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<v Speaker 1>A Caloroga Shark Media.

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<v Speaker 2>Hello, and welcome through Palace Intrie. I'm your host, Mark Francis.

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<v Speaker 2>Kate Middleton's PR machine appears to be ramping back up

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<v Speaker 2>as we are seeing Kate's wonderful articles again for the

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<v Speaker 2>first time in a few months. Royal author Robert Jobson,

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<v Speaker 2>out promoting his book, told Hello Magazine, she's a person

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<v Speaker 2>who wants to find solutions and rise above the noise

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<v Speaker 2>and the drama. And I think, given what she's gone through,

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<v Speaker 2>you don't want to waste any time on noise on

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<v Speaker 2>drama when you've had anything to do with your health.

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<v Speaker 2>Jobson also emphasize that Kate is making her health and

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<v Speaker 2>family her top priorities and isn't rushing back into her

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<v Speaker 2>royal duties. That takes quite a lot of courage, because

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<v Speaker 2>you're in a very alienated world. But I think she

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<v Speaker 2>realized that she only has one shot at this. She's

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<v Speaker 2>got three young children and they have to come first,

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<v Speaker 2>so she's taking advantage of time she won't get back

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<v Speaker 2>with her kids. Jobs and spork appears to have restated

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<v Speaker 2>the entire Kate's wonderful industry. Vanity Fair tells us Kate

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<v Speaker 2>Middleton and Prince William went full Grease with a dance

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<v Speaker 2>number at their twenty eleven wedding. In that excerpt from

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<v Speaker 2>Jobson's book, William and Kate actually lip synced to a

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<v Speaker 2>song from the nineteen seventy eight movie Grease at their

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<v Speaker 2>Buckingham Palace reception. They stood holding hands in the middle

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<v Speaker 2>of the dance floor, grinning. Then suddenly the opening bars

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<v Speaker 2>of the song You're the One that I Want from

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<v Speaker 2>the musical Grease came booming out. William and Catherine then

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<v Speaker 2>began dancing around, pointing at each other and mouthing the

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<v Speaker 2>words with the style of the lead characters Danny and Sandy.

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<v Speaker 2>It brought the house down Before that, Jobs and tells

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<v Speaker 2>us Kate let her hair down during her bachelorette party

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<v Speaker 2>by delivering a rendition of English pop star Sheryl Coles

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<v Speaker 2>Fight for This Love. According to Jobs and Kate dressed

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<v Speaker 2>up in a figure hugging bodysuit and gave an exaggerated

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<v Speaker 2>impersonation of the early orts singer. Even Middleton's future husband,

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<v Speaker 2>Prince William, caught wind of the show and spilled Middleton's

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<v Speaker 2>secret to Cole, who performed at Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee

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<v Speaker 2>in twenty twelve. Did you know that you've got a

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<v Speaker 2>bit of competition with him, asked Cole at the time.

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<v Speaker 2>William wasn't the only one to reveal Kate's impersonation to

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<v Speaker 2>the singer. Pepper and James Middleton also tattled on Kate,

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<v Speaker 2>sharing details of the performance with Cole. Kate even learned

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<v Speaker 2>the dance routine and was step perfect by all accounts,

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<v Speaker 2>as her sister Pepper and brother James also came over

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<v Speaker 2>and told me all about it. Counted It Jobson's book.

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<v Speaker 2>Kate also met her hero, Cole told Closer that the

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<v Speaker 2>princess was easy to get along with. Per Jobson, we

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<v Speaker 2>had this amazing moment, Cole said, she's so ordinary. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>obviously she isn't because she's a princess, but she's easy

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<v Speaker 2>to get along with. William's bachelor party was much less eventful.

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<v Speaker 2>According to Jobson's book, the prince enjoyed a low key

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<v Speaker 2>event with twenty of his close friends. The group went

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<v Speaker 2>clay pigeon shooting before going surfing during a weekend at

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<v Speaker 2>a Devon mansion named Harland Abbey. On slow news days,

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<v Speaker 2>the press will often dust off old stories such as

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<v Speaker 2>this one, which will be familiar to Palace intrigue listeners,

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<v Speaker 2>this time with some new sprinkles from Jobson. In two

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<v Speaker 2>thousand and eight, Kate sent an email to her friends

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<v Speaker 2>requesting they start calling her by her full name, Katherine.

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<v Speaker 2>This request, Jobs and Notes only added to the speculation

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<v Speaker 2>that Prince William was planning to propose. Jobson cites a

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<v Speaker 2>two thousand and eight article by Sunday Express columnist Adam Helliker,

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<v Speaker 2>who disclosed that Kate had written a humorous email to

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<v Speaker 2>her close friends about her preference for being called Katherine.

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<v Speaker 2>Helka wrote, I hear that in the past few weeks,

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<v Speaker 2>the former accessories buyer has quietly informed friends that she

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<v Speaker 2>would like to drop the informal Kate and in future,

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<v Speaker 2>wishes to be known by her full name, Katherine. The

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<v Speaker 2>debate over what to call Kate didn't end there. In

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<v Speaker 2>his twenty twenty three memoir Spare, Prince Harry shared an

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<v Speaker 2>anecdote about her name. He wrote that King Charles once

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<v Speaker 2>asked Kate to consider changing the spelling of her first

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<v Speaker 2>name to Katherine, with a K instead of a C.

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<v Speaker 2>Harry explained that this was because there were already two

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<v Speaker 2>royal ciphers with the letter C for Charles and Camilla.

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<v Speaker 2>Make it Katherine with a K. They suggested. Separate from

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<v Speaker 2>the jobs and book, The pr machine is letkters know

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<v Speaker 2>of Kate's summer plans. The Daily Beast reports the couple

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<v Speaker 2>are aiming to be in boal Moral, either for the

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<v Speaker 2>opening of the grouse shooting season on August twelfth or

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<v Speaker 2>shortly thereafter. According to a friend sourced by the Beast,

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<v Speaker 2>Kate has been exceptionally open and honest about her health,

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<v Speaker 2>making two appearances before the summer break at Wimbledon and

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<v Speaker 2>trooping the Color was a clear signal that she is

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<v Speaker 2>doing well. That is what we are hearing privately as well.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not over, but there is lots of optimism, lots

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<v Speaker 2>of positivity. It's obviously still an incredibly worrying time, but

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<v Speaker 2>all the signs are there that her cancer treatment, which

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<v Speaker 2>is ongoing, is progressing well and inside added, there's still

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<v Speaker 2>nothing in her diary. My understanding is that people are

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<v Speaker 2>going to have to get used to seeing a lot

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<v Speaker 2>less of Kate. The priority for her now is going

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<v Speaker 2>to be a family and children. The youngest of those kids,

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<v Speaker 2>Louis is only six. Like a lot of people who

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<v Speaker 2>have a brush with mortality, Kate is going to prioritize

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<v Speaker 2>the things that mattered her from now on. In her case,

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<v Speaker 2>that means her kids. Note how every source is getting

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<v Speaker 2>the message out that Kate has focused on her kids,

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<v Speaker 2>which appears to be a coordinated message. We asked our

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<v Speaker 2>inside a Deep Crown about that. Who tells palace intrigue.

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<v Speaker 2>When you see multiple sources suddenly singing from the same

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<v Speaker 2>hymn sheet, it's a clear sign that the Palace pr

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<v Speaker 2>machine is in full swing. These unofficial messages are typically

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<v Speaker 2>disseminated through a carefully curated network of royal correspondence and

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<v Speaker 2>trusted journalists. The Palace will subtly brief these individuals, often

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<v Speaker 2>through intermediaries, providing just enough information to shape the narrative

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<v Speaker 2>without appearing to do so directly. It's a delicate dance. Really,

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<v Speaker 2>the Palace maintains plausible deniability while still controlling the story.

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<v Speaker 2>The aim here is clear to paint a picture of

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<v Speaker 2>a devoted mother prioritizing her family during her recovery. It's

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<v Speaker 2>a relatable image that garners public sympathy and understanding by

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<v Speaker 2>flooding the media with these stories, they're effectively setting the

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<v Speaker 2>tone for how Kate's absence should be perceived. It's pr

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<v Speaker 2>one oh one, and I must say they're rather good

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<v Speaker 2>at it. Meanwhile, the Daily Beast's source added, Charles's doing

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<v Speaker 2>a magnificent job fighting his cancer, but it is still unwell.

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<v Speaker 2>It is being fantastically well managed to give the impression

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<v Speaker 2>that everything is fine, but it is noticeable to those

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<v Speaker 2>of us who are aware of such things that the

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<v Speaker 2>engagements are shorter and carefully scheduled. For example, he sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>arrives by helicopter at the last minute, before being choppered

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<v Speaker 2>away and presumably collapsing in an armchair at home. Charles

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<v Speaker 2>cancer hasn't gone away. The Palace have said as much,

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<v Speaker 2>and to be brutally honest, the one's popular notion that

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<v Speaker 2>he will live to a similar age as his mother

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<v Speaker 2>ninety four or father ninety nine is now less wide spread.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that has very much focused Kate's mind on

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<v Speaker 2>the fact that there may only be a few years

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<v Speaker 2>of freedom left. What does she want to do with him?

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<v Speaker 2>Nurture her kids and try her best to equip them

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<v Speaker 2>for the life ahead. Palace intrig will be right back.

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<v Speaker 2>The Daily Beast report mentions that the royals were expected

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<v Speaker 2>to descend on Moral en Mass for the opening of

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<v Speaker 2>the grouse shooting season on August twelfth, known colloquially as

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<v Speaker 2>the Glorious at twelfth. They source a friend of the

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<v Speaker 2>royals who tells the Beast Bow Moral is basically a

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<v Speaker 2>very fancy Victorian hunting lodge. That is what you do

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<v Speaker 2>up there. You go out shooting fish, you have lunch

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<v Speaker 2>in them. But it is an important ritual for Kat

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<v Speaker 2>and William to take the children there for the Glorious

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<v Speaker 2>twelfth and that is the goal this year. Royal author

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<v Speaker 2>Phil Dampia told Fabulous there's so much space that they

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<v Speaker 2>can go off for picnics, go off for a massive

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<v Speaker 2>long walks and just enjoy the fresh air and the

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<v Speaker 2>forest up there and enjoy the freedom. They might get

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<v Speaker 2>pony up there and start doing some horse riding if

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<v Speaker 2>they're not already. That's the sort of thing they'll get

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<v Speaker 2>up to. It's all typical traditional royal pursuits that they

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<v Speaker 2>can enjoy if they want to. Prince Harry is reportedly

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<v Speaker 2>considering a return to the UK to attend at the

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<v Speaker 2>funeral of his uncle Lord Robert Fellows. However, Harry is

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<v Speaker 2>cautious about making the trip if it might cause too

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<v Speaker 2>much drama. According to a friend of his, at this point,

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<v Speaker 2>a temploid article would spend three paragraphs telling you that

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<v Speaker 2>Harry and William don't get along, and then wildly speculate

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<v Speaker 2>about whether or not Megan would come. She won't, Let's

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<v Speaker 2>move on. Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, demonstrated a warm

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<v Speaker 2>and formal side of royal protocol when she celebrated in

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<v Speaker 2>in Great Britain's historic gold medal win and the women's

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<v Speaker 2>team sprint at the twenty twenty four Paris Olympics. The victory,

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<v Speaker 2>which also set a world record, prompted Sophie to cheer

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<v Speaker 2>year and Hager Fellows spectator, a gesture that highlighted the

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<v Speaker 2>evolving nature royal behavior. This spontaneous and friendly act contrasted

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<v Speaker 2>with the more traditional and formal interactions often associated with

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<v Speaker 2>the British royal family. According to the official guidance from

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<v Speaker 2>the Royal Family's website, while traditional forms are respect like

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<v Speaker 2>bows and curtsies at common, there is no obligatory code

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<v Speaker 2>of behavior when interacting with royals. This flexibility allows for

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<v Speaker 2>more casual interactions such as the hug Sophie gave it

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<v Speaker 2>the Velodrome, reflecting a broader trend within the royal family

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<v Speaker 2>towards a more approachable and relatable image. Sophie's connection to

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<v Speaker 2>cycling and her role as the patron of the British

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<v Speaker 2>Cycling Federation further underscored her emotional investment in the event.

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<v Speaker 2>Her history with the sport includes a four hundred and

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<v Speaker 2>fifty mile cycling challenge for the Duke of Edinburgh Award

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<v Speaker 2>in twenty sixteen, long before her husband, Prince Edward was

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<v Speaker 2>conferred the title of Duke of Edinburgh. While Sophie has

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<v Speaker 2>been actively present at the Paris Olympics, the Prince and

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<v Speaker 2>Princess of Wales Kate have not yet made an appearance.

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<v Speaker 2>There have been rumors that Kate would appear, however, the

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<v Speaker 2>Games are almost over. It would be a good pr

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<v Speaker 2>move in advance of the upcoming faux royal tour by

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<v Speaker 2>you know who that we won't mention today to give

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