Nov. 13, 2024

The Harry and Meghan divorce rumors - much ado about nothing?

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There are articles speculating on Harry and Meghan's marriage. Is there anything to them, or just another day in the tabloids?

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Calorogus Shark Media. Hello on Welcome to Palace Injury Game,

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your host Mark Francis. The Sun stirred up the divorce rumors.

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Royal expert Phil Dampier told The Sun under the headline,

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I doubt Megan and Harry's marriage will last much longer.

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I think Megan is genuinely doing a lot of work

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in the background for this Netflix project and American Riviera Orchard.

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She probably wants a bit of a hiatus so that

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she can launch that. As for Harry, obviously he's been

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back and forth with a few charities. They do seem

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to be going their separate ways. There's no evidence that

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they're splitting up at the moment. Personally, I think we

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have our doubts whether the marriage will last ten twenty

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thirty years. Another stress point seems to be Christmas, an

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insider told Heat magazine. It's such an important time of

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the year for Megan. The insider told the publication her

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festive memories from childhood are something she still talks about

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and romanticizes. She's got sorts of traditions to uphold, and

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of course she wants her husband to enjoy them too.

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She wants them to catch up with friends and do

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all the fun things such as wrapping gifts and sending

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out cards. She will also want to make a big

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dinner and create memories to last a lifetime, so the

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fact that Harry would even think about them being elsewhere

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is hurtful as far as she's concerned. This is the

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time when they should be strengthening their relationship. The Express

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sources several insiders, with one saying, in her view, it's

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crucial for them to all be at home in Montecito

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during the holidays, especially after the strain they've been under lately.

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Another said the idea of Harry getting her to agree

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to Christmas in the UK with the Royal family is laughable. Meanwhile,

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insiders till closer Megan isn't happy at all. She's panicking

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about Harry being sucked back into his old life. For her,

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it's better for Harry to be on the outside so

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she can have him firmly and safely in her corner.

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The insider also suggested if Harry gets back with the Royals,

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it would strike a note of panic in Megan. A

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divorce could potentially hurt sales of Megan's designer dog biscuits.

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Jelly's edible marmalades, fruit preserves, spreads, and jams. In addition

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to food products, American Revier Orchard will encompass cookbooks, tableware, drinkware,

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kitchenmen's and other culinary treats. Netflix has also partnered with

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Markel for a cooking show filmed earlier this year, signaling

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the streaming Giants backing of her brand. The show still unreleased.

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Much like her Someday Lemonada podcast, aligns with Netflix's wider

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plans to launch most of retail spaces called Netflix Houses

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in two major US shopping centers, The Galleria in Dallas

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and the King of Prussia Mall near Philadelphia. These venues

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are set to open in twenty twenty five, offering interactive

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experiences and things merchandise from Netflix's most popular shows like

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Stranger Things in Bridgeton, as well as Markel's high profile

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food offerings. Fans are excited to finally sample Megan Markle's

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artisan jam, which may clear up what the Upside Down

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tastes like. The brand's journey has faced a few bumps

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along the way. American Revier Orchard initially hit a roadblock

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with its US trademark application and There were also whispers

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of delays as Markel reported pursued additional investment opportunities. Meanwhile,

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Netflix moved swiftly to trademark Netflix House, nearly finalizing its

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application as Markel's brand continues to navigate trademark challenges. Chief

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marketing officer Marion Lee called the concept the next generation

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of Netflix's brand strategy, highlighting an ambition to blend entertainment

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and retail in innovative ways. We're looking forward to Meghan's

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cooking show, although to be honest, it would have been

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more helpful during the nine months of no Kate. Thanks Megan,

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more palacy, just a moment the always entertaining DANIELA Ulcer,

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writing for news dot co orda, you suggested back in

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February that Megan could learn from Kate. Sure, and we

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could just read you the Royal Rundown every day without

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any snark. Neither is going to happen, but Elsa wrote.

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Over the course of the last couple of months, Kate

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has proven herself to be the Houdini of the Horse

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and Hound set. Not having been spired in public since

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December of last year, the forty two year olds somehow

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managed to check into the London clinic in January abdominal

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surgery and spending two weeks recuperating, ferried home to Windsor

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and then make the two and a half hour drive

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to Norfolk without even one blurry iPhone photo coming out.

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But still Kate has been doing things inadvertently, like proving

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that her sister in law, Megan, the Duchess of Sussex,

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has made a hash of things. Megan, according to her bio,

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has been named one of the most influential women in

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the world in twenty twenty four. Megan is indisputably one

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of the most famous women in the world. So two

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can her wearing a particular brand changey fashion labels fortunes overnight,

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but influential in any greater sense culturally, politically, economically. Maybe

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she was once back in twenty twenty and twenty twenty one,

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when her and Harry's retreat from the Royal Circus Tent

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was still fresh, still shocking, still stunning, Maybe when for

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the very first time, the world was digesting the fact

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that a biracial duchess had found her palace experience so

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traumatizing she had been left suffering from suicidal ideation. Subsequently,

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though more baters passed under the Sussex Bridge than over

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the Hoover Dan In the years since, the Sussexes have

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come divisive figures whose willingness to monetize their pain during

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a global pandemic and during an extended period of loss

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for the royal family with the deaths of the late

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Queen and Prince Philip, has seen their brand's potency and

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their star crumble. The scarcity of Kate has made crystal

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clear just how precious of the commodity she is. Really.

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What Kate has delivered, inadvertently is a lesson in the

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personal economics of demand and supply. How long until Harvard

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Business School some such will teach a course in brand

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management in which the Duke and Duchess of Sussex serve

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as a cautionary tale, and they have it. I'd like

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