April 20, 2025

Royal Easter Plans - William and Kate bail on the family

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In his Easter Message, King Charles wrote:

"One of the puzzles of our humanity is how we are capable of both great cruelty and great kindness.

"This paradox of human life runs through the Easter story and in the scenes that daily come before our eyes - at one moment, terrible images of human suffering and, in another, heroic acts in war-torn countries where humanitarians of every kind risk their own lives to protect the lives of others."

"The abiding message of Easter is that God so loved the world - the whole world - that He sent His son to live among us to show us how to love one another, and to lay down His own life for others in a love that proved stronger than death.

"There are three virtues that the world still needs - faith, hope and love.

"And the greatest of these is love. It is with these timeless truths in my mind, and my heart, that I wish you all a blessed and peaceful Easter".

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Calarogu Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Injury again

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your host Mark for answers. In his Easter message, King

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Charles wrote, one of the puzzles of our humanity is

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how we are capable of both great cruelty and great kindness.

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This paradox of human life runs through the Easter story

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and in the scenes that daily come before our eyes.

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At one moment, terrible images of human suffering, and in another,

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heroic acts in war torn countries, where humanitarians have every

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kind risk their own lives to protect the lives of others.

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The abiding message of Easter is that God so loved

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the world, the whole world, that he sent his son

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to live among us and show us how to love

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one another, and to lay down his own life for others,

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and a love that proved stronger than death. There are

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three virtues that the world still leads, faith, hope, and life,

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and the greatest of these is love. It is with

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these timeless truths in my mind and my heart that

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I wish you all a blessed and peaceful Easter this

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Easter Sunday. Young visitors to Sandraham are in for a

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treat as the estate prepares to host a special Easter

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egg trail in aid of the East Anglian Air Ambulance.

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In a post shared to sandrayham Instagram account on Tuesday,

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the message read, join us this Easter Sunday for an

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Easter egg trail in aid of the East Anglian Air Ambulance.

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It's an event likely to bring a smile to Prince

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William's face. The Prince of Wales worked for the East

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Anglian Air Ambulance from twenty fifteen to twenty seventeen, piloting

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emergency response helicopters during a deeply personal chapter of his life.

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William and Kate will not be attending this year's Easter

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Matten's Service at Saint George's Chapel, Windsor, choosing instead to

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spend the holiday weekend privately with their children at their

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country home in Norfolk. A source told The Daily Mirror

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Prince William discussed the decision with his father, the King,

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who agreed that they could spend the Easter weekend with

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their family. The source added they are choosing to spend

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time together as a family before the children go back

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to school. Meanwhile, in Montecito, Prince Hary and Megan Marhle

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are likely to be celebrating with their own Easter festivities.

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The couple previously shared a glimpse of their twenty twenty

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one celebration, which featured a Peter Rabbit themed garden egg

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hunt for Prince Archie. Megan was pregnant with Princess Lilibet

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at the time and her mother Doria Ragland joined in

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the preparations. Buckingham Palace has confirmed that the Majesty's King

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Charles and Queen Camilla will lead the Royal family in

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attending the traditional Easter Sunday service at Saint George's Chapel.

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A statement read their Majesty's the King and Queen, accompanied

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by members of the Royal Family, will attend the Easter

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Matins Service at Saint George's Chapel, Windsor on Easter Sunday.

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This year's service marks appoignant continuation of royal tradition. In

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twenty twenty four, the King made his most significant public

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appearance since his cancer diagnosis by attending the Easter Service,

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where he was seen warmly greeting members of the public

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following the ceremony. Last year's service was attended by Princess

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Royal and Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Lawrence, along with Prince

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Andrew and Sarah Touches of York. However, Prince Andrew's attendance

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this year remains uncertain. In previous years, the Easter congregation

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has also included Princess Beatrice, Princess Eugenie Zara and Mike Tindall,

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Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, and Lady Louise Windsor. As Ever,

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the Easter Service provides an opportunity for the Royal family

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to gather in reflection and faith, and all lives will

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be on Windsor to see which familiar faces returned to

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the fold. A royal commentator has suggested that Prince Harry's

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recent visit to Ukraine may have been intentionally time to

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irritate his elder brother Prince William, who, according to insiders,

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has been discouraged from making a similar visit due to

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security concerns. Charlotte Griffith's editor at large at The Mail

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on Sunday, told gb News that the move would likely

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have absolutely infuriated William. She added, for all this talk

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about the spare, Harry grumbles that he was the spare,

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but William has found it so frustrating and has done

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all his life that Harry gets special treatment he's never had.

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Griffiths went on to suggest that Harry knows exactly how

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to push his brother's buttons. While the visit was praised

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in some quarters, it has sparked accusations of inconsistency. Critics

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noted that the Duke had recently argued in the London

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court room that it was unsafe for him and his

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family to visit the UK without taxpayer funded police protection,

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and yet he had now visited a war zone. A

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familiar figure in royal circles has returned to a prominent post,

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this time at the home of Prince William's most high

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profile environmental initiative, Jason now For, a former aide to

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both the Prince and Princess of Wales and the Duke

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and Duchess of Sussex, had been appointed CEO of the

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Earth Shot Prize. Mister Nolph as well known within royal circles,

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having served as Kensington Palace's communications director before becoming CEO

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of the Royal Foundation. He worked closely with both royal

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couples prior to the division of their households. And later

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remained an adviser to William and Kate. Since leaving his

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formal post in twenty twenty one, malf has remained on

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the earth Shot Board of Trustees and played a continual

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role behind the scenes. His returned to a leadership role

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marks a further strengthening of the prize's direction under Prince

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William's stewardship. Nolfh has also been at the center of

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the past royal tensions. In twenty eighteen, he submitted a

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formal complaint alleging bullying by the Duchess of Sussex, acclaimed

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Meghan strongly denied, While Buckingham Pallace later reviewed staff procedures,

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no public report was issued. In a rare public appearance

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earlier this year, Now reflected on the personal toll of

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the rift between William and Harry, telling sixteen Minutes Australia,

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it's very difficult to have this stuff play out in

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the public eye. It's been hard and sad, especially for

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all of us who know both of them. Palace intrigger

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we rare back in the Daily Mail, Caroline Graham told

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us about her trip to Meghan's headquarters. Graham writes, for

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a woman who talks about elevating every day life and

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puts flower sprinkles on everything. It is a surprisingly drab

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global HQ. This is sixty sixty one West Sunset Boulevard,

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the unassuming and surprisingly modest home of Meghan Markles as

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Ever brand. The address is printed on the back of

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Megan's products, including her hibiscus and Mint, Herbal teased and

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wild Flower Honey. But anyone visiting the address hoping for

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a bit of Hollywood glamour and glitz will be sorely disappointed.

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The gray, three story office building appears to be attached

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to a Netflix studio a lot, and is at the

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less salubrious end of Sunset Boulevard, next to a sleazy

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looking motel. The male adds it is likely the office

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is merely an official mailing address for as Ever enterprises.

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When The Daily Mail visited, there was no sign of

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anyone entering or leaving the building. The front door appeared

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to be locked, and a glance inside the windows showed

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only bare shelves. Royal commentator Kinsey Schofield spoke to skin

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and used Astralia about Megan using her title, calling it

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so disrespectful to Queen Elizabeth. The Iond's memory, adding Meghan

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Michael's poking the bear here. Chofield further claimed I have

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it on good authority that Prince William wants to strip

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them of their titles, and the Sussexes would like reassurance

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that he won't do that, knowing how much it would

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hurt their commercial opportunities. Royal expert Jack Royston was still

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on about Meghan's cooking show, telling the son She's got

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a little home farm which is using to cook to

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make crudita boards for the kids, and someone's turned around

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and said, oh, this is so wonderful. You make the

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best crudita boards. So she's like, I'm going to make

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it into a DV show. You can't do that. Your

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millionaire lifestyle is not interesting enough to people who are struggling.

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For you to just monetize your own life, you have

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to push it, you have to leave the house, you

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have to push yourself out of your comfort zone. His

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idea is that Meghan should do a show with people

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who disagree with her. Well, we like that idea, and

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we're not sure how we'd fit hundreds of millions of

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people into the studio. Yeah, but like the email us

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who addresses the Palace intriger gmail dot com. Please follow

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enjoying the show, I'm Mark Francis My thanks to John McDermott.

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