Aug. 26, 2024

Prince Willy is mad that you don't call his wife Catherine

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Hopefully Prince Willy isn’t mad at us calling his wife “Kate.”

A friend of William and Kate’s told The Daily Beast “If Harry and Meghan were serious about healing their issue, a good first step would be to call her Catherine.”

Another friend said: “Of course it’s an utterly trivial thing, but those of us who know William know that it is one of the things that pushes his buttons. Pushing his buttons while he was going through his wife’s cancer seemed an entirely unnecessary and deliberate irritation.”

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Hello and welcome to Pallace Intry Game. Your host Mark Francis.

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Hopefully Prince Willie isn't mad at us calling his wife Kate.

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A friend of William and Kate told The Daily Beast,

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if Harry and Meghan were serious about healing their issue,

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a first good step would be to call her Catherine.

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Another friend said, of course, it's an utterly trivial thing,

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but those of us who know William know that it's

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one of the things that pushes his buttons. Pushing his

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buttons while he was going through his wife's cancer seemed

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an entirely unnecessary and deliberate irritation. Prince harryan Prince William's

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relationship has deteriorated to the point where they have not

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spoken for nearly two years, according to experts. Royal author

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Robert Lacy traces the riff back to two thousand and two,

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when Harry made headlines for smoking cannabis. Although tensions existed

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over various incidents such as the Colonials and Natives part scandal,

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where Harry was photographed wearing a Nazi costume, the real

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distance between them grew in twenty nineteen. This was when

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Harry claimed in Spare that William physically attacked him during

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a heated argument, an altercation that reportedly left a lasting

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impact on their relationship. The situation worsened in twenty twenty

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one when Harry and Meghan stepped down as working royals

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and moved to Montecito. The couple's departure, coupled with public revelations,

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further deepened the divide between Harry and the rest of

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the royal family. CI and Royal commentator Sandra Minetti remarked

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on Channel fives Megan and Harry The Rise and Fall,

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that there seems to be no path for reconciliation. There

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is so much bad blood that the reality is it's

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a war. A friend of William's told The Daily Beast,

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things are totally frozen between the two of them. It's

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hard to overstate how utterly William feels betrayed and hurt.

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On a very personal level, the two brothers were so

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close growing up that they would finish each other's sentences.

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Amid all the trauma that their mum dying and their

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dad being quite distant. It was an amazing thing to witness.

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Eating Harry's book I was really struck by how honest

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he was about the depth and importance of his relationship

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with William when they were younger. It makes this decision

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to basically sell out his entire family, but particularly William

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for a bumper payday, even more inexplicable. The eye catching

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headline is that the brothers will be together only once more,

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and it won't be at William's coronation. The friend said,

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I believe at one hundred percent why would William and

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Kate want all the distraction in circus that its presence

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would bring a suspect that William will see Harry one

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more time in his life in the flesh at their

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father's funeral. A former Buckingham Palace stafford told The Daily

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Beast planning for William's coronation is well underweight and as

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I understand it, there are no plans to invite Harry.

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It's hardly surprising when you look at how poisoned the

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will has become. William's relationship with his stepmother, Queen Camilla,

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has evolved over the years, especially after Prince Harry stepped

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back from royal duties in twenty twenty. According to a

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source close to the Park and Bowl's family, William has

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developed a familial relationship with Camilla, a significant shift from

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the initial resentment he and Harry felt towards her during

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their loyalty to their late mother, Princess Diana. The source

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notes that William and Harry always harbored distrust towards Camilla

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and were uncomfortable opening up to her. However, William's attitude

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towards his stepmother has softened over time, thanks in part

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to the influence of his wife, the always wonderful Catherine,

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the Princess of Wales. As the source concluded, if his

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dad's happy, William is happy, Crie. Camilla and Senior Pallace

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aides are increasingly worried about King Charles's health, particularly regarding

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his intense schedule and its potential impact on his recovery

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from cancer. Despite his ongoing health battle, the King has

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maintained a packed agenda, which has raised concerns about the

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risk of burnout. Camilla has publicly expressed her concerns, urging

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Charles to behave and slow down, although these comments often

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carry a lighthearted tone. However, behind closed towards her worry

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is reportedly much more serious. According to a close friend

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of Camilla. The Queen was particularly distressed when Charles abruptly

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ended his holiday shortly after it began to attend a

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demanding royal engagement. While she understands the importance of his duties,

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she fears that his relentless work ethic may be detrimental

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to his health. Adding to the concerns is the King's

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upcoming schedule, including a significant tour of Australia and attendance

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of the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in October. These

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events are considered crucial, particularly in the context of growing

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Republican sentiments in Australia, but they also pose a challenge

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to his health. A palace insider noted that despite positive

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reports about the King's resilience, his recent appearances suggest otherwise.

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Observers have noted a noticeable decline in his physical condition,

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with significant weight loss and signs of aging becoming more apparent.

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The source emphasized that while Camilla has been urging him

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to take a break, Charles' workaholic nature makes him resistant

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slowing down. This has led to a growing sense of

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unease among those closest to him, who fear that his

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determination to fulfill his royal duties may come at a

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high personal cost, political rights or families have problems, and

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royals are no exception. That was Norwegian Prime Minister the

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Jonas gars Jaw's message last week when asked about a

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scandal enveloping the Norwegian Crown Princess's son Marius boig Horby,

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who admitted assaulting his girlfriend during a cocaine binge. The

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Norwegian royal family is a family with some clear challenges,

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which applies to quite a few other families in Norway.

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The prime minister said. While most of Europeans monarchies were

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abolished after the First and Second World Wars, there are

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twelve who managed to hang onto the crowns and scepters,

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albeit after being forced to relinquish most of their political power.

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They are Denmark, Norway, Sweden, the UK, Spain, the Netherlands

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and Belgium, as well as the principalities of Andorra, Liechtenstein

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and Monaco, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Vatican

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a theocratic absolute monarchy. The result is that even today

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the continent is rife with royals who often willed enormous

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influence and celebrity, and whose antics when they get up

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to no good cause, their governments know and grief. Robert Aldrich,

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professor of European history at the University of Sydney, said

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scandal's ken indeed weaken and even threatened monarchies. That proved

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true in the case of Spain's King Juan Carlos the First,

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who abdicated in twenty fourteen and headed into exile after

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a bevy of blunders, including an infamous safari hunting trip

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with his lover in Botswana in which he proudly posed

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for a photo holding a rifle next to a dead elephant,

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as well as allegations of corrupt financial dealings. Romania's government

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has spent years hunting its fugitive prints across Europe. Prince

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Paul of Romania, grandson of the country's penultimate King, Carol Second,

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was convicted by the Romanian authorities in twenty twenty being

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part of a plot to illegally claim old royal lands

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belonging to his ancestor. Last month, the Romanian authorities sent

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a delegation of officials to Malta, where the prince was

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caught and arrested, to argue for his extradition to Romania,

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but last week a Maltese court refused to hand him over,

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citing the inhumane conditions of Romania's penitentiaries. Aldrich said, over

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the long term and monarchy is, after all, a very

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long term proposition, dynasties can be remarkably resilient. Pallacerdricul be Radback.

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Gary Goldsmith, the uncle of Catherine, the Princess of Wales's

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wife of Prince Willie, is often referred to as the

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naughty Uncle. Uncle Gary has recently been spotted letting loose

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during a beach party in a Beeza. The fifty nine

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year old multi millionaire businessman who previously appeared on Celebrity

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Big Brother, was seen dancing energetically on a chair at

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a beach bar in forman Terror. Dressed in matching shorts

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and shirt set with his shirt unbuttoned, Goldsmith appeared to

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be thoroughly enjoying himself as he danced both on land

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and in the sea. Goldsmith, who was the first contestant

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to be evicted from the Big Brother House earlier this year,

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reportedly earned one hundred thousand pounds for his brief appearance

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on the show. In a candid interview with Times magazine,

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Goldsmith revealed that his Big Brother fee was used to

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purchase half a watch, referring to his new roll lex.

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