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Ah Caloroga Shark Media. Hello and welcome to you Pallace
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intrig game your host Mark Francis. If you're attending the
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Royal Ascot, Mike Tindall has some tips for you. Never
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leave your hat in the toilet and forget about it.
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Mike told the Luxury Dispatch podcast. They're not cheap and
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people know that. Host Tom Chamberlain suggested keeping an extra
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shirt on hand, prompting Mike to joke that there might
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be a business opportunity hiding in plain sight. Do you
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think we're missing out on an opportunity here to just
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have the spare shirt shop. It's like a laundry on site.
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You come in, you get changed. We'll watch this, have
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it pressed for you're ready to go. We could make
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a killing. If it's too hot. It's a bit of
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a nightmare. The sweat is ongoing. Don't take the hat off.
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It's like a pool of water drops out, giving listeners
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a glimpse behind the scenes. Mike's gonna have the journey
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to the racecourse. You jump in cars. The fleet of cars.
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They use a very old, historical, good old fashioned sort
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of car State cars, and they take it to the
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edge of the Great Park. It's about a twenty minute
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carriage ride from start to finish. They always let the
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children out wave their British flags and for Mike one
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moment stands out above all others. You turn on to
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the track down the middle of the course and the
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anthem stars. It's quite special. King Charles, Queen Camilla and
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several members of the royal family are expected to attend
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the annual showcase of racing, fashion and royal tradition. Rumors
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where that Beatrice and Eugenie have been banned or at
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least highly discouraged from attending. For the first time, Ascot
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has named an official color of the year, encouraging race
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goers to embrace tomato red on Gold Cup Day, which
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is Thursday. Women are being invited to wear statement dresses
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or hats in the shade, while men are encouraged to
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add red tires or pocket squares to their outfits. While
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Royal women have traditionally favored blues, greens, creams and pastels,
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there is already a royal president for the new color.
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The Princess of Wales were a striking red Alexander McQueen
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dress with a matching Philip Treacy hat at Ascot in
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twenty twin. Princess Eugenie has also chosen bright red for
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the meeting in the past, while Queen Mary of Denmark
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wore the shade during a Royal Ascot appearance in sixteen.
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The new color initiative comes as Ascot launches its latest
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style Guide, with creative director Daniel Fletcher describing brake tomato
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read as a defining shade in occasion where that brings
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an instant feeling of summer joy. Royal Ascot runs through
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June twentieth, with members of the Royal Family expected to
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attend throughout the week. Social media fans are upset with
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Megan Michael again, this time the Touchess of Sussex recently
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appeared in a video shared by her as Ever Lifestyle brand.
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In the clip, megane scene walking along the garden path
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carrying a bottle of wine as the company highlighted its
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summer beverage collection. The post featured the caption the gathering
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all summer long, refreshing Sauvignon blanc, Celebratory, brute light and
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bright Rose. But while the focus was intended to be
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on the products, some viewers quickly noticed that Megan appeared
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to be wearing only her wedding band, while her engagement
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ring was not visible in the video. The observation prompted
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speculation online, with some royal commentators questioning the significance of
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the missing ring when social media user wrote, I've been
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waiting to see what she's done with it at this time.
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She hasn't worn it in months. The engagement ring itself
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has long attracted attention because of its connection to both
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Prince Harry and his late mother, Princess Diana. When Harry
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proposed in twenty seventeen, the ring featured a central diamond
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source from Botswana, a country that holds special significance for
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the couple. The center stone was flanked by two diamonds
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from Princess di Anna's personal collection, creating a tribute to
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Harry's mother. Over the years, Meghan has made several changes
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to the ring's design, including updates to the band and setting.
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Those alterations have often generated discussion among royal followers who
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closely track even the smallest details of the couple's public appearances.
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Whether the ring's absence in the latest video carries in
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the particular meaning remains unclear. It's entirely possible, Meghan simply
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chose to wear her wedding band that day. One small
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detail often noticed by royal watchers is that Prince William
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never wears a wedding ring, despite being married to the
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Princess of Wales for more than fifteen years. While Katherine
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is rarely seen without her famous Sapphire engagement ring and
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Welsh gold wedding band, William has never worn a ring
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since their wedding in twenty eleven. According to Palace sources
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at the time, the decisions were simply a matter of
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personal preference. One source explained, He's not one for jewelry,
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He's never worn any. He decided he didn't want to
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wear one. Now it's all down to personal preference. More
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Palace in just a moment, Hey, check out our sister
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So there's that. Princess Anne is set to return to
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Thailand next month for her fourth official visit to the country.
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The British Embassy in Bangkok has announced that the Princess Royal,
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accompanied by her husband, Sir Tim Lawrence, will visit Thailand
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on July sixteenth and seventeen. The triple mark Anne's first
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visit to the country in nearly four decades. Her previous
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visits took place in seventy two, seventy nine, and eighty seven.
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During the visit, the Princess's scheduled to tour a school
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in Bangkok supported by Save the Children Thailand, continuing her
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long standing interest in education and child welfare. She has
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also expected to meet Thailand's Prime Minister and hold audiences
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with the King and Queen of Thailand. In addition, Anne
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will pay her respects to the late Queen Sir Kit
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the Queen Mother, and meet Thai family scientists, as well
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as representatives involved in a regional health security initiative. Princess
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Anne unveiled a new memori or dedicated to more than
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four hundred previously unrecognized First World War casualties whose stories
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had largely been lost to history. The Princess Royal attended
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a ceremony at Brookwood Military Cemetery in Surrey, where she
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officially revealed the Brookwood nineteen fourteen to nineteen eighteen Memorial
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and behalf of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, of which
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she serves as president. The memorial honors servicemen and women
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from the UK and Ireland who died as a result
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of the war, but whose graves were never formally identified
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or commemorated. Speaking at the ceremony, annseb today we gather
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in a place where history is not simply remembered, but
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where there is an enduring promise that none who serve
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will be forgotten. This memorial marks a profound new chapter
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in our shared remembrance of those names lost in the
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archival shadows. She explained that the memorial commemorates those who
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died of wounds far from the battlefield, those who succumbed
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it to illness while still in service, as well as
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others who lost their lives in training accidents or were
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discharged as unfit, only to later die on the care
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of their families. The memorial itself consists of thirty one
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large stone slabs arranged to reflect the pattern of the
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brightest styles visible in the sky at the moment the
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armistice was signed on November eleventh, nineteen eighteen. Claire Houghton,
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Directed General of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, said the
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memorial has room for many more names to be added
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in the future. It's incredible to think that after all
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these years we are still finding people to commemorate, she said.
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More than four hundred new trees have been planted around
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the memorial, creating a living tribute designed to a volt
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over time. Anne was also celebrated by the Royal family
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for the fiftieth anniversary of her appearance at the Olympic Games.
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The Royal family's official social media accounts marked the milestone
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by sharing a photograph of the Princess Royal competing on
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horseback while representing Great Britain. The image shared by the
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Palace showed the Princess wearing a teen Great Britain jacket
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while mounted on her horse during the competition. Anne made
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history in Montreal when she became the first member of
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the royal family to compete at the Olympic Games, representing
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Great Britain in the three day equestrian event aboard Goodwill,
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a horse owned by Queen Elizabeth. However, during the competition,
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she suffered a concussion after falling during the cross country
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phase when a horse became stuck while attempting to jump.
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Speaking at a reunion, and admitted that the part of
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the competition she would most like to remember is the
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one that she cannot recall. She told guests, I had
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a slight problem in that bit that I would like
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to remember, which is the cross country. I don't. But
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every now and again I see it and I think, oh, okay,
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and I suspect Goodwill remembers it, but I don't. It
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was an experience, and a lot of it was a
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good experience. The princess also joked about the passage of
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time as she addressed athletes who competed alongside her five
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decades ago. Looking around the room, she remarked that everyone
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looked extremely well on it, while noting that the reunion
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does mark the passage of time just a little. Hey all,
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