Nov. 1, 2025

Prince William heading to Rio to hang out with Kylie Minogue?

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A website claims the Palace is sketching contingency plans in case of a Sussex split, with talk of a structured settlement and tight NDAs — a claim our Royal Insider pushes back on by stressing Harry’s determination to keep his family together.

Commentators suggest Meghan’s enthusiasm for her lifestyle venture has cooled after a downgraded Netflix deal; others warn Andrew’s saga risks pulling down the late Queen’s reputation. Theologians ponder whether a less religious William could reshape the monarchy’s purpose even after Charles’s successful Rome visit. For lighter fare, William and Catherine’s apple-bread banter in Northern Ireland charmed crowds, and Earthshot heads to Rio on Nov 5 with Kylie Minogue, Shawn Mendes, Gilberto Gil, and more — “the greatest Earthshot yet.”

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Calorogus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Intrigue. I

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am your host Mark Francis Radar Online, which tends to

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be a little more gossipy than the British tabloids and

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all that you debate how reliable, suggests the Palace is

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making contingency plans should Harry and Meghan split up. According

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to this insider, the Palace is quietly drawing up continuously

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plans in the event of a split. The thought is

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that Harry might push for a return to the UK,

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but Meghan won't want to come back from the US,

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and that schism is potentially dangerous, We're told. Courtiers are

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said to be considering a Golden Handshake settlement, which would

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be more generous than might be assumed, but heavily structured.

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It would include a strict gagging order designed to prevent

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further expose as of private life. It's like with Princess

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Diana all over again, and in this time the language

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will be tighter and the penalties for breaking it heavier.

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The agreement would also grant Meghan the continued use of

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her of Sussex title. The Palace sees it as a

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face saving measure. Because tearing it away from her could

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spark a media war. We asked our Royal Insider about

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this and received an interesting response. The critical point, the

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one these reports entirely miss, is Harry's lived experience. Having

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lost his mother at such a vulnerable age, He understands

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precisely the emotional devastation of growing up without a parent.

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His entire approach to family is defined by ensuring his

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children will never experience the profound separation he endured. The

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very notion that he would create a scenario where his

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children might be left without their mother or father is

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antithetical to everything he has demonstrated about his character. In

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The Daily Mail, Allison Boshoff writes, it seems Megan has

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lost enthusiasm for her lifestyle, cooking jam, making wheeze. Part

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of this dip and enthusiasm on Meghan's part could surely

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be traced back to the sting that her and Harry's

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hugely lucrative Netflix deal was renewed as a mere first

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look rather than an overall deal in September. You could

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read this in her face saving reference to being in

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the same boat as the Obamas, who were similarly downgraded

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by Netflix with their higher ground projects, because they were

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also deemed to not be worth the money. In The Independent,

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Andrew Lowney suggests Prince Andrew is in danger of dragging

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the late Queen's name down with him. Lowney writes, since

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her death in twenty twenty two, Elizabeth II has been

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sanctified as not only the greatest monarch that the country

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ever had, but as somewhat of remarkable acuity and perception

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when it came to running the firm. Unfortunately, when it

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came to Prince Andrew, who was commonly regarded as her

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favored child, the Queen's good sense and sound judgment deserted her.

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Andrew was very much his father's son, a Falkland's hero

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whose tabloid reputation did him no harm in his family eyes, until,

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of course, it became quite clear precisely what this behavior

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had involved. Yet long before then, it was clear that

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the Queen venerated the outdoorsy, hearty Andrew rather than the

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more effet, Cambridge educated Charles and Edward, and in many

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regards the best of the bunch was a woman, and

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therefore not taken it seriously. To dote on a favored

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child is one thing but to facilitate their increasingly rackety

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lifestyle is another. While the Queen was alive, the stories

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about her second son's behavior began to come to light,

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especially after his disastrous would be exculpatory Newsnight interview in

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twenty nineteen, which it is widely believed that she agreed

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to allowing him to participate in with a view to

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clearing his name in public. It did the opposite, and

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while Andrew continued and continues steadfastly to deny the allegations

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against him, his withdrawal from royal duties would have been

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reluctantly authorized by his mother. Yet a more serious charge

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against Elizabeth I is that when it became obvious that

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the civil suit against the son had the potential to

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become embarrassing, she bankrolled an out of court settlement that

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he made to his accuser, Virginia Geoffrey, to the tune

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of a considerable twelve million pounds. This was not only

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a vast sum, given that there was no admission of

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liability or guilt, but hush money on a scale more

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associated with Banana republics than Britain. Make no mistake, this

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is a crisis of existential magnitude. For the firm, the

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danger of which they seem to have only just begun

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waking up to. If they are seen it's too slow

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or too inept to right the wrongs that Andrew has wrought,

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then the tide of public opinion will do it for them,

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and at that point all bets are off more palat

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in just a moment. Last week's meeting between the King

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and Pope was a nice moment, but in The Independent,

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Catherine Pepinster wonders if it will matter in the long

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term because of King William. Peppinster writes, as the King

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prayed with Pope Leo in the Sistine Chapel in an

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unprecedented display of Christian unity. I suspect some Vatican officials

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will have breathed a sigh of relief. At one time,

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there was considerable anxiety about what would happen when Charles

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came to the throne, and one seeing a Vatican official

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told that they considered his mother, Queen Elizabeth I, to

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be the last Christian monarch. Those Vatican officials needn't have fretted.

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The two huge volumes of Charles speeches as Prince of

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Wales show a keen interest in faith no wonder then

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that alongside the prayer service in the assisting chapel, the

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Vatican decided to give him what is called a spiritual honour,

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to be made a confrator of the Abbey of Saint Paul,

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that the papal Basilica of Saint Paul's outside the walls,

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and installed in a special chair with his royal coat

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of arms. It will then be made available for the

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King and his successes to use when they are in Rome.

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Charles the third may well use it again, but William

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the fifth there is little sign that the Prince of

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Wales has much time for religion. Yes, he was hatched

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and matched in the Church of England, with his christening

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in the music room at Buckingham Palace and his wedding

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to Cape Middleton at Westminster Abbey watched by millions around

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the world, but there is a little sign of engagement

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with religion other than those formal ceremonies. One formal religious

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ceremony will soon start to loom over his life. His

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father's wig will undoubtedly be much shorter than that of Elizabeth,

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which is why clerics started talking about how William needed

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to start thinking about his own crowning as soon as

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his father's coronation was over. I know of at least

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one clerical coronation expert who sent a detailed memo to

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William's office about it, urging him to think about it

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as soon as possible. The coronation has always been essentially

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a religious service, involving anointing and receiving of Holy Communion

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as well as the taking of oaths. Watching the nineteen

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fifty two ceremony and that in twenty twenty three, you

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can see that the key participant firmly believes in its

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christian essence. It cannot be taken for granted that William

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will that matters not only for the Church of England

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but for all of us. A monarch with a belief

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in something greater than themselves is in effect a signpost

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to that greater thing. Without it, it is much harder

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to see the monarchy having any profound purpose. Sometimes we

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have some fun stories to share with you that wind

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up having to wait because of breaking news. Before Andrew

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gave up his titles and before Charles met with Leo,

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kat and William rounded off a busy day of engagements

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in Northern Ireland with a lighthearted baking challenge and long

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Meadow Cider in County Armagh, where William's running commentary kept

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everyone laughing. Invited to try their hand at potato apple bread,

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the couple pulled on aprons and got to work as

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baskets of apples were passed around, when him blast at

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his first effort and told the mkiva family if we

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are billing every apple, you're going to have to start helping.

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We'll be here a while. When what should own? A

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Pat mckevah called out, I like mine thick. William shot back,

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you'll get what you're given, then turned to his wife,

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who was quickly finding her rhythm, and teased do keep

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up rolling out his dough. The prince looked at the

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decidedly rectangular shape and quipped two more laughter a circle.

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Oh you tell me if you look this way, it

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looks like a circle. This is a new variety. He

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agreed with staff that his creation was more of a

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rectangle circle, while the princess produced a neat, perfectly round sheet,

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prompting William to exclaim, how does that look like a

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circle when this is a rectangle. Social media reaction to

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the day's lighter moments was enthusiastic Prince Williams showing off

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his cooking baking skills will never not be funny. His

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comments are hilarious, one user. Another added, I just love

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these two so authentic, while a third joked if Prince

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William opens up a royal participty, I'm first in the queue.

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A fourth praise the pairs were poor. The future King

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and future Queen have a great sense of humor. Prince

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William's Earth Shot Prize is said to light up a

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Rio next month with a star studded celebration of innovation

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and sustainability. Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey has lent his voice

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to the official trailer for this year's ceremony, declaring when

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the stakes are highest, that's when heroes rise. The event,

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taking place on November fifth, will feature performances from Kylie

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Minoguan Sewn Mendes joining the Prince of Wales for what

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organizer's promise will be the greatest earth Shot yet. The

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Knight's lineup also includes Brazilian music legend Gilberto gil performing

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alongside Grammy nominee Anita, with television host Luciano Huck serving

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as MC, and football great Cufu making a special appearance

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in a statement minoguez at Brazil. I'm coming back. It's

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a privilege an honor to be part of the Earth

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Shop Prize in Rio on stage with the people and

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the ideas that could save our planet now. In it's

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fifty year of the earth Shop Prize awards one point

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three million dollars to each of five winners developing groundbreaking

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solutions in the categories of protecting nature, cleaning the air,

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reviving oceans, building a waste free world, and fixing the climate.

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William will arrive in Rio on November three for several

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days of events before attending the UN Climate Conference in

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Blamon November sixth. The Princess of Wales will not be

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attending this year's ceremony and they have it to email

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