seward wrote that the gesture demonstrated William and

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Catherine believed the sins of the father should not be

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attributed to his daughters. Critics were less generous. Royal commentator

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Norman Baker wrote that bringing the York sisters back into

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the royal picture was a huge mistake and raised immediate

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questions about what their presence at trooping the color and

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Royal ascot might now mean. Once source alleged if it

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had been entirely William's decision, they wouldn't have been there.

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The invitation came from Charles and Anne. Whether the kiss

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on the cheek constitutes full rehabilitation or a minimum of

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human decency extended under family obligation, is a matter the

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Palace has left deliberately ambiguous. Zara and Mike Tindall were

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warmly present. The Wales family attended. Princess Anne was central.

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King Charles and Queen Camilla managed to fit the wedding

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in before heading to Darby Day at Epsom, which Deep

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Crown summarized with characteristic efficiency, the monarchy, at its least complicated,

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is simply a family with a very full diary. Kate

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wore a cream rowland moret ensemble and Diana's three strand

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pearl and diamond bracelet piece, created by jeweler Nigel Milne

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and worn by the late Princess on several occasions in

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the late nineteen eighties. It is one of several Diana

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pieces Katherine has worn over the years, and one of

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those quiet visual choices that generates extensive coverage without requiring

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a single word to be said. The rain also generated coverage.

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William was photographed horn an umbrella over Catherine while she

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spoke with the guests. The moment prompted a wave of

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appreciative online commentary. Peter held a large white umbrella over

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Harriet as they emerged from the church. Lena Tindall's brightly

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colored umbrella stood out among the more traditional attire British

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weddings in June remained. Despite everything optimistically planned, Harry was

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not there. A source told New Idea that Harry put

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on a brave face at home over the weekend and

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described him as having never felt more homesick after seeing

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photographs from the day. One inside had said the most

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painful part was not simply that Harry was off the

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guest list, but that Archie and Lullabet missed another family occasion.

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Peter and Harry once attended each other's weddings. They haven't

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spoken in years. The source said. Harry blames William for

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the estrangement from his cousin. A source connected to Peter

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said they simply lost touch. Both things again may be

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true more palasa just a moment. Hey, you've heard us

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you know you can enjoy it. Trooping the Color took

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place yesterday and as always, it functioned as both a

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military ceremony and an annual status update on the state

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of the House of Windsor. King Charles and Queen Camilla

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led the procession, with William, Catherine and the three children

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forming the visible future of the institution. King Charles and

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Queen Camilla led the procession with William, Catherine and the

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three children forming the visible future of the institution. Edward

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and Sophie were present and was on the balcony. The

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Whales children drew their usual attention. Louis in particular has

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become something of an annual headline generator through facial expressions alone,

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and the Palace appears to understand perfectly well the value

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of that absent from the balcony. Harry and Meghan, Andrew

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Beatrice Eugenie deep Crown, in his substep, framed the balcony

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with his usual precision, approximately thirty feet of stone frontage

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on the east wing of Buckingham Palace and the most

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consequential piece of real estate in the British calendar. He

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noted that for perhaps three or four minutes, the assembled

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family waves the crowd below, while the red arrows pass overhead,

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and in that window the whole country draws its conclusions.

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The conclusions this year were largely consistent with the conclusions

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of recent years. The working monarchy is a tight group,

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the circle is small, and the people standing outside at

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a standing well outside. One logistical detail from the day

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worth noting. Reader's Digest reported this week that the royals

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watching the crowd from the balcony can't actually see very

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much of it because the Queen Victoria Memorial blocks their

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sight lines. Discrete television screens are reportedly installed behind the

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balustrade so the family can follow proceedings. The balcony kiss tradition, meanwhile,

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apparently dates to Charles forgetting to kiss Diana at the

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Altar in nineteen eighty one and the crowd demanding a

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remedy It has continued ever since. These are the kinds

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of details that make Royal history more human than it

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sometimes appears. The Andrew investigation continued to expand in the

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background of the week's events. Thames Valley Police confirmed there

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following all reasonable lines of inquiry in connection with a

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separate allegation connected to Royal ascot in two thousand and two.

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Details remain limited. Questions are also building about the extent

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to which historical documents could eventually shift scrutiny from Andrew's

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behavior to the institution's response to it. Rob Huter's newsletter

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quoted sources claiming Pallace figures fear the story will stop

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being purely Andrew's personal scandal and become a much broader

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examination of how the monarchy itself responded. Deep Crown addressed

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the related question of the late Queen's legacy with characteristic care,

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warning against a retrospective trial conducted in newspaper columns of

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a woman who can no longer explain or can textualize

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her decisions. One Royal aide, Andrew Lowney, also suggested this

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week that Andrew may eventually relocate to the Middle East,

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which Lowney argued would solve a lot of problems for

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the royal family. Andrew has not confirmed this plan. Beatrice

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and Eugenia are facing fresh scrutiny on a separate front

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their housing arrangements. Reports confirmed that neither carries out official

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royal duties. It both reportedly continued to benefit from royal accommodation,

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including properties at Kensington Palace and Saint James Pallace. Writer

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Tessa Dunlop raised the obvious question in The Independent, if

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William's vision of monarchy involves non working royals vacating Crown

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estate properties when he eventually takes the throne, where does

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that leave the York sisters. Daniela also writing from Australia,

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that Beatrice and Eugenie have won the Royal Lottery for decades,

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enjoying the prestigious events without the dull Wednesday engagements, but

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that a true reckoning may be approaching. They currently sit

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ninth and twelfth in the line of succession the head

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of Prince Anne and Prince Edward, both of whom completed

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over a thousand official engagements last year. Beatrice and Eugenie

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completed officially zero More Palace in just a moment on

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the Harry and Meghan front. The week offered its customary

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mix of personal content, financial reporting, and competitive brand analysis.

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Meghan marked Princess Lillibert's fifth birthday with photographs described on

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Instagram as our dream Girl, keeping Lillibert's face turned away

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from the camera in the now familiar approach. Pers Morgan,

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speaking at south By Southwest London, said he couldn't understand

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why someone who lectures about children's online privacy would simultaneously

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boast their child to millions of followers. A spokesperson for

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Meghan defended the distinction between share moments from her life

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and exposing her children to public scrutiny, arguing that obscuring

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their faces demonstrates the very principle she advocates. The debate

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continued at volume online. One supporter noted that Megan can

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do what she likes with her own social media. One

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critic noted that what she likes appears to involve regular

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appearances by the children whose privacy she is protecting. Harry, meanwhile,

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had been largely absent from public view for over forty

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days following the Australia tour her run of Quiet. The

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columnist daniela Elsa playfully documented missing one Duke, last seen

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in April, answers to h likes his crusts cut off.

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He did appear in Meghan's recent photo compilation wearing a

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T shirt reading girl Dad, a choice that generated its

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own commentary from people who noted he is also the

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father of a son. One hopes Auntie hasn't read the reviews.

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Harry was named to Time magazines in augurial list of

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one hundred most Influential Figures in Sports, recognized for founding

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the Invictor's Games. Use the occasion to speak about expanding

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the games from one week to two and describe the

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events saving lives. He was also tracked by a Newsweek,

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which noted that his public comments have shifted in recent years,

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from enthusiasm about California to criticism of American foreign policy

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and increasingly warm references to Britain. In a twenty twenty

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five essay, he wrote that Britain is and always will

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be the country I proudly served and fought for. He

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is expected back in the UK in July for Invictor's

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Games pre events in Birmingham. Whether Megan and the children

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will join him remains unresolved. Financial reports continued to circulate

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suggesting the Sussex household is under greater pressure than it

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once was. One comment has said on a podcast that

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the information supply has been choked off, arguing that the

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couple's commercial value was always linked to their ability to

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share Royal Family material and that the supply of that

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material has diminished. Newsweek's analysis of as Ever website traffic

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and American yugov polling both showed declining numbers into T

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twenty six compared to the year before. A source close

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to the brand pushed back, saying for any startup, you

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can't deny that it is anything but a success. Both

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things can be measured simultaneously, and both were. William had

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a productive week independent of all of the above. He

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visited the Royal Navy's Submarine Fleet at h M Naval

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Base Clyde to mark the Submarine Services one hundred and

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twenty fifth anniversary, presenting newly qualified sub maritors with their

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gold dolphins. He spoke at London Tech Week about using

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data to prevent homelessness before it begins, arguing that keeping

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people in their homes is inherently much better than trying

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to help them once they are already on the streets.

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He was also photographed at a South London food bank.

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The young man in a crowd called out, I love you, bro,

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and William leaned over and shook his hand. A historian

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on gb News suggested this week that William could become

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the first British monarch to voluntarily abdicate, stepping aside in

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his seventies to allow a younger generation to take the

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throne at a more vigorous age. The prediction prompted mixed reactions.

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One social media user wrote, good Lord, the chap's not king,

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yet give them a break. That appears on balance to

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be the correct response. And Lady Pamela Hex, one of

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the last living witnesses to the Queen's assession in Kenya

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in nineteen fifty two, passed away this week at ninety seven.

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Her daughter India revealed she had requested no eulogy, no sermon,

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no memorial, just as she put it, lots of rousing hymns.

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The King attended both trooping the Color and her funeral yesterday.

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