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Caloroga Shark Media. He hello and welcome to Palace Intrigue.
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I'm your host, Mark Francis. Tina Brown wrote on her
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sub stack the King is, I am told, currently less
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irritated with the prodigal Harry than he is with his
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elder son and heir, the reason being at least in
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part because of the perception that William doesn't work all
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that hard. Brown writes, somehow William's parenting dedication always seems
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couched as a tacit criticism of the King's own paternal deficiencies,
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and after five confirmed family vacations in the past seven months,
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William's first week back diary pulsated with two outings, a
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father daughter excursion to a woman's Rugby World Cup pull
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match and a stroll through the Natural History Museum's new gardens. Charles,
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despite his battle with cancer, has carried out officially engagements
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on one hundred and seventy five days during the past
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twelve months. Royal expert Jenny Bond tells The Mirror willimers
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stood by his father through the past few tough years.
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He has stood in for his father when needed, and
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he has stood up for his father, declaring they are
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very much not a racist family. I'm sure the King
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would have told William in advance about his decision to
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meet Harry. But William wouldn't be human if he didn't
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feel some resentment about Harry flying back for a headline
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grabbing few days, very publicly handing out dodge to charities,
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which is something the rest of the royal family do regularly,
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but discreetly, and strutting his stuff while his brother does
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the day to day grip and grin business of the
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royal workload. Time may yet prove the great healer, but
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where William is concerned, now is certainly not the time
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for reconciliation with his sibling. Indeed, it may never happen.
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In the Daily Mail, Charlotte Griffiths has a much stronger take,
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quoting an insider, William is back at the point where
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if you mentioned Prince Harry in his presence you out
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of the room. Griffiths dove in on the Wales family
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suddenly getting some work in just as Harry hit town.
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She writes, the Princess of Wales agreed to attend a
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women's institute meeting in Berkshire with her husband on Monday.
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At the last minute, prompting some to suggest William hoped
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a glamorous appearance from his wife would blow Harry off
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the front pages. A source says Harry would one day
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like his father to encourage the nation to accept him
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back again. It's what the late Queen did towards the
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end of her life when she asked the public to
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accept Camilla as Queen consort. If Charles could do something
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along those lines, Harry would have some hope of not
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being completely exiled for good when William becomes king. While
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it's hard to guess from the spiteful interviews he's given
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in recent years, Harry does want back in. Harry read
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his own polls. He knows he's one of the least
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popular royals and wants to change that. He wants to
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get back to being one of the most popular. Megan
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doesn't care about the UK perception and that's fine, but
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Harry does. Griffiths adds, but this time there's a telling difference.
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The late Queen's public endorsement of Camilla followed much lobbying
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by Charles behind Stateley doores. The same cannot be said
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for William, who is as far as has ever been
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from acknowledging his brother, let alone championing his return. Another
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source said for some time now William's anger had cooled
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to the point of indifference over his brother, which was
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healthy for his mental well being. William had got to
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the stage where Harry was a non person. He had
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fallen so far beneath his radar as to have disappeared
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from his mind altogether. It can't be good that William
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has gone back to the point where he would throw
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someone out at the very mention of Harry's name. Yet
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another source said William originally went through all the stages
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of grief over his brother when they first fell out.
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He went to Bowmorral and went off his food. Just
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before the Oprah chat screened. He wept, then he turned
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to anger, and when that stage was over, he simply
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compartmentalized it all and moved on. He never expected to
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be regularly in the same postcode as his brother again,
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like he was last week. And the Royalist Tom Sykes
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points out what was striking about Harry's trip was how
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easy he made it look. He zipped around the country,
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laughing and joking with school children, Saword fighting with balloons,
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high fiving young people, flashing glimpses of the old Harry
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Britain once adored. He was upbeat, funny, relaxed, and the
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UK lapped it up against William and Kate's buttoned up image.
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Harry's exuberance was a reminder of how dull the Air
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and his wife Ken seem. There rushed diary fillers, heritage
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sites and textile factories, and he made Harry Shane bright.
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For William, the shift is catastrophic. He has always seen
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Harry's return as a zero sum game. Harry's gain is
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his loss. Now he has been proved right. By re
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embracing Harry, Charles has left his air dangerously exposed. William
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and Kate are publicly split from the King and forced
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to confront an agonizing choice till they swallow their pride,
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reconcile with Harry and risk the humiliation of letting him
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back on the balcony half in it, half out, as
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he always wanted. Or do they hold the lion, knowing
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they will have to sustain fifty years of Cold war
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once William takes the throne. In an interview with the
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Mirror of former Royal butler Paul Burrell has spoken candidly
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and sharply about Prince Harry's reason to conduct, claiming that
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Princess Diana would have been deeply disappointed in her youngest son. Burrell,
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who served Diana for over a decade and was once
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described as her rock, said he's not what Diana would
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have thought he would have been. Diana's wish was for
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Harry to support William throughout his journey to become monarch,
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But William's on his own now and he's resigned to that.
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To him, his brother can't be trusted. He used to
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be kind, generous, warm hearted, and care free. Now he
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cares about everything. He's a petulant prince who has lived
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a charmed life with every luxury afforded to him, and
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he just whines about things that really don't matter. If
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Diana had lived, Harry would never have married Megan. He
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wouldn't have acted out, he would never have come into
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contact with her. Harry would have married an English heiress's
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tocratic girl, settled down, conformed, and done his job. More
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King Charles has taken decisive action to protect his cherished
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gardens at Sandringham, relocating his helicopter landing pad in an
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effort to spare his topiary from further disruption. The helipad,
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previously situated about five hundred meters from the Madhouse, has
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now been moved twice the distance, one kilometer away, after
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the downwash from frequent landings began damaging newly planted saplings
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and delicate flora. A source at the Sandringham estate explained
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the king decided to move the landing base because helicopters
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created a strong, downwashed wind when they land and they
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were damaging his new saplings and plants. The new landing
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position is much further away from his house and formal gardens,
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so it's much better for the estate. While the adjustment
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will mean a slightly longer walk home for the monarch
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after aerial arrivals, the benefit to his expanding garden spaces
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is evident. This move is just the latest and a
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broader transformation of Sandringham under Charles Stewardship. In the past
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year alone, the King has planted more than eleven thousand
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trees across two new woodland plantations, added at Lower Maize Garden,
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and unveiled a two thousand panel solar farm. The solar installation,
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cleverly hidden from view by surrounding woodlands, spans two point
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three hectares and supplies energy to his Norfolk residence, with
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excess power feeding into the grid. Next to, Charles is
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turning his attention to Windsor Castle with a vision that
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reaches all the way to the skies. According to royal
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biographer Robert Hartman the King has taken a keen interest
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in redesigning the castle's gardens, specifically with how they appear
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from above. The idea, he says, is to create a
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layout so visually striking that even passengers flying into nearby
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Heathrow Airport might be tempted to visit in person. The
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redesign is expected to be a significant legacy project for
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the seventy six year old monarch. Though Windsor's gardens were
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once reserved exclusively for royal use, recent gears have seen
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efforts to modernize and open the grounds to the public.
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The new plans continue that trend, with an emphasis on
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biodiversity and grandeur. Reports suggest the king intends to introduce
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a sweeping mix of plant life, from towering trees to
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carefully selected shrubs. Windsor Castle holds deep personal and historic
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significance for the royal family. Queen Elizabeth IID spent much
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of her time there, and as a young princess, she
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tended a vegetable patch, growing sweet corn and dwarf potatoes.
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Prince Philip, meanwhile, was known for planting more than three
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thousand rose bushes on the estate. The gardens were first
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opened to the public in twenty twenty, is part of
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broader accessibility efforts. Charles's latest vision appears to blend royal
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heritage with ecological innovation, crafting a legacy that is rooted
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in both beauty and sustain ability. And there you have it.
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