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Ah Calorogu Shark Media. Hello and welcome to you, Palace intrigue,
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I am your host and Francis. In The Guardian, Marina
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Hyde writes, mentioned undercover of the same info dump is
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the fact that the refurbishment of Buckingham Palace is currently
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coming in it three hundred and sixty nine million pounds,
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but the King and Queen don't want to live there
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when it's done. Personally, I'm a big fan of the
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gaiety the Windsor's add to this nation willingly or otherwise,
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but I do worry are we enabling a culture of
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dependence that isn't actually great for any of the people involved.
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Prince William has done fifty seven royal engagements so far
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this year, which doesn't feel like the shift we might
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expect from an able bodied, of mental health obsessed forty
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four year old man, while the King, who is seventy
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seven and has cancer, has done seventy six. Princess Anne
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is beating the pack yet again. With one hundred, she'd
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be fine, but by rights William would have quite a
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sticky call with his job center. Plus work coach would
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be more likely to pick up a sanction than a
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doubling of benefits. It must be calling for William to
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have to get up on a couple of mornings a
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week and trudge towards a ribbon to cut. It's perfectly
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possible that William does work more than that engagement telling
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indicates only for himself rather than the nation. Some say
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he has deprioritized public engagements in favor of boosting his
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private finances. After all, he is not how to put
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this economically inactive because the other revelation this week is
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that he paid seven point seventy six million pounds in
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tax After an entirely opaque number of deductions, the King
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paid twelve point nine million, which reports Informers places him
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in the top one hundred UK taxpayers. Anyway, back to
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the main event, the royal family are treated as sort
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of a zero some game, a brand asset so valuable
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to the nation that almost any crazy price hike ought
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to be approved because of soft power and tourism and whatnot.
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And yet it can't help feeling you could very much
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have the soft power and the tourism and the whatnot
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with it somewhat less outrageous funding model not to be vulgar,
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but how does Charles slim down monarchy now seem to
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cost twice what the bloated one did for ATV Chris
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Ship writes, it might seem like a strange question to
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ask about the head of State of the UK should
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he or she live at one of the most famous
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buildings in the world, particularly after British taxpayers to spend
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three hundred and sixty nine million pounds redeveloping the place.
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We should be clear the private apartments make up only
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a small proportion of the space inside Buckingham Palace. In truth,
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no recent monarch has ever felt at home at Buckingham Palace.
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The late Queen was known to prefer to escape to
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Windsor whenever she could, and it's believed it was her
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wish to pass away at Balmoral Castle, which was where
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she died in twenty twenty two. So will it make
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any difference? Has anyone even noticed that no monarch has
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lived at Buckingham Palace since the Late Queen was moved
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out of there in March of twenty twenty at the
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start of the COVID pandemic. And is it sensible to
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demand the two senior royals in their late seventies up
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end their life Clarence House and moved back to Buckingham
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Palace just because monarchs have done so before. Royal inside
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a Deep Crown, observes William One suspects with reasonable confidence
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did not particularly want to live at Buckingham Palace either.
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But William was always going to face a choice when
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he became king. Would he continue the tradition of royal residents.
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Would he occupy the palace and accept the ceremonial weight
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that came with it, or would he, like his father,
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prefer a small but more intimate dwelling. Had Charles continued
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to live at Buckingham Palace, William would have faced genuine
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pressure to do the same. President would have demanded it,
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the institution would have expected it. There would have been questions, resistance,
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narratives about the heir refusing to follow tradition. Charles has
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removed that problem entirely, has broken the tradition himself. He
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has provided it with cover and justification. And now, when
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William becomes king, the question simply does not arise. The
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precedent has already been broken. William will inherit not a
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tradition requiring him to occupy Buckingham Palace. But a precedent
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established by his father that allows him to live elsewhere.
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By the terme, Georgie's heir inherits, the crown residential non
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occupation of Buckingham Palace will have been president so long
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that questioning it will seem antiquated. The palace will be
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what it has been, becoming a magnificent symbol of the state,
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a working center of monarchy, a public building. One struggles
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to imagine the monarch of the twenty one twenties moving
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into a building that has not been a home in
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one hundred years. In fifty years, when London's Versaillah sits
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gleaming on the mall and school children to its state
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rooms as a national monument, no one will quite remember
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when or how the tradition ended. Or palace in just
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a moment hegnificate. All this week we are running a
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couple of Independence Day specials on this feed. In the afternoon,
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you can get the USA two fifty and it's just
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a look at the two hundred and fifty years of
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Crime and Justice wherever you get your podcasts. As Prince
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Harry and Megan Michael prepare for their expected return to Bretain,
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fresh speculation has emerged of whether the visit could include
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a private stop at one of the most meaningful places
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in Harry's life, the gravesite of his mother, Diana, Princess
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of Wales. The discussion follows yous that Allthorpe House, the
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Spencer family estate where Diana is buried, will be closed
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to visitors on July ten and eleven, dates that coincide
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with Harry's expected appearance in Breton for events marking the
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one year countdown through the twenty twenty seven Invictors schemes
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in Birmingham. The timing is prompted speculation that the Sussexes
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could make a private visit to the estate. Some reports
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have gone a step further, suggesting the couple could potentially
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film during the visitors part of a future documentary project. However,
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there is no evidence that any filming has been planned,
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and no such plans have been confirmed by the Sussex
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Netflix or Allthorpe House, the estate which has belonged to
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the Spencer family for more than five centuries as home
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to Dan's final resting place on a secluded island in
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the center of the lake, and he Filming on the
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property would require permission from Harry's uncle, Charles Spencer, who
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controls access to the estate. While Allthorpe has hosted documentaries
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and television productions over the years, Charles Spencer has also
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declined filming requests in the past, including one from the
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creators of The Crown. Harry's visit to Allthorpe would hardly
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be unusual. The Duke has maintained a close personal connection
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to his mother's grave site throughout his adult life, and
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has visited privately on several occasions. In his memoir Spare,
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Harry described taking Meghan to the island for the first
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time during their relationship at Long Last. I was bringing
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the girl of my dreams home to meet Mum, he wrote.
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Recalling the visit, Harry explained, we hesitated hugging, and then
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I went first. I placed flowers on the grave. Meg
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gave me a moment, and I spoke to my mother
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in my head, told her I missed her and asked
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her for a guidance and clarity. He later described returning
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to find Meghan kneeling beside the grave. When it came back,
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Meg was kneeling, eyes shut, palms against the stone. Harry
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asked what she had prayed for clarity, she replied, and
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guidance Royal insided. Deep Crown speculates that a film crew
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would likely trigger William's reported anger issues. Deep Crown writes,
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if the narrative of a privately seething William holds any truth,
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this is what would ignite it. Not a disagreement about
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money or titles, or the shape of reconciliation, the monetization
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of Diana, the moment his mother becomes a Netflix moment.
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That is the line if Camras arrive at all, for
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the world will know what William actually thinks. Prince Harry
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released a new video message for his sustainable travel initiative Travelist,
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urging the travel industry to embrace greater transparency and environmental responsibility.
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The short film was released during London Climate Action Week.
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In the video, Harry says, today travel stands at a crossroads.
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It could be a catalyst for positive change, but also
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a source of environmental strain, driving him overwhelming destinations, depleting
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the natural world. It depends on We're working to build
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something different. From tangled, fragmented data to a single source
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of truth, from hidden impacts to trusted, transparent choices, from
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siloed efforts to a powerful collective, from small tweaks to
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accelerating systems. Change from travel stuck in the past to
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travel that unlocks action from travelers, businesses and communities. From
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where we are to where we need to be. Travel
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has the power to drive change. Together, we have the
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power to change travel for good. The video was released
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just days after Prince William delivered his own environmental address
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at the earth Shop Prize Impact Assembly in London. Speaking
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at the event, the Prince of Wales said he was
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more optimistic than ever about the future, telling the audience
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solutions are working, capital is moving, policy is shifting. William
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also confirmed that this year's Earthshop Prize Awards will be
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held in Mumbai, India in November. And there you have it. Hey,
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