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<v Speaker 1>A Caloroga Shark, Media and.

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<v Speaker 2>Lo and Welcome to Pallas Intrigue and host Mark Francis.

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<v Speaker 2>Royal expert Hugo Vickers says it can't be a coincidence

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<v Speaker 2>so many people appear to hate Meghan markl saying that

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<v Speaker 2>moaning Meghan has upset everybody and lost almost all of

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<v Speaker 2>her allies, including me Vickers agreed with Tina Brown's recent

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<v Speaker 2>comments Meghan does seem to have a capacity for losing

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<v Speaker 2>friends and allies all around. Vickers also shared how his

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<v Speaker 2>own support for Megan waned over time. Initially, he was

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<v Speaker 2>optimistic about her joining the family, noting her high profile speeches,

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<v Speaker 2>including the United Nations, but over time Meghan gradually managed

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<v Speaker 2>to upset everybody, including Tina Brown, and that can't be

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<v Speaker 2>a coincidence. He said. He lost confidence in Meghan with

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<v Speaker 2>the secrecy surrounding Archie's birth, calling it tiresome and finding

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<v Speaker 2>it odd that she initially refused to disclose the god

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<v Speaker 2>parents or other details. Reflecting on her role within the monarchy,

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<v Speaker 2>Vickers believes Megan wasn't particularly committed to royal life. Her

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<v Speaker 2>global profile skyrocketed after marrying Prince Harry, which gave her

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<v Speaker 2>a platform she seemed eager to use for personal causes.

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<v Speaker 2>When she expressed an interest in hitting the ground running,

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<v Speaker 2>it came across to Vickers as though she misunderstood a

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<v Speaker 2>royal life's essence, which he describes as complete service and devotion.

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<v Speaker 2>By marrying Prince Harry, her profile went up globally enormously,

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<v Speaker 2>and so people wanted to hear more about her, and

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<v Speaker 2>to some extent, more from her. There was some quite

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<v Speaker 2>worrying things quite early on when the four of them

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<v Speaker 2>were on the platform together and she was saying, we've

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<v Speaker 2>got to hit the road running. In other words, let's

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<v Speaker 2>get on with me using my new role to promote

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<v Speaker 2>what I'm interested in. I think she probably misunderstood quite

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of things, to be quite honest, about what

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<v Speaker 2>it meant to be a member of the royal family,

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<v Speaker 2>which is a life of complete service and devotion. They

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<v Speaker 2>work extremely hard, but they're working for us, not for themselves.

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<v Speaker 2>So of course it didn't take her long to realize

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<v Speaker 2>that she's got the status of being his wife, and

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<v Speaker 2>I think her next plan was to move away from

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<v Speaker 2>it and to capitalize on that out in America. From

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<v Speaker 2>what I can see, it's not going terribly well, and

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<v Speaker 2>that's what usually happens. I'm afraid I don't think she

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<v Speaker 2>has good judgment. I think she had a plan, and

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<v Speaker 2>now it may take a little while longer for us

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<v Speaker 2>to know whether her eventual plan works out for her.

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<v Speaker 2>Royal commentator Neil Shan claims Meghan is inconsolable with tears

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<v Speaker 2>and at the same time outraged over Tina Brown's comments.

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<v Speaker 2>Neil said, according to a source, Meghan was bereft because

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<v Speaker 2>she had admired Tina Brown and in particular read her

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<v Speaker 2>books simply because of her connection to Princess Diana. And

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<v Speaker 2>get this, because she wanted to find a better connection

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<v Speaker 2>so she could understand her husband, Prince Arian, how he

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<v Speaker 2>felt about his mother. We asked our royal inside a

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<v Speaker 2>Deep Crown about all this, and he had a surprisingly

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<v Speaker 2>different take. According to Deep Crown, when Tina Brown says

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<v Speaker 2>all of Meghan's ideas are crap, what she really means

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<v Speaker 2>is all Meghan's ideas aren't my ideas. Remember this is

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<v Speaker 2>the same media establishment that first crowned Meghan is the

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<v Speaker 2>savior of the monarchy, then acted shocked when she actually

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<v Speaker 2>tried to change things. The delicious irony is that most

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<v Speaker 2>of Meghan's terrible ideas modernizing royal communications, building an independent

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<v Speaker 2>brand reaching younger audiences are exactly what the institution is

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<v Speaker 2>now quietly implementing. They're just doing it with better pr

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<v Speaker 2>than proper British pacing, meaning glacially slow. The Palace learned

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<v Speaker 2>from Meghan's mistakes while pretending they never happened, which is

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<v Speaker 2>perhaps the most royal thing of all Palace intrigue. We'll

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<v Speaker 2>for free at Deepcrown dot substack dot com. Megan Markle's

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<v Speaker 2>solo appearances are reportedly taking a toll as she and

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<v Speaker 2>Harry spend more time apart in recent weeks. A source

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<v Speaker 2>tells Okay that she has really felt the strain in

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<v Speaker 2>recent weeks and with all these speculations surrounding her and

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<v Speaker 2>Harry and their marriage, they haven't done themselves any favors

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<v Speaker 2>by doing so many separate events. But it does upset

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<v Speaker 2>her that while Harry was getting praised for all of

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<v Speaker 2>his appearances, she is getting criticized for what she says,

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<v Speaker 2>what she wears, etc. And it brings back her full

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<v Speaker 2>memories of when she was at Royal. She felt very

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<v Speaker 2>bullied and scrutinized back when she was a working Royal,

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<v Speaker 2>and she feels the bullying is returning. She wants people

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<v Speaker 2>to remember how tough she has had it. As much

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<v Speaker 2>as she tries to ignore it, sometimes it gets the

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<v Speaker 2>better of her. Her Moving to Portugal could have a

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<v Speaker 2>nicer side benefit for Harry and Meghan an EU passport,

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<v Speaker 2>making it even easier for them to travel freely across Europe,

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<v Speaker 2>but there's a catch. They'll need Portuguese citizenship to make

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<v Speaker 2>that dream of reality. Obtaining Portuguese citizenship involves a mandatory

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<v Speaker 2>language test. While Portugal's Golden Visa program could provide residency

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<v Speaker 2>through significant investment, only, citizenship offers full EU travel rights,

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<v Speaker 2>meaning the couple will need to brush up on Portuguese.

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<v Speaker 2>Megan's experience with Spanish might help, but Harry's admitted language

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<v Speaker 2>skills could mean some serious studying for both. Harry recently

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<v Speaker 2>received a seven million pound windfall from a trust fund

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<v Speaker 2>set up by his great grandmother, the Queen Mother. Financial

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<v Speaker 2>experts predict he won't pay inheritance tax on this sum,

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<v Speaker 2>largely due to how her estate was structured years before

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<v Speaker 2>her passing. Stocklytics, an investment firm, explained, with Prince Harry

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<v Speaker 2>set to receive the final installment of the Queen Mother's

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<v Speaker 2>trust fund, valued at nineteen million pounds, many Brits may

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<v Speaker 2>be asking how much inheritance tax he'll pay. According to

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<v Speaker 2>the UK inheritance tax rules, trusts are only taxed if

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<v Speaker 2>they were set up within seven years of the individual's death.

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<v Speaker 2>Since the Queen Mother passed away in two thousand and two,

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<v Speaker 2>her trust falls outside the seven year window, meaning the

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<v Speaker 2>tax authorities won't receive anything, and there.

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