Speaker 1: Caloroga Shark Media. Hi, and welcome to Palace in Tree Game,
Speaker 1: your host Mark Francis. We'll take a break from covering
Speaker 1: Prince William's attempts to help the homeless and fight climate
Speaker 1: change so we can share how Meghan Markel recently took
Speaker 1: a break from her busy entrepreneurial pursuits to celebrate the
Speaker 1: launch of a haircare line by Hybrow Hippie. Highbrow Hippie
Speaker 1: is a brand co founded by her close friend, Hollywood
Speaker 1: hair colorist Katie Lee. In clips shared on Instagram by
Speaker 1: party guests, Meghan was spotted mingling with attendees, posing for
Speaker 1: photos with Katie and stylist Serge Norman, who styled her
Speaker 1: wedding hair in twenty eighteen, and enjoying the lively atmosphere
Speaker 1: at the California event. Dressed in a chic black strapless
Speaker 1: top and matching trousers, Meghan applauded speeches given by Katie
Speaker 1: and co founder Micah Harris before or hitting the dance
Speaker 1: floor as the choir entertained the crowd. Prince Harry did
Speaker 1: not appear to be present at the event. Nothing to
Speaker 1: see here. During an interview with In Style, Meghan praised
Speaker 1: to her friend and revealed her personal investment in highbrow
Speaker 1: hippie saying Katie has a mastery of hair health and
Speaker 1: her highbrow hippie collection is a perfect reflection of that.
Speaker 1: I am so proud to invest in her as a
Speaker 1: friend and as a female founder. Prince Harry's legal battle
Speaker 1: against Newsgroup Newspapers will proceed to trial in January. He
Speaker 1: alleges that journalists and private investigators working for NGN engaged
Speaker 1: in unlawful information gathering, including phone tapping and other privacy breachers.
Speaker 1: The Duke of Sussex is one of two claimants still
Speaker 1: pursuing cases, alongside former Labour Deputy leader Tom Watson. This
Speaker 1: comes after thirty nine claims were settled earlier this year.
Speaker 1: The judge expressed frustration over the lack of progress in
Speaker 1: the case, urging both sides to expedite their preparations. The trial,
Speaker 1: expected to last six to eight weeks, will also involve
Speaker 1: a December hearing to address outstanding matters. Tina Brown and
Speaker 1: her substack writes William, whatever his abiding resentments toward Harry,
Speaker 1: should now suck it up and let his father give
Speaker 1: Harry something to do. Despite the passing of years, there
Speaker 1: is still a gaping Harry shaped hole in the depleted
Speaker 1: royal lineup. As a veteran of two military tours in
Speaker 1: Afghanistan and founder of Invictus, the substantive charity that brings
Speaker 1: hope through competitive sports events for injured vets, the Duke
Speaker 1: of Sussex, now stripped of his military honors, surely deserved
Speaker 1: a place on the balcony. The British nation needs his
Speaker 1: human touch, and so does his ailing father. At the Senataph,
Speaker 1: the King looked old and bleak without the usual supportive
Speaker 1: presence of Camilla, who was herself unwell with a chest
Speaker 1: in faction. Charles has just lost the siege to eject
Speaker 1: his disgraced brother Andrew from the Muneypet Mansion Royal Lodge
Speaker 1: on the grounds of Windsor, where he remains shacked up
Speaker 1: with this and his ex wife. The house was bequeathed
Speaker 1: to Andrew on a seventy five year lease by his
Speaker 1: grandmother and there was never a legal leg to stand
Speaker 1: on to get him out. William did not help the
Speaker 1: mood by giving a swaggery interview at the end of
Speaker 1: his South Africa trip for his Earth Shot Prize. He
Speaker 1: told reporters about his plans to do things differently, and
Speaker 1: then listed impact, philanthropy, collaboration, convening and helping people, in short,
Speaker 1: everything his father has been doing for the past fifty years.
Speaker 1: In light of all this, William's comment that his plans
Speaker 1: for a caring, sharing monarchy also include throwing some empathy
Speaker 1: in there made him sound like a performative pinhead. In
Speaker 1: happier years, it was the Irreverend Harry or Harold, as
Speaker 1: William labrugiously used to call him, who could tease the
Speaker 1: Prince of Wales and take him down a peg in
Speaker 1: Kara Swisher's inimitable phrase about those who live in a
Speaker 1: gilded bubble lick him up and down all day. Enough
Speaker 1: of the feuds families, including this one, need to stick together. William,
Speaker 1: whatever his abiding resentments towards Harry for his intemperate broad
Speaker 1: size in spare, should now suck it up and let
Speaker 1: his father give Harry something to do. In an isolationist
Speaker 1: Trump world, the UK needs to draw closer to Europe
Speaker 1: and romances relations with the Commonwealth. William and Kate dread
Speaker 1: foreign tourists that take the princess away from the children
Speaker 1: and cut into what. William, to his advisor's irritation, calls
Speaker 1: his me time, so unload the lesser but important red
Speaker 1: carpet junkets onto the Sussexes, who chastened by five years
Speaker 1: in the wilderness. Would export some modern royal flare, especially
Speaker 1: to ex colonial trouble spots. Wasn't that the original plan? Palacentrica? Bradbag.
Speaker 1: Prince William made a surprise cameo in a TikTok video
Speaker 1: helping a student explain her tardiness to class during his
Speaker 1: visit to Ulster University in Northern Ireland. The Prince of
Speaker 1: Wales who was met by a group of eager students,
Speaker 1: including Samantha, who sees the moment to film a lighthearted
Speaker 1: excuse for her professor. In the now viral video, which
Speaker 1: is massed over a million views and two hundred thousand likes,
Speaker 1: Samantha turns to William and says, you have to tell
Speaker 1: her why we're late. Playing along, William asks for the
Speaker 1: professor's name and is told as Leslie. Smiling, he responds, Leslie,
Speaker 1: I'm sorry we're late, but they seem to be caught
Speaker 1: up and you wouldn't believe that they were here, as
Speaker 1: he walked away. Samantha and a friend expressed their gratitude
Speaker 1: for the royal cameo. Samantha later posted the clip with
Speaker 1: the cheeky caption pov Prince William gives you the best
Speaker 1: excuse for being late, and added in the comments I've
Speaker 1: been royally pardoned from my lecture. She described the Princess
Speaker 1: really sweet and praised his kindness and participating. Prince William's
Speaker 1: visit to Northern Ireland on November fourteenth included engagements with
Speaker 1: partners of the Homewoods program and her focus on the
Speaker 1: region's creative industries, showing a mix of his royal duties
Speaker 1: and a bit of unexpected charm for the students, William
Speaker 1: was booed during his trip to Northern Ireland. You may
Speaker 1: be wondering if he started trying to sell design a
Speaker 1: jam to the onlookers, or what else could have made
Speaker 1: people angry, But it was nothing like that. A video
Speaker 1: shared on social media shows the Prince of Wales smiling
Speaker 1: and waving at a group of protesters called for more
Speaker 1: action on Palestine and Gaza in their demonstration with chants
Speaker 1: of free Palestine. In February, William made a rare public.
Speaker 1: In February, William made a rare public comment on the
Speaker 1: Gazat conflict, calling for an immediate end to the fighting
Speaker 1: and highlighting the terrible human cost of the conflict. He
Speaker 1: also emphasized the need for increased humanitarian aid and urged
Speaker 1: Hamas to release Israeli hostages. Despite the tension during his departure,
Speaker 1: William maintained his composure, reflecting the mixed reactions to his
Speaker 1: role and statements on international issues. During a visit to
Speaker 1: Ulster University in Belfast, Wills tried out a stationary motorbike
Speaker 1: featured in the university's cutting edge virtual production studio. Naturally,
Speaker 1: this led to a wave of online swooning grinning. As
Speaker 1: he perched on the bike, William quipped, any excuse to
Speaker 1: get on a motorbike? I feel like someone needs to
Speaker 1: take this for a real spin. While it wasn't quite
Speaker 1: top gun windsor edition, the images and fans into a dizzy,
Speaker 1: with many taking to x to express their admiration. One
Speaker 1: fan gushed, ah, love this picture, He's so handsome, while
Speaker 1: another chimed in Prince William always looks great on a bike.
Speaker 1: A third went straight to the point, declaring beautiful picture.
Speaker 1: It seems the Prince kenad two wheeled heart throb to
Speaker 1: his growing list of royal titles. Let's just hope the
Speaker 1: Royal courtiers have a strong helmet policy if this becomes
Speaker 1: a regular thing. Charles's birthday was marked with the traditional
Speaker 1: pomp and pagistry, or at least as much pomp as
Speaker 1: a rogue horse would allow. The King's Royal Horse Artillery
Speaker 1: fired a forty one gun salute near Buckingham Palace, but
Speaker 1: not perform. One of the horses decided it had enough
Speaker 1: of royal protocol and went on a solo joy ride
Speaker 1: through Green Park. Apparently even the horses have their limits
Speaker 1: when it comes to ceremonial duties. Once the aquine rebellion
Speaker 1: was quelled, the artillery resumed its stately business, firing forty
Speaker 1: one blank rounds at ten second intervals, with the Irish
Speaker 1: guards providing the soundtrack. If you're wondering why they went
Speaker 1: with forty one shots instead of the more standard twenty one,
Speaker 1: it's because royal park salutes get an extra twenty rounds
Speaker 1: as a bonus. All in all, it was a fittingly
Speaker 1: dramatic start to another year of royal milestones. And a
Speaker 1: reminder that even the King's horses sometimes prefer to call
Speaker 1: the shots, and they have it. If you'd like to
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