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Speaker 2: A source at Told in Touch, Martha Stewart has seen
Speaker 2: hundreds of Meghan types come and go and says they
Speaker 2: all come in and says they all come in with
Speaker 2: the same self inflated hype, only to find out it's
Speaker 2: a whole new ballgame when it comes down to brass tacks.
Speaker 2: She's tired of being quizzed by people over how she
Speaker 2: feels about Meghan's venture, because honestly, it's irritating and insulting
Speaker 2: to her that she's being compared to a rookie. If
Speaker 2: Megan thinks she can come along and replicate that with
Speaker 2: barely any experience simply because she's married to a prince,
Speaker 2: she better think again. Martha doesn't put a whole lot
Speaker 2: of faith in her succeeding, but if she does prove
Speaker 2: to be any competition, Martha won't hold back in trying
Speaker 2: to take her down. Taking another look at Royer Nickase
Speaker 2: Prince Harry at forty piece from The Sunday Times quotes
Speaker 2: a close friend of Harry saying he made his decision
Speaker 2: to leave for his family that was the right choice
Speaker 2: and he has no regrets. One of the primary reasons
Speaker 2: for them leaving the UK was the institutional and media
Speaker 2: issues they've felt they've faced, so for that they must
Speaker 2: feel vindicated. But did he get what he wanted? No,
Speaker 2: the perfect scenario was to get what they originally asked for.
Speaker 2: We'd like to move and still be semi royals, so
Speaker 2: they're finding another way of doing it. A source who
Speaker 2: has known Harry since they were just teenagers said, I
Speaker 2: know how important it is for him to have a happy,
Speaker 2: settled family life, but you need to do more than
Speaker 2: that if you're him, says a source who has known
Speaker 2: Harry since his teenage, he is he has ended up
Speaker 2: isolated from his family and most of his old mates,
Speaker 2: in an environment where your friendships are not like the
Speaker 2: ones you forged as a young man. He used to
Speaker 2: love a night out in the pub, hanging out in
Speaker 2: the country with friends. Maybe he has grown into a
Speaker 2: different person, But do I think he'd really suit the
Speaker 2: Californian lifestyle. No, Now we've seen it all play out,
Speaker 2: what has that left him with? On the surface and
Speaker 2: enviable lifestyle, But for the Harry I know, I can't
Speaker 2: imagine that guilded exile in California is where he wanted
Speaker 2: to end up. Harry and Meghan have formed a close
Speaker 2: bond with Canadian music mogul David Foster and his wife
Speaker 2: Katherine McPhee, a former school friend of Megan's. The relationship
Speaker 2: between Harry and Foster has even been described as akin
Speaker 2: to father and son dynamic, highlighting the deep trust they
Speaker 2: have in each other. However, the changes in their lives
Speaker 2: have affected Harry's long standing friendships. While he remains in
Speaker 2: contact with a few key individuals such as Charlie van Straubenzi,
Speaker 2: a school friend from Ludgrove, and Mark Dyer, a former
Speaker 2: equerry to King Charles who has been a close aid
Speaker 2: to both Harry and William, his overall friendship circle has
Speaker 2: notably diminished. Harry's connection with Van Strawbansey and Dreya is
Speaker 2: significant as both men are god parents to his son Archie,
Speaker 2: underscoring the deep tays he still maintains with some of
Speaker 2: his oldest friends. Despite this, Harry has openly acknowledged that
Speaker 2: the process of stepping back from the royal family has
Speaker 2: cost him several friendships, a sentiment he shared in the
Speaker 2: couple's Netflix series, where he expressed a sense of loss
Speaker 2: over the relationships that have faded during this transformative period
Speaker 2: in his life. The piece took a look at Harry's
Speaker 2: current friends. We're told many are not happy with the
Speaker 2: way Harry has discussed the family. One friend told Royer,
Speaker 2: I can't believe he'd stooped so low. It's outrageously disloyal Oprah,
Speaker 2: Netflix and then the book Three strikes and You're Out.
Speaker 2: Another friend of William and Harries says Harry and Meghan
Speaker 2: could have left with dignity and decency and not trashed
Speaker 2: the institution. The conclusion is they've made money from trashing
Speaker 2: his family. One of Harry's oldest friends says he's an
Speaker 2: angry boy. Things haven't turned out how he wanted. I
Speaker 2: think he misses being over here in Britain desperately and
Speaker 2: wants to be admired more. Anyone who knows him feels
Speaker 2: he'd rather be top of the pops here with everyone
Speaker 2: loving him as they do with William and Kate. The
Speaker 2: ghostwriter behind Prince Harry's memoir, Spare Jr. Moringer, reportedly pushed
Speaker 2: the Duke to delve deeper into certain topics. According to
Speaker 2: journalist Marina Hyde on the podcast of The Rest Is
Speaker 2: Entertainment with Richard osmond I, had explained that Moringer, known
Speaker 2: for his work on Andre Agassy's acclaimed autobiography, encouraged Harry
Speaker 2: to share more, particularly about sensitive subjects. She noted that
Speaker 2: the really sensational raw stuff often emerges after spending extensive
Speaker 2: time with the subject, and these revelations tend to dominate headlines.
Speaker 2: Hey had elaborated, saying that it's typically after months of
Speaker 2: building trust that the intense personal stuff surfaces, which is
Speaker 2: often the most newsworthy. Despite the book's success, there have
Speaker 2: been rumors of potential film adaptation. However, sources indicate that
Speaker 2: Harry has decided against selling the film rights, a move
Speaker 2: praised by royal experts. Vanity Fairs Katie Nicol commented that
Speaker 2: retaining the rights was a sensible decision, as a film
Speaker 2: could have exacerbated tensions with royal family and led further
Speaker 2: controversy more powers in just a moment. Monday was so
Speaker 2: busy we didn't get to tell you about Kate and
Speaker 2: a nerf gun, which normally would be a leadoff story.
Speaker 2: Never mind the back of the pod story two days later,
Speaker 2: William and Kate delighted royal fans by making a surprise
Speaker 2: appearance with their children at the Gone Wild festival in Hulcombe, Holland, Norfolk.
Speaker 2: The family joined in on a high energy nerf gun party,
Speaker 2: complete with toy guns and smoke bombs, much to the
Speaker 2: excitement of other festival goers. Princess Kate enthusiastically participated grabbing
Speaker 2: a nerf gun and running around with her children while
Speaker 2: playing games like stuck in the mud. Prince Louis was
Speaker 2: particularly spirited, reportedly shouting nerve or nothing, Let's do this
Speaker 2: as he dashed around the play area. The family reportedly
Speaker 2: attended the festival with friends and specifically requested a high intensity,
Speaker 2: NonStop game of ne fun, making the day a memorable
Speaker 2: and wholesome family outing their presence of the festival, especially
Speaker 2: their active participation in such a playful event. Further in Deer,
Speaker 2: the royal family to the public, showcasing their down to
Speaker 2: earth and fun loving side. That's such a fun nerf
Speaker 2: story is the sort of story you'd feed the press
Speaker 2: if you didn't want anyone talking about your sister in
Speaker 2: law's faux royal to especially given and how little Keate
Speaker 2: news there has been this year. Unfortunately for Nerf herders,
Speaker 2: The Times had other ideas for this week's news cycle.
Speaker 2: Meghan played the Diana card during the Columbia trip, which
Speaker 2: usually gets media attention. Meghan wore a pair of earrings
Speaker 2: that once belonged to Princess Diana, the delicate butterfly stud earrings,
Speaker 2: which were previously worn by Diana during a trip to
Speaker 2: Canada in May of nineteen eighty six. These earrings, known
Speaker 2: for their understated elegance, were not just a nod to
Speaker 2: Diana's impeccable style, but also carried a powerful message. The
Speaker 2: butterfly design symbolized its transformation, hope and rebirth, fitting themes
Speaker 2: for a visit focused on inspiring and nurturing young minds,
Speaker 2: such like Diana did in her life. Before her marriage
Speaker 2: to King Charles in nineteen eighty one, Diana was a
Speaker 2: primary school teacher in London, a role that highlighted her
Speaker 2: deep commitment to children in education. Meghan's decision to wear
Speaker 2: these earrings during such an occasion could be seen as
Speaker 2: a tribute to Diana's legacy, particularly her dedication to children's welfare.
Speaker 2: It also subtly emphasized Meghan's tendency to itttempt to channel Diana,
Speaker 2: drawing on the shared values of compassion and service. It
Speaker 2: has been reported the King, Charles's manager and the private
Speaker 2: security arrangements for his brother Prince Andrew, following the loss
Speaker 2: of his publicly funded police protection in twenty twenty two
Speaker 2: due to his withdrawal from royal duties amid scandal. Prince
Speaker 2: Andrew's security has been privately funded by Charles. However, according
Speaker 2: to reports, this arrangement will end in November, signaling further
Speaker 2: distancing of Prince Andrew from royal privileges and support. Andrew
Speaker 2: is thought to have joined his ex wife Sarah Ferguson,
Speaker 2: daughters Princess Eugenie and Beatrice, and the wider royal family
Speaker 2: on their summer break at bow Moral. Source told The Express,
Speaker 2: Andrew has hardly left Royal Lodge since Christmas, so he's
Speaker 2: very much looking forward to getting away with the rest
Speaker 2: of the family of bal Moral. He's turned into a
Speaker 2: bit of a recluse, so the goals are hoping that
Speaker 2: some nice family time with his grandchildren will help dure
Speaker 2: him up a bit, bring him out of his shell.
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