April 3, 2025

Royal Mystery! Does Kate Middleton have a new dog?

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A collision in Western Australia has prompted concern for Virginia Giuffre, the woman who accused Prince Andrew of sexual assault and who has long spoken out as a victim of Jeffrey Epstein.

Does Kate Middleton have a new dog?

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Calorogu Shark Media now low and welcome to Palaceintry again,

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host Mark Francis. A collision in Western Australia has prompted

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concern for Virginia Geoffrey, the woman who accused Prince Andrew

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of sexual assault and who has long spoken out as

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a victim of Jeffrey Epstein. Missus Jeffrey forty one shared

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a heroin message on social media over the weekend, claiming

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she had been struck by a school bus traveling at

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nearly seventy miles per hour and was now suffering from

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kidney failure with just four days to live. The accompanying

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image showed her in a hospital bed, her face bruised.

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In her message was a heartfelt plea to see her

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three children, from whom she is believed to be estranged. However,

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Western Australian Police have offered a markedly different account of events.

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They confirmed to the Telegraph that a Yina crash did

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occur on March twenty fourth in near Gabby, some twelve

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miles north of Perth, involving a school bus and a car,

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but Acting Police Commissioner Kylie Whitely told reporters that there

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were no reported injuries as a result of the crash,

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and that the incident was not reported until the following

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day by the bus driver. Police assessed the vehicle damage

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at approximately two thousand dollars Australian. It has not been

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officially confirmed that this is the crash to which Missus

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Jeffrey referred. A spokesman for her family said she was

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banged up and bruised and returned home following the collision,

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but her condition later worsened, requiring hospitalization. In a further

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statement released to Mail Online, the family clarified that Missus

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Jeoffrey believed she had posted the alarming update privately on

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Facebook rather than publicly on Instagram. The statement read, Virginia

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thanks everyone for the outpouring of love and support. She

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is overwhelmed with gratitude. Today she remains in serious gold

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while receiving medical care. Her father, Sky Roberts told The

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Telegraph that she was deeply depressed, largely owing to her

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separation from her children. She's not doing good, he said.

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She's depressed because she misses her kids. It could be

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that she could pass away in four days, like she said,

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but if she gets another doctor, they could probably do

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other things for her, Miss Jeoffrey has been a prominent

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voice in the Epstein case. In twenty twenty one, she

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filed a lawsuit in the United States a letting them

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Prince Andrew sexually assaulted her when she was seventeen, after

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she had been trafficked to London by Epstein and Glain Maxwell.

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The Duke of York, denied the allegations, stating he had

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no recollection of meeting her and questioning the authenticity of

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a now infamous photograph. The case was settled out of

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court the following year, with no admission of liability and

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a reported multimillion pound payment. Since then, Miss Jeffrey has

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largely retreated from the public eye, but in recent days

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has posted emotionally charged messages online, including a note stating,

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my beautiful babies have no clue how much I love them,

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and they're being poisoned with lies. I miss them so

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very much. Prince Harry is said to be grief stricken

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and feels as if he has one of his fingers

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cut off following the public implosion of his Lesotho based

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HIV and AIDS charity center. Bali Alex Rayner, an old

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Antonian friend of the Prince who has remained in contact

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with him, said Age is very happy for me to

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speak for him and about how he feels about this

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awful situation. He is just beyond heartbroken and flabbergasted by

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the charity he founded as a teenager has been taken

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hostage by the chair. It fills tantamount to a hostile takeover.

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He is so upset and hurt and wounded about the

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things that are being said about him. I think it's

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too early to tell whether he would just walk away

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now or whether he might try and get it back.

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The way he feels is as if he had one

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of his fingers cut off. There is an undercurrent of

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stink here because Megan showed up and it is coming

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from doctor Chanca. It feels like she had her nose

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put out of joint attention has also turned to an

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awkward moment at a Polo trophy ceremony last April, where

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Meghan appeared to ask Dr Chandalka to move away from

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Harry on stage. Video of the event went viral, and

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according to Raina, the chair should never have let that

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narrative take hold that Megan had caused an issue. They

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could have issued a statement and put a stop to it,

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but they did not. Why Again, the whole thing smells,

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it feels planned, and I suspect that the whole thing

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could only have come from the chair herself. Any chair

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should have been delighted to have Megan there. When you

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have both Sussexes there, it doubles the reaction, the power

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of it. And yet here she doctor Chandalker is refusing

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to get hold of a negative narrative which damages Megan.

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It makes you wonder where it came from. Doctor Chandalca

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has said she did not know Megan was coming and

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declined to issue a statement, saying it would have exposed

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the Duchess to even worse trolling. She added, I would

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not allow Center Bally to become an extension of the

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Sussex brand. Raina disagreed, saying it's Harry's charity polo match

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in Meganus's wife. Of course she should have expected her there.

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Another flashpoint was the sudden loss of the original polo venue.

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Doctor Chandalco told Sky News that a wealthy family that

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offered the grounds but withdrew support when Prince Harry asked

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to bring a Netflix film crew. We couldn't afford it.

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So now we lost the venue. Raina called that claim

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simply untrue, adding if you were a sponsor, then of

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course you would want the exposure from a Netflix documentary. Yes,

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he has gone from being the great hope of the

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British royal family to being seen as a pariah, but

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he still attracts a lot of exposure and with a

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TV crew in tow, what sponsor would not have wanted

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the global exposure. This sounds like an excuse to cover

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up an administrative error at the charity. They lost the venue.

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Let's not get blinded by let's bash Harry and by

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the idea that there were racial undertones in play. The

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situation is that she has failed to administrate her role.

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She was asked to step down and she refused and

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took over the charity more Palace in just a moment.

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Rumors have resurfaced regarding Prince William's temperament, with royal biographer

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Tom Quinn describing the future king as very picky and

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prone to little tantrums. In comments to Fox News, Quinn

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said William, much like his father, King Charles the Third,

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is used to having things done for him, which can

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result in frustration when things veer off plan. A former

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palace aid echoed this sentiment, saying they get very irritated

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very quickly as they are used to having things done

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for them. They have no idea how much work is

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involved in the everyday tasks. Catherine, the Wonderful Princess of

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Wales plays a key role in diffusing her husband's occasional outbursts,

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according to a source who said she hasn't had everything

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done for her throughout her life, so she calms him

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down when he gets a bit fractious. She says he

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sometimes has to be treated as her fourth child. Royal

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ex about Richard fitz Williams says to expect to see

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more joint appearances by William and Kate Pitts. Williams told

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GBN News, I'm sure that whenever possible, they will perform

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the joint engagements because they are the world's most glamorous

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royal couple. There's no doubt that the interest in them.

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There's a couple is absolutely vast. Luckily now she's in remission,

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but you are looking at the future of the monarchy.

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If you look at the polls, both of them are

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tremendously popular and as a team they're unbeatable. Kate's Mother's

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Day tribute has sparked a Royal guessing game, with fans

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wondering if a new four legged friend has joined the

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Wales family. In the serene video celebrating the natural beauty

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of the British countryside, a barefoot Prince William is seen

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walking with two dogs in tow, one black, one brown.

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The black Cocker spaniel is Alla, the family's beloved pat

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but the appearance of the second pup has raised eyebrows.

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There's been no official word from Kensington Palace about a

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new addition, but some Royal watchers have speculated the brown

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may belong to Kate's parents, Carol and Michael Middleton, who

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were reportedly present during filming. Others believe the pup resembles Nalah,

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a brown Cocker Spaniel owned by Kate's brother James Middleton,

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a passionate dog lover, charity patron and author of Meet Ella,

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The Dog who Saved My Life. James notably bred Orler

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and if it is a new pop expect an appropriately

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elegant name and a starring role in the next round

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of official photos, possibly to step on any press. Megan's

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mildly anticipated new podcast receives next week and there you

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