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Calorogus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Pallace Intrigue. I
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am your host, Mark Francis. In The Royalist, Tom Sykes
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wonders what will happen when Harry and William's tragic bitter
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feud meets Peter Phillips's wedding. Sykes writes, Prince Harry and
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Prince William were last in church together for the funeral
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of their uncle Robert Fellows, and I bet good money
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that the next time they will be together will also
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be in a church. It will be a happier occasion,
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this time the marriage of their cousin Peter Phillips, Princess
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Anne's son to public NHS nurse Harriet Spurling, a suitable
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bride for the unflashiest young royal. There is of course
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a possibility that Peter a divorce and Harriet could surprise
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us all on stage a small, low key wedding, not
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least because of who might turn up. But I suspect
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a proper, big wedding will happen, and that Harry, whom
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Peter adored and protected as a kid after the tragedy
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of Diana, will both be invited and want to come
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It's no accident that Peter was nominated to walk between
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Harry and William at Prince Philip's funeral. His nickname behind
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his back in the family is King Peter. That nickname,
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i was told by a friend of the family, comes
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from the fact that when Peter married his first wife,
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Autumn Kelly, he required her to formally leave the Catholic
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Church and convert to Anglicanism in order for him to
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retain his place in the line of succession. Megan Markle
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has been urged by royal fans to stay away from
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the UK when Peter Phillips marries his fiance Harriet Spurling,
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despite suggestions from one commentator that it would appear petty
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if Prince Harry did not attend. In a poll conducted
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by The Express and overwhelming six seven hundred and thirty
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six voted that she should stay away, while just one
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hundred and fifty two felt she should attend and forty
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three were undecided. When reader wrote, she should never step
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back to the UK ever again. She obviously dislikes this
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country and everything about it. Stay away. Others question whether
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an invitation would even be sent. Why would Peter want
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to invite those two. One asked, Harry might be his cousin,
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but you can rest assured if she came, she would
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want the limelight and think it's all about her. It
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should be a low profile wedding. Another was blunt, there
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won't be an invitation. We weren't sure about that, so
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we asked Royal inside a deep Crown, who texted us back. Peter,
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as you know, occupies a rather unique position within the
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family structure as the Queen's oldest grandchild, yet without a title.
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He's managed to maintain what I call a Switzerland like
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neutrality in recent family dramas. He's been cordial with Harry
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throughout the various unpleasantries, though one wouldn't describe them as
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particularly close. Will they be invited? Almost certainly yes, Palace
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protocol and family courtesy would dictate it, regardless of personal feelings.
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Peter is hardly won to break with convention, and excluding
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the King's son from the family the wedding would create
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precisely the sort of headlines one imagines he preferred to
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avoid on his special day. Will they attend? That's the
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more interesting question entirely Harry might well wish to, particularly
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given how few family occasions has been present for of late,
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but one rather suspects the Duchess will have developed a
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most convenient prior engagement, perhaps something terribly important in California
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that simply cannot be post boned. The Express poll, whilst amusing,
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rather misses the point. This isn't about public opinion. It's
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about family dynamics and whether the Sussexes themselves wish to
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endure what would undoubtedly be an exceedingly awkward after noon.
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My money is on an invitation extended and politely declined.
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the links in the show notes Former Royal editor Duncan
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Larko and tells The Mirror everything Megan does seems to
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attract negativity, particularly in the UK. There seems to be
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two versions of her, one in America and one here
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where she seems to be universally disliked. She's a very
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emotional person and takes things personally, so it probably feels
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like she can't do anything right a lot of the time.
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She was heavily criticized for some of her recent videos,
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and when she goes quiet, she's criticized for that too.
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Royal expert doctor Tessa Dunlop has questioned Megan Mankle's silence
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over Prince Harry's recent resignation from Center Bali, the African
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children's charity he co founded in two thousand and six.
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Speaking to The Mirror, Dunlop noted that Harry has consistently
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spoken out in support of his wife, including publicly condemning
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press coverage of Megan early in their relationship, but has
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not received the same vocal backing in return. No, really,
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why hasn't Meghan come out batting for Prince Harry in
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his latest round of verbal fisticuffs concerning his former African charity.
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She asked, with a new Netflix deal sign that mainly
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favors the Duchess and the as Ever brand, a word
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or two of support for the Prince who made it
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all possible? Would not go and Miss Dunelup said she
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contrasted Meghan's active promotion of her products, including her latest
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Rose wine, with Harry's current situation, adding does she see
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her spouse? Does she hear his pain? Does she envisage
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a way forward for the trouble Duke? It would be
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great if Meghan could pipe up and give him support.
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More pallasy, just a moment, stop asking beskie questions like
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where's k So? How can we never see Kate? Because
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Hello reports that excitement is mounting ahead of the twenty
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twenty five Women's Rugby World Cup, which kicks off in
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England August twenty second, with the Red Roses facing the
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USA in Sunderland. The home side raining runners up are
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widely tipped to make the final at Twickenham in September
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and could face their old rivals New Zealand's and Black
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Ferns in a repeat of the last closely fought decider.
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The tournament is also said to draw a royal attention,
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which is why we're bringing it up. You see. The
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Princess of Wales, patron of both the Rugby Football Union
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and Rugby Football League since twenty twenty two, has long
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championed the sport, appearing at matches and even taking part
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in training sessions with the England women's team. BBC's sport
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commentator Sarah Orchard called her involvement absolutely brilliant, noting the
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added spotlight it brings. The patronage has also introduced a
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friendly rivalry into royal circles, with the Prince of Wales
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supporting Wales as patron of its rugby union. Former Welsh
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captain Philippa Tuttiet praised the Princess for help helping challenge
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stereotypes in women's rugby, saying if you go to women's rugby,
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you will never be judged and you will only ever
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be celebrated. We'll see if Kate is able to make
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any matches or if she's on a secret super yacht
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getting five weeks of family time. Nothing to see here, folks,
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move along. What was billed as a unifying coronation gesture
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for King Charles the Third has instead been revealed as
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a costly and largely unwonted venture. A Cabinet Office scheme
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offering free feigned portraits of the King in naval dress
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to public institutions saw just thirty one percent take them up,
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around twenty thousand out of more than sixty six thousand eligible,
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at a total cost of two point seven million pounds
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or roughly one hundred and thirty five pounds per portrait.
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Figures released to the Guardian under a freedom of information
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request show that the uptake very sharply by sector. Only
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three percent of hospitals and seven percent of universities accepted
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the offer, while a quarter of Church of England parishes
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displayed the image of their Supreme governor. Local councils were
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more receptive, with seventy three percent taking part. In the
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nation's twenty three coast Guard stations proved the most enthusiastic,
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each one requesting a portrait. The Cabdinet Office declined to
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reveal exactly where the portraits went, citing concerns that identifying
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recipients could spark controversy and lead to negative public perception.
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A new stage production is offering audiences a different kind
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of royal portrait, not though not through grand political events,
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but through the quiet power of clothing. By Royal Appointment,
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written by a screenwriter and novelist Daisy Goodwin, brings Queen
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Elizabeth I to the stage in a way unlike the Crown.
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Goodwin explains, this is a play about the Queen as
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a woman, not as a monarch, starring Anne Reid as
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the Queen and Caroline Quinton as Angela Kelly, the Queen's
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longtime addresser, by a Royal Appointment as a fictionalized but
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intimate look at Her Majesty's record breaking seventy year reign,
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told through just twelve carefully selected outfits. There are no
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appearances from other members of the royal family, just the Queen,
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her dresser, her designer, her milliner. One key moment featured
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in the play is the twenty seventeen State opening of Parliament,
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when the Queen wore a blue hat adorned with yellow flowers,
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a design that closely resembled the EU flag. Goodwin believes
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this was no accident. I hat is more than a
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piece of straw on the Queen's head. It is a
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skillful piece of pr she says. The result is a poignant,
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often witty drama that offers theater goes a new lens
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on Queen Elizabeth, one that considers what she couldn't say
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aloud that may have revealed stitch by stitch through her wardrobe.
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As Goodwin puts it, she gave so little away that
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gives you so much to play with. And by the way,
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speaking of the Crown, check out our new series, Crown
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and Controversy. A new episode drops today and it's available
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it out. Crown and Controversy sort of picks up where
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the Crown on TV left off and there you have it.
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