Sept. 9, 2026

William Wants Nothing to Do With Harry as Meghan’s Royal Return Gets Messy Description:

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New reports claim Prince William plans to keep his distance from Harry and Meghan despite their return to Britain, with sources describing the brothers’ relationship as “so broken” and saying there has been “no movement” toward reconciliation. Meanwhile, Meghan reportedly wants peace with Catherine—but not if it means “groveling”—while Tom Sykes blasts the Sussexes’ secretive media strategy as “Kafkaesque absurdity.” Plus, a rumored Beyoncé snub, Jessica Mulroney’s new lifestyle venture, Harry prepares for a charity skydive, a mysterious visit to a London recording studio, and Piers Morgan inevitably weighs in.

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

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Mark Francis. Meghan Markle reportedly wants to put her differences

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with Kate aside, but a source tells the National Examiner

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Meghan isn't going to grovel to anybody, least of all Kate.

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Lady Colin Campbell, speaking to Closer, takes a much harsher

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view and argues that the damage caused by Harry and

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Meghan's departure... and subsequent public criticism of the royal family

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remains too significant to simply put aside. Harry has betrayed

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his father, his stepmother, his brother, his sister-in-law, he's backed

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his wife in making the most dreadful and false accusations

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of the royals being evil and racist, all of which

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was untrue. Harry's shown himself to his family to be

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ruthless and unpredictable. There's no way they'll forget that. Kate

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won't go near Meghan, she disliked her from the word go,

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because she saw what she was. William also took his

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stand and would never be alone with Meghan. William and

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Kate reportedly have a very simple strategy for dealing with

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Harry and Meghan. Carry on as though nothing has changed.

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Richard Eden of the Daily Mail says a friend of

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the Prince and Princess of Wales told him that Harry

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and Meghan's physical return to the UK will have no

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effect on how William and Catherine conduct their lives. It

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makes no difference if Harry and Meghan are in Oxfordshire,

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California or Timbuktu. William and Catherine will continue their lives

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of public service. They intend to lead by example. A

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source described as close to the Prince and Princess of

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Wales told People, they are watching this space. It's private.

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They don't feel the need to say anything or demonstrate

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anything outwardly. As Insider described the relationship between the brothers,

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it's so broken. Another source described as knowing both William

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and Harry said, I thought it would have perhaps eased

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a little bit by now, to be honest, but there

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has been no movement, especially on William's side. There is

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no contact. A source tells Heat World, William is still

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very angry. The fact that his brother is back and

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getting all sorts of special attention has left him completely stunned.

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He feels like everyone suddenly has amnesia. The source alleged

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that he's vowing that he won't be taken in by

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Harry and Meghan's manipulations and says he plans to stay

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as far away from them as possible. He says he's

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tried forcing himself to make nice before and it was unbearable.

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An unnamed source tells GB News, Meghan wasn't expecting a

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tea party or anything official, but it would have been

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nice to have some sort of signal from Charles that

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he was happy to have his son and grandchildren back

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in town. Royal commentator Tom Sykes was not impressed by

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Harry and Meghan's UK rollout. The Sussexes were widely reported

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to have landed at Birmingham Airport on August 26, with

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a convoy of black SUVs seen leaving the airport shortly afterward.

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But according to Sykes, the couple's office still declined to

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confirm their presence in Britain. Sykes had said their office

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is refusing to confirm that they are in England. This

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is the level of Kafkaesque absurdity going on with this

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couple and their relationship with the media. This is how toxic,

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poisonous and damaged their relationship with the British media is.

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So they have arrived and on the first day back

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in the UK, they are refusing to confirm that they

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are in the UK. I mean, it's absolutely absurd. Sykes

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believes the reason that they're doing this is that it

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would undermine their own arguments about wanting privacy. What I

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think they're also being told on background is that You know,

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they want to keep their powder dry if they need

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to sue somebody. If they want to sue somebody for

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taking a photograph of their kids going to school, for

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publishing their address, for taking aerial photos of their house,

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for all those kinds of things, they want to be

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able to say, but we never, we never publicized one

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iota of the fact that we were coming to England.

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It's such a ridiculous argument, but if this is how

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we're beginning on day one, saying we're not even here,

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I mean, it's beyond crazy, it's beyond insulting. If this

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is how they intend to approach living in this country,

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it's going to end really, really, really badly. More Palace

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in just a moment. Megan reportedly hoped her return to

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Britain would include some private time with BeyoncÃ©. According to

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gossip columnist Rob Shooter, the invitation never materialized, and unnamed

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insider claims, Megan didn't expect BeyoncÃ© to roll out a

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red carpet, but she absolutely assumed they would have tea, lunch,

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or spend some private time together. When nothing happened, it stung.

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She thought BeyoncÃ© was someone She could consider a genuine friend.

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Being in the same country and not seeing each other

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forced Megan to question that. Megan didn't want another BeyoncÃ© concert.

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She wanted BeyoncÃ©. Megan has an unexpected new neighbor in

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the celebrity lifestyle business. Her former close friend, Jessica Mulroney.

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Mulroney has launched the House of Her, a lifestyle and

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membership company aimed at women going through major transitions in

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their lives. For example, moving to a new country. The

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House of Her describes itself as a private community for

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women experiencing what it calls a defining transition. Membership reportedly

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begins at $ 39 a month and includes curated deliveries along

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with access to experiences and events. Mulroney was once one

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of Meghan's closest friends. The Canadian stylist was part of

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Meghan's inner circle before and during her transition into royal life,

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and Mulroney's three children all participated in Meghan and Harry's

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2018 wedding. Their relationship subsequently became the subject of considerable

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speculation following a 2020 controversy involving Mulroney and lifestyle blogger

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Sasha Exeter. Meghan and Mulroney were no longer publicly seen together,

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with anything approaching their previous frequency, and both women moved

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forward with separate lives and careers. Prince Harry has lined

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up one of his first public engagements since moving back

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to Britain, and it will take him straight out of

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an aeroplane. Later this month, Harry is expected to take

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part in a charity skydive with fellow veterans to raise

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money for Sunnybrook and the True Patriot Love Foundation in Canada.

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The jump also fulfills a promise he made last year

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to 102-year-old Second World War veteran Ed Marshall. Harry met

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Marshall at Sunnybrook Hospital's Veterans Centre in Toronto last November.

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Marshall had trained as a paratrooper during the war and

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two years ago celebrated his 100th birthday by completing a

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tandem skydive that raised more than $ 100, 000 for Toronto's Sick

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Kids Hospital. Marshall told CTV News that when he described

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that jump to Harry, the Duke immediately volunteered to join

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him for another one. A nice guy said, I told

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him I was planning on jumping again and he said, well,

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I'll join you. So I took him up on that.

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At the time, Marshall's family apparently thought Harry may simply

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have been being polite. But two weeks ago, Harry called

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to confirm he intended to follow through. Marshall himself will

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not be making this jump after medical testing continues. Doctors

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told him he should remain on the ground. My doctor

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got wind of this and sent me for all these tests.

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Turns out I've only got 50% function of my heart. Instead,

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Marshall's grandson, Bailey, will jump alongside Harry in his grandfather's place.

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My grandson, he's never jumped before, but he has the

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right attitude about this and I hope he enjoys it.

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Harry turned up at a London recording studio, although what

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he was there to record remains a mystery. Tower Bridge

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Studios posted three photographs of Harry signing a wall and

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posing beside his signature. The studio wrote on Instagram, Thank you,

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Prince Harry, for choosing Tower Bridge Studios. It was an

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absolute pleasure to have you in our studios and signing

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our wall. According to the Mirror, the venue has hosted

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productions including Stephen Bartlett's Diary of a CEO and The Apprentice,

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but Harry being photographed there does not establish that he

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has appeared on either program. Piers Morgan has weighed in

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on Harry and Meghan's reaction to the King's letter writing

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on social media, already whining about the king reiterating a

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simple fact, unbelievable impertinence, but so typical of these clowns.

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For the record, there is no evidence that Harry or

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Meghan has ever worked professionally as a clown. There you

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