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Hello, and welcome through Palace Intrie. I'm your host, Mark Francis.
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Kate Middleton's PR machine appears to be ramping back up
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as we are seeing Kate's wonderful articles again for the
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first time in a few months. Royal author Robert Jobson,
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out promoting his book, told Hello Magazine, she's a person
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who wants to find solutions and rise above the noise
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and the drama. And I think, given what she's gone through,
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you don't want to waste any time on noise on
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drama when you've had anything to do with your health.
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Jobson also emphasize that Kate is making her health and
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family her top priorities and isn't rushing back into her
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royal duties. That takes quite a lot of courage, because
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you're in a very alienated world. But I think she
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realized that she only has one shot at this. She's
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got three young children and they have to come first,
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so she's taking advantage of time she won't get back
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with her kids. Jobs and spork appears to have restated
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the entire Kate's wonderful industry. Vanity Fair tells us Kate
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Middleton and Prince William went full Grease with a dance
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number at their twenty eleven wedding. In that excerpt from
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Jobson's book, William and Kate actually lip synced to a
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song from the nineteen seventy eight movie Grease at their
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Buckingham Palace reception. They stood holding hands in the middle
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of the dance floor, grinning. Then suddenly the opening bars
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of the song You're the One that I Want from
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the musical Grease came booming out. William and Catherine then
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began dancing around, pointing at each other and mouthing the
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words with the style of the lead characters Danny and Sandy.
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It brought the house down Before that, Jobs and tells
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us Kate let her hair down during her bachelorette party
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by delivering a rendition of English pop star Sheryl Coles
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Fight for This Love. According to Jobs and Kate dressed
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up in a figure hugging bodysuit and gave an exaggerated
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impersonation of the early orts singer. Even Middleton's future husband,
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Prince William, caught wind of the show and spilled Middleton's
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secret to Cole, who performed at Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee
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in twenty twelve. Did you know that you've got a
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bit of competition with him, asked Cole at the time.
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William wasn't the only one to reveal Kate's impersonation to
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the singer. Pepper and James Middleton also tattled on Kate,
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sharing details of the performance with Cole. Kate even learned
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the dance routine and was step perfect by all accounts,
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as her sister Pepper and brother James also came over
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and told me all about it. Counted It Jobson's book.
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Kate also met her hero, Cole told Closer that the
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princess was easy to get along with. Per Jobson, we
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had this amazing moment, Cole said, she's so ordinary. I mean,
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obviously she isn't because she's a princess, but she's easy
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to get along with. William's bachelor party was much less eventful.
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According to Jobson's book, the prince enjoyed a low key
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event with twenty of his close friends. The group went
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clay pigeon shooting before going surfing during a weekend at
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a Devon mansion named Harland Abbey. On slow news days,
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the press will often dust off old stories such as
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this one, which will be familiar to Palace intrigue listeners,
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this time with some new sprinkles from Jobson. In two
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thousand and eight, Kate sent an email to her friends
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requesting they start calling her by her full name, Katherine.
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This request, Jobs and Notes only added to the speculation
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that Prince William was planning to propose. Jobson cites a
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two thousand and eight article by Sunday Express columnist Adam Helliker,
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who disclosed that Kate had written a humorous email to
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her close friends about her preference for being called Katherine.
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Helka wrote, I hear that in the past few weeks,
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the former accessories buyer has quietly informed friends that she
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would like to drop the informal Kate and in future,
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wishes to be known by her full name, Katherine. The
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debate over what to call Kate didn't end there. In
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his twenty twenty three memoir Spare, Prince Harry shared an
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anecdote about her name. He wrote that King Charles once
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asked Kate to consider changing the spelling of her first
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name to Katherine, with a K instead of a C.
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Harry explained that this was because there were already two
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royal ciphers with the letter C for Charles and Camilla.
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Make it Katherine with a K. They suggested. Separate from
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the jobs and book, The pr machine is letkters know
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of Kate's summer plans. The Daily Beast reports the couple
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are aiming to be in boal Moral, either for the
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opening of the grouse shooting season on August twelfth or
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shortly thereafter. According to a friend sourced by the Beast,
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Kate has been exceptionally open and honest about her health,
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making two appearances before the summer break at Wimbledon and
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trooping the Color was a clear signal that she is
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doing well. That is what we are hearing privately as well.
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It's not over, but there is lots of optimism, lots
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of positivity. It's obviously still an incredibly worrying time, but
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all the signs are there that her cancer treatment, which
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is ongoing, is progressing well and inside added, there's still
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nothing in her diary. My understanding is that people are
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going to have to get used to seeing a lot
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less of Kate. The priority for her now is going
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to be a family and children. The youngest of those kids,
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Louis is only six. Like a lot of people who
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have a brush with mortality, Kate is going to prioritize
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the things that mattered her from now on. In her case,
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that means her kids. Note how every source is getting
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the message out that Kate has focused on her kids,
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which appears to be a coordinated message. We asked our
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inside a Deep Crown about that. Who tells palace intrigue.
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When you see multiple sources suddenly singing from the same
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hymn sheet, it's a clear sign that the Palace pr
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machine is in full swing. These unofficial messages are typically
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disseminated through a carefully curated network of royal correspondence and
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trusted journalists. The Palace will subtly brief these individuals, often
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through intermediaries, providing just enough information to shape the narrative
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without appearing to do so directly. It's a delicate dance. Really,
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the Palace maintains plausible deniability while still controlling the story.
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The aim here is clear to paint a picture of
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a devoted mother prioritizing her family during her recovery. It's
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a relatable image that garners public sympathy and understanding by
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flooding the media with these stories, they're effectively setting the
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tone for how Kate's absence should be perceived. It's pr
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one oh one, and I must say they're rather good
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at it. Meanwhile, the Daily Beast's source added, Charles's doing
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a magnificent job fighting his cancer, but it is still unwell.
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It is being fantastically well managed to give the impression
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that everything is fine, but it is noticeable to those
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of us who are aware of such things that the
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engagements are shorter and carefully scheduled. For example, he sometimes
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arrives by helicopter at the last minute, before being choppered
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away and presumably collapsing in an armchair at home. Charles
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cancer hasn't gone away. The Palace have said as much,
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and to be brutally honest, the one's popular notion that
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he will live to a similar age as his mother
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ninety four or father ninety nine is now less wide spread.
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I think that has very much focused Kate's mind on
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the fact that there may only be a few years
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of freedom left. What does she want to do with him?
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Nurture her kids and try her best to equip them
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for the life ahead. Palace intrig will be right back.
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The Daily Beast report mentions that the royals were expected
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to descend on Moral en Mass for the opening of
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the grouse shooting season on August twelfth, known colloquially as
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the Glorious at twelfth. They source a friend of the
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royals who tells the Beast Bow Moral is basically a
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very fancy Victorian hunting lodge. That is what you do
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up there. You go out shooting fish, you have lunch
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in them. But it is an important ritual for Kat
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and William to take the children there for the Glorious
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twelfth and that is the goal this year. Royal author
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Phil Dampia told Fabulous there's so much space that they
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can go off for picnics, go off for a massive
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long walks and just enjoy the fresh air and the
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forest up there and enjoy the freedom. They might get
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pony up there and start doing some horse riding if
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they're not already. That's the sort of thing they'll get
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up to. It's all typical traditional royal pursuits that they
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can enjoy if they want to. Prince Harry is reportedly
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considering a return to the UK to attend at the
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funeral of his uncle Lord Robert Fellows. However, Harry is
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cautious about making the trip if it might cause too
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much drama. According to a friend of his, at this point,
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a temploid article would spend three paragraphs telling you that
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Harry and William don't get along, and then wildly speculate
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about whether or not Megan would come. She won't, Let's
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move on. Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, demonstrated a warm
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and formal side of royal protocol when she celebrated in
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in Great Britain's historic gold medal win and the women's
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team sprint at the twenty twenty four Paris Olympics. The victory,
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which also set a world record, prompted Sophie to cheer
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year and Hager Fellows spectator, a gesture that highlighted the
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evolving nature royal behavior. This spontaneous and friendly act contrasted
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with the more traditional and formal interactions often associated with
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the British royal family. According to the official guidance from
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the Royal Family's website, while traditional forms are respect like
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bows and curtsies at common, there is no obligatory code
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of behavior when interacting with royals. This flexibility allows for
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more casual interactions such as the hug Sophie gave it
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the Velodrome, reflecting a broader trend within the royal family
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towards a more approachable and relatable image. Sophie's connection to
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cycling and her role as the patron of the British
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Cycling Federation further underscored her emotional investment in the event.
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Her history with the sport includes a four hundred and
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fifty mile cycling challenge for the Duke of Edinburgh Award
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in twenty sixteen, long before her husband, Prince Edward was
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conferred the title of Duke of Edinburgh. While Sophie has
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been actively present at the Paris Olympics, the Prince and
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Princess of Wales Kate have not yet made an appearance.
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There have been rumors that Kate would appear, however, the
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Games are almost over. It would be a good pr
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move in advance of the upcoming faux royal tour by
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you know who that we won't mention today to give
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