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Calorogus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to your palace intrigue.
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I am your host, Mark Francis. Fake AI generated videos
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of the Royal family are spreading rapidly online. Clips circulating
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on social media include bizarre and often disturbing depictions of
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the late Queen and Princess Diana, ranging from comedy skits
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to offensive scenarios involving shoplifting, rap, and even professional wrestling.
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Some videos use synthetic voices eerily mimicking the royals accents,
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with one fake version of the Queen reciting rap lyrics
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run heavy, but I keep it cocked, Jewels in the pocket,
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teakettle locked, came out the palace straight to the block,
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slippers on concrete. Still, I won't stop. The rise in
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such material comes as Harry and Megan joined global figures
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and warnings about the dangers of advanced artificial intelligence. The
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couple recently signed an open letter urging major tech companies,
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including Google, Meta and Open ai, to hold the development
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of super intelligent AI intelligamy proven safe. British intelligence agencies
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have also warned that deep fakes and online conspiracies are
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being exploited by foreign actors. Last year, investigators in Wales
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identified dozens of accounts linked to Russia allegedly amplifying false
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narratives about Princess Kate's temporary absence from public life. Meanwhile,
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in real life, a royal commentator says one of the
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most noticeable changes in King Charles since the passing of
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Queen Elizabeth is his greater physical warmth with the public.
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Speaking on the Pallas Confidential podcast, Richard Eden explained that
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while he hasn't observed any sweeping transformations within the monarchy,
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the king stands apart from his late mother in one
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key way. I don't think we've seen too many radical changes, really.
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I think the thing that struck me actually is how
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much more tactile King Charles is than his mother. You
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wouldn't touch the Queen. We've seen with King Charles. He's
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remarkably tactile. So he's been hugging people in a way
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I didn't see that coming. Eden suggested this change maybe
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partly due to Charles's health challenges. I think his cancer
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has drawn to the public even quicker. Perhaps that sympathy
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and the intimations of mortality, the fact that no one
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knows how long he'll be around has warmed him to people,
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and I think that's increased that level of affection. Queen
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Camilla's son Tom Parker Bowles, has laughed off the idea
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of ever receiving a royal title, joking that Britain would
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revolt ifyone made a prince. Speaking on the Good Food podcast,
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the fifty year Old Food Wright equipped, I tell you
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that would be the quickest way of revolution. I think
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were a fairly balanced and sober and sensible country on
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the whole. But if I suddenly became prince, I think
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that Buckingham Palace gates would be stormed. Parker Bowles, who
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is the Queen's eldest child from her marriage to Andrew
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Parker Bowles, added that he has no plans to alter
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his identity, saying he'd be sticking with his original name.
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It would be appalling, he said of the idea of
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being given a title, I think they would put back
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the long and glow rious cause of the monarchy in
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Britain by many years. Speaking more warmly of his stepfather,
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Parker Bowles described King Charles as a fountain of knowledge
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and a hero a British farmer's praising him alongside broadcaster
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Jeremy Clarkson for helping to shine a light on the
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struggles of rural life. Asked if he had ever handled
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any royal regalia, Parker Bowles admitted he had the rare
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privilege of briefly holding one of the crown jewels. In
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the lead up to the coronation. They had some of
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the crown jewels because the King and my mother had
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to practice carrying them. He said, it was just I
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think it was the scepter or the diadem. Just to
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hold it briefly was You're holding history. You're holding eight
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or nine hundred years of history. It's incredible. Reflecting on
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his childhood, he described a traditional, very happy and privileged
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upbringing in Wiltshire with his mother, father, and sister Laura Lopes.
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She's a great cook, a natural cook, he said. Of
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the Queen. There weren't many spices. It was very very traditional.
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We'd have English food, and despite years spent mingling with
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royalty Parker Bowles and ciss his tasteven chained much. Not really, no,
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he said with a smile. Parenting expert Joe Frost, also
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known as Super Nanny, has praised William and Kate for
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a grounded approach to raising Prince George, Princess Arlotte and
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Prince Lewis, saying the couple balanced privacy with carefully chosen
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public appearances to prepare the children for royal life. She wrote,
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Parenting is no easy task, and when lived under the
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world's gaze, the challenge magnifies tenfold. Yet in Prince William
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and Catherine, Princess of Wales, I see not only future monarchs,
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but devoted parents whose grounded approach provides reassurance for their
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family and inspiration for others. Despite their titles and difficulties
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of late, they remain grounded in everyday life, intentional in
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giving George, Charlotte and Louis as normal childhood as possible,
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she said, and concluded that children don't need perfect parents,
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they need presents. William and Catherine understand this. Their parenting
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is not about privilege but responsibility. The future feels steady,
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compassionate and hopeful. The new Wales family home, Forest Lodge
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in Windsor Great Park has drawn attention not only for
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the heightened security around its perimeter, but also for one
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of its more unusual features, a haha wall. According to
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the National Trust, ahha is a type of sunken fence,
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popular in eighteenth century landscaped gardens. It creates the illusion
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of a continuous, unbroken lawn, whilst still acting as a boundary,
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often to keep grazing animals out. The name it is
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thought to come from the surprise of stumbling across one,
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prompting an exclamation of ha ha. The discreet barrier means
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the Wales family can enjoy open views across the rolling
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grounds without compromising safety or privacy. While there's no word
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on whether they plan to keep livestock, the wall won't
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interfere with playtime for Prince George, Prince Charlotte and Prince Louis.
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Forest Lodge also provides space and amenities that suit the
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family's lifestyle, including a tennis court sure to delight Kate,
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an avid player, and her children, who are said to
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be following in her footsteps. More powers than just a moment.
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Royal Watches are calling for Zara and Mike Tindall to
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become senior working members of the firm, even though neither
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holds a title and the people currently pursue their own careers.
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Supporters argue the popular pair would bolster a slim down
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monarchy with one fan posting please offer these two jobs
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as working royals. The British Royal family is in desperate
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need of a boost to support our beautiful future King
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and Queen, while another praise them as a refreshing, hard
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working and respectful working royal couple. For now, the Tyndalls
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appear content on the margins, joining major events such as
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Christmas at Sandringham and Royal Ascot, but otherwise living privately
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at Gatcomb Park with their three children. Zara has long
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been clear about that choice, saying, from my point of view,
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I was obviously very lucky that my mother didn't give
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us any titles, so I really commend her on that.
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We were very lucky that we got to do it
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a bit our own way. Even though there is speculation
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she could take on a specific brief when Prince William
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becomes king, a well placed source told The Times the
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or racing portfolio could move to Zara, noting William has
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never really seemed comfortable doing it. An Olympian and director
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at Cheltenham Racecourse, Zara is already steeped to the sport.
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As for Mike, the former England rugby captain, has built
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a post playing career in broadcasting and entertainment, including I
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Am a Celebrity. In twenty twenty two, Vanity Fair tells
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us gen Z has their own royal Hart Throb Albert
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Windsor They're right if you don't know him and you're
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under twenty five note this name. He's the only royal
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to have been included by Tatler, the English High Society
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magazine in the list of most eligible bachelors who will
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be increasingly discussed in the coming months. With a melancholy
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yet captivating look and short blonde hair, the cousin of
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King Jols, with a melancholy yet captivating look and short
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blonde hair, the cousin of King Charles, and the grandson
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of the Duke of Kent, from whom he will one
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day inherit the title. He is the first royal to
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bear the name of Prince Albert, known as Bertie, who
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later became George, the sixth father of Elizabeth. Furthermore, Albert
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was the first royal baby in the modern era to
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be baptized in the Catholic rite. His father, Lord Nicholas,
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converted to Catholicism and was forced to renounce his position
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in the line of succession to the throne, thus also
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excluding Albert, who would have been thirty seventh in line.
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The fact that he was away from the UK for
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much of his childhood meant that he was rarely seen
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in public. Since turning eighteen, Albert seems to have become
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more active in society. Unlike his father, who was not
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on good terms with a royal family and was reportedly
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not even invited to King Charles's coronation ceremony. Albert is
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viewed favorably by the monarchy. Former Royal butler Grant Harold,
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who served the royal household from two thousand and four
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to eleven, has written a memoir titled The Royal Butler,
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My Remarkable Life in Royal Service, offering a rare insider's
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guide to royal manners and traditions. Speaking to Fox News Digital,
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Harold said many misconceptions exist about royal protocol. A lot
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of people assume that when you meet the royal family,
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you're supposed to bowl Curtsey, explained, you don't. The Monarchy's
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website states it is and required. It's entirely a personal choice.
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The King even told me, when you bowel Curtsey, you're
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doing it to the title, not the person. Harold chaired
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that when meeting a royal, etiquette calls for letting them
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lead the greeting. You should let them leave the handshake
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and the conversation. He said, they don't ask tricky questions.
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They keep it lighthearted, easy inside the palace. He noted,
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table talk matters more than cutlery. At state banquets, the
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king talks to the guests on his right during the
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main course, then to the one on his left for pudding.
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Everyone follows suit and that's how conversation flows. Some rules
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have relaxed, such as the outdated custom of walking backwards
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when leaving a royal's presence. Princess Dinna's longtime hairdresser, Richard Dalton,
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has revealed that the late royal secretly arranged for tabloids
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to be smuggled into Kensington Palace so she could read
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what was being written about her. Speaking to People magazine,
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Dalton said, one of the hairdressers smuggled them in. Did
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I say that they were smuggled in? But it's not
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to do with me. She used to say, Richard, can
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you bring them in for me? Nobody questioned it because
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nobody knew once I'd got through security and into the pantry.
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It was all plain sailing from there, Dalton said. One
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of the rumors that deeply upset her concerned speculation about
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Prince Harry's paternity. They always went on about it as
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Charles father or Harry. Of course he is Diana's brother,
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Charles Spencer. When he used to cut his hair, his
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hair was bright red. Lady Sarah also read the Spencer's
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definitely had red hair, and there you have it. If
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