Speaker 1: Calorogus Shark Media. Hello, and welcome to Palace Intrigue. I
Speaker 1: am your host, Mark Francis. When Kate returns, she may
Speaker 1: do some solo trips, which would be fodder for divorce
Speaker 1: rumors if Megan did it, But since it's Kate, it's
Speaker 1: obviously a wonderful idea that should be admired and we
Speaker 1: should all praise the couple for their independence. According to
Speaker 1: royal author Robert Jobson, Kate's planning an overseas tour with
Speaker 1: Prince William. Jobson told Hello magazine Catherine may well do
Speaker 1: a couple of solo things so that William can stay
Speaker 1: at home with the kids. The King is bound have
Speaker 1: had a conversation with Catherine about how bullied he felt
Speaker 1: by his recent overseas tour, but she will do things
Speaker 1: her own way. Kate has reportedly begun returning to the
Speaker 1: gym as she gradually reintegrates into royal life following her
Speaker 1: recent cancer treatment. Jobson added, if she has her way,
Speaker 1: she will come back in stages and do things that
Speaker 1: are important to her because she doesn't want to get
Speaker 1: ill again. But also, I'm told because she has a
Speaker 1: different perspective now, I don't think that necessarily signals that
Speaker 1: we're going to get a big trunch of engagements one
Speaker 1: after the other. Her illness has been a life changing experience.
Speaker 1: She has changed the way she lives her life, and
Speaker 1: I think she would be making her own choices. Her
Speaker 1: priority is still her family. Royal commentator af Aidan expressed
Speaker 1: concern that Prince William's future reign might be compromised if
Speaker 1: the rift with his brother Prince Harry isn't resolved. Speaking
Speaker 1: on the Royal Beat, Aiden was surprised that even King
Speaker 1: charles battle with cancer hadn't softened the tension between the
Speaker 1: two brothers. She said, if Charles having cancer hasn't brought
Speaker 1: them all together at this point, I honestly don't know
Speaker 1: what will. However, I would like to think that all
Speaker 1: is not lost. I don't think we can have a
Speaker 1: reign of King William with this fractured relationship still in place.
Speaker 1: I think that there will have to be some sort
Speaker 1: of reconciliation before then. It's worrying that it is taking
Speaker 1: this long. Newsweek's chief royal correspond and Jack Royston, echoed
Speaker 1: a sliver of optimism, stating I would not rule it out.
Speaker 1: I think it would be in everybody's best interests, which
Speaker 1: is why I don't want to rule it out. Daisy McAndrew,
Speaker 1: NBC's royal commentator, remarked, I think the fact that people
Speaker 1: now have so much sympathy for Catherine and for Charles
Speaker 1: with their cancers that I think even Harry could read
Speaker 1: the room and see that it would be extremely unwise,
Speaker 1: unkind and unforgivable in most people's eyes if he went
Speaker 1: further now Who also reflected on the original reaction to Spare,
Speaker 1: pointing out, if you look at the reaction to Spare
Speaker 1: when it came out and the reaction to it, the
Speaker 1: positive and negative, how the tabloids went for him after
Speaker 1: Spare came out. If you can imagine that in this context,
Speaker 1: with the background of the King having cancer, Kate having
Speaker 1: had preventative chemotherapy this year, it was a no go.
Speaker 1: There is some light speculation in the tabloids about some
Speaker 1: potential thawing between William and Harry. Watcher Richard Eden said
Speaker 1: of the recent Olive branches, Well, you can easily take
Speaker 1: that latter view that William can't not mention Harry's name,
Speaker 1: How could he separate Harry and him from something which
Speaker 1: his mother took them both too. But I think there
Speaker 1: is something calculated, and I think it is an olive branch.
Speaker 1: A few months ago we had a story, sadly it
Speaker 1: didn't turn out to be quite right, that William had
Speaker 1: made another gesture towards Harry, and they pushed back very
Speaker 1: firmly on this, and they didn't want the newspaper to
Speaker 1: run the story, which we didn't. But this time, I
Speaker 1: think there is something in the wind here. A Royal
Speaker 1: insider tells Closer. The wounds Meghan suffered from her experiences
Speaker 1: in the Royal family cut very deep. Since all the
Speaker 1: drama over her and Harry's split from the firm, she's
Speaker 1: been incredibly nervous about facing them again, but she now
Speaker 1: accepts it's got to be done. Meghan's stances that if
Speaker 1: Harry is going to go back and make a deal
Speaker 1: with the Royals, she needs to be part of it
Speaker 1: as well. She wants to show them that they can't
Speaker 1: just trample all over her and then have Harry come
Speaker 1: back on his own, as though she can be tossed aside.
Speaker 1: An insider tells Closer that Meghan reportedly views Prince Harry's
Speaker 1: efforts to reconnect with former friends, including David and Victoria Beckham,
Speaker 1: as ridiculous. The insider claims. Meghan feels it's ridiculous to
Speaker 1: even care what the Beckhams think, noting the preference to
Speaker 1: form connections with more influential figures like Karmala Harris. According
Speaker 1: to the source, Meghan believes seeking approval from the Beckhams
Speaker 1: is beneath them. However, Harry apparently has his own motivations.
Speaker 1: He reportedly sees value in David Beckham's approval, hoping it
Speaker 1: might ease tensions with his brother Prince William, who shares
Speaker 1: a close bond with Beckham. The Insider went on to
Speaker 1: explain the truth is that Victoria never really liked Meghan much,
Speaker 1: adding that while Victoria has been friendly and welcoming, she
Speaker 1: isn't particularly interested in staying in touch with the Sussexes.
Speaker 1: Now oldest son, Brooklyn Beckham, had little to say about
Speaker 1: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. In a recent interview on
Speaker 1: Watch What Happens Live, host Andy Cohen brought up the topic,
Speaker 1: asking Brooklyn which members of the royal family he had
Speaker 1: seen the most, noting that the Beckhams were friends with
Speaker 1: Harry and Meghan, but Brooklyn didn't even mention the Duke
Speaker 1: and Duchess of Sussex, responding simply probably William, and he
Speaker 1: went on to ask Brooklyn about his family's relationship with
Speaker 1: Prince William, curious if there was a side to him
Speaker 1: that the public doesn't see. Brooklyn described William warmly, saying
Speaker 1: he's just the sweetest guy ever. He really is. He's
Speaker 1: really down to earth. He's a really good guy. The
Speaker 1: Beckhams aren't the only lost friends the Daily Mails. Rebecca
Speaker 1: English said, I was told of one former confident who
Speaker 1: for many years couldn't have been closer to Harry, who
Speaker 1: was so disgusted by his behavior and in particular by
Speaker 1: some of the things he apparently said privately about his
Speaker 1: family that they vowed never to talk to him again,
Speaker 1: and they haven't Palasindriga b Rayback, with all the recent
Speaker 1: talk of how rich the royals are, Yahoo took a
Speaker 1: look at Prince Michael of Kent, Queen Elizabeth's first cousin,
Speaker 1: who holds a surprising net worth reportedly around thirty two
Speaker 1: million pounds, some that surpasses the comminded wealth of more
Speaker 1: prominent royals like Princess Kape, Prince Edward and Princess Anne,
Speaker 1: ranked fifty second in line to the throne. The eighty
Speaker 1: two year old lives relatively quietly and Kensington, Pallas, and
Speaker 1: is involved with around one hundred charities, funding much of
Speaker 1: his public work himself. As the son of Prince George,
Speaker 1: Duke of cant and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark,
Speaker 1: Prince Michael's heritage ties him not only to British royal family,
Speaker 1: but also to Russian royalty. His grandmother was the first
Speaker 1: cousin to Sir Nicholas the Second, making him a distant
Speaker 1: cousin of the last Romanovs. Uniquely, he was the first
Speaker 1: British royal to learn Russian and is a qualified interpreter,
Speaker 1: which complements his interest in Russian history and culture. Prince
Speaker 1: Michael's marriage to German Baroness Marie Christine von Raebnitz now
Speaker 1: Princess Michael of Kent initially cost him his place in
Speaker 1: the line of succession due to her Catholic faith. This
Speaker 1: was later reinstated following a change in succession laws. The
Speaker 1: couple has two children, Lord Frederick Windsor and Oxford educated
Speaker 1: Banker and Lady Gabriella Kingston. Though they maintain a relatively
Speaker 1: low profile, the couple has been seen at key royal
Speaker 1: events including Queen Elizabeth's funeral and King Charles coronation. And
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