Oct. 12, 2025

Team Wales at Pub Quiz? Prince William’s Dr. Who TARDIS Tour, Kate’ Middletons Typhoon Test—and Sussex Shake-Ups

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Relatability watch: reports the Waleses sneak into a local pub quiz, William visits Doctor Who’s set in Cardiff, and Kate climbs into a fully armed Typhoon and aces the simulator. We also parse William’s softly lit Apple TV+ turn, whispers of Meghan’s UK return, Sentebale scrapping its polo fundraisers after a bust-up, and African Parks’ split with Chad as conservation tensions rise.

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Hell Love and Welcome to Palace Intrigue. I'm your host

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Mark for Answers. The efforts to make Kate and William

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come across as relatable folks just like you, minus the

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palaces and vacations on super yachts continues as it magically

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leaked that they play pub trivia. That's right. Prince and

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Princess of Wales are reportedly regulars at a local pub

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quiz where they compete each week alongside their two eldest children,

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Prince George and Princess Charlotte. Known to fellow patrons as

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Team Wales, the family is said to enjoy the weekly

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challenge at a pub they're one of their homes, either

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a Ma Hall in Sandringham or Adelaide cottage in windsor

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a fellow quiz goo told The Sun the quiz is

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actually very tricky, but it's also a lot of fun.

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My lips are sealed on whether Team Wales has ever

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won first place. That nobody ever snapped the picture. The

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relatable Prince stepped into the world of Doctor Who last week,

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touring the famous Tartars during a visit to Bad Wolf

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Studios in Cardiff William was shown around the studio which

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produces the iconic sci fi series as part of celebrations

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marking its tenth anniversary. William was shown around the studio

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which produces the iconic sci fi series as part of

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celebrations marking its tenth and adversary. He also toured the

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set of The Other Bennett Sister, an upcoming BBC drama,

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and bot trainees from Bad Wolf's Screen Alliance Wales Initiative,

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many of whom have advanced their careers with help from

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the Prince William BAFT Bursary program. During the visit, the

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Prince spoke with trainees from a range of departments and

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met school children from Saint Albans RC Primary School. They

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were taking part in a puppetry workshop introducing them to

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TV production. The workshop featured puppets used as Damon's in

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the BBC series His Dark Materials. Kait is, of course,

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nothing but wonderful. She recently made her first visit to

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Arif coningsby as Royal Honorary Air Commodore, receiving briefings on

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recent operations and touring a fully armed quick Reaction Alert typhoon.

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Dressed in a gray check suit with stilettos. She climbed

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to the cockpit and then negotiated the steep, narrow steps

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backwards without a wobble, prompting admirers online to say they

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were in awe as she owned those stairs like a

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runway inside the Typhoon. Future Synthetic Training Facility instructor Jurane

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White asked would you like it go, and she replied, yes,

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I'd love to. The princess tried the simulator. She said

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she'd only previously used one for helicopter training, then carried

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out a smooth virtual climb and an aerobatic maneuver. Afterwards,

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Group Captain Pullogrady said, she seems to be a natural pilot,

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so we might have to get her qualified and get

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her flying at Typhoon if she's up for it. Out now.

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Some reviews suggest Prince William's appearance on The Reluctant Traveler

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with Eugene Levy felt less like a surprise camego and

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more like a softly lit exercise and royal rebranding. The

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Apple TV Plus episode, filmed around Windsor and builders, a

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casual meeting between two dad types, seems designed to show

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the heir to the throne as a relatable man of

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modern tastes, electric scooter and all. In the episode, Levy

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receives a handwritten in from William himself, then spends the

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day tagging along as the Prince jokes about a flat tire,

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reminisces about his grandmother, and offers gentle thoughts on family,

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duty and change. I think if you're too intrinsically attached

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to the history. You can't possibly have any flexibility, William

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tells him. I think it's very important the tradition stays.

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I think tradition is a huge part of all of this,

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But there's also points where you look at tradition and say,

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is that still fit for purpose today? The exchange is

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carefully friendly, never journalistic, never probing. Levy's wide eyed wonderment

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does much of the work, letting William appear approachable without

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risking anything unscripted. He opens up just enough to acknowledge

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that twenty twenty four was the hardest year I've ever had,

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a reference to his family's health battles, but quickly turns

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back to optimism, assuring viewers that everything now is progressing

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in the right way. The production, complete with strolls through

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windsor a mild pub chat and cameos from the family dog, order,

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lands somewhere between travelogue and propaganda. Whether intentional or not,

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It's a portrait of the man preparing to lead a

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monarchy that wants to see in both modern and steady.

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Levy closes the episode by saying, the monarchy has always

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been so formal, but with William, you didn't get that

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at all. There's a normalcy to it. That surprised me.

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Took me aback More Palace in just a moment. Megan

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Michael is reportedly planning to return to the United Kingdom

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before the end of the year, marking what would be

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her first visit in more than three years. According to

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The Daily Mail's Richard Eden, friends of the Duchess and

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Prince Harry say the couple are preparing for a joint

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trip to Britain just before Christmas. Eden wrote, I can

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disclose that the next planned move in the plot, or process,

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as their powers prefer to put it, suggesting a natural progression,

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is the couple's first joint visit to Britain since they

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attended a charity engagement in September twenty twenty two, then

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stayed on for Queen Elizabeth's funeral. Friend told the outlet

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that Megan will return to the UK bearing humble pie,

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adding that she intends to take a conciliatory approach during

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the visit. Eden noted it remains to be seen where

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the bearing humble pie and eating it presumably is sufficient

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to placate the Royal family or the British people. If

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we had to guess she'll arrive the day of Cape

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Middleton's Christmas concert, as the two camps continue their cute

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battle for the front page of the newspaper. Center Bali,

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the charity co founded by Prince Harry, has announced it

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is scrapping its fundraising polo matches following a dispute with

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the Duke of Sussex and a wider overhaul of its operations.

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The charity, which supports children and young people affected by

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HIV in Southern Africa, said polo would no longer serve

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as its main fundraising vehicle after years of relying heavily

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on such events such as the Center Bali ISPs handa

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Polo Cup, in which Prince Harry himself regularly played. Last year,

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polo fundraising accounted for eighteen percent of the charity's total income.

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The decision comes amid a rebranding at the head of

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Center Bali's twentieth anniversary, and follows a bitter internal row

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involving allegations of bullying and racism made by chairwoman Sophie

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chan Dauka. The fallout led to the Duke's resignation as

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patron and several trustees stepping down. In the royalist Tom

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Sykes writes in Truth Center, Bali was never going to

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be able to have a polo match without Harry, but

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announcing it in this way seems a nasty and cotuitous

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parting swipe at Harry. Scrapping polo is about cutting out

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the memory and legacy of Harry's philanthropic persona. The matches

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were always more theater than sport, a stage on which

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Harry could be both Windsor scion and Diana's son, galloping

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across manicured fields while raising millions. The matches were glamorous

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and lucrative, but the sport itself is divisive. Harry's Netflix

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backed Polo documentary was mold by critics and animal welfare

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groups who dredged up the memory of the pony collapsing

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under him in twenty ten. They were the most vivid

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expressions of Harry's model of celebrity philanthropy, a Windsor in

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white jobpers prince and humanitarian performing for rows of champagne

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sipping donors center. Bali was never going to be able

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to compete with the memory of that, a source told

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Radar Online, Harry feels completely deserted. Meghan's sharing posts about

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everything except standing by him. He's upset, isolated, and bewildered.

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He's still seething about it. Another source said this is

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a very delicate issue. Center Bali was Harry's initiative from

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the beginning, and Meghan recognizes that she's staying quiet to

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prevent making things worse. She's decided to back him behind

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the scenes instead of in public. Her friend said Harry

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thought Meghan would stand up for him. She's always been

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outspoken about her truth. Her choice to stay quiet this

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time has left him feeling vulnerable. Meanwhile, a conservation group

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once led by Prince Harry has ended his fifteen year

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partnership with the Nation of Chad amid accusations of disrespect

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and mismanagement. Chad's Environment minister said the nonprofit African Parks

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had shown a recurring, in delicate and disrespectful attitude toward

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the government, adding the poaching had risen an investment had

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fallen at the reserves under its care. In response, a

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spokesperson for African Parks said the group was in discussions

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to explore the best way forward to support the continued

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protection of these landscapes that are critical to conservation. Prince

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are who previously served as President of African Parks, now

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sits on its board. The charity, which manages wildlife reserves

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across Africa, aims to reduce poaching and promote sustainable conservation.

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