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<v Speaker 1>Caloroga Shark Media. Hello and welcome through palas in Tree

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<v Speaker 1>gam your host Mark Francis. Meghan Michael has unveiled her

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<v Speaker 1>latest business venture, a strategic investment in Sesta Collective, a

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<v Speaker 1>female run handbag company specializing in hand woven bags. The

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<v Speaker 1>Duchess of Sussex discovered the brand during one of her

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<v Speaker 1>online shopping sessions, noting that she often spends time searching

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<v Speaker 1>for new and unique brands. Sessta Collective's bags, which are

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<v Speaker 1>crafted by women in Rwanda and finished in Italy, caught

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<v Speaker 1>Meghan's attention, leading her to not only sport one of

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<v Speaker 1>their bags publicly, but also to make a financial investment

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<v Speaker 1>in the company. In a rare interview with The New

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<v Speaker 1>York Times, Meghan discussed her influence on fashion, recalling how

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<v Speaker 1>wearing a bag by British brand Strathberry during her first

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<v Speaker 1>royal engagement with Prince Harry and twin seventeen caused the

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<v Speaker 1>product to sell out, significantly boosting the brand's visibility. Times

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<v Speaker 1>where I know there is a global spotlight, I support

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<v Speaker 1>designers that I have really great friendships with and smaller

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<v Speaker 1>up and coming brands, Meghan said, highlighting her awareness of

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<v Speaker 1>her power to promote lesser known labels. Meghan's investment incests

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<v Speaker 1>the Collective is not her first foray into business. She

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<v Speaker 1>had previously invested in ethical wellness brand Clever Blends and

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<v Speaker 1>sustainable investment firm Ethic. Her involvement in these ventures often

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<v Speaker 1>includes leveraging her celebrity connections, such as sending product samples

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<v Speaker 1>to Oprah Winfrey, who then shared them on social media.

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<v Speaker 1>Earlier this year, Meghan launched her own lifestyle brand, American

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<v Speaker 1>Riviera Orchard, with an Instagram teaser video that featured her

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<v Speaker 1>cooking and arranging flowers. Although the brand's website and social

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<v Speaker 1>media pages were introduced with much anticipation, there has been

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<v Speaker 1>little information released since. Meghan's friends and influences, including Abigail

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<v Speaker 1>Spencer and Chris Jenna, have shared posts about receiving the

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<v Speaker 1>brand's first batch of jam, yet details about a full

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<v Speaker 1>scale launch remain scarce, leaving many curious about the brand's

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<v Speaker 1>future developments. Prince Harry is set to visit New York

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<v Speaker 1>next month to lead a significant event marking the twenty

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<v Speaker 1>fifth anniversary of the Diana Award, a charity established to

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<v Speaker 1>honor his late mother, Princess Diana's commitment to empowering young people.

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<v Speaker 1>The event will focus on youth led discussions addressing the

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<v Speaker 1>major challenges facing their generation today. Dr tess Ojo, the

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<v Speaker 1>charity's CEO, expressed enthusiasm about the upcoming event, stating in

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<v Speaker 1>our Twitter fifth year the Diana Award is delighted to

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<v Speaker 1>be leading an event with Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex,

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<v Speaker 1>in New York this September. The event will be driven

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<v Speaker 1>by young people and their insights on the biggest issues

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<v Speaker 1>facing their generation today. Both Prince Harry and Prince William

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<v Speaker 1>have continued to support the Diana Award, although they now

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<v Speaker 1>do so separately. In recent years, the brothers have participated

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<v Speaker 1>in different ways, with William attending events in person and

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<v Speaker 1>Harry joining via videolink. Before Harry's decision to step down

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<v Speaker 1>as a senior royal and relocate to the US, the

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<v Speaker 1>two brothers attended the awards together. Meghan Michael will not

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<v Speaker 1>be accompanying Harry on this trip. Meghan is ostensibly busy

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<v Speaker 1>raising children, investing in handbag companies, making dog biscuits and jam,

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<v Speaker 1>hosting a cooking show, and perhaps even someday actually recording

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<v Speaker 1>a podcast for Lemonade Immedia. According to two sources, Meghan

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<v Speaker 1>has chosen to step back to allow Harry to focus

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<v Speaker 1>on the causes and initiatives that he is passionate about.

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<v Speaker 1>One source mentioned the trip will support Harry's work with

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<v Speaker 1>his patronages. Another added Meghan doesn't have to attend every

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<v Speaker 1>event with her husband. If she skips an event, it

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't mean there is anything wrong between them. She's happy

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<v Speaker 1>for him to take this one on his own to

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<v Speaker 1>shine a light on what really matters to him. As

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<v Speaker 1>the anniversary of the tragic accident in Paris approaches, a

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<v Speaker 1>new docu series about Princess Diana is in the works.

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<v Speaker 1>The three part series, titled Who Killed Dana, aims to

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<v Speaker 1>delve deeper into the circumstances surrounding the death of the

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<v Speaker 1>Princess of Wales on August thirty first, nineteen ninety seven.

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<v Speaker 1>The project is a collaboration between Ever Wonder Studio, founded

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<v Speaker 1>by former Times Studio's president Ian Orifice and backed by

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<v Speaker 1>Jeff Suckers, Redbird, I Am I and Emma Cooper's Empress Films.

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<v Speaker 1>The company known for Netflix doncumentaries Depth Versus Heard and

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<v Speaker 1>the Mystery of Marilyn Monroe who Killed Diana, promises to

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<v Speaker 1>feature rare and in some instances, first ever interviews with

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<v Speaker 1>key sources connected to the tragic incident. The docu series

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<v Speaker 1>aims to shed new light on the case that has

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<v Speaker 1>captivated the world's attention for decades, offering fresh perspectives and

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<v Speaker 1>insights into the events surrounding Dianna's untimely death. Nathan Kay

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<v Speaker 1>floated a theory about Harry in The Express. Kay writes,

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<v Speaker 1>it seems no accident that the dates surrounding Prince Harry's

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<v Speaker 1>paperback edition of Spare coincide with key moments for the

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<v Speaker 1>Royal family. While some might interpret the Duke of Sussex

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<v Speaker 1>deciding not to add new chapters as an olive branch

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<v Speaker 1>to smooth over tensions, I find the timing of the

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<v Speaker 1>announcements highly suspect. Take, for instance, the decision to announce

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<v Speaker 1>the release of the paperback on Monday. Writers the royal

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<v Speaker 1>family are holiday saying at Bowmorl this is time for

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<v Speaker 1>the firm to rest and reflect after a rather turbulent year,

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<v Speaker 1>a brief pause from the public eye. Yet the announcement

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<v Speaker 1>feels less like a coincidence and more like a calculated move.

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<v Speaker 1>To disrupt the royal family's plans. The absence of Prince Harry,

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<v Speaker 1>Meghan and their children from this year's Bowmorral gathering, dubbed

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<v Speaker 1>the bow Moral Summit, speaks volumes. More pointedly, the paperback's

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<v Speaker 1>October release clashes with King charles high profile appearance at

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<v Speaker 1>the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Samoa, the first

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<v Speaker 1>he will attend as King, or you know, maybe fourth

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<v Speaker 1>quarter is just a good time to sell books. Palacindric

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<v Speaker 1>we right back, William and Kate expressed their excitement for

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<v Speaker 1>the upcoming Para Olympic Games in Paris. They shared their

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<v Speaker 1>enthusiasm on x, quoting the post by Paralympics GB that

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<v Speaker 1>read it's today hashtag Paralympics. William and Kate responded, looking

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<v Speaker 1>forward to another few weeks of incredible sport, wishing the

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<v Speaker 1>very best of luck to our Paralympics GB athletes and

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<v Speaker 1>all those competing at Paris twenty twenty four, signing off

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<v Speaker 1>the message with W and C to denote that it

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<v Speaker 1>was a personal message from both of them. William and

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<v Speaker 1>Kate have a long history of supporting the Olympics, having

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<v Speaker 1>attended the opening ceremony of the London twenty twelve para Olympics.

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<v Speaker 1>King Charles has appointed Eerlyn Wallan CBE is the new

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<v Speaker 1>Master of the King's Music, making her the first person

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<v Speaker 1>to hold the role under his reign. Wallan, sixty six,

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<v Speaker 1>is a Belize born composer renowned for her work on

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<v Speaker 1>the twenty twelve Paralympics and twenty twenty one COP twenty

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<v Speaker 1>six Environmental Summit in Glasgow. Expressing her excitement, Wallen stated,

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<v Speaker 1>I am thrilled to accept this royal appointment. Will be

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<v Speaker 1>a privilege and the great honor to serve His Majesty,

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<v Speaker 1>the King, United Kingdom and the Commonwealth. I look forward

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<v Speaker 1>to championing music and music making for all. Wallan, who

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<v Speaker 1>studied at Goldsmith's, King's College, London and King's College, Cambridge,

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<v Speaker 1>has broken barriers throughout her career. She was the first

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<v Speaker 1>woman to receive an Ivan Novello Award for Classical Music

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<v Speaker 1>and the first black woman to have a work featured

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<v Speaker 1>in the Proms. She was honored as an MBE by

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<v Speaker 1>King Charles when he was Prince of Way in two

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<v Speaker 1>thousand and seven, and later as a CBE by Princess

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<v Speaker 1>Anne in twenty twenty one. Both for her contributions to music.

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<v Speaker 1>The role of Master of the King's Music, which dates

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<v Speaker 1>back to sixteen twenty five during King Charles the First's reign,

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<v Speaker 1>traditionally involves composing music for special royal occasions, such as

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<v Speaker 1>weddings or jubileese. While the position carries no fixed duties,

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<v Speaker 1>it has a significant symbolic role in the British cultural landscape.

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<v Speaker 1>In recent years, the term has been set at ten years,

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<v Speaker 1>similar to the poet laureate, and they have it. If

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