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Calorougus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Intrigue. I
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am your host, Mark Francis. Four men have been arrested
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after images of US President Donald Trump and convicted sex
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offender Jeffrey Epstein were projected onto Windsor Castle on Tuesday evening,
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just hours before the start of the president's second official
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state visit to the UK. A police spokesperson said officers
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responded swiftly to halt the stunt, which was staged near
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the site of key ceremonial events planned for the following day.
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President Trump's past social times to Epstein have drawn scrutiny
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in the past, though he has never been formally accused
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of wrongdoing in connection with the disgraced financier who died
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in prison in twenty nineteen, A van displaying an image
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of Trump and Epstein with the caption welcome to the
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UK Donald was seen in the area on Wednesday, though
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police later confirmed that no vehicle was seized in that incident.
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The incident also follows the recent dismissal of Lord Peter
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Mandelson as the UK's ambassador to the United States after
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questions were raised about his personal links to Epstein During
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the formal greetings at Windsor Castle yesterday, Some onlookers noted
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that President Trump did not bow and First Lady Millenia
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did not curtsey while shaking hands with King Charles and
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Queen Camilla, as well as the Prince and Princess of Wales.
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But while the gesture or lack thereof sparked conversation, royal
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protocol experts were quick to clarify it no rules were broken.
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According to the Royal Family's official website, there are no
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obligatory codes of behavior when meeting a member of the
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royal family, but many people wish to observe the traditional forms.
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The guidance continues. For men this is a neck bow
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from the head only, whilst women do a small curtsey.
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Other people prefer simply to shake hands in the usual way.
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The same clarification was referenced back in twenty eighteen when
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President Trump greeted Queen Elizabeth with a handshake. The following year,
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during his first state visit, he famously placed a hand
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over Her Majesty's back, prompting another round of public debate
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over royal etiquette. On this occasion, Trump may have sidestepped
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royal traditions, but he veered into controversy on American turf. Instead,
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as the US national anthem played during the welcome ceremony,
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President Trump offered a military style salute. However, according to
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thirty six US Code three oh one, only those in
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uniform or veterans are expected to salute civilians, including sitting Presidents,
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are instead instructed to stand at attention with their right
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hand over their heart. Despite the minor points of protocol,
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the state visit continues today. Milania is said to have
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her own dedicated program. While the President meets Prime Minister
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Sir Kia Stamer at Chequers, the First Lady is scheduled
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to begin her day with the Queen, who will personally
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guide her through the Queen Mary's doll House and the
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Royal Labrary at Windsor Castle, both known to be particular
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favorites of her Majesty. Later in the day, the First
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Lady will join the Princess of Wales and Frogmore Gardens
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for an outdoor engagement with young children exploring nature. There,
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they will meet Dwayne Fields, the Chief Scout, along with
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members of the Scout's Squirrel's Program, children aged four to
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six who are working towards their Go Wild badge. As
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joint President of the Scout Association, the Princess of Wales
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will present the badges alongside Missus Trump. The visit will
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also include the traditional formalities of a state visit, a
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viewing of Royal collection artifacts with ties to American history,
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and the state banquet, at which both the King and
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President Trump are expected to deliver speeches more palacies to
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the support. With a busy week of news, we haven't
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had a chance to catch up on the reactions to
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Harry's interview in the Guardian from The Royalist Tom Sykes writes,
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Prince Harry has just made what I considered to be
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the unbelievably stupid decision to double down on the scathing
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criticisms he made of his family in his memoir Spare
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and his Netflix show Harry and Meghan, and has once
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again demanded accountability on the part of his birth family. Incredibly,
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the interview appears to have been given less than twenty
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four hours after his father broke with his other son William,
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an overwhelming public opinion in the UK and welcomed Harry
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to his London home for afternoon tea breaking eight nineteen
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month astra one asked from the King's side in connection
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with the meeting was a period of silence on the
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issue of the family's interpersonal relations from Harry afterwards. Any
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media trainer worth their assault would have advised Harry to
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deflect these questions, and his responses are likely to leave
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his pr team who knows that remarks about the world's
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most famous family feud will completely overshadow not only the
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work he was doing in Ukraine with wounded soldiers, but
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also the great strides made in improving his own image globally.
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This week in another goal of quite epic proportions. Harry
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chose to reignite his feud with the UK Press after
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enjoying several days of the warmest coverage he has seen
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in recent years. Even the virulently anti Harry mail and
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Telegraph rand pieces in recent days remarking on how good
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it was to have Harry back in the UK Amanda
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plateau along. One of Harry's fiercest critics praised Harry in
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the Mail. So what does Harry decide to do? Why
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restart the war? Of course? In a further scarcely credible
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act of foolishness which sadly can no longer be written
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off as youthful idiocy, Harry appears to have visited Vladimir
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Selensky against the express wishes of the British government. The
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Guardian says Harry disappeared for an hour for the meeting.
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In a substack post, Royal insider Deep Crown writes the
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business about meeting Zelensky. The Koway deflection the mysterious hour
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long disappearance is vintage Harry. He wants credit for the
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meeting without taking responsibility for any diplomatic complications it might cause.
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The suggestion that the British government preferred he not meet
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with the Ukrainian president on the same day as Foreign
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Secretary of Vett Cooper's visit speaks to a fundamental problem.
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Harry continues to operate as though he's still a working Royal,
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as though his actions don't have any diplomatic consequences. Emily
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Ferguson in The Express writes, Harry's comments about his lack
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of regrets are one thing, but to allude to the
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King's health just months after his eyebrow raising remark that
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he didn't know how much longer his father had left
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to live is unforgivable. I just can't believe that Harry
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would repay his father's generosity by meeting with him last
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week with such inflammatory, hurtful comments. The only person he's
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serving are those who knew such a meeting would end
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it like this, such as the Queen, the Prince of
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Wales and his top team of advisers. The Duke of
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Sussex had just started to win back public favor after
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his four day charm offensive in Britain and his visit
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to Ukraine, but not even a week later he has
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blown it. Prince William is right Harry cannot be trusted
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and should not be welcomed back. Also lost in the
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shuffle was Prince William icing Prince Andrew at the funeral,
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Shannon Miller rights in the mirror. At first, it was
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mostly lesser known mourners stepping out of the cars, but
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as the two pm service drew closer, you could feel
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the tension build. Police motorcyclists began clearing the way, and
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we knew the senior royals were moments away. Then it happened.
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The next arrival gave me actual chills. Myself and other
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members of the crowd leaned forward, curious to see who
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would step out next. Into my shock, it was Prince
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en Andrew, and you could feel the air shift. It
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wasn't just me. You could hear gasps throughout the crowd.
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Everyone's jaws dropped, and some even exchanged looks of disbelief.
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Everyone around me seemed stunned that he was there, front
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and center at such a high profile royal event. It
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was hard to read the royals' reactions as expected, but
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one thing I picked up on was Prince William's expressions
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as his uncle kept trying to speak to him. Prince
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Andrew seemed to be giggling well talking, but Prince William
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rubbed his nose and gave the slightest not like he
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was trying to end the conversation quickly. And there was
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a clear difference in how Prince William communicated with everyone else.
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He was fully engaged when speaking to Fergie and Princess Kate,
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but when it came to Prince Andrew, it felt like
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he was barely tolerating it. In a series of photographs,
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William was seeing glaring at Andrew with a look many
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have described as unmistakably frosty. In other frames, William appears
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to look deliberately away while King Charles shares a light
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moment with his embattled younger brother. A friend of Williams
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told The Daily Beast it was a disgrace Andrew had
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been seated directly behind William and Princess Kate, and that
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William was furious at being ambushed by his uncle. As
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pictures and footage of a scowling William standing alongside Andrew
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and the King emerged after the funeral of the Duchess
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