Aug. 2, 2025
Were William and Kate on a Secret Superyacht? They don't seem to want us asking.
Did Prince William and Kate Middleton sneak off to a $340 million superyacht in Greece? We decode the conflicting rumours, royal PR spin, and that curiously timed museum headline about Charlotte. Plus: Are the Waleses planning to move into a “mini-castle” at Fort Belvedere? Meanwhile, King Charles is reportedly “fuming.” Also in this episode: William launches new homes for the homeless, skips the Lionesses’ victory parade, and reminds us — if there was a yacht, it was probably sustainable.
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Calorouga Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Pallas Intry. I
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am your host Mark for answers. It appears as if
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Kate and William would like the story changed, as their
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teams fed the Median. Let's begin with the secret yacht
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vacation which the mainstream press has finally begun paying attention.
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To The Daily Mail dug In pointing out that for
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more than a week the Greek island of Kevlinia has
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been a buzz with one royal question. Were Prince William
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and Princess Kate really here on holiday? Locals are adamant,
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they claim the Prince and Princess of Wales, along with
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their children George, Charlotte and Lewis, touched down via private
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jet on July sixteenth and were whisked to a super yacht,
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possibly the Opera, a three hundred and forty million pound
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megayacht owned by UAE Royalty. Some even say Carol and
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Michael Middleton came along for the ride. A taxi driver
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confidently showed a photo of a yacht and said, I
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know for sure this is the one. There on a
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taverna waiter in a gear for me claimed the royals
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arrived by tender boat and were driven to the Melisani Cave,
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which he said was closed for them, but when asked directly,
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he hadn't seen them, only his cousin had, and that
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cousin in turned city and he saw the cars. While
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the British media largely ignored the rumor, international headlines fanned
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the flames. In the end, gondoliers at Melisani Cave offered
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the most plausible explanation. It wasn't William and Kate at all,
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but members of the Emmarati royal family. It's fake news,
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said one boatman plainly. Another version of the story says
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that it wasn't the yacht opera, but rather the prince
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and princesses were actually on the Almax, one of the
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world's first fuel cell super yachts, which is estimated to
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be worth forty million pounds and is described as a
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huge milestone in the future of sustainable boating. So there
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you have it. William and Kate may or not have
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been on a secret yacht, and if they were, it
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was definitely sustainable yacht and not one of those energy
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consuming yachts. Megan probably would have vacationed on, but stop
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asking questions as the media has been fed and boy,
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isn't that Kate Middleton really something special? Allow yourself to
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be distracted by this headline from people. Kate Middleton acted
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as a museum curator, and Princess Charlotte may have inspired
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one of her exhibit picks. Yes that Kate truly is
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wonderful and definitely not vacation on a sheik's forty million
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pound yacht, and even if she were, the yacht would
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be sustainable. The amazing Princess of Wales created her own
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selection of artifacts from one of her favorite places. Kate,
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who studied art history at the University of Saint Andrews,
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used some of her art expertise to pick out some
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objects following her visit to the VNA East Storehouse in June.
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A mini display called Makers and Creators is on view
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as part of the center's extensive, free, self guided experience
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until early twenty twenty six. Kate made her selection in
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conjunct with the museum's curatorial teen, picking objects from across
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the VNA's collections. Her choices make up one of more
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than one hundred changing displays, an attempt to capture how
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unique objects can come together to create a collective whole
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that helps us to explore our social and cultural experiences
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and the role we play in the wider tapestry of life.
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The VNA says a standout piece in Kate's display is
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Oliver Messel's costume for the Fairy of the Woodland Glades,
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worn by Diana Vere in the Royal Ballet's nineteen sixty
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production of The Sleeping Beauty People adds It's possible that
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Princess Kate and Prince William's ten year old daughter, Princess Charlotte,
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inspired the choice, as the young royal has a known
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love of dance. Have you stopped thinking about the super
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yocht yet? Let's feed the media some more so you
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can stop asking questions about the yacht. How's this for
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a headline from Cosmo? Kate Middleton and Prince William considering
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moving out of Adelaide cottage to a mini castle. The
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Waales family is just like you and me, and it
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live in fanas castles. They live in mini castles. Prince
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William and Princess Kate maybe eyeing yet another move, this
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time to Fort Belvidere, a Grand Gothic revival mansion. Tucked
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deep within Windsor Great Park. The couple who currently reside
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at Adelaide Cottage with their three children, are said to
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feel they've outgrown a relatively modest home and are looking
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for more space, especially with active young royals like Charlotte,
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reportedly a keen tennis player in the house. Fort Belvedere
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certainly offers more fifty nine acres of ground, a swimming pool,
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tennis court, rose garden, stables, private lakes, and even three
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staff cottages. The house itself is rich with royal history.
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It was once the home of Edward the eighth and
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the site where he signed his abdication papers in nineteen
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thirty six to marry Wallace Simpson. Built in the eighteen
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twenties and once used by Queen Victoria as a tea house,
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the estate has long been part of the royal family's story.
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While earlier rumors suggested the Whales family might move into
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Prince Andrew's Royal Lodge or take a wing at Windsor Castle,
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neither appears to be an option. Andrew won't budge, and
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the castle plan is reportedly off the table. That leaves
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Fort Belvedere currently leased by the Western family as a
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potential next chapter for William, Kate and the children if
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they can secure it. For now, it's all unconfirmed, but
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if true, it would mark the fourth move for the
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family since their royal life began at Kensington Palace, offering
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them a new private retreat steeped in both luxury and history.
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Hopefully those fifty nine acres will give Charlotte plenty of
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room to play. Shutterscoop reports Charles may not like this,
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claiming the King is fuming as it will take millions
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to renovate, and Charles sees as an unnecessary extravagance. The
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report says William and Kate are now focused on privacy,
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one of Charles's sons and his wife focusing on privacy. Now,
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where have we heard that before? Palace intrigue? To be
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You're not still thinking about that yacht. There is no yachta,
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and if there were, it would be sustainable. The Big
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Issue reminds you that Prince William is working with the homeless,
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while I didn't point out that approximately five hundred and
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ninety to one thousand, seven hundred and seventy homes could
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fit on fifty nine acres depending on the density of
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the development and the size of the individual plots. Prince
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William's campaign to tackle homelessness is taking a major step
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forward with the creation of sixteen new homes for young
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people in South London. Through his Homewards initiative, William is
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partnering with Youth Homelessness charity Center Point to convert and
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existing building on Duchy of Cornwall land in Lambeth into
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affordable flats, set for completion by the end of twenty
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twenty six. The project aims to support young people who
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are already working or on a pathway toward employed, element
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offering rent rates tied to their earnings to help them
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bridge the gap between supported accommodation and the private rental market.
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With Lambeth facing some soaring housing costs and more than
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four thousand households currently in temporary accommodation, the initiative addresses
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an urgent need. Giton Nander, a national advisor to Homewards
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called the project a chance for those at risk of
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homelessness to thrive, adding that stable housing is critical to
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maintaining employment and long term security. Hello magazine wondered why
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the president of the Football Association was absent from the
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Lioness's victory parade. The answer is definitely not that Prince
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William Loves's vacation. Diamond was on a super yacht, and
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if he was on a super yacht, it would have
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been a sustainable super yacht. They have like the email
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us our addresses the Palace Intrigue at gmail dot com.
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your choice. And there was a nice review of You
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and Joining the Show by Mark Francis My thanks to
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