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Ah Callarogu Shark Media, Hello and welcome to Palace Intrigue.
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I am your host, Mark Francis, Prince William and Catherine
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were seen that bow Moral on Friday, as the royal
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family discussed the fallout from Harry and Meghan's planned return
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to Britain. The Daily Mail called it a Sussex summit.
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During the family's summer stay in Scotland. William and Catherine
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were photographed leaving the bow Moral estate together in a
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land Rover, while Princess Anne Zara and Mike Tindall and
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Prince Edwin and James, all of Wessex were also seen
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in the royal convoy. A source told The Daily Mail
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that members of the family were believed to be heading
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out for grouse shooting near Corgarf Castle. The more important development, though,
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is what is being discussed behind the scenes. I Sawce
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told The Daily Mail that William has no desire whatsoever
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to reconcile with his brother. As it stands, the move
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back to Britain may have a major professional component for Meghan.
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News dot com dot Au reports that entertainment sources say
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the Duchess of Sussex has been offered a role in
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an upcoming project based in the UK. Details of the project,
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including exactly what Megan would be doing, had not yet
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been disclosed at the time of this recording. Another theory
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comes from Tom Sykes, who suggested the move is about taxes.
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Namesh Shah, chief executive of London tax and advisory firm
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Blick Rothenberg, had posted to x Good to see Harry
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and Meghan achieve six full tax years of non UK
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residency to manage the temporary non resident rules for capital
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gains tax. The timing of their move back to the
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UK is immaculate. Britain has rules designed to prevent someone
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from leaving the country temporarily realizing investment gains while abroad,
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and then quickly returning home without paying British capital gains
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tax on certain gains. Generally speaking, if someone leaves Britain
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and then returns after too short a period abroad, certain
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gains realized while they were away can potentially become taxable
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when they return. But remaining outside Britain long enough can
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take someone beyond those temporary non residence rules, and according
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to Shah, Harry and Meghan appear to have hit that mark.
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They left Britain at the beginning of twenty twenty, just
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before the end of the British tax year. They have
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now completed six full British tax years as non residents.
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Before their reported return, Harry reportedly informed British security officials
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about his plans to move back to the UK before
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King Charles was told. The Daily Mirror reports that Harry
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notified officials earlier this month so preparations could begin for
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his family's security. The story reminds that Charles was not
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informed until last Sunday. Former Royal Protection chief died Davies
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told The Mirror that the family's planned move changes the
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security calculation, saying the whole risk assessment will have to
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be reviewed. I wonder given the short notice, has anybody
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worked it out for them, because even me, who has
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been very opposed to him getting protection as a non royal,
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now I think the whole scenario is changing. He's going
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to stay in a settled address. His address is going
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to be known, and obviously the issue regarding his children
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and going to school is going to be another area
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where you've got to look at the whole issue of security.
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Davies said the costs of protecting a family of four
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could be substantial if the government decides that police protection
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is required, he said, in terms of cost, it's going
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to cost a huge amount. If they've found a premises
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that's got to be brought up to date in terms
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of security, and I know how expensive that can be.
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It's not just securing the windows and doors, it's the
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technical things, the safe room that has to go in
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and so on, and then you've got vehicles. An armored
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car comes in at about a half a million pounds
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for the top end. If they spread each other four ways,
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with two different schools and Megan and him getting it,
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it's going to cost you and I a huge amount
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of money. The cost of protecting a family of four
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now the home visits, where they're going, the quasi royal events,
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the whole thing is going to cost millions if we
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have to pay for it. So something has to be
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decided by somebody with the current up to date knowledge
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and information. Davies also pointed to Harry's unusual security profile.
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He said the problem is that Harry is no longer
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a working Royal and no other non working royal gets protection.
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But he can say I'm unique, which he is because
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of his war service and because of his big mouth
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and the book he's written. So there are all manner
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of things that would have to now be taken into consideration.
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There have been in the past attacks on Harry when
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he was much younger, and people have gone to prison
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for it. The whole issue now is up for grabs.
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Another issue would be security surrounding Archie and a little
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bit as they attend the school. Davies recalled the arrangements
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made for William and Harry when they were children. He said,
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if you recall at different times Winniam and Harry both
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had people like World Protection Officer Ken Wharf there at
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the time they would go to the school and they
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would have offices based at the school ready to respond. Clearly,
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that's another area where you have to carry out a
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proper review structure, look at the security, look at how
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people can get in and out, look at a contingency plan.
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If anybody got in, it's a huge measure and there
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are issues that would have to be carefully considered. Davies
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also said the nature of potential threats has changed over
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the years. In my day it was the IRA or
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the Provisional IRA and the Animal Liberation Front. Now it's
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moved to fixated people, and there are a lot of
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people fixated about Harry and Meghan, and that raises the
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threat level. I think Harry will continue to employ his
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own private security team, but in the hope that he
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can persuade Ravek to upgrade in whatever shape or form.
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I think that's his hope now that he's going to
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have a permanent address. Property expert Cal Graham of we
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By Any Home told The Mirror that if privacy is
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the main concern, the Sussex's may be better suited to
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something relatively discreet rather than a grand country estate. Graham
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said a modern home on a privately managed estate, set
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well back from the road and shielded by mature landscaping
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would attract far less attention than an instantly recognizable country
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tree mansion. The perfect home for them may not be
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the grandest one. It's more likely to be the property
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that allows them to live most normally. Rebecca English of
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The Daily Mail says the biggest issue surrounding Harry and
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Meghan's return to Britain may not be the move itself,
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it's how Little Buckingham Palace apparently knew about it beforehand.
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English reports that they may have been considerably more planning
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underway than the Palace realized. One source claims Meghan privately
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looked at two possible schools in the Cotswolds for Archie
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and Lilibet during the family's July visit. The same source
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claims the Sussexes had identified a possible home belonging to
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a celebrity. English makes an important qualification here. She says
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she has not been able to independently verify either claim. Still,
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if those claims are accurate, they raise an obvious question.
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If Harry and Meghan were already looking at schools and
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a home, why wasn't any of this mentioned during their
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meeting with Charles. One person with experience dealing with the
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Sussexes told English they could not shake the feeling that
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there's more to this than we know. Another added there
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always is with them, more palacing just a moment. Prince
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William is reportedly firmly opposed to Harry and Meghan returning
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to any official role within the royal family, even as
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these Sussexes prepare to move back to Britain. The Daily
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Mirror reports to King Charles and the Prince of Wales
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are in complete lockstep. On one point, Harry and Meghan
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will not be allowed to create the kind of half in,
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half out arrangement that was rejected when they stepped away
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from the royal duties in twenty twenty. One source close
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to William and Catherine said, obviously the Sussex's return will
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make inevitable headlines for a few days, but it has
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no bearing on the Prince and Princess's life moving forward.
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If anything, events that have affected them over the past
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couple of years have made them even more determined to
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concentrate on what is important to them, their family, their
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public roles, and the ability to provide generational change for
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good with their public roles and look forward to the future.
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What Harry and Meghan choose to do is up to them.
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As far as William and Catherine are concerned, they have
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left that period of their lives behind many years ago.
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While I simply cannot forgive everything that has been against
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them and the family, they do not have the time
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or the energy or any negativity or the drama that
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the Sussexes surround themselves with, and they have demonstrated with
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their public roles. Everything they are trying to do is
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about positivity and making the world a better place as
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far as they can. Gossi columnist Rob Shooter quotes an
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unnamed source of saying, Kate is the voice of reason.
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She knows William and Harry may never be brothers in
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the way they once were, but they can be civil,
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They can cooperate, and they can stop feeding the story
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that the royal family is permanently divided. This isn't about forgiveness.
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It's about strategy. Kate is thinking about the institution and
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the future when William is king and she is Queen.
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Kate is a chess player. She doesn't need Harry to
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love William, she needs him to stop fighting him, and
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