Speaker 1: Calaruga Shark Media at lo and Welcome to Palace intrig
Speaker 1: E gam your host, Mark Francis. It was revealed Windsor
Speaker 1: Castle experienced a major security breach when burglars broke into
Speaker 1: a farm on the royal estate and stole vehicles while
Speaker 1: Prince William Caate Middleton and their children slept nearby at
Speaker 1: Adelaide Cottage. The intruders reportedly scaled a six foot fence,
Speaker 1: stole a black Isuzu pick up a red quad bike
Speaker 1: from a barn, and smashed through a gate with the
Speaker 1: stolen truck to escape. The incident occurred on Sunday, October thirteenth,
Speaker 1: around eleven forty five pm at Shaw Farm, a working
Speaker 1: area within the castle's security perimeter. Police believe the burglars
Speaker 1: have been surveiling the site for some time, knowing precisely
Speaker 1: where the vehicles were stored and the best escape route.
Speaker 1: The stolen vehicles were last seen heading towards Old Windsor
Speaker 1: and Datchet. The gate they destroyed in their gateway is
Speaker 1: regularly used by the Whales family as it is the
Speaker 1: closest exit to Adelaide Cottage. No alarms were triggered during
Speaker 1: the break in. And the first alert came when the
Speaker 1: intruders damaged the security barrier at the shore Farm gate.
Speaker 1: The breach has raised concerns about the adequacy of Windsor
Speaker 1: Castle's security measures, especially given the proximity of the royals residence.
Speaker 1: Thames Valley Police confirmed the burglary and stated that an
Speaker 1: investigation is ongoing, but no arrests have been made. A
Speaker 1: source told the son they must have been watching Windsor
Speaker 1: Castle for a while. There are alarms at Windsor Castle,
Speaker 1: but the first time anyone knew that there was a
Speaker 1: break in was when they crashed through the security barrier
Speaker 1: at shore Farm Gate exit. The barrier has needed to
Speaker 1: be replaced as it was so badly damaged. It was
Speaker 1: a Sunday night on a school week, so the young
Speaker 1: princes and princess would have been tucked up in bed
Speaker 1: at Adelaide Cottage, just anund the corner, but still in
Speaker 1: the grounds. ITV quoted a Royal insider is saying the
Speaker 1: raid was a half mile from where any royal would
Speaker 1: have been sleeping inside. A deep Crown added, perhaps Harry
Speaker 1: isn't so crazy staying at a hotel. ITV helped with
Speaker 1: the spin control pointing out whilst the police guards and
Speaker 1: surveillance cameras are intended to be the first line of
Speaker 1: defense for anyone trying to gain access to the grounds,
Speaker 1: and intruder would have to get through many more layers
Speaker 1: of security before reaching a member of the royal family.
Speaker 1: A Royal source likened it to someone scaling the perimeter
Speaker 1: fence at Wembley when players are taking part in a
Speaker 1: major international match on the pitch. Donald Trump supporters rolled
Speaker 1: through Montecito in a Trump train, sparking a less than
Speaker 1: warm response from locals. The procession, complete with maga hats,
Speaker 1: flags and painted cars, was reportedly met with a mix
Speaker 1: of outrage and colorful hand gestures from the largely liberal community.
Speaker 1: The neighborhood home to Oprah Winfrey, Katie Perry, Gwinneth Paltrow
Speaker 1: and Harry and Meghan, wasn't shy about expressing its disapproval.
Speaker 1: Social media posts and revealed locals were unimpressed by the event,
Speaker 1: with one resident noting that liberals were in rare form.
Speaker 1: Harry made an unanticipated solo appearance in Vancouver, Canada, attending
Speaker 1: the Gray Cup, one of the country's largest sporting events,
Speaker 1: without began Markle Harry joined These Sports Network's pregame coverage
Speaker 1: before the Canadian Football Final between the Toronto Argonauts and
Speaker 1: the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, and was seen engaging with the
Speaker 1: crowd and offering Lemma cheerful thumbs up. During his interview,
Speaker 1: Harry expressed excitement about the game, quipping I'm looking forward
Speaker 1: to the game getting started. Let's go. When asked which
Speaker 1: position he'd played in the Canadian Football League, he responded,
Speaker 1: I think quarterback is a cool place to be. This
Speaker 1: appearance coincides with Harry promoting the twenty twenty five in
Speaker 1: Victors Games, which will be hosted in Vancouver and Whistler
Speaker 1: and include winter sports for the first time. James Hewitt,
Speaker 1: once romantically linked to Princess Diana, has openly criticized former
Speaker 1: BBC journalist Martin Bashier, accusing him of exploiting Diana. During
Speaker 1: the infamous nineteen ninety five Panorama interview, Hewitt referred to
Speaker 1: Bashir as a toad and condemned his actions as manipulative
Speaker 1: and deceitful. Hewitt told the Son, I think the chap
Speaker 1: needs to seriously search his conscience to do it by
Speaker 1: deception is unforgivable and there is very little road back
Speaker 1: from that. I don't know him personally, but I think
Speaker 1: any underhandedness, and particularly if it's taking advantage of someone's
Speaker 1: weakness and being a toad, is wrong. It did affect
Speaker 1: me and had a huge effect. Hewitt went on to
Speaker 1: criticize the Panorama program, stating, I hope people realize that
Speaker 1: the whole of the program should be seen for what
Speaker 1: it was, and that was to deceive somebody into saying
Speaker 1: things and doing things that they may not necessarily have
Speaker 1: been willing to say had all the facts been known.
Speaker 1: It was not good for anybody except BBC figures in
Speaker 1: Martin Basheer's career. It wasn't exposing anything, it was just
Speaker 1: using lyes and half truths. During the interview, Diana made
Speaker 1: her infamous statement, well there were three of us in
Speaker 1: this marriage, so it was a bit crowded, princing Prince
Speaker 1: Charles's relationship with Camilla Parker Bowls. Diana also admitted to
Speaker 1: her affair with Hewitt, saying, yes, I was in love
Speaker 1: with him, but I was very let down. Reflecting on
Speaker 1: his experience, Hewitt said the stigma of being her lover
Speaker 1: and being labeled a cad has shattered my aspirations of fatherhood.
Speaker 1: Hewitt also recounted how this dark period made him feel
Speaker 1: like the most despised man globally. Pallacin Triga be right back.
Speaker 1: Princess Anne was spotted enjoying some sport over the weekend.
Speaker 1: The possible former royal sex bomb was spotted at Edinburgh's
Speaker 1: Murrayfield Stadium during the Scotland versus Portugal Autumn Nations match,
Speaker 1: wrapped in a navy coat and a ton scarf, a
Speaker 1: subtle nod to her Scottish patronage. She was seen alongside
Speaker 1: Colin Rigby, president of the Scottish Rugby Union. A longtime
Speaker 1: patron of the Scottish Rugby Union. The Princess Royal rarely
Speaker 1: misses a Scotland match. Princess Michael of Kent has found
Speaker 1: herself at the center of an unusual and rather undignified
Speaker 1: SIG situation. A batch of her private letters from the
Speaker 1: late seventies and early eighties has surfaced on eBay, listed
Speaker 1: at sixty five pounds each or best offer. The correspondence,
Speaker 1: penned by the late Monsignor Ralph Brown, Detail's efforts to
Speaker 1: secure a Roman Catholic blessing for her marriage to Prince Michael.
Speaker 1: Until now, Princess Michael was unaware of the letter's public sale.
Speaker 1: Her spokesman confirmed Princess Michael didn't know about the sale
Speaker 1: of letters. At this moment. There will be no further comment.
Speaker 1: The identity of the seller remains a mystery, with the
Speaker 1: vendor refusing to disclose how the letters came into their possession.
Speaker 1: They vaguely claimed the items were pushed in auction house
Speaker 1: at some point, but declined to provide details about when
Speaker 1: or how they first appeared in the public domain. The
Speaker 1: letters offer insight into the challenges Princess Michael faced in
Speaker 1: seeking a Catholic blessing for her marriage. Her first marriage
Speaker 1: to banker Tom Trubridge entered in divorce in nineteen seventy seven,
Speaker 1: followed by a papal annulment, despite their nineteen seventy eight
Speaker 1: civil wedding. In her efforts to secure church approval for
Speaker 1: her union with Prince Michael and the Anglican were lengthy
Speaker 1: and complex. After lobbying church authorities, including an audience with
Speaker 1: a cardinal, her persistence was rewarded in nineteen eighty three
Speaker 1: with a formal Roman Catholic blessing and there you have it.
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