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<v Speaker 1>Calorouga Shark Media, Hello and welcome to Palace Intriguga. Post Francis,

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<v Speaker 1>the Duchess of Sussex, finds herself at the center of

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<v Speaker 1>yet another branding controversy, as the mayress of Pereras, a

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<v Speaker 1>small town in Majorca, has accused Megan Michael's new lifestyle

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<v Speaker 1>brand as Ever of copying their historic coat of arms.

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<v Speaker 1>The logo in question, featuring a palm tree in two birds,

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<v Speaker 1>bears a remarkable resemblance to Perera's own emblem, which dates

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<v Speaker 1>back to thirteen seventy. Shuske More, of the town's mares,

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<v Speaker 1>described the situation as surreal, telling l Pay that while

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<v Speaker 1>a lossit would be prohibitively expensive for the town. They

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<v Speaker 1>are formally calling for the logo to be changed to

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<v Speaker 1>sue for plagiarism is complicated and costly, and a small

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<v Speaker 1>town council like ols is not in a position to

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<v Speaker 1>fight against the English Crown, she said. For her part,

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<v Speaker 1>Meghan has presented the design as a personal nod to

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<v Speaker 1>her family's California home, incorporating elements significant to the Sussexes.

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<v Speaker 1>Prince Harry is particularly fond of Hummingbird's. Reports suggest that

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<v Speaker 1>a thorough trademark search was conducted before the launch. Further

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<v Speaker 1>adding to the intrigue, the maress pointed out that Meghan's

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<v Speaker 1>first product, a jar of jam, also bears an uncanny

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<v Speaker 1>link to Perras, which prides itself on producing what Mara

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<v Speaker 1>calls the best jam in the world. While stressing that

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<v Speaker 1>legal action is unlikely, she playfully invited the Duchess to

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<v Speaker 1>visit and perhaps even hosts the town's patron Saints festival, adding,

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<v Speaker 1>the farmers will be happy if Megan wants to market

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<v Speaker 1>our jam. But wait, there's more. A New York based

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<v Speaker 1>vintage clothing brand of the same name has now weighed

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<v Speaker 1>in on the situation, making it clear that they are

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<v Speaker 1>not affiliated with the Duchess's new lifestyle brand. The small business,

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<v Speaker 1>run by husband and wife team Mark Kolski and Astid Dahl,

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<v Speaker 1>has been operating under the as Ever name since twenty fifteen,

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<v Speaker 1>officially launching in twenty seventeen. In the wake of the

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<v Speaker 1>media storm surrounding Meghan's announcement, they took to Instagram to

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<v Speaker 1>acknowledge the surge of attention, writing wow and hello. In

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<v Speaker 1>the last thirty six hours, there has been an outpouring

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<v Speaker 1>of support and concern regarding recent events around our namesake brand.

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<v Speaker 1>We are aware, we are not affiliated. While the post

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<v Speaker 1>remained diplomatic, it carries a subtle warning affirming that they

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<v Speaker 1>will continue promoting their brand as they always have. We

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<v Speaker 1>will continue as ever. In the Telegraph, Hannah Ferness writes

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<v Speaker 1>under the headline it seems Megan is still blaming the

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<v Speaker 1>royals for her woes. Duchess relaunches her new brand, complete

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<v Speaker 1>with dubious In the motive backstory, as Ever, Hannah tells

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<v Speaker 1>us the Duchess of Sussex has been seemingly prevented from

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<v Speaker 1>sharing her true loves of cooking, crafting and gardening with

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<v Speaker 1>the will for the past few years. She says, I

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<v Speaker 1>haven't been able to share it with you in the

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<v Speaker 1>same way. She does not use the words because of

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<v Speaker 1>the royal family, but anyone familiar with the Sussex law

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<v Speaker 1>is likely to hear it as such. Never Mind that

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<v Speaker 1>the Duchess produced a best selling cookbook while a working

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<v Speaker 1>member of the royal family, that the King is one

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<v Speaker 1>of the most famous gardeners in the world, or that

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<v Speaker 1>the Sussexes have been free of royal duties for a

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<v Speaker 1>full five years now, not to mention Hgrove has its

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<v Speaker 1>own range of produce, or that princes, princesses and duchesses

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<v Speaker 1>are invited to try their hand at some form of

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<v Speaker 1>arts and crafts in half the royal engagements they do.

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<v Speaker 1>During her Instagram video, the joy and relief in the

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<v Speaker 1>Duchess's voice about being able to finally share her passions

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<v Speaker 1>as clear now, she says, I can. In the short

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<v Speaker 1>self filmed edit, the Duchess crouches and what appears to

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<v Speaker 1>be a Montecito vegetable patch to address her fans directly.

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<v Speaker 1>It also features the obligatory inclusion of the Duke telling

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<v Speaker 1>his wife that her camera is on before leaving. Her

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<v Speaker 1>original idea American Riviera Orchid sounded like a great name,

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<v Speaker 1>but limited me to things that were just manufactured and

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<v Speaker 1>grown in this area. As such, she claims she is

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<v Speaker 1>changing her mind to go back to her real roots.

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<v Speaker 1>There is no mention of the fact that American Riviera

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<v Speaker 1>Orchard ran into such extensive copyright issues that it had

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<v Speaker 1>to be completely reimagined or dropped. No mention of the

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<v Speaker 1>fact that the Duchess has already soft launched its first product,

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<v Speaker 1>a website and a social media campaign and that this

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<v Speaker 1>is a complete about turn in her plans. In fact,

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<v Speaker 1>she intimates it is what she wanted all along, Just

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<v Speaker 1>as Elizabeth I suggested. Recollections may vary compared with the

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<v Speaker 1>Sussex's account of their time in her family, so too

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<v Speaker 1>may those who have worked on the Duchess's more recent projects.

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<v Speaker 1>The video includes giggles over a lot of public curiosity

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<v Speaker 1>about her fledgling business, although she does not explain how

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<v Speaker 1>it came to her attention. While she famously does not

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<v Speaker 1>listen to the noise, the expressions and gesture that the

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<v Speaker 1>Duchess's followers are coming to know and love her all

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<v Speaker 1>there the half whisper, the hand on forehead in a

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<v Speaker 1>difficult moment. The influencer style sign off thanks guys. As ever,

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<v Speaker 1>when said in Britain, lends itself too easily to jokes.

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<v Speaker 1>Already people are inserting their own adjectives into as blank

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<v Speaker 1>as ever, or adding it as an easy punchline to

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<v Speaker 1>the Duke and Duchess's latest escapades. The Sussexes are rebranding,

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<v Speaker 1>as ever? Was that a dig at the royal family?

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<v Speaker 1>As Ever? In The Daily Mail, Richard Eden writes as

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<v Speaker 1>John Cleese said of the dead parrot in the classic

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<v Speaker 1>Monty Python sketch, the company has ceased to be It's

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<v Speaker 1>expired and gone to meet its maker. Eden points out

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<v Speaker 1>this week's embarrassing u turn over the Duchess's hastily named

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<v Speaker 1>lifestyle brand has come as little surprise to some of

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<v Speaker 1>the royal officials who had to work with her after

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<v Speaker 1>she became engaged to Harry in twenty seventeen. One insider

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<v Speaker 1>told Eden, this is further evidence of what we've seen

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<v Speaker 1>time and again with Megan. She doesn't like to take advice.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure she would have been advised that it was

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<v Speaker 1>better not to launch her company until everything had been

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<v Speaker 1>thought through carefully. Megan was offered so much advice and

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<v Speaker 1>support after she moved to Britain, including from the late Queen,

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<v Speaker 1>but most of it she ignored. Palace entry will be

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<v Speaker 1>a ride back. Footage has emerged showing the decapitated head

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<v Speaker 1>of Norburne's King George the Fifth Statue being set a

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<v Speaker 1>light on a barbecue during an Australian Day protest, reigniting

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<v Speaker 1>debate over the vandalism of colonial monuments in the country.

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<v Speaker 1>The head, which had been missing since June of twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty three, appeared in an Instagram video shared by activist

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<v Speaker 1>groups Whistleblowers, Activists and Communities Alliance and Disrupt Wars. The

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<v Speaker 1>footage depicted the statue's head engulfed in flames on a

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<v Speaker 1>barbecue with an Australian flag in the background. The post

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<v Speaker 1>was captured cooking with the King and included hashtags such

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<v Speaker 1>as hashtag Invasion Day, hashtag not our King. A note

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<v Speaker 1>accompanying the footage, sent anonymously to Disrupt Wars stated we

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<v Speaker 1>will barbecue a monarch every year on January twenty sixth

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<v Speaker 1>until Australia Day is abolished hashtag not my King, the

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<v Speaker 1>colony will fall. The statue, located in Melbourne's King's Domain

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<v Speaker 1>on lineleth Gow Avenue, was first vandalized on June tenth,

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<v Speaker 1>during the King's Birthday holiday. At the time, police confirmed

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<v Speaker 1>that the head had been removed and red paint thrown

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<v Speaker 1>at the monument. Despite ongoing investigations, authorities had been unable

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<v Speaker 1>to locate the missing peace until now. Melbourne's Lord Mayor

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<v Speaker 1>Nick Reese condemned the act and confirmed that the city

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<v Speaker 1>was working with police to retrieve the statue's remains. The

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<v Speaker 1>damage to the King George the Fifth Statue was extensive

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<v Speaker 1>and it is not a simple restoration. Ways to restore

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<v Speaker 1>this statue are still being investigated, he said, adding that

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<v Speaker 1>such acts of vandalism come at a cost to rate

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<v Speaker 1>payers as specialists must be engaged to repair the damage.

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<v Speaker 1>The statue itself remains standing headless while authorities assess the

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<v Speaker 1>next steps for its restoration. And there you have it.

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