Nov. 10, 2025
Royal Mess! Harry Eyes Britain as LA Dumps the Sussexes and Oprah Fruit Spreads a Lifeline
Prince Harry fuels talk of a UK comeback after calling America his “current” home, just as Hollywood insiders say the Sussex act has gone stale. Netflix is backing away, Meghan’s $42 jam is being roasted as “overpriced,” and even palace aides hint William could one day strip Harry’s title. But amid the chaos, Oprah Winfrey comes to the rescue, featuring Meghan’s marmalade on her Favorite Things list and reminding Montecito she still picks her neighbors carefully.
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Ah Calorogus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Pallace Intrigue.
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I'm your host, Mark Francis. Prince Harry has reignited speculation
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about a possible return to Britain after referring to the
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United States as a place where he currently lives. The
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Duke of Sussex made the remark in a written piece
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released to Mark Veterans Day titled The Bond, the Banter,
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the Bravery, what it means to be British. In it,
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he wrote, though currently I may live in the United States,
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Britain is and always will be the country I proudly
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served and fought for. The banter of the mess, the clubhouse,
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the pub, the stands. Ridiculous as it sounds, these are
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the things that make us British. I make no apology
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for it. I love it. The phrasing has prompted fresh
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discussion of a weather Harry, who moved to California with
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Megan five years ago, might one day return to the UK.
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Earlier this year, he told an interviewer he had no
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plans to seek American citizenship, a statement that many Royal
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watchers took us a sign he wanted to keep his
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options open. Harry's military record has occasionally drawn scrutiny, though
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he did complete two tours of duty in Afghanistan and
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through combat missions as a co pilot gunner in Apache helicopters.
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In his memoir, he revealed that he killed twenty five
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people in that role. According to page six, a well
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placed industry source said that when it comes to Prince
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Harran Megan Markel, there is not only no appetite left
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for them in LA, but they've also worn through any
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goodwill they had. Another insider added bluntly, people are sick
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of them. The actor's gotten stale. Netflix, which once signed
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the couple to a reported one hundred million dollar deal,
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has quietly reduced their arrangement to a first look partnership.
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A source told the outlet, they're just hopeless in professional settings,
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alleging that Harry even turned up late to a Netflix
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meeting and then asked an executive for a cup of
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hot chocolate, said to be his favorite drink. The same request,
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another insider acclaimed one sense Spotify employees scrambling when the
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beverage wasn't on hand. Some in Hollywood have reportedly found
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working with the duchess difficult. One source described her as
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convinced she's smarter than everyone and dismissive, while another said
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she belittles people, she doesn't take advice. That both poor
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decision makers. They change their minds frequently. Harry is very charming,
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no airs at all, but he's an enabler and she's
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just terrible. Writing for The Daily Beasts, royalist Tom Sykes
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noted that Megan Markle appeared to come close to acknowledging
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that her Netflix series may not return. In a recent interview.
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She hinted at shifting her focus toward shorter, more viral content,
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saying she hoped to recast her recipes as two minute clips.
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Sykes wonders how that would sweare with Harry's latest comments
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about evil men running social media. Is anyone's guess. The Duke,
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after all, has also made clear that he doesn't want
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their children's images shared online, a rule that Megan continues
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to bend by posting family moments herself. The problem, Sykes
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observed is that while the Sussex's names still attract attention,
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their audience now seems interested only when there's a whiff
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of royal scandal. As one Hollywood executive put it, if
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Harry wanted to do something on Diana or the Hewett
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stuff that would work. Oprah may have thrown Meghan a lifeline.
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Oprah's twenty twenty five Favorite Things list is out, and
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once again Meghan Michael's getting the royal treatment. The medium
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Mogul featured Meghan's as ever signature fruit spread set, a
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forty two dollars trio of orange marmalade, strawberry and raspberry jams,
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calling at the perfect hostess gift. Oprah even added before
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my neighbor Meghan started her business, she shared her homemade
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recipes with us. The endorsement was a major win for
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Meghan's lifestyle brand, which blasted out an email hours later
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bragging about the inclusion and offering fans a ten percent discount.
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Code Critics, however, weren't as sweet, branding the spread overpriced
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and lacking originality. Harry is said to be less than
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pleased with Meghan mikel decision to tie her latest as
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ever product line to their royal wedding. According to reports,
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Meghan's new signature candle number five one nine, named for
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their wedding date May nineteenth, twenty eighteen, is described by
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the brand as Love at First Light and forms part
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of her new holiday collection. A few weeks earlier, Meghan
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had posted a video from Washington, d C. In which
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a blue and white touch bag embroidered with her Duchess
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of Sussex title was prominently displayed. A source told The
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Son that Harry is aware such branding choices are not
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a great look in fergie Esque palace. Sources have told
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Page six they would not be surprised if Prince Harry
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eventually faces the same fate as his uncle Andrew. The
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warning comes as Labour MP Rachel Maskell has revived her
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proposal for a Removal of Titles Bill, which would grant
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the monarch and crucially the heir to the throne, the
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power to strip individuals of their royal titles if they
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passed these bills. I would not be surprised if Harry
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is the next one to go, a senior palace inside
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had told The outlet, I would not be surprised if
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William does that. He's not a vindictive person, but he
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feels very let down and it's always much more difficult
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when you are let down by somebody close to you.
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Royal historian Hugo Vickers has suggested the riffront so deep
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that William might not even invite Harry to his coron
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nation should the day come. Harry must be quite scared.
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Another Palace insider added a Mascal's revived bill, the Sussexes
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don't appear to be great and timing. Just days after
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he and Megan were spotted in front row of seats
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at the World Series wearing Dodgers camps while the Dodgers
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beat the Blue Jays, Harry announced he was heading to
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Toronto for veteran related events q national outrage. Social media
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lit up with fury, with one comment to snapping will
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he be wearing his La Dodger's hat and another fuming
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he's a Dodger fan. Stay away another acute terrier being spoiled,
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narcissistic and disloyal to his father. The King of Canada.
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Television host Paddy McGinnis has shared a hilarious story about
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the Knight Prince Harry surprised him with a kiss and
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a dance off Speak on The Good, The Bad and
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the Football podcast Beginness recall the wild evening during Soccer
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A twenty sixteen, where he was joined by Paul Shoals
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Nikki Butt and Niall Horan. I'll never forget. We all
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had a few drinks, he said. They got a tap
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on the shoulder, turned around Prince Ary, he goes, I
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want to go to Fernando's, referring to the fictional island
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from McGinnis's dating show Take Me Out. The comedian said
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things quickly escalated. He got hold of me, puts the lips
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on me, and then starts having a dance off. I'm
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now having a dance off with the eighth in line
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to the throne. He takes my t shirt off and
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just disappears. That was that just a random night more Palasin,
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just a moment. With November well underway, royal preparations for
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Christmas are already in full swing, though according to a
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former Palasin sider, King Charles has been planning since August.
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Former royal butler around Harold, who worked for the King
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at High Grove House from two thousand and four to
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twenty eleven, told Hart Bingo that as the season changed,
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everything for the royals sort of changed too. After returning
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from Scio Stland and the autumn, Harold said there are
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always bonfire night parties at Highgrove as well as Halloween parties,
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but by then Charles is already deep into Christmas mode.
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The King would be in full swing of doing Christmas cards,
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doing them at every given opportunity. This would have started
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in August time, he revealed. Given that the King and
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Queen send thousands of signed photo cards each year to family, friends,
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world leaders and government figures, the early start makes sense.
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Harold said that by late autumn, the Royals begin finalizing
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their winter plans, gearing up for Christmas, and the planning
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of where they are going to have it Sandringham or Windsor.
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The King's holiday schedule also includes his annual Christmas broadcast,
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which airs in the UK at three pm on Christmas Day.
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Last year, Charles broke with tradition by recording the message
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at Fitzerrovia Chapel in London instead of Buckingham Palace or
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Windsor Castle, leaving Royal watchers wondering whether he'll change the
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setting again this year. And there it like to email
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