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Calorougus Shark Media BA, hello and welcome to Pallas Intrigue.
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I am your host, Mark for Ancis. Prince William and
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Prince Harry are both expected to attend the upcoming wedding
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of their cousin Peter Phillips, but don't expect any signs
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of reconciliation between the royal brothers. According to reporting from
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Shutter Scoop, a senior palace insider claims the rift between
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William and Harry remains active and raw. The brothers have
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said to have made it explicitly clear no photos, no interaction,
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and under no circumstances are they to be seated next
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to one another. Prince William, as the future king, is
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reportedly insisting on seating arrangements that reflect his status. A
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source told Shutter Scoop that William's team insisted his seat
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reflect his future role as king, and that means Harry's
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position must be visibly beneath his. They don't even try
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to hide the hierarchy anymore. Meanwhile, Prince Harry's camp has
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said who have requested a completely separate arrival and no
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inclusion in any official portraits. A source close to the
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Duke of Sussex said he doesn't want to be part
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of some fake pr reunion. He's not interested in pretending
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things are fine when they're not. And while both men
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will attend the wedding and reception, any hope of brotherly
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warmth appears unlikely. A family source claims they'll be in
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the same room, but not in the same frame. No speeches,
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no toasts, no warm moments, just frost. Peter Phillips, the
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oldest son of Princess Anne, is due to Mary Harriet Spurling,
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a pediatric nurse who has already captured the attention of
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royal watchers with her polished appearances at summer events. But
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when it comes to his cousins, the spectacle may not
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be the bride's dress, but just how far apart the
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princes can be placed on a seating chart. TV presenter
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Nick E told The Express Prince Harry has always been
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close to Peter Phillips, and Harry has been known to
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attend major royal occasions on his own. I think that
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it would be a good thing for his popularity if
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he attended the wedding. If he is looking to gain
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favor with his family, this could be a nice way
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of starting to heal the rift. If he doesn't attend,
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it will look a bit petty and that he is
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not supporting his cousin. On this special day, one imagines
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that Princess Catherine will attend, but will the Duchess of
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Sussex well guess she was unable to find a babysitter.
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Prince Andrew was once again at the center of a
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royal firestorm as the latest allegations from Andrew Lowney's biography
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entitled The Rise and Fall of the House of York,
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suggest that the discreased Duke was unfaithful to Sarah Ferguson
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with more than a dozen women during just the first
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year of their marriage. The claim comes from a former
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Royal driver who reportedly witnessed enough to confirm Andrew's infidelity
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was both frequent and brazen. When Royal insider quoted in
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the book said Sarah felt deeply hurt when Andrew failed
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to come home during his military leave, referring to herself
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as a sure widow. The tensions between the couple reportedly
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reached explosive levels according to Lowney. One source said their
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arguments bordered on domestic violence, with Sarah once telling a friend,
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you have to understand what I am dealing with here.
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I am married to a man who has never been
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inside a supermarket. The Duke's lifestyle, too, seemed to wear
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on the marriage. Andrew's idea of a good time on
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a beautiful sunny day was to sit in the house
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and watch golf on the television. The book claims his
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dinner would be placed in front of him so he
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could continue watching TV, and then he would go to bed.
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When Ferguson reportedly tried to raise concerns with the Queen,
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the conversation was allegedly redirected to dogs and horses. Entitled
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has already raised eyebrows for its sweeping accusations against Andrew,
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from reckless financial habits to alleged sexual misconduct. Now Lowney's
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revelations appear to be sparking renewed conversations within royal circles
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about Andrew's long term role, if any, in public life.
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According to The Daily Telegraph, sources close to Prince William
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say he understands the reputational threat his uncle poses to
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the monarchy in the new generation and won't shy away
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from taking action if it needs to fall to him
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as king. One option being considered stripping andrew of his
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title altogether, something that would require legislation and the involvement
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of government ministers. The days when the press treated Andrews's
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behavior as harmless Randy Andy antics are long gone. The
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allegations brought by Epstein victim Virginia Jeffrey, though complex and contested,
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marked a turning point, and now as Lowney's book continues
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to stir up controversy, it may well push the Royal
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family toward a final reckoning with Andrews's legacy. In normal times,
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a piece by Richard Eden would be a top story.
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But we've been a little busy, Eden shared in the Mail.
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Given the volume of headlines that Megan created, people forget
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how brief her royal tenure was. It spanned a mere
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twenty two months. In that time, there was more than
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a dozen examples of her breaking the rules, about one
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every two months. The vast majority of her protocol breaches
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involved clothing and the rules about what royals are supposed
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to wear or not wear, bearing in mind the nature
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of the event they're attending in the time of day.
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As an actress for more than two decades, Before she
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married Prince Harry, Meghan would have been well aware of
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the power of costumes and storytelling. The first breach was
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during her official engagement photographed when she wore a sheer gown,
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which is a real no no for daytime attire. Soon
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after her wedding, Meghan joined Princess Catherine at Wimbledon. She
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chose to wear trousers. Meghan would, as a royal Duchess,
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have been expected to keep to the usual royal box rules, and,
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like Catherine, wear skirts or dresses for the occasion. Perhaps
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Megan's most crass sartorial gesture, however, was her choice of
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outfit for the twenty eighteen British Fashion Awards. It's such
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an honor to be here celebrating British fashion and British
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fashion designers in my new home of the UK, she declared,
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while wearing a gown by French label Givon. She Eden
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adds any person who comes into the royal family believing
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they can have all the benefits and not pay the bill, well,
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they simply haven't understood the contract with the crown. Meghan
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is once again facing legal drama from within her own family.
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Her estranged half sister Samantha Markele, is pressing forward with
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an appeal after her twenty time twenty two defamation lawsuit
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was dismissed with prejudice last year. Oral arguments have now
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been scheduled for September ninth in Jacksonville, Florida. Samantha had
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originally sued the Dungeess of Sussex overcomments made in various interviews,
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including Meghan's high profile twenty twenty one conversation with Oprah Winfrey.
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Although the court dismissed the case, ruling it could not
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be filed again, Samantha is now hoping a panel will
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revive it. Royal commentator Ian Pellam Turner suggests the renewed
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legal battle casts a shadow over any attempts Prince Harry
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might be making to reconnect with his family. The Royals
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are hyper sensitive toward any legal issues in America, Turner warned,
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especially those that risk more secrets being exposed. Hillary Fordage
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and other royal experts of the optics of troubling. There's
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nothing good about this for Megan Markele. Whether Samantha's allegations
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are true or not doesn't matter. It doesn't reflect well
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either way. Branding expert Doug Eldridge Wade in noting when
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there's a public breakup of a beloved family, like Harry
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in the Wind, it creates a vacuum. Megan has long
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kept her family at arm's length at this point. Changing
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that would unravel the narrative she's carefully built more Pallas
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in just a moment. A new podcast episode has reignited
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one of the more curious royal rumors. The Queen Elizabeth
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I Sacon once attended a ghost cleansing ceremony at Sandringham.
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Royal biographer Robert Hartman, speaking on Queen's Kings and Dastardly Things,
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shed light on the decade's old tale originally recounted in
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the private diaries of fellow royal chronicler Kenneth Rose. According
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to Rose, staff at Sandringham became increasingly unsettled in the
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year two thousand by strange goings on in the very
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bedroom where King George the sixth died in nineteen fifty two.
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Spooped and unsure where to turn, they reportedly appealed to
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the Queen mother a solution invite a local parson to
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conduct what's been dubbed a religious cleansing ceremony and ask
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her daughter, the Queen, to attend. Hardman was quick to
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clarify the scene. It wasn't a conventional exorcism, he said.
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There was no dramatic casting out of demons like you
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see in films. It was said that the room contained
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a troubled spirit and that Parson was supposed to bless
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the space alongside the Queen and the Queen Mother Lady
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and waiting preue Pen was also said to have been present.
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The service included holy communion and special prayers, which Rose
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claimed were designed to quietly supposed spirit of Georgia six,
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or possibly someone else entirely. Rose even speculated, with little evidence,
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whether the ghost might have been Princess Diana, whose tragic
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death had occurred just a few years prior. As for
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whether the Queen and her mother truly believed the ghost stories,
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that remains one of the monarchy's many mysteries. But as
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Hardman points out, the royal household has long been a
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place where history, tradition, and sometimes the supernatural all quietly coexist. Yeah,
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