Speaker 1: Calaruga Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Pallace Intrigue. I'm
your host, Mark Francis. King Charles the reportedly removed prominent
photographs of Meghan Michael from his private residences, even as
he and Prince Harry appear to be taking cautious steps
toward rebuilding their relationship. According to Radar Online, a framed
photograph from Harry and Meghan's twenty eighteen Windsor wedding, once
displayed prominently in one of Heigrove's main rooms, is no
longer visible in its place. Visitors reportedly now see photographs
of Charles with his sons, including one showing Harry alongside
Prince William and the King, as well as another of
Charles holding Prince Louis. One palace source told Radar Online
Higrove is one of the places where the King allows
his private feelings to show. The photographs he chooses to
keep on display are a big part of that. When
an image like Harry and Meghan's wedding portrait stops occupying
pride of place, people inside the household do notice now.
The pictures that stand out are of Harry and William
and his father of Charles with young Lewis in his arms,
those other relationships being quietly highlighted. Meghan, by contrast, is
no longer front and center. Meghan's presence has faded from
the most prominent frames, and that absence is widely read
as a sign of how strained things remain between her
and the King. A second insider described the placement of
family photographs inside royal residences as carrying symbolic meaning. Within
royal homes, the placement of photographs is a kind of
quiet language. It signals which relationships are being brought to
the forefront and which are being allowed to fade into
the background. When a picture is shifted from a prime spot,
particularly one as symbolic as a wedding portrait, it is
generally understood to be a deliberate choice, rather than a
casual reshuffle. What you see now is a clear emphasis
on Charles as a father and grandfather. Images of him
with Harry and William, or holding Lewis are given prominence.
Megan's image, meanwhile, as far less visible, and that reduced
presence is widely seen as reflecting the ongoing tension around
her place in the family. Harry is expected to return
to Breton in September for this year's Well Child Awards,
and according to reporting from The Sun, King Charles's once
again offered his youngest son a room at Buckingham Palace
during the visit. The report says the offer comes just
weeks after Harry's previous trip to the UK. On that visit,
he ultimately did not stay at the palace after reportedly
waiting too long to confirm his plans. According to the Sun,
that delay frustrated the King, and Harry instead stayed elsewhere.
Sources quoted by the newspaper say this time Harry is
expected to accept the offer well in advance. It is
not yet known whether Megan will accompany him on the
September trip, or whether Archie and Lulibet will travel to
Britain as well. Royal author Robert Jobson told The Son
Obviously there does appear to be a sense that it's
a gradual process and things are improving. Majesty magazine editor
in chief in With Suard, also viewed the reported invitation
as significant. She said, Harry realizes it is a very
generous offer by his father and needs to respect that
this time and be gracious about it. This is a chance,
perhaps for Harry to show his father he knows how
to behave. Has Megan Michael's relationship with royal author Ohmud
Scoby cooled dramatically. Gossip columnist Rob's Shooter, writing in his
Naughty but Nice substack, suggests the friendship between Megan and
Scoby has become ice cold after years in which the
journalist was widely viewed as one of the Duchess of
Sussex's strongest public supporters. One unnamed source told Shootor Megan
was his biggest story, his meal ticket. If someone ended
this relationship, it wasn't him. Another source adds people are
incredibly valuable until they aren't. Once she feels she's gotten
what she needs, she cuts ties and rarely looks back.
And insider added, Ohmer built a career covering Megan. Walking
away from your biggest story doesn't make sense being pushed aside, does.
Scoby became closely associated with the Duke and Duchess of
Sussex through books including Finding Freedom and Endgame. While he
has denied acting as their spokesperson, he has frequently defended
the couple in media appearances and his reporting. Robs Shooter's
Naughty but Nice Newsletter reports that some people close to
the Sussexes are questioning whether the couple's increasingly separate schedules
could signal deeper issues. According to the unnamed source quoted
by Shooter, Harry and Meghan are living very separate lives now.
The source claimed, it's gone beyond work schedules. They have
different priorities, different routines, and they're spending much less time
together than people realize. Another unnamed source claimed that Harry
appears more at ease when traveling on his own, something
we have noted repeatedly on this podcast. The Shooter's source said,
when Harry is on his own, he seems like a
different person. He's more relaxed, more spontaneous, and much more
like the Prince people remember. Friends have noticed the change.
The source added, nobody knows what will happen next. A
petition calling for Prince Harry to be removed from the
Invictor's Games has attracted more than twenty six hundred signatures.
News Nation reports the petition was created on change dot
org by Letitious Singletary, who argues that Harry's continued involvement
with the Games as shifted attention from the athletes the
event was created to support. The petition states Prince Harry,
a private citizen with no official representation of any country,
is leveraging his position within the Invictors Games to gain
access to government entities, media and military facilities. His involvement
raises significant concerns as he manipulates the event founded to
support injured veterans for his personal gain and media exposure.
The Invictor's Games were established with the noble intention of
using the power of sport to inspire positive physical and
mental recovery for injured veterans. However, Prince Harry's presences shifted
focus from the heroic and inspiring stories of the competitors
to a media circus centered around his persona. The petition
also argues that the competitors are not media props, they
are real heroes whose privacy and dignity should be zealously protected.
It concludes by urging the Invictus Games Foundation to take
a strong stand by removing Prince Harry from any formal
role within the event. The Daily Telegraphs The Royal Tea
podcasts host Camilla Tommeny has some advice for Harry. She said,
I've always said and I would never take away from
him how good he is with the general public, and
how good he is with people with profound disabilities, how
good he is in committing himself fully to the causes
he champions. I don't think anyone can ever take away
how genuine that is. I think he's like his mother.
I think he really wants to make a difference, and
I think he understands his position of privilege to do that.
I think he's just got lost in the sort of
sea of a degree of Woe's miism that completely misplaced,
because at the end of the day, you're at multimillionaire
living in Montecito. Just stop bloody grumbling and just get
on with life. More palasing just a moment. Megan Michael's
Daytime Emmy nomination may have given her more than industry recognition,
It may also be reshaping the Sussex's priorities. According to
Closer magazine, the judges sees the nomination for It with love,
Megan is a major opportunity to rebuild her Hollywood career
and expand her growing lifestyle brand. One unnamed source told
the magazine she's very excited about Emmy Knight. She'll be
with all sorts of power players and her peers, so
it will be an amazing chance to network. Another source added,
she's in full campaign mode and sees this is a
very real opportunity to take her Hollywood dreams to the
next level. A moment from Master sheeff Australia as being
called cringe. Meghan's appearance as a guest judge included a
surprise video call from Prince Harry, a moment that generated
mixed reactions from viewers. During the episode of production, staff
member handed Meghan a phone, revealing Harry on her live
FaceTime call. Meghan smiled as she greeted him and remarked,
He's a charmer, isn't he. She then showed in one
contestant's dish, joking that while she enjoyed its spicy flavor,
it would probably be too spicy for Harry. Harry Laughton
replied from the other end of the call. According to
some viewers criticized the segment on social media, describing it
as staged or unnecessary for a cooking competition. Elsewhere in
the program, Meghan spoke about cooking for her family, saying
there are a lot of palettes to appease at home.
She said Harry tends to prefer meat, potatoes, and cream sauce,
while her own tastes leaned toward fish, grilled meats, and
citrus flavors. She added that Harry enjoys a really good
curry and can handle spicy food, and shared that Archie
and little Bit even like Brussels Sprounce. Megan's appearance on
Mastershef Australia protected one of the program's biggest audiences of
the season, despite calls from some viewers to boycott the
episode before it aired. According to TV Tonight, the episode
drew an audience of approximately one point one six million
viewers on Sunday Night. That made it the show's highest
rated Sunday episode since mid June and one of the
strongest performances of the current season. On June fourteenth, one
point one seven five million people turned in to watch
Adrian Zumbo kickoff Sweet. Week before the broadcast, some social
media users had said they plan to skip the episode
because of Beggan's appearance. However, the viewing figures suggest those
calls had little impact on the overall audience. And there
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