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Calorogus Shark Media Now lo and welcome to the Palace Intrigue.
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I am your host, Mark Francis. In The Daily Mail,
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Richard Eden tells of a plot to bring Harry and
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Meghan back into the fold. Eden says Project Thor is
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to warm the frosty relationship between the Sussexes and the
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rest of the Royals. According to Eden, the reevaluation of
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Harry's security is part of the plan to allow Harry
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to educate his children in the UK. Eden told Palace Confidential,
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Harry loves life in California in many ways, but he's
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got old attachments here. He's involved with charity patronages, and
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he's really keen for his kids to grow up here.
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Our royal inside had deep ground, commented in his free
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sub stack. Let us be clear about what such an
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arrangement would actually require. We're not discussing a brief summer
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holiday term a broad program. We're contemplating the placement of
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two young children in British schools while their mother remains
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some five thousand miles distant in Montecito, separated by eight
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time zones, and with them an entire continent. But the
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logistics tiresome as they are paled beside the emotional reality.
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This is Harry. We're discussing a man who has constructed
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his entire post royal identity around a single, immovable principle.
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He will not repeat his mother's experience. He will not
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separate his family. He has said as much repeatedly in
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every interview and memoir chapter. The Diana narrative isn't merely
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part of his story. It is his story. Every decision,
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every move, every bridge burned has been rationalized through that lens.
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Does anyone seriously believe he would place an ocean between
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his children and their mother? There are fresh claims of
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tension behind palace walls, with one royal insider suggesting relations
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between the Princess of Wales and her mother in law,
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Queen Camilla, have become strained over the question of Prince Harry.
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According to reports, the Queen is said to be astounded
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that Catherine would entertain the idea of any reconciliation with
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the Duke of Sussex, and insider told the Globe Camilla
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wants nothing to do with Harry. She's revolted by the
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soft stance Charles is taking at the moment and fully
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supports William's zero tolerance, no forgiveness policy. She's astounded that
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Kate continues to stick up for him, but Kate couldn't
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care less what Camilla thinks. The inside claimed Camilla believes
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Harry is dangerous to the institution, fearing that any renewed
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contact or reconciliation could provide material for another horrific tell all.
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Camilla and Kate had a poisonous showdown at the palace.
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The insider said. Camilla told Kate flat out that she
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is being naive and reckless not to mention disloyal toward
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her husband by refusing to respect his wishes. It got nasty.
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Kate's been very patient and biting her tongue for much
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of this year over Camilla's bad attitude toward her, but
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this Harry situation is making things one hundred times more tense. Meanwhile,
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Kate is said to have grown close to Sarah Ferguson
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in recent years, bonded in part by the shared experience
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with cancer. According to Shports, that closeness involved Kate confiding
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personal details about her life, something that is now causing
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unease amid concerns Sarah could speak publicly about their relationship
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and inside a told Radar Online, Kate has become friends
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with Sarah over time, but one thing she will not
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abide is her going on TV or writing a tell
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all for money. Now she and Andrew have been ousted
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from their lodgings and stripped of their royal titles over
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the Epstein scandal. She cares deeply for Sarah, yet she
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cannot allow herself to become entangled in another controversy. Her
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focus has to remain on her children, her well being
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and safeguarding the future of the monarchy. Meanwhile, although most
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reports have William being done with Andrew, royal expert Jenny
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Bond tells The Mirror, while there is no love lost
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between William, Catherine and Andrew, my understanding is that they
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and the rest of the royal family believe they still
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have a duty of care for his welfare. Bond added
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that Andrew is reported to have become isolated, describing his
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current situation as one of solitary living. Referring to recent
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photographs of Andrew circulating in the media, It's not his
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fault of photographers are ready to balance if he dares
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to venture out, Bond adds, I don't think the Prince
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and Princess would begrudge him a ride around the park
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and some fresh air. Obviously it would be more convenient
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if it wasn't on the doorstep. Bond also pointed out
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that the situation is temporary, but they know that this
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is about to end, she said, and he will be
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living miles away in sandring Anne. Another royal family is
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getting dragged into the Epstein mess. The Swedish Royal Court
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confirmed that Princess Sophia was introduced to Jeffrey Epstein following
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the publication of emails that appeared to link the two.
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The confirmation came after a Swedish newspaper revealed email exchanges
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between Epstein and financier Barbo Enbom, who has been described
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as a mentor to Sofia and attended her wedding to
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Prince Carl Philip in twenty fifteen. In one email dated
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December two thousand and five, Enbom wrote, alongside a photograph,
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this is Sofia, an aspiring actress who just arrived in
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New York, the girl I told you about before I left,
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who I thought you might like to meet. Maybe we
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can visit before you go on holiday. Epstein responded, I'm
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in the Caribbean. Did she want to come for a
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couple of days. I'll send a ticket. In response to
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the report, the Swedish Royal Court said Princess Sophia has
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been introduced to the person in question on a few
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occasions around two thousand and five, stressing that this was
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before Epstein's two thousand and eight conviction. The palace added
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that Sofia did not accept the invitation to travel to
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the Caribbean, and stated the princess has not had any
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contact with the person in question for twenty years. The
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revelation emerged as the Swedish Royal family gathered in Stockholm
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for the annual Nobel Prize ceremony. Princess Sophia, who has
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regularly attended the event in previous years, including last year
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while pregnant, was notably absent the day after the report
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was published. Before joining the royal family, severe Helkvist was
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known publicly as a model and reality television contestant. After
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her relationship with Prince Carl Philip became public in twenty ten,
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she faced intense online criticism. She later said in a
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twenty eighteen interview, I was met with an enormous hate
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storm from people who had opinions about me as a person,
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about my relationship. I was surprised and it definitely affected me.
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Here at Palace Intrigue. During a Christmas gathering for children
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hosted by the Queen at Clarence House, family photographs displayed
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on a table were visible in the background of official
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images from the event. Among them was a portrait from
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Prince Louise Christening in twenty eighteen showing Prince William Kate Middleton,
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Prince George, Princess Charlatt, and the Duke and Duchess of
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suss Beside it sat a framed black and white photograph
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capturing a moment from Megan and Harry's wedding in twenty eighteen.
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The image shows King Charles, then Prince of Wales, walking
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arm in arm with Megan inside Saint George's Chapel at
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Windsor Castle. While Meghan began her walk down the aisle,
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she was accompanied by Charles for the latter part of
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the procession. As Charles reached his son, Prince Harry, was
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heard to say thank you, Pa. The moment came after
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a late change to the wedding plans. Charles stepped in
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to escort Meghan after it was confirmed that her father
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Thomas Michael, would not attend the ceremony. The decision was
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made less than forty eight hours before the wedding. Charles
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had spoken with striking frankness about his fears for the
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world his grandchildren will inherit as he continues to put
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climate change at the center of his public work. In
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a new ATV documentary Steve Blackshaw's Royal Arctic Challenge, the
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King tells environmentalist Steve Baxall that he finds it very
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frustrating that scientific warnings about global warming are still not
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fully acted upon even as the planet approaches would he
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calls a tipping point for change. The program looks back
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at his nineteen seventy five journey to the Canadian Arctic,
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when as Prince of Wales, he took part in an
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under ice dive, now acknowledged by organizers as to have
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been more dangerous than they realize at the time. Speaking
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to Backsaw, the King says, these things are rescuable, but
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it seems very peculiar to me that in other areas
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everybody takes what the scientists are saying is absolutely vital truth.
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But in this case, for some reason or other, it
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is not so apparently simple. Reflecting on his decades long
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campaign to highlight environmental dangers, he explains, you have to
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just go on trying I find because I mind, for
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what it's worth about the younger generations. To me, it's
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not fair to leave them something in a far worse
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state than I found it, if you know what I mean.
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The whole point I've always felt is to improve it
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for people so they don't have a ghastly legacy of
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horror to have to deal with. That's why I spent
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all these years, because I don't want to be accused
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of my grandchildren of not doing anything about it. That
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is the key describes his Arctic expedition nearly fifty years
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ago as a formative experience, saying it helped shape his
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determination to protect the natural world. Baxel now retraces that
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journey to show how dramatically the region has changed in
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the intervening decades, and spoke to the King before departing.
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Recalling his own thirty minute dive some thirty feet beneath
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the ice with physician and researcher Joseph Mcinness, the King
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admits the challenge is no longer one he could undertake.
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I'm afraid I've always tended to live life dangerously, he chuckles.
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Thank God I was young in those days. I could
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never have survived. Now I think I'm too old to
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go back. He remembers that die It was a fascinating experience,
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adding I wouldn't have missed it for anything. It was
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amazing in those days. Thank god I saw the Arctic
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as it should be. I learned a great deal from
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going there. That's the tragedy now that it's all going
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so fast. I was very glad I was able to
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see it. I just want others to witness the same thing.
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Reflecting on how wildlife is struggling to adapt to the
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rapidly changing conditions. The King warns, this is what I
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had been trying to warn about for years. We have forgotten.
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I think that we are as well totally connected with nature.
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The problem is trying to rediscover this link. What we
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do to nature is fundamentally a disaster for ourselves. Steve
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Basor's Royal Arctic Challenges scheduled to air on ITV one
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at nine pm. And there you have it. If you'd
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