Aug. 22, 2024

Why can't Harry and Meghan hold on to a staff?

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A look at teh drama behind the scenes at the various Harry and Meghan projects.

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Hello and welcome to Palace Intrigue. I am your host,

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Mark Francis Richard Eden in the Daily Mail Reveals. My

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first inkling that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex may

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have trouble holding on to staff came back in twenty

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eighteen when I received a tip that Megan's personal assistant,

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Melissa to Barty, had quit suddenly, just six months after

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the American actress had married into the royal family. So

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shark a source told me at the time, why would

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she want to leave such a prestigious job so soon?

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Officials usually declined to discuss staffing matters, so it took

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me aback when a senior Palace source chose to pay

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tribute to her publicly. Melissa is a huge, actually talented person,

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the source said. She played a pivotal role in the

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success of the royal wedding and will be missed by

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everyone in the royal household. The fact that she left

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so soon raised questions over the reasons for exit. Indeed,

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later emerged that Jason now for the couple's communications secretary,

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had written to Simon Case, Prince William's private secretary, in

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twenty eighteen, to say, I am very concerned that the

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Duchess was able to bully two PA's out of the

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household in the past year. The treatment of X was

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totally unacceptable. He added, The Duchess seems intent on having

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someone in her sights. She is bullying Why and seeking

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to undermine her confidence. We have had report after a

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report from people who have witnessed unacceptable behavior towards why.

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Mliss's exit proved to be the first of many departures

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from Prince Harry and Meghan's staff in the years that followed.

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While a spokesman for the Sussexes declined to comment on

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Chief of Staff Josh Kettler's recent departure, an anonymous source

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subsequently briefed People Magazine, a title that has been used

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to put across their point of view many times in

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the past, that Kettler had been hired on a trial basis.

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The source claimed that the decision to part ways was mutual,

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with both sides agreeing it wasn't the right fit. I'm

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old love to remember when Harry and Megnet declared that

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they wouldn't indulge in anonymous briefings, which they suggested were

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these sort of sinister powace methods that would have no

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place in that modern household. How times change. A source

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tells me Josh soon realized that the job wasn't for him.

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There were aspects of it that he wasn't comfortable with.

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He thought it was better to leave now than to

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continue in the job that he did not enjoy. The

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source is too diplomatic to spell it out, but was

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it the case that the chief of staff discovered that

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there was only one chief in the Montescito household and

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it wasn't him? The Daily Mail reported that eco activists

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from Extinction Rebellion are reportedly planning to storm Winsor Castle

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in a three day protest, aiming to break into private

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royal grounds. According to a report seeing by Mail Online,

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the group intends to create a diversion on the Long Walk,

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allowing members to breach the castle's security. The protest, scheduled

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from August thirtieth to September first, includes plans to disrupt

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Windsortown Center by targeting hotels, restaurants and blocking roads. Despite

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their claims of non violence, the group aims to stage

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a mass occupation outside Windsor Castle to protest against the monarchy,

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which they describe as the embodiment of a broken and

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unjust system. Interestingly, King Charles, a longtime environmental advocate, will

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not be at Windsor during the protest as he will

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be spending the summer holiday at Balmoral in Scotland. Prince William,

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who also lives on the Windsor estate, is known for

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his environmental efforts, including the fifty million pound earth Shot

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Prize aimed at finding solutions to save the planet extinction.

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Rebellion insists that the protest, dubbed upgrade Democracy, is not

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a direct attack on the King, but rather a call

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for greater action on climate and ecological issues, including a

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demand for a citizens Assemble on climate and ecological justice. However,

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it has noted that Windsor Great Park, the site of

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the planned protest, has been practicing sustainable land use for centuries.

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The security implications of this planned action are significant, as

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a leading security firm revealed it has infiltrated the group's

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discussions and assessed the potential risks. Hopefully the raven Master

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can protect us all. King Charles the Second, not this guy,

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he's the third. King Charles the Second, who ruled from

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sixteen sixty to sixteen eighty five, is often credited with

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the tradition of protecting the ravens at the Tower of London,

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a practice steeped in legend. According to an ancient prophecy,

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the tower and the kingdom would fall if the ravens

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ever left the fortress. The safeguard against this, Charles the

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Second ordered then at least six ravens must always be

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kept at the tower, a rule that has been strictly

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followed ever since. The current raven Master, Michael Barney Chandler,

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a former Royal Marine, took on this solemn role in Marching,

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is only the sixth person to do so since the

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position was formalized in the late nineteen sixties. Chandler's duties

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include feeding, monitoring, and ensuring the well being of the

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towers ravens, who are known for their intelligence and distinct personalities.

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There are currently seven ravens of the Tower, one more

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than the required six to prevent disaster, including one named

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Rex in honor of King Charles the Third. Despite being

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allowed to roam freely during the day, the ravens are

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somewhat grounded by having their feathers shortened to prevent them

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from flying too high. Ravens of the tower typically live

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up to twenty years, far longer than their wild counterparts,

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with some even living well beyond that, such as the

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oldest raven who lived to forty four. These mischievous birds

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have become an integral part of the tower's identity, even

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interacting with tourists who may be surprised by their boldness.

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Pallacentric to be right Back, Spink and Sons hosted a

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series of four auctions featuring five, ten, twenty and fifty

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pound notes, with Sarah John, the Bank of England's Chief

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Cash and Executive Director of Banking, initiating the bidding. These

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auctions raised and impressive nine hundred and fourteen thousand pounds,

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which was donated to ten charities. The Bank of England's

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current charities of the year. Childhood Trust, trustle Trust and

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Shout were among the beneficiaries, alongside seven other previous charities

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of the year that had not yet benefited from similar auctions.

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Since twenty sixteen. Notably, the auctions set a record for

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the highest lot sold, with a fifty pound sheet fetching

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twenty six thousand pounds. A single ten pound note also

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drew significant attention, selling for seventeen thousand pounds due to

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its unique serial number HB zero one zero zero zero

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zero two. Elizabeth Evans, a British Airways air hostess who

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served Queen Elizabeth the Second and Prince of Philip during

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her twenty eight year career, revealed some of the late

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monarch's flying preferences, as memorabilia from her flights are said

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to be auctioned. According to notes left by Evans, Queen

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Elizabeth enjoyed a martini before meeting guests on Royal flights

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and specifically requested sugar free velements during takeoff. She also

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preferred using her own pillows and like to look at

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route maps during flights. Evans, who began her career in

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nineteen seventy, served many high profile passengers, including the Royal

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family during their nineteen eighty nine tour of Singapore and Malaysia.

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After her passing, memorabilia from her time serving the Royals,

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including instruction cards and menus, were discovered in her study.

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These items, now inherited by evans niece Smallwood, were expected

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to fetch between four hundred and six hundred pounds at auction.

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