May 12, 2026

The Missing Prince Harry Photo at Highgrove

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Royal watchers notice a missing wedding photo at Highgrove House, Serena Williams sparks fresh Meghan speculation, and Harry pays tribute to David Attenborough. Plus: Andrew faces a frightening confrontation near Sandringham and Eugenie’s pregnancy raises new royal questions.

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Calorougu Shark Media. Hello and welcome to you ballast Injury.

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I am your host and Mark Frances live from a

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boat in the Mediterranean. Apologies for any sound reverberations in

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the background. A new glimpse inside High Grove House has

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sparked fresh speculation about the relationship between King Charles and

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Prince Harry. Photos shared from inside the king's private countryside

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residents appear to show that a framed image from Harry

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and Meghan Markle's twenty eighteen wedding is no longer displayed

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in one of the rooms. Royal photographer Chris Jackson recently

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shared images from an event at Highgrove, showing a table

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featuring family photographs, including one of Harry alongside his father

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and brother, Prince William, and another of the King holding

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Prince Louis. However, royal watchers noted that a previous image

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of Harry and Meghan's wedding day, visible in photographs taken

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inside the same room in twenty twenty four, was no

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longer present. Is Megan dead to Serena Williams. Radar Online

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suggests so. Williams attended the met Gala event in New

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York wearing a silver gown and was photographed throughout the

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evening with Emma Thin and former British Vogue editor Edward Annenfall,

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while Megan was absent from the event and not believed

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to have been invited. And insider claimed, at a night

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like the met ghl and nothing about who you stand

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beside is accidental. It is one of the most carefully

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observed stages in the celebrity world. Serena choosing to spend

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so much time in close formation with Emma and Edward,

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both of whom have been linked to a calling in

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their relationships with Megan, inevitably reads as more than coincidence.

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Another insider added, the met Gala operates as a social barometer.

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It is where relationships are quietly endorsed, recalibrated, or in

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some cases allowed to fade without a word being spoken.

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A source tells, palace intrigue, or sometimes people are just

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standing near each other. Not everything is about Megan. In

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the Royalist Tom Say experience, we know where it all

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went wrong, do they? Per Sachs. The fashion deals haven't materialized,

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the brand partnerships haven't come. The big names Balenciaga, Dior,

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Chanell have not called, and the people who did try

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to help Meghan has managed, with remarkable consistency to alienate

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each and every one of them. And A Win Tour,

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the Kardashians, ari Emanuel, Netflix, the list of burned bridges

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in a role call of the most powerful figures in fashion,

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social media, and Hollywood, all of whom are, as Alison

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Bouschoff puts it, simply done. What does Megan have left?

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A share and a knockoff shompy wardrobe platforms and Netflix

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projects sitting on the shelf for years, and Instagram strategy

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that her own husband isn't remotely happy about. And a

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kitchen that I'm told by someone who lives near them

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in Montecito looks like it's straight out of an olive

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garden circa nineteen ninety four because they can't afford to remodel,

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Allison tells me, and a Win Tour is the top

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of the tree for fashion. They've alienated her. The Kardashians

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at the top of the tree for social media. They've

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alienated them. Ari Emanuel is the top of the tree

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for Hollywood agents. And they've also alienated Ted sarandus at Netflix,

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the richest streamer which has won the Streaming Wars, so

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that's pretty good going. The Sussex has released a new

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trailer for their upcoming documentary Cookie Queens, a film focused

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on the world of gold Scout cookie season in America.

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The documentary follows four young girl Scouts, all of Nicki, Shannon, Elizabeth,

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and as they set ambitious goals for cookie sales while

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navigating the pressures and challenges that come with the annual tradition.

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And official synopsis describes the project as a celebration of

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goldhood and its complexities. Cookie Queens is a coming of

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age story that explores the joy's pressures and tensions woven

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into one of the America's most cherished rituals, gold Scouts

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of the USA Cookie Season. The film premiered earlier this

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year at the Sundance Film Festival, where Megan said that she,

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Harry and Archbeald Productions were so proud privilege to help

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support and uplift the film. She added, yes, it's probably

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the cutest film at the festival, but I'm also going

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to go out on a lemon say it's one of

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the most powerful and meaningful depictions of an American tradition.

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Director Elissa Nahimus previously said the documentary became a fascinating

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lens to explore a story about girlhood, the ambition, resilience, humor,

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and vulnerability that emerges. These goals navigate growing up in

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a world shaped by the tensions between community and capitalism.

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Cookie Queens are scheduled for a theatrical release on August eighth.

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At least Harry got out of the house for an hour.

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Harry was spotted and joining lunch with friends at Nobu

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Malibu last week, dressed casually in a khaki shirt and

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dark trials, as well keeping a relatively low profile behind sunglasses.

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Harry paid tribute to David Attenborough for the broadcaster's one

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hundredth birthday, describing him as a secular saint. In an

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essay for Time magazine, Harry wrote, for almost anyone who

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grew up in the UK, so David Attenborough is more

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than a broadcaster secular saint. He is an institutional pillar,

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as essential to the national fabric. He is an institutional pillar,

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as essential to the national fabric as a cup of tea.

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He has earned the world's trust by simply showing us

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that our environment is worth appreciating. He didn't demand our attention,

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but drew us in with a wonder of nature. All

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the same, When a man who has quite literally seen

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it all begins to describe the loss of the planet's stability,

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he hasn't been provocative. He is reporting from the front

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lines of a planet he has known longer and more

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intimately than almost anyone alive. To a generation overwhelmed by

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noise and uncertainty, Adinburgh represents credible authenticity, more palace in

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just a moment. In a developing story, a balaklava clad

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man allegedly threatened Andrew Batten Windsor near his home on

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the Sandry Came estate last week. According to reports, Mount

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Batton Windsor was approached around seven thirty pm on when

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near the Sandringhamond State in Norfolk while he was out

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walking his dog. According to witnesses, the man suddenly jumped

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from the vehicle and charged towards the Duke of York Andrew,

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who was accompanied by his private security guard at the

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time and said to have quickly retreated to his own

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vehicle as the situation unfolded. Reports claimed the Duke then

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sped away from the scene, while the suspect allegedly attempted

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to pursue him on foot. A man has been arrested

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and charged. No injuries were reported. Andrew was reportedly still

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deeply unhappy over his removal from Royal Lodge. A source

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tells The Mail Andrew feels that his departure from Royal

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Lodge was unnecessarily hasty. From his perspective, it was all

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done to appease the baying media and didn't need to

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be carried out in such a rush before his new

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accommodation at Marsh Farm was ready. The insider also suggested

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Andrew views the empty property itself as evidence of the

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move could have been delayed, saying the fact that no

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one else has taken occupancy of Royal Lodge is the

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proof of that. Princess Eugenie's pregnancy announcement could mark a

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two point for her parents, according to royal commentators. Royal

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broadcaster Ian Palam Turner told Fox News Digital the pregnancy

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was wonderful news for your Genie and her husband, Jack

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brooks Bank, but also suggested it may help shift the

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focus away from the controversies surrounding Andrew and Ferguson. Turner said,

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my feeling is that Andrew will not really settle in Sandringham,

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and Sarah is obviously looking for an escape route after

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her latest hiding place was discovered, So I have a

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suspicion both might end up in Portugal to be close

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to their grandchildren and lead us simple and quieter life. However,

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not all royal experts agree the pregnancy news would necessarily

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help the family's image. Royal commentator Richard fitz Williams reportedly

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suggested the announcement itself could once again draw public attention

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back toward the York family and the controversies surrounding Andrew

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and they have it ta to email us our addresses

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the Palace Intrigue at gmail dot com. Apologies for any

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