April 19, 2025

Prince William plans to actually work next week (between vacations)

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Prince William plans to take a break from his hard vacationing lifestyle to do some work next week.

Meanwhile, reports of a falling-out between the Duke of Sussex and his cousin Princess Eugenie have been firmly denied, following claims made by broadcaster Piers Morgan.On a recent episode of his programme *Uncensored*, Mr Morgan suggested Prince Harry had gone "completely ballistic" after Eugenie was seen socialising with him at a London pub. According to Mr Morgan, the Duke took issue with the Princess being photographed embracing the journalist, who has been a relentless critic of both Harry and Meghan Markle.

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Calorogu Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Pallas Intrigue. I'm

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your host, Mark Francis. Reports of a falling out between

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the Duke of Sussex and his cousin, Princess Eugenie have

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been firmly denied following claims made by broadcaster to Piers

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Morgan on a recent episode of his program Uncensored. Mister

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Morgan suggested Prince Harry had gone completely ballistic after Eugenie

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was seen socializing with him at a London pub. According

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to mister Morgan, the Duke took issue with the princess

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being photographed embracing the journalist, who had been a relentless

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critic of both Harry and Megan Michael. Mister Morgan told

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viewers she was outing lunch with me and a group

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of people in a pub in London that was seen

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hugging them goodbye, and Harry saw this and went completely ballistic.

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I can confirm that this is entirely true because he

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couldn't bear it. However, a source close to the Sussexes

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told People magazine that such claims are categorically untrue. The

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Duke remains close to Princess Eugenie. They always have and

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always will be. The insider stated. While Prince Harry's ties

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with some members of his family have grown strained in

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recent years, his connection with Princess Eugenie and Beatrice is

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understood to have remained intact. Rumors of a rift, it seems,

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are more bluster than truth. One of those strained relationships

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is with Prince William, that once tight fraternal bond began

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to quietly frey, not with mexit, but much earlier, according

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to royal author Tina Brown in the Palace Papers Inside

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the House of windsor The Truth and the Turmoil, Brown

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quotes a former aide who claims the brother's relationship hadn't

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been the same since William married Kate. While the two

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princes continued to live side by side at Kensington Palace

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and shared both an office and regular social time, Brown

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writes that Harry privately mourned his us against the world

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bond with William. William settled into his married life where

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the now Princess of Wales. Brown suggests Harry felt edged

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out of the equation. Harry felt displaced by their bougie

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family unit and couldn't understand his brother's obsession with his

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Middleton in laws, she writes, adding that the Middleton's lifestyle

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bored harritage tears. The author paints a portrait of Prince

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William fully embracing country life, often found tramping the grounds

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of Anmer Hall, the Norfolk home gifted to him by

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the late Queen Elizabeth, in a flat cap and tweed

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jacket like his turnip top Norfolk farmer friends. As William

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grew into his role as future King, Brown asserts he

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became less tolerant of his younger brother's wild child ways.

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He was less amused than the British public by either

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the strip Billiard's tobaccle in Las Vegas or Harry's ceaseless

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boozy nightclub forays with his rowdy friends. His younger brother's

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recklessness exasperated him. Prince William plans to get some work

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in between vacations, no exactly, Princess ann when it comes

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to the royal docket. Will is set to resume public

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engagements next week following the Easter break, where a visit

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to a youth focused charity in South London. However, the

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Princess of Wales will not be accompanying him as she

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continues her private recovery. On April twenty fourth, Prince William

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will visit Mentivity, an organization dedicated to empowering young people

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through mentorship, educational support and safe spaces. During his visit,

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the Principal participate in a roundtable discussion on youth employment

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and apprenticeships, listening to young people share both their aspirations

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and the challenges they face entering the workforce, and, perhaps

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more importantly, feed the media with some new photos of

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Wills being cool and looking cool so nobody asks questions

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about his vacation schedule. Between photo ops, Harry take notes

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on how to do this. As Prince Harry continues his

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legal battle over UK security protections, those close to the

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Duke of Sussex believed King Charles is keeping his distance

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into intentionally. The legal battle puts Harry in direct contact

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with the people who are carrying out the king's orders.

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Royal biographer Sally Biddell Smith told people if his father

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was to say something even seemingly innocuous, it could end

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up landing in the middle of the court case. Others

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with close ties to the palace suggest the estrangement could

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be navigated more carefully, with a source saying a distinction

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between personal life and official duties could be made, but

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things have been februal for a while. In the Daily Mail,

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Liz Jones says not to blame Harry for the frosty

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relationship with the King. Jones rights part of the reason

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for charles coldness towards Harry is Harry's current unedifying fight

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in the courts for his UK security to be upgraded.

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His own privately funded bodyguards are not allowed to be

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armed when here Why with this angered Charles? Yes, his

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state visit to Italy was pushed off the front pages

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last week by images of his sons striding warriorlike and

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painfully lonely into court. But it seems odd for the

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King to object to his son's claim because if he wins,

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Harry has indicated he and his family would visit Britain

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more often than his father would welcome that the King

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has been trained to be a diplomat since birth to

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set an example, Yet it seems he cannot extend a

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hand of friendship to his son. Is he worried that

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a note or a kind word will make it into

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the public sphere via his liquacious second born. Perhaps, but

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surely a photo opportunity showing a hug a handshake would

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speak volumes. There is no hand of friendship being extended

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by William either. If he can forgive his father's historic indiscretions.

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In nineteen ninety four, he confessed to infidelity in a

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televised interview with Jonathan Dimbleby, surely he can forgive his

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brother for that Oprah interview. In writing a memoir, however candid,

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does he fear his and Kate's life will be made

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a living hell, that the Wayales's family will be overshadowed

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by the Sussexes. I think the latter. He must realize

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that high profile visits from Harry and Meghan Archie and

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lullabit in tow would enliven our interest and affection for

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the royal family. It would certainly be more fascinating, glamorous

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and fun than being drip fed badly shot photos of

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Kate in a baker boy cap talking to scouts on

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a wind swept hillside. Brand expert Nick E tells the

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son Meghan hasn't really earned her stripes yet. She's not

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the fashionista yet, she's not the cook yet, She's not

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the makeup expert yet. Nothing feels particularly rounded in actual knowledge,

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so people begin to turn off. We've been on this

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journey with Harry and Meghan, but when we get to

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the crux of it, it never goes anywhere. Everything feels

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like a scatter gun approach. Nothing seems thought out or strategized.

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She and Harry seem to think, yes, I'll take the

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money and work out what to do afterwards. More palace

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in just a moment. The Princess Royal was reportedly left

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surprised upon learning that a leading female athlete had to

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can pain for the right to wear shorts while playing

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her sport. Wednesday's investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle, Princess Anne,

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the possible former Royal sex bomb, presented England hockey player

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Tess Howard with an MB. Miss Howard, part of the

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Commonwealth Games gold medal winning squad in twenty twenty two,

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was honored not only for her achievements on the pitch,

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but her advocacy around inclusive sportswear for women and girls.

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Speaking after the ceremony, Miss Howard said, if I had

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an organization like inclusive Sportswear, I wouldn't have had to

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campaign for years to wear shorts in hockey, which is bizarre.

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She added, The Princess Royal was surprised that I had

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to campaign to wear shorts. It's silly when you say

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it out loud. The twenty four year old athlete, who

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plays for East Grinstead Hockey Club, founded the group Inclusive

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Sportswear in twenty twenty three to challenge barriers in sport

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and promote more flexible, comfortable kit options for all athletes,

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regardless of gender. Reflecting on the recognition, she remarked, it's

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quite ridiculous that I've been given an award essentially for

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campaigning to wear shorts. In twenty twenty three, the International

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Hockey Federation updated its rules to allow female players the

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option to wear shorts, skirts or sports provided the match

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in color and design, but Miss Howard says that the

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change is only the beginning and that her organization will

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continue pushing for greater inclusivity across all levels of sport.

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Princess Anne, a longtime supporter of British athletics and a

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former Olympian herself, has not commented publicly, but is understood

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to have taken a keen interest in the matter. During

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