Aug. 31, 2025
Princess Diana Conspiracies, the ‘Phoenix’ Series & the Prince Andrew Takedown
Was Princess Diana murdered? Royalist writer Tom Sykes seems to think so. We unpack his bold claims on the 28th anniversary of her death.
Ghislaine Maxwell tries to link Epstein to Diana—but her timeline doesn’t add up.
A new series called Phoenix imagines a very different life for Diana—one where she survives and lives in Arizona.
Plus: William and Harry’s fractured bond, and Andrew Lownie’s jaw-dropping book on Prince Andrew, the royal family’s biggest PR nightmare.
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Callaroga Shark Media. Hello, and welcome to the Palace Intry Game,
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your host Mark Rancis. For The Royalist, Tom Sykes writes
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that he believes Princess Diana was murdered. Sykes writes, there
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is too much about the death of Diana to blithely
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accept the official line that it was just an accident,
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at the risk of being branded a Diana truther or
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conspiracy theorist, I believe there is just way too much
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about the events of that night and its aftermath to
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fit the accident narrative. There are great differences of opinion
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about who ordered the killing. Mohammed fay had famously blamed
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Prince Philip, but I side with those who argue that
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the most credible suspect is a powerful group of insiders
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in the British security services who may have disposed of
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Diana without consulting or seeking approval from individual royals, believing
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that Diana was a great threat to the monarchy and
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the wider establishment. Don't forget. She said in her Panorama
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interview that she didn't believe Charles was fit to be king.
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Imagine if she were the one living in California and
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giving interviews to Oprah, can anyone really imagine at Queen
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Camilla in such a scenario. Then there is the extraordinary
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matter of the embalming of Diana's body. We all remember
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Charles arriving in Paris and bringing Diana home that miserable
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Sunday evening. She was pronounced dead at four am. Between
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two pm and four thirty pm, according to Operation peget
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A report carried out by their British police to address
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and investigate Muhammed Fayette's claim of conspiracy and cover up,
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the blood was drained out of her body, destroyed and
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replaced with for maldehyde, fatally compromising or further tissue testing.
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The Paris authorities said this was because it was very
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hot and they wanted the body to look presentable for viewing.
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And yet dirty Fayette, who died in the car, was
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not embalmed. Mohammed Fayette, who died in twenty twenty three,
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always insisted she was embalmed to disguise the fact that
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she was pregnant. Sikes then goes on to recount his
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time in royal coverage circles and adds it was at
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Noel Botham's two thousand and four book The Murder of
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Princess Diana, which he read in twenty seventeen that got
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him thinking about things. Sikes's peason the Royalists is well
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worth the lengthy read, and he concludes by saying, I
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can't prove that Diana was murdered. I am not going
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to spend the rest of my life trying to. But
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I do know that there is enough to convince me,
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on the twenty eighth anniversary of her death, that there
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is much more to Princess Diana's death than a drunk
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driver in a lack of seat belts. Meanwhile, Glen Maxwell
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claims that Jeffrey Epstein may have been introduced to Princess
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Diana as a potential date, though the timeline she provides
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raises significant questions. Maxwell, who is currently serving a twenty
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year sentence for sex trafficking crimes connected to Epstein, made
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the claim during Each Alliance view with Deputy Attorney General
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Todd Blanche. The DOJ released the full transcripts and accompanying
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audio amid growing calls from Trump allies to release more
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information related to Epstein's past associations. According to the transcript,
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Maxwell suggested that Diana's close friend Rosa Moncton may have
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arranged the introduction. Her name was Rosa Moncton and Rose's
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husband Dominic Lawson, who's a famous journalist, Maxwell said, adding
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that she believed Epstein once attended a big event in
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London organized by Moncton. Maxwell claims, I don't know if
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he sat with Diana or he met with Diana and
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he already met her. I don't know, but this I
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believe was organized by Rosa. I don't know if she
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was being set up as a date for him. However,
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Maxwell's encounter appears to be inconsistent. She reportedly placed the
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encounter in the early two thousands, yet Princess Diana died
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in a car creation in ninety seven. No evidence has
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been produced to corroborate the claim, and Moncton has not
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commented publicly. Critics quickly cast doubt on the remarks. Representative
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Robert Carcier, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, wrote,
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Glene Maxwell is a convicted sex trafficker and no one liar.
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She cannot be trusted. Palace Entry will be right back.
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A new drama series is preparing to ask the question
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many have pondered for nearly three decades. What If Princess
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Diana had survived? Titled Phoenix, the forthcoming series imagines a
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very different future for the late Princess of Wales. Far
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from the palaces of Britain. This Diana is a sixty
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four year old mother living in the Arizona Desert, navigating
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a strained relationship with a troubled adult daughter, a rocky
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marriage to a shifty American tycoon, and distant ties to
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two grown sons in the UK. With him and Harry
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behind the project, the two men who knew the real
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Diana Well. Rod Gunner, who worked with the princess on
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her nineteen ninety three Concert of Hope fundraiser, is developing
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the show alongside her former private secretary Patrick Jeffson. Gunner
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says Phoenix is not meant to cash in on Diana's memory,
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but to reintroduce her to a new generation who hasn't
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thought what if Diana was still alive today? Gunner said,
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would Camilla be Queen? Would Harry and William have ended
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up as they have? In Phoenix, Diana and Dirty Fayeede
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survived the parish crash, but do not stay together. Instead,
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Diana eventually marries a wealthy but untrustworthy Wall Street figure,
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and retreats from public life to a glamorous estate in Phoenix.
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Her daughter, Francis, whose father is not revealed, struggles with addiction,
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bringing tension and heartbreak into Diana's new well. Meanwhile, across
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the Atlantic, the monarchy continues on Harry marries someone other
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than Megan, William remains with Kate, and Camilla's role in
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the royal order is left deliberately vague. Despite the provocative premise,
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the creators insists the series is rooted in authenticity, drawn
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from years of private conversations and insights. This isn't some
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fantasy soap, said Gunner. It's based on everything we knew
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about her when she was alive. Filming is due to
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begin before Christmas, with casting them under way. The role
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of Diana will go to an unknown actress. Diana is
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the star, said Gunne, who wants to avoid a celebrity
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overshadowing the princess's legacy. The series is being co written
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by Black Swan screenwriter John J. McLaughlin. Patrick Jeffson, Diana's
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most trusted aid, serves as an executive producer, lending the
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project and art of credibility that many of the princesses
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pass portrayals have lacked. Diana left behind a huge gap
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that's never been filled. Kind of said, I miss her,
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and I think a lot of people do too. I'm
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not trying to offend anyone. I'm trying to remember that
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Diana we all adored. Streaming deals are currently in discussion
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