Aug. 13, 2025

William’s VJ Day Snub, Andrew Biography Bombshell, Meghan’s Aussie Tea-Throw, and the Queen’s Range Rover for Sale

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Our royal insider Deep Crown weighs in on William and Kate’s absence from VJ Day ceremonies. A new biography alleges Prince Andrew’s first sexual encounters came shockingly young. Tom Bower recounts Meghan’s alleged tea-tossing tantrum in Australia, the late Queen’s personal Range Rover is up for auction, and Meghan sends Khloe Kardashian a lavish As Ever gift basket.

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Calorogu Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Intry Game.

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Your host Mark Francis a content warning on today's episode.

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If you're listening with children, go ahead and hit stop.

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We'll do that story second. But first, we thought it

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odd that Prince William is not taking part in the

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VJ Day ceremonies, so we asked our Royal inside a

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deep crown about it, who texted us. The absence of

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the way it was couple from this year's eightieth anniversary

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commemorations is rather more significant than the Palace Press Office

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would have one believe. In twenty twenty, during the height

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of the pandemic restrictions, William still managed a substantial contribution

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with that thoughtful BBC address, Quite moving, actually, particularly his

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references to his grandfather's service in Tokyo Bay. Now one

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must ask why, with no such constraints in place, the

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heir to the throne finds himself a PA unavailable for

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what should be a cornerstone event in the royal calendar.

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The whispers about Catherine's well being have been persistent, and

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those of us who observe these things closely note that

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when the Princess is struggling, William's public commitments tend to,

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shall we say, become more selective. It's reminiscent of how

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the late Queen managed things during Phillip's declining years. Certain

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appearances simply didn't happen, with little fanfare or explanation. The difference,

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of course, is that William is meant to be stepping forward,

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not stepping back. Charles, even at his age, continues to

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shoulder these ceremonial burdens with admirable dedication. The Palace may

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frame it as diary management, but those of us who

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remember how these things truly work no better. As for

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the story, we didn't want the little ones to hear.

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A new biography claims of Prince Andrew experienced early sexual

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encounters as a child, with one source stating he lost

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his virginity at the age of eleven. The allegations appear

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entitled The Rise and Fall of the House of York,

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written by royal biographer Andrew Lowney. The book suggests that

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the Duke of York had multiple sexual exs experiences before

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his teenage years, claims which Lowney said may have helped

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explain some of the Duke's later behavior. A source close

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to Prince Andrew was quoted in the book as saying

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that his first sexual experience occurred at age eight, and

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that he had been with more than a half dozen

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girls by the time he turned thirteen. Lowney writes that

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these early encounters were pivotal, marking a moment when the

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young prince realized that he was obsessed with women. Lowney

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told The Telegraph that he felt these details were important

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in building a broader picture of Prince Andrew's life. It

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does perhaps explain some of the behavior later on, he said,

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I think he in some ways has been a victim.

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Another individual who knows the Duke told the Telegraph that

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Andrew had previously alluded to sexual experiences at what most

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of us would consider as too young an age, and

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said his personal life was far more complex than people

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realize or have ever been prepared to properly consider. Christopher

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Howes reviewed the book for The Telegraph, giving it two

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stars out of five and writing, piling up the cavery

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plate of royal excess makes entitled less not more plausible.

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It is also indigestible for the reader. No unkindness is

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too small to throw into the pot. The Duke is

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often rude to infurious almost everyone. Boris Johnson is quoted

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saying that another lunch where the Prince might make him

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a Republican. One of his dates said, he tells the

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most pathetic jokes he finds. Pooh cushion's funny. I didn't

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quite know what a pooh cushion was. I thought it

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might be a whoope cushion, but more likely it means

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a cushion bearing the likeness of a piled turd. According

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to one of the Duke's friends, meeting Epstein was like

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putting a brattlesnake in an aquarium with a mouse. The

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Prince may have been the mouse, but it was Epstein

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who died. So pumped up in this biography that I

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was surprised to find no suggestion from an anonymous source

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that Prince Andrew bored Epstein's prison guards into deep sleep

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with his conversation and then strangled him with his mouse

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like grip. When Prince Harry and Meghan Michael traveled to

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Australia for the Invictor's Games and Senior Working Royals, the

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Dutchess reportedly brought her own team to help insure the

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trip ran smoothly, a move that, according to biographer Tom Bauer,

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did not sit well with Pallace Staff. In his book

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Revenge Meghan Harry in the War between the Windsors, Bower

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claims Megan arrived with four official aids, Samantha Cohen, Amy Pickerel,

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Heather Wong and Marne Gaffney, but also asked close friends

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Jessica and Ben mulroney to fly in from Canada to

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provide round the clock support, with Jessica Dublin as her stylist.

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The extra entourage, Bower writes, created friction, with Megan alleged

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to have been abrasive towards Pallas Staff and local British diplomats.

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Tensions reportedly escalated to the point where Meghan allegedly threw

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a cup of tea in the air during the trip,

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and act, Bauer notes was less dramatic than smashing it

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against a wall, but still unladylike and unroyal lake. Bauer

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also claims the Sussexes closely monitored online coverage, becoming inflamed

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by the slightest criticism and pressuring staff to remove negative commentary.

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Meghan is said to have blamed senior aide Jason now

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for not managing the press Hollywood stale, while Harry was

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described as kurt with reporters at one point remarking thank

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you for coming, although you weren't actually invited or pallets

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One of Queen Elizabeth the Second's personal range rovers is

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up for auction, and for around eighty nine thousand dollars

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you could drive off in a piece of royal history,

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the two thousand and six Range Rover Supercharged personally driven

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by Her Majesty from two thousand and six to two

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thousand and eight. We'll go under the hammer at Iconic

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Auctioneer's Silverstone Festival Sale, running August twenty second through twenty fourth.

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But this isn't your average suv. The late Queen had

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the vehicle customized with upgraded internal wiring for security systems,

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added handles, for ea entry and exit and of course

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mudflaps for those rainy British days. Naturally, it was also

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a fit for her Corgies. The back of the vehicle

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features a custom dog guard so of her beloved pups

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could ride safely in the rear cabin. Perhaps the most

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unique touch a rare hood ornament, a silver labrador with

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a fish in its mouth, replacing the usual range Rover badge.

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The special ornament was reserved exclusively for Queen Elizabeth's personal vehicles.

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The iconic suv is expected to sell for between sixty

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three and eighty nine thousand dollars and if you'd rather

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take to the skies than the road, a former Royal

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helicopter is also up for auction this week, Fit for

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a Queen literally. Montecito resident Rob Low commented on his

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neighbors Harry and Meghan, telling E News they definitely have

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brought a lot of attention to my sleepy little town.

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Let me tell you something, once the Royals move into

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your neighborhood, the neighborhood is never going to be the same.

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The good news is property values go up. The bad

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news is the lines are longer at Starbucks. Megan Michael

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appears to have extended a high profile gesture of friendship

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to Chloe Kardashian, sending the reality star a wicker basket

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filled with items from her lifestyle brand as Ever. Chloe

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shared the gift on Instagram over last weekend, posting the

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photo of the basket, which included two bottles of as

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Evers Rose organic orange blossom honey, assorted tomatoes, squash flowers,

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and what is believed to be produced from Meghan's Montecito garden.

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The Duchess of Sussex later reposted Chloe's story to her

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own Instagram account, adding three white heart emojis, a heart

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doodle reading a hey all my goals with a K,

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and a kissing face emoji. As Ever's official account also

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shared Meghan's post. Sources tell palace entry they heard rumbling

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at Saint George's chapel at Windsor Castle, near the grave

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of Queen Elizabeth. Sarah Ferguson's footwear caught some attention. She

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arrived at the famed Mayfair Hotel wearing custom navy blue loafers,

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each embroidered with a portion of a well known royal maxim.

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Never complained on one chew, never explained on the other

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it's a phrase long associated with the late Queen Elizabeth

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Seconds approach to public life, and one that continues to

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guide the broad Royal family. In the face of scrutiny,

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former Royal butler Paul Bureau won't be dancing under the

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Littable any time soon, according to insiders, Strictly Come Dancing

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bosses have quietly shoved the idea of inviting the former

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Royal butler onto the show, reportedly out of concern it

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might strain relations with Buckingham Palace, particularly one of Strictly's

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most royal fans, Queen Camilla. A source told The Mirror

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they know how much Queen Camilla loves the show and

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would love for her to appear in the audience, but

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they fear that Paul's involvement would scupper that relationship. Bureau wants,

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a confidante of the late Princess Diana, has long been

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accused of leveraging his royal connections for publicity. Allegations is denied.

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Queen Camilla, who attends ballet classes with the Royal Academy

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of Dancers Silver Swans, and has even hosted a Strictly

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themed tea party at Clarence House is a known superfan.

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She famously told professional dancer Johannes radebe we all watch it,

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and reportedly keeps tabs on backstage gossip through a loose

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network of mutual friends with co host Tess and Daily

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