Oct. 8, 2025

Prince Harry’s Stalker Scare and Meghan Markle’s Massive Paris Backlash

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A stalker reportedly got within feet of Prince Harry during his visit to London, prompting renewed questions about his lack of royal protection. Then — as if the Sussexes needed another headline — Meghan Markle’s Paris Fashion Week trip sparks fury after a video filmed near Princess Diana’s crash site is branded “tone-deaf” and “beyond stupid.” Deep Crown weighs in, and TikTok turns Meghan’s Drew Barrymore interview into comedy gold. Plus: whispers of silence between King Charles and Prince William.

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Hello and welcome to Palace. Intrigue host Mark Francis, a

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stalker obsessed with Prince Harry, was reportedly able to get

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within feet of him on two separate occasions during his

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visit to London last month, raising new concerns about the

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Duke's personal security in the UK. According to reports, the woman,

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already known to Harry's private security team enlisted by a

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private intelligence affirm as a fixated individual, managed to enter

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a secure area at a central London hotel during the

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well Child Awards on September ninth. Two days later, she

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was intercepted by a member of Harry's staff at the

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Center for Blast Injury Studies in West London, where no

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police were present during the visit. The Metropolitan Police had

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provided security only for the day of the well Child

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Awards on their own initiative, due to the presence of

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children at the event. Neil Bazu, the former head of

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the UK's counter Terrorism Police, called the lack of a

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formal risk assessment for the due a mistake, arguing that

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Harry remains a high profile target. He said the most

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viable threat posed to the Royals is often from individuals

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fixated on a specific figure. After brief initial reports on

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the encounter, more details became available on Tuesday, with some

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suspected that the leaked information is a way to change

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the news cycle from focusing on Megan's tasteless Paris selfie.

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We've now learned security staff were called when the woman

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was discovered in the ladies' toilets making what were described

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as odd comments about Harry. She was swiftly escorted from

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the premises moments before his arrival, and was later seen

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standing beside his car. Two days later, the same woman

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allegedly reappeared outside Imperial College's Center for Last Injury Studies,

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where Harry was attending another engagement. A source told reporters

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there was no police presence or close protection. It was

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left to to staffers from his office to intervene. This time,

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they got lucky. The woman, who is said to have

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mental health difficulties, is understood to be on a list

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of fixated individuals known to Harry's private security team. She's

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also believed to have followed Harry and Meghan during their

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visit to Nigeria last year. Megan Michael's long awaited return

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to Europe has drawn fierce criticism from public relations experts

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and royal commentators who say her latest appearance in Paris

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was a major misstep. Renee Smith, founder of the Atticism

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PR agency, called the Duchess of Sussex's decision to film

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a stylized video near the Ponte Lama tunnel where Princess

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Diana tragically died in nineteen ninety seven a terrible decision.

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Speaking to The Express, Smith said I wouldn't advise a

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single client of mind to get involved with them, no

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way in hell. As we know, Megan has an incredible

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ability to turn neutral moments into controversy. The video near

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the tunnel where Diana died was a terrible decision from

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a PR perspective. It's not just turn deaf, it's strategically reckless.

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She has to know how symbolic that location is, so

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doing a posed video there just looks self serving. American

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royal commentator Lee Cohen was even more scathing, telling The Express,

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this vile stunt exposes her as a desperate zero with

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the emotional depth of a puddle, clawing for likes when

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trampling on sacred memories in Marie Claire Kirsten Contino defended

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Meghan's Paris video writing. The words tasteless and insensitive were

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thrown around in headlines covering how the duchess posted the

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video in an area near where Diana died, and Royal

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commentator Richard Fitzwilliams called the move beyond stupid and utterly

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bewildering in The Daily Mail. She couldn't possibly have intended

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to be disrespectful, but it's another exam sample of the

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Sussexes doing something that makes no sense at all, he

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told the publication. On ex Meghan was even accused of

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next level psychotic behavior by posting the clip on her story.

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There's no denying the emotional weight of that Paris tunnel,

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but context matters. The Duchess didn't film the entrance to

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the tunnel and passing close to the bridge where Diana died,

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as something anyone attending Paris Fashion Week might do, As

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one fan on x pointed out, unless she used a

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helicopter howlse was she to get across the city. She's

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driving past either Pont Dielma or Pont Alexandra. If anyone

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else in the royal family had posted the same video,

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it might have earned heart emojis or living her best

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life comments in stated, it's become another example of how

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Meghan can't win. If she's too quiet, she's hiding, she's

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too visible. Well, who does she think she is? We

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asked our royal inside a deep crown about this. He

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wrote back, I'm afraid miss Contino is out of touch

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as the Duchess herself. Anyone who has spent thirty seconds

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around Harry knows that everything about him comes back to

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Diana everything. One doesn't simply motive pass the Pont de Lama, however,

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inadvertently and post it to Instagram as though one were

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promoting a particularly delightful croissant. The question isn't whether she

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had to drive that route. Paris is a large city

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with many roots. The questions whether someone with even a

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modicum of sensitivity would think, perhaps I shan't film this

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particular journey and share it with nine million people. It's

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not about hiding or being too visible. It's about basic awareness.

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If you're married to a man whose mother died in

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that tunnel, you might consider that a video careening through

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those streets could stir rather painful memories. This isn't about

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winning or losing some imaginary public relations battle. It's about

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understanding the institution you married into, the husband you chose,

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and the wounds that never quite heal. One suspects the

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Duchess does not. Deep Cron had more to say about

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this in his sub stack, which you can read for

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free at Deep Crown dot co dot uk. That's Deepcrown

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dot co dot uk. A past interview between Megan Michael

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and Drew Barrymore has taken on a second at Life

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Online thanks to a TikTok creator who has been spoofing

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it for millions of viewers. Influencer Michael Pavano has made

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a series of playful skits parodying Meghan's appearance on The

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Drew Barrymore Show in March, with clips still going viral

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six months later. One of his most popular posts, viewed

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one point one million times, pokes fun at Meghan's Netflix

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series With Love Meghan by showing her presenting Barrymore with

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a jar of Montecito rainwater, only to reveal it's being

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poured straight from a tap. Another parody, liked more than

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forty one thousand times, depicts Barrymore giving Megan flowers as

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a gift, followed by Pavano as Megan attempting to eat them,

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a nod to her fondness for edible flower sprinkles, which

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feature on her as Ever lifestyle website. An earlier post

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in September attracted two point four million views with a

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sketchule Meghan struggling to open a sea urchin before substituting

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shop bought sushi and calling it hand rolled garden sushi.

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The Royals are popular on TikTok. The different TikTok comparing

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the aura of Kate and Meghan has gone viral, drawing

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more than half a million views and tens of thousands

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of likes. The short montage opens on Meghan walking to

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the stage at the One Young World Summit at the

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Royal Albert Hall in October twenty nineteen, captioned aura, before

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cutting to Princess Catherine receiving a standing ovation at Wimbledon

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in July twenty twenty four, her second public appearance after

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beginning chemotherapy. Overlaid with this is the aura. One commenter wrote,

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the aura where everyone stands for Princess Catherine is exactly

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what m M thought was going to happen to her

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claiming the two men are no longer calling, texting, or

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even meeting face to face. Royal insiders say the rift

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deepened following William's recent comments about his own childhood and

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his vision for a reformed monarchy. Remarks. The King is

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said to have found it deeply hurtful speaking about raising

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Prince George William told interviewers, I hope we don't go

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back to some of the practices in the past that

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Harry and I had to grow up in, and I'll

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do everything I can to make sure we don't regress

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in that situation. I think it's safe to say that

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change is on my agenda, change for good, and I

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embrace that, and I enjoy that change. I don't fear it.

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That's the bit that excites me, is the idea of

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being able to bring some change, not overly radical change,

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but changes I think that need to happen. Those words,

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sources tell shut A scoop did not sit well with

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his majesty. The King sees it as betrayal, not honesty,

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when inside it's said it's not just family tension, it's

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about the crown itself. While advisers are said to be

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floating the idea of a public peace walk and image

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of unity to quiet speculation, the relationship remains fragile, and

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inside it claims trust is shattered. The silence between them

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speaks louder than any statement could. And there you have it.

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