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Callarogu Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Intrigue. I'm
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your host, Mark Francis. Princess Anne once came surprisingly close
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to an overnight stay that would have been unlike anything
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normally associated with royal life. A former Buckingham Palace press
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secretary has revealed that officials inspected the cells at Slough
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Magistrate's Court before Anne appeared there in two thousand and two,
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just in case the Princess Royal was sent to jail.
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Elisa Anderson, who served as Press secretary to Queen Elizabeth I,
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recalled the preparations during a discussion with the Son's Royal Exclusive.
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Anne appeared in court after her English bull terrier Dottie
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attacked two children in Windsor Great Park. Anderson said, I
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was there in Slough Magistrate's Court she lost control of
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her dogs. She pleaded guilty, but royal officials apparently had
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to prepare for every possible outcome. Anderson explained, well, again,
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we had to check the courts beforehand and look at
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the jails downstairs, just in case they pushed her down.
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When host Matt Wilkinson asked whether that officials had actually
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inspected the cells Anderson replied yes, just in case she
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was sent down. Asked again whether imprisonment really had been
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considered a possibility, Anderson confirmed, we checked the cells. The
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inspection was partly a security exercise. Palace officials needed to
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understand the facilities and no who else might be held
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in the area if Anne were taken into custody. Asked
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whether there were other prisoners downstairs at the time, Anderson
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said there were few, and the accommodations were apparently not
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particularly royal. Anderson said they were basic, Matt. They were basic,
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not quite what she was used to right, but she
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didn't have to go to any of these cells and
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ultimately pleaded guilty to an offense under the Dangerous Dogs
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Act and became the first senior member of the royal
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family to receive a criminal conviction. She was fined five
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hundred pounds and ordered to pay another five hundred pounds
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in compensation, along with one hundred and forty eight pounds
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in court costs. Dotty was required to undergo training and
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be kept on a lead in public. The judge did
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not order the dog to be destroyed, although Anne was
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warned that another incident could result in that happening. King
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Charles has stripped ten people of their British honors so
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far in twenty twenty six were the most prominent case
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involving former Democratic Unionist Party leader Jeffrey Donaldson. Donaldson was
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convicted in June of eighteen offenses including rape and and
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decent assault involving two women when they were children. He
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had already asked for his knighthood to be forfeited and
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has resigned from the Privy Council. However, formally removing an
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honor requires a process that ultimately ends with the Sovereign
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acting on official advice. Donaldson is actually the tenth person
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to lose an honor this year. In March, Charles approved
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the forfeiture of honors from nine other people in a
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single batch. Ian Ashbolt and Lloyd Hamilton birth lost their
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mbes following criminal convictions. Angela Middleton, who received an MBE
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in twenty nineteen, had hers removed for bringing the honors
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system into disrepute. Nigel O'Connor lost his mb following professional censure,
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while Tony Riley had his OBE canceled for the same reason. Annatshah,
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who received an OBE in twenty twenty, lost the honor
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for bringing the honors system into disrepute. Paul Rose, the
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owner of a Cumbrian ol sanctuary, was stripped of the
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MB he received in two thousand and two following animal
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welfare offenses. Graham Truella lost his MB following a criminal conviction,
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and perhaps the best known name in that March group
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was former Scotland A Rugby captain Stuart Hogg. Hogg was
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awarded an MB in twenty twenty four, but stripped of
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it after admitting domestic abuse. The formal language used in
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the March cases was essentially identical. The King has directed
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that the appointment be canceled and annulled. Although these announcements
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are made in the King's name, charless and personally sitting
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down and deciding gets kicked out of the honors system.
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Cases are considered by the government's Forfeiture Committee, which can
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recommend removing an honor when someone's conduct is considered to
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have brought the honor's system into disrepute. Recommendations ultimately go
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through the Prime Minister before being submitted to the King
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for formal approval, so when the announcement says the King
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has directed that an honor be canceled. It is the
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final constitutional step in a government run process, rather than
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Charles personally compiling a royal blacklist more palace in just
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a moment, Prince Edward is being described as the victim
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of an increasingly strange quirk in the royal line of succession,
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with one royal commentator arguing that the rules should be reconsidered.
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The Duke of Edinburgh as one of the most active,
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working members of the royal family, but his position in
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the succession continues to move downward as younger generations of
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the family have children. Former BBC Royal correspondent Jenny Bond argues,
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I do think the line of succession should be revised
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and shortened. There's something rather rediculous about the hard working
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and popular Duke of Edinburgh being knocked down the succession
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line to make way for Eugenie's third baby, and it's
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preposterous to think that Andrew mount Batten Windsor is still
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eighth in the line of succession. I think the air
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and their children should be enough, or perhaps for safety,
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just make it the first five. The issue has received
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fresh attention following the arrival of Princess Eugenie and Jack
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Brook Bank's third child. Earlier this year, Bond said, I
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think this long line of succession has become rather ridiculous.
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Very few people have any idea that someone called athenem
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A Pellimotzy or Ernest Brook banker eleventh and fourteenth in
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line to the throne. Personally, I think they should also
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remove Harry and his children, plus Beatrice, Eugenie and their
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children from the line of succession. James, Earl of Wessex,
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sixteenth in line, just below the new baby Royal, has
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reportedly taken on a summer job at King Charles Sandringham estate.
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The eighteen year old son of Prince Edwin and Sophie
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has apparently been spending part of the summer working on
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the estate's farms. It has been spotted driving tractors around Sandringham.
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James recently completed his A levels and is currently waiting
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for his results, giving him some time this summer to
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take on the job, and a state worker told the
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son everyone is so used to only seeing James smartly
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turned out with his family, had functions at Christmas in
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the easter, so he had to do a double take.
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He might be the King's nephew, but he is more
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than happy to get his hands dirty and muck in.
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Driving tractors around Sandringham is not an easy task and
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it can mean long hours, but it doesn't matter how
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rich you are. Learning a good work ethic at a
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young age can always help. The King is known for
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his fondness of the countryside, and he couldn't be proud
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of knowing that the younger royals share his love. James
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is currently sixteenth in laying to the throne, immediately behind
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his older sister, Lady Louise Windsor, but neither James nor
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Louise is expected to become a full time working royal.
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Their parents have long prepared them for the likelihood that
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they will eventually pursue careers outside the monarchy. Lady Louise,
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seventeenth in line, has marked the end of her university
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year is where a new look as she moves into
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the next stage of her life. The twenty two year
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old recently graduated from the University of Saint Andrew's and
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has now traded her longer hairstyle for a shorter bob.
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Louis showed off the new haircut last weekend while competing
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at the Glebe Estate carriage driving trials in West Sussex.
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Celebrity stylist Jay Birmingham told Hello, once the bob was
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perceived as a more grown up cut, but those days
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are long gone. Whilst long hair will never go out
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of fashion, it simply isn't raining supreme anymore as the
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younger generation begins to experiment with different lengths, textures and silhouettes.
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Louise is also following the example of her mother, Sophie
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recently shortened her own hair into what has been described
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as a princess bob rush. Hair Editorial director Tina Fari
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said Louise's new style accentuates her high cheekbones and oval
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face shape features and personal style. Very added that both
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mother and daughter look gorgeous with their new short haircuts,
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refreshing their look before the end of summer. Louise's appearance
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at the carriage driving competition also attracted attention because her
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boyfriend Felix the Silver Clamp was there supporting her. The
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couple wore batching navy caps bearing the initials of the
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Royal Windsor Horse Show. Louise initially wore the cap with
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a white T shirt and colorful shorts before changing into
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a traditional tweed outfit for the competition. Felix and Louise
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met while studying at Saint Andrews, and their relationship has
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gradually become more public. He recently made his first appearance
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on the royal family's official Instagram account when he accompanied
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Louise as she received her Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award
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at the Palace of Holyrood House. Louise followed both her
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father and her late grandfather, Prince Philip, in earning the award,
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and Prince Edward participated in the ceremony carriage driving train as.
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Sarah Howell, who has previously watched Louise compete, described Louise
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as her lad and just lovely and there you have it.
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