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

0:09 Hello and welcome to Palace. Intrigue host Mark Francis, a stalker obsessed with Prince Harry, was reportedly able to get within feet of him on two separate occasions during his visit to London last month, raising new concerns about the Duke's personal security in the UK. According to reports, the woman, already known to Harry's private security team enlisted by a private intelligence affirm as a fixated individual, managed to enter a secure area at a central London hotel during the well Child Awards on September ninth. Two days later, she was intercepted by a member of Harry's staff at the Center for Blast Injury Studies in West London, where no police were present during the visit. The Metropolitan Police had provided security only for the day of the well Child Awards on their own initiative, due to the presence of children at the event. Neil Bazu, the former head of the UK's counter Terrorism Police, called the lack of a formal risk assessment for the due a mistake, arguing that Harry remains a high profile target. He said the most viable threat posed to the Royals is often from individuals fixated on a specific figure. After brief initial reports on the encounter, more details became available on Tuesday, with some suspected that the leaked information is a way to change the news cycle from focusing on Megan's tasteless Paris selfie.

1:37 We've now learned security staff were called when the woman was discovered in the ladies' toilets making what were described as odd comments about Harry. She was swiftly escorted from the premises moments before his arrival, and was later seen standing beside his car. Two days later, the same woman allegedly reappeared outside Imperial College's Center for Last Injury Studies, where Harry was attending another engagement. A source told reporters there was no police presence or close protection. It was left to to staffers from his office to intervene. This time, they got lucky. The woman, who is said to have mental health difficulties, is understood to be on a list of fixated individuals known to Harry's private security team. She's also believed to have followed Harry and Meghan during their visit to Nigeria last year. Megan Michael's long awaited return to Europe has drawn fierce criticism from public relations experts and royal commentators who say her latest appearance in Paris was a major misstep. Renee Smith, founder of the Atticism PR agency, called the Duchess of Sussex's decision to film a stylized video near the Ponte Lama tunnel where Princess Diana tragically died in nineteen ninety seven a terrible decision.

2:53 Speaking to The Express, Smith said I wouldn't advise a single client of mind to get involved with them, no way in hell. As we know, Megan has an incredible ability to turn neutral moments into controversy. The video near the tunnel where Diana died was a terrible decision from a PR perspective. It's not just turn deaf, it's strategically reckless. She has to know how symbolic that location is, so doing a posed video there just looks self serving. American royal commentator Lee Cohen was even more scathing, telling The Express, this vile stunt exposes her as a desperate zero with the emotional depth of a puddle, clawing for likes when trampling on sacred memories in Marie Claire Kirsten Contino defended Meghan's Paris video writing. The words tasteless and insensitive were thrown around in headlines covering how the duchess posted the video in an area near where Diana died, and Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams called the move beyond stupid and utterly bewildering in The Daily Mail. She couldn't possibly have intended to be disrespectful, but it's another exam sample of the Sussexes doing something that makes no sense at all, he told the publication. On ex Meghan was even accused of next level psychotic behavior by posting the clip on her story.

4:11 There's no denying the emotional weight of that Paris tunnel, but context matters. The Duchess didn't film the entrance to the tunnel and passing close to the bridge where Diana died, as something anyone attending Paris Fashion Week might do, As one fan on x pointed out, unless she used a helicopter howlse was she to get across the city. She's driving past either Pont Dielma or Pont Alexandra. If anyone else in the royal family had posted the same video, it might have earned heart emojis or living her best life comments in stated, it's become another example of how Meghan can't win. If she's too quiet, she's hiding, she's too visible. Well, who does she think she is? We asked our royal inside a deep crown about this. He wrote back, I'm afraid miss Contino is out of touch as the Duchess herself. Anyone who has spent thirty seconds around Harry knows that everything about him comes back to Diana everything. One doesn't simply motive pass the Pont de Lama, however, inadvertently and post it to Instagram as though one were promoting a particularly delightful croissant. The question isn't whether she had to drive that route. Paris is a large city with many roots. The questions whether someone with even a modicum of sensitivity would think, perhaps I shan't film this particular journey and share it with nine million people. It's not about hiding or being too visible. It's about basic awareness.

5:33 If you're married to a man whose mother died in that tunnel, you might consider that a video careening through those streets could stir rather painful memories. This isn't about winning or losing some imaginary public relations battle. It's about understanding the institution you married into, the husband you chose, and the wounds that never quite heal. One suspects the Duchess does not. Deep Cron had more to say about this in his sub stack, which you can read for free at Deep Crown dot co dot uk. That's Deepcrown dot co dot uk. A past interview between Megan Michael and Drew Barrymore has taken on a second at Life Online thanks to a TikTok creator who has been spoofing it for millions of viewers. Influencer Michael Pavano has made a series of playful skits parodying Meghan's appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show in March, with clips still going viral six months later. One of his most popular posts, viewed one point one million times, pokes fun at Meghan's Netflix series With Love Meghan by showing her presenting Barrymore with a jar of Montecito rainwater, only to reveal it's being poured straight from a tap. Another parody, liked more than forty one thousand times, depicts Barrymore giving Megan flowers as a gift, followed by Pavano as Megan attempting to eat them, a nod to her fondness for edible flower sprinkles, which feature on her as Ever lifestyle website. An earlier post in September attracted two point four million views with a sketchule Meghan struggling to open a sea urchin before substituting shop bought sushi and calling it hand rolled garden sushi.

7:08 The Royals are popular on TikTok. The different TikTok comparing the aura of Kate and Meghan has gone viral, drawing more than half a million views and tens of thousands of likes. The short montage opens on Meghan walking to the stage at the One Young World Summit at the Royal Albert Hall in October twenty nineteen, captioned aura, before cutting to Princess Catherine receiving a standing ovation at Wimbledon in July twenty twenty four, her second public appearance after beginning chemotherapy. Overlaid with this is the aura. One commenter wrote, the aura where everyone stands for Princess Catherine is exactly what m M thought was going to happen to her when she married Harry, and when it didn't, she left the IRF more palacy just a moment. Hey, we have a brand new series for you starting this weekend called Palace Intrigue Presents King William. This speculative drama imagines the moment the King dies and William becomes king. Episode one begins with that life changing phone call. From there, the story follows William through duty, grief, Queen Catherine's transformation, a former queen struggling to hold her place, and the reappearance of a controversial brother. The series begins this Sunday, October twelfth.

8:25 Subscribers to Callaroga plus can binge the entire season. Plus you get all our show's commercial free for everyone else. New episodes release weekly every Sunday wherever you enjoy your podcasts. According to a Shutter scoop, the bond between King Charles and Prince William has reportedly collapsed into silence, with sources claiming the two men are no longer calling, texting, or even meeting face to face. Royal insiders say the rift deepened following William's recent comments about his own childhood and his vision for a reformed monarchy. Remarks. The King is said to have found it deeply hurtful speaking about raising Prince George William told interviewers, I hope we don't go back to some of the practices in the past that Harry and I had to grow up in, and I'll do everything I can to make sure we don't regress in that situation. I think it's safe to say that change is on my agenda, change for good, and I embrace that, and I enjoy that change. I don't fear it.

9:20 That's the bit that excites me, is the idea of being able to bring some change, not overly radical change, but changes I think that need to happen. Those words, sources tell shut A scoop did not sit well with his majesty. The King sees it as betrayal, not honesty, when inside it's said it's not just family tension, it's about the crown itself. While advisers are said to be floating the idea of a public peace walk and image of unity to quiet speculation, the relationship remains fragile, and inside it claims trust is shattered. The silence between them speaks louder than any statement could. And there you have it. Like to email us addressed is the Palace Intrigue at Gmail dot com. Please follow us on Facebook or Instagram.

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