Oct. 5, 2024

Should the royals fear King William?

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An aricle in the Daily Beast suggests Charles isn't all that healthy. What will the reign of King William look like for The Wicked Stepmother, the outcast Harry and maybe even The Princess Royal?

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Calorouga Shark Media. Hello and welcome through Palace intrigue. I'm

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your host, Mark Francis. The Daily Beast had a strong

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article titled secret plans for King Charles' death or already

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tearing the Royal family apart? The Beast writes, it's hard

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to understand almost anything that has happened in the Royal

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story since February fifth, twenty twenty fourth, the day King

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Charles announced to the world he had cancer, unless you

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are privy to an extraordinary assumption whispered in the corridors

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of British power. It is this. When King Charles the

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Third ascended the throne, most people expected he would live

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as long as his mother ninety six or father ninety nine.

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Since his diagnosis with cancer of a still unidentified type.

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Since his diagnosis with cancer of a still unidentified type,

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few but the most ardent optimists really believe that anymore

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the combined might have. The British medical establishment is throwing

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everything it has at his disease, cutting edge treatments, and

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of course, this being charles beloved, herbs and natural healing

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remedies are all being deployed. But even if Charles is

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ultimately declared to be in full remission. When he broke

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with centuries of royal tradition and announced he had cancer,

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he fired the starting pistol on what Courtio is euphemistically

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termed the change of rain. The Beast shares some eye

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opening particulars. Charles's family were told the truth that it

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was serious. That, of course, is why Prince Harry flew

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over from California three days later, and that is why

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the King agreed to meet him. William also sprang into action.

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Just days after the news was made public. He appointed

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a new Private Secretary, Ian Patrick, an experienced former diplomat

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who had worked for the Foreign Office for eight years.

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The implication was clear William would be stepping up to

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a bigger, more global role. William's plans, however, were then

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brutally knocked aside by his own wife's cancer diagnosis, which

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forced him to retreat from public life and internet travel

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for several months. Now, of course, with Kate's recovery, William's

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back and has a much higher profile than his father,

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who has spent the last few weeks gathering and conserving

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his strength for the Australia tour. The Beast Thing gets

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into the Harry of it all, pointing out Harry is

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much more likely to be able to make a deal

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with King Charles the Third than King William the fifth.

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The Daily Beast has been told that some of Charles's advisers,

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instinctively preferring not to let daylight in on the magic,

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felt the announcement he had cancer was politically naive. The

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inevitably diminished authority of a dying monarch is the reason

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palaces are usually so obsessively secretive about a monarch's health.

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We saw Queen Elizabeth I shrinking on our television screens

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every week in her final years, but the Palace boldly

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insisted she was suffering from nothing worse than episodic mobility problems.

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We'll look more at this piece tomorrow. Harry visited Johannesburg,

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South Africa as part of his ongoing solo travels overseas

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without Megan Markle. While in Johannesburg, he called on globe

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leaders to create a platform for young voices. He also

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attended a reception focused on empowering young people and addressing

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the digital divide. Speaking on the significance of including youth voices,

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he said, I made it one of my life's missions

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to create a platform for young voices, and we have

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seen time and time again that young voices when they listened,

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to have the solutions. Harry also emphasized the need for

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regional solutions to address key issues, stating universal access is important,

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but can we please make it safer for people, especially

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the Global South, so we don't have the same problems

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as in the global North. He added access as a

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double edged sword, and for us as a society and

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people in positions of power and authority, I see no

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excuse for why we can't change this double edged sword

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into something that is beneficial to the entire world. Following

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his time in Johannesburg, Harry traveled to Lesotho, where he

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reconnected with his close friend and Center Bali co founder,

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Prince Ciso. The two have a long standing connection, as

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Harry spent time in Lesotho during his gap year in

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two thousand and four. This experience inspired him to establish

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Center Bali, which now also operates in Botswana. The Sussex

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website recounted the trip under the headline Lesotho Welcomes Harry Home,

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describing it as a chance to rekindle cherished connections from

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his childhood. While in Lesotho, Harry also met with Prime

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Minister Sam Mattakane on Wednesday. Palace intriguld be right back.

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It seems as if every statue of Queen Elizabeth is

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received with disappointment. A new life size bronze sculpture of

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her majesty in a small Hampshire town has caused a

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difference of opinion online. The sculpture, unveiled on the twenty

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seventh of September, has drawn both praise as a fitting

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tribute to the Queen and as a misplaced use of

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local authority funds. The piece, created by artist Amy Goodman,

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depicts the monarch in her later years and is described

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as wearing a robe adorned with pictures inspired by the community.

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Online reaction included god, awful statue, terrible quality and like

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gross waste of public funds from an incompetent council that

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can't even provide a basic level of service. Another asked why,

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for goodness sake, the Queen was okay, but I failed

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to see what she had to do with andover. I

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can think of an awful lot of projects that would

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have been more beneficial to the community. We've remarked how

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Sophie has stepped into a lot of spaces traditionally held

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by Kate. And here's another example. The Duchess of Edinburgh

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said to read a heart warming bedtime story on see

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Beebe's on October tenth, commemorating World Site Day. The story,

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titled Specs for Rex, is about a little lion who

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learns to embrace his new glasses. In a trailer for

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the program, Duchess Sophie said, millions of us need glasses

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to see the world clearly well. Sight Day is a

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reminder to all of us to take care of our eyes,

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whether we need glasses or not. Our eyes are precious

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and our sight is something to cherish and look after.

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The Duchess, known for her passion in supporting these sight

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loss community and eliminating avoidable blindness, visited Ethiopia October to

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support eyesight health efforts. During her visit, she commented, so

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much has been achieved, both here in Ethiopia and around

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the world, but now is the time that we must

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all redouble our efforts if we are to achieve our

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aim of eliminating trachoma by the year twenty thirty, which

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is a mere six years away. We must not let

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ourselves become defocused or complacent. We are on the cusp

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of achieving something almost unimaginable in previous years. Every person

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involved in this vital work has reason to be so

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very proud of each and every accomplishment. We are creeping

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closer to our incredible goal, and I urge you all

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to keep your eyes on the prize and make this

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disease so awful that as worthy of mention in the Bible,

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a thing of the past, and give our communities the

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gift of sight. Mike Tyndall, husband of Azara Tindall and

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son in law to Princess Anne, has entertained Royal fans

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with his latest social media post. The forty five year

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old former rugby player attempted a popular TikTok challenge with

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his podcast co host James Haskell. Challenge, posted on Instagram,

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showed Haskell trying to spin Tindall three hundred and sixty

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degrees in the air, mimicking a viral video of a

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young couple. After two failed attempts that saw Tindall fall,

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the third try was nearly successful. Sarah Ferguson has sparked

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attention with her recent social media post celebrating her daughter,

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Princess Beatrice's pregnancy announcement. The Duchess's heartfelt message notably excluded

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any mention of Prince Andrew, Beatrice's father. Fergie wrote, words

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can't quite express the joint excitement I feel as you

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and Endo prepared to welcome another precious addition to your

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beautiful family. Becoming a grant again fills my heart with

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so much happiness and gratitude. Watching you grow as a

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mother has been one of the greatest privileges of my life,

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and now to see your family blossom further is an

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absolute blessing. Our family is growing, and so too is

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the love that surrounds us I cannot wait to meet

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this little one and to share in all the wonderful

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memories we will make together. This is in the first

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time Fergie has omitted Andrew from family focused posts. On

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Father's Day Day later mister Mossie and Jack Brooksbank, Princess

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Eugenie's husband without mentioning Andrew. And there you have it.

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