Speaker 1: Calorogu Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Pallas Intrigue. I'm
Speaker 1: your host, Mark Francis. Reports of a falling out between
Speaker 1: the Duke of Sussex and his cousin, Princess Eugenie have
Speaker 1: been firmly denied following claims made by broadcaster to Piers
Speaker 1: Morgan on a recent episode of his program Uncensored. Mister
Speaker 1: Morgan suggested Prince Harry had gone completely ballistic after Eugenie
Speaker 1: was seen socializing with him at a London pub. According
Speaker 1: to mister Morgan, the Duke took issue with the princess
Speaker 1: being photographed embracing the journalist, who had been a relentless
Speaker 1: critic of both Harry and Megan Michael. Mister Morgan told
Speaker 1: viewers she was outing lunch with me and a group
Speaker 1: of people in a pub in London that was seen
Speaker 1: hugging them goodbye, and Harry saw this and went completely ballistic.
Speaker 1: I can confirm that this is entirely true because he
Speaker 1: couldn't bear it. However, a source close to the Sussexes
Speaker 1: told People magazine that such claims are categorically untrue. The
Speaker 1: Duke remains close to Princess Eugenie. They always have and
Speaker 1: always will be. The insider stated. While Prince Harry's ties
Speaker 1: with some members of his family have grown strained in
Speaker 1: recent years, his connection with Princess Eugenie and Beatrice is
Speaker 1: understood to have remained intact. Rumors of a rift, it seems,
Speaker 1: are more bluster than truth. One of those strained relationships
Speaker 1: is with Prince William, that once tight fraternal bond began
Speaker 1: to quietly frey, not with mexit, but much earlier, according
Speaker 1: to royal author Tina Brown in the Palace Papers Inside
Speaker 1: the House of windsor The Truth and the Turmoil, Brown
Speaker 1: quotes a former aide who claims the brother's relationship hadn't
Speaker 1: been the same since William married Kate. While the two
Speaker 1: princes continued to live side by side at Kensington Palace
Speaker 1: and shared both an office and regular social time, Brown
Speaker 1: writes that Harry privately mourned his us against the world
Speaker 1: bond with William. William settled into his married life where
Speaker 1: the now Princess of Wales. Brown suggests Harry felt edged
Speaker 1: out of the equation. Harry felt displaced by their bougie
Speaker 1: family unit and couldn't understand his brother's obsession with his
Speaker 1: Middleton in laws, she writes, adding that the Middleton's lifestyle
Speaker 1: bored harritage tears. The author paints a portrait of Prince
Speaker 1: William fully embracing country life, often found tramping the grounds
Speaker 1: of Anmer Hall, the Norfolk home gifted to him by
Speaker 1: the late Queen Elizabeth, in a flat cap and tweed
Speaker 1: jacket like his turnip top Norfolk farmer friends. As William
Speaker 1: grew into his role as future King, Brown asserts he
Speaker 1: became less tolerant of his younger brother's wild child ways.
Speaker 1: He was less amused than the British public by either
Speaker 1: the strip Billiard's tobaccle in Las Vegas or Harry's ceaseless
Speaker 1: boozy nightclub forays with his rowdy friends. His younger brother's
Speaker 1: recklessness exasperated him. Prince William plans to get some work
Speaker 1: in between vacations, no exactly, Princess ann when it comes
Speaker 1: to the royal docket. Will is set to resume public
Speaker 1: engagements next week following the Easter break, where a visit
Speaker 1: to a youth focused charity in South London. However, the
Speaker 1: Princess of Wales will not be accompanying him as she
Speaker 1: continues her private recovery. On April twenty fourth, Prince William
Speaker 1: will visit Mentivity, an organization dedicated to empowering young people
Speaker 1: through mentorship, educational support and safe spaces. During his visit,
Speaker 1: the Principal participate in a roundtable discussion on youth employment
Speaker 1: and apprenticeships, listening to young people share both their aspirations
Speaker 1: and the challenges they face entering the workforce, and, perhaps
Speaker 1: more importantly, feed the media with some new photos of
Speaker 1: Wills being cool and looking cool so nobody asks questions
Speaker 1: about his vacation schedule. Between photo ops, Harry take notes
Speaker 1: on how to do this. As Prince Harry continues his
Speaker 1: legal battle over UK security protections, those close to the
Speaker 1: Duke of Sussex believed King Charles is keeping his distance
Speaker 1: into intentionally. The legal battle puts Harry in direct contact
Speaker 1: with the people who are carrying out the king's orders.
Speaker 1: Royal biographer Sally Biddell Smith told people if his father
Speaker 1: was to say something even seemingly innocuous, it could end
Speaker 1: up landing in the middle of the court case. Others
Speaker 1: with close ties to the palace suggest the estrangement could
Speaker 1: be navigated more carefully, with a source saying a distinction
Speaker 1: between personal life and official duties could be made, but
Speaker 1: things have been februal for a while. In the Daily Mail,
Speaker 1: Liz Jones says not to blame Harry for the frosty
Speaker 1: relationship with the King. Jones rights part of the reason
Speaker 1: for charles coldness towards Harry is Harry's current unedifying fight
Speaker 1: in the courts for his UK security to be upgraded.
Speaker 1: His own privately funded bodyguards are not allowed to be
Speaker 1: armed when here Why with this angered Charles? Yes, his
Speaker 1: state visit to Italy was pushed off the front pages
Speaker 1: last week by images of his sons striding warriorlike and
Speaker 1: painfully lonely into court. But it seems odd for the
Speaker 1: King to object to his son's claim because if he wins,
Speaker 1: Harry has indicated he and his family would visit Britain
Speaker 1: more often than his father would welcome that the King
Speaker 1: has been trained to be a diplomat since birth to
Speaker 1: set an example, Yet it seems he cannot extend a
Speaker 1: hand of friendship to his son. Is he worried that
Speaker 1: a note or a kind word will make it into
Speaker 1: the public sphere via his liquacious second born. Perhaps, but
Speaker 1: surely a photo opportunity showing a hug a handshake would
Speaker 1: speak volumes. There is no hand of friendship being extended
Speaker 1: by William either. If he can forgive his father's historic indiscretions.
Speaker 1: In nineteen ninety four, he confessed to infidelity in a
Speaker 1: televised interview with Jonathan Dimbleby, surely he can forgive his
Speaker 1: brother for that Oprah interview. In writing a memoir, however candid,
Speaker 1: does he fear his and Kate's life will be made
Speaker 1: a living hell, that the Wayales's family will be overshadowed
Speaker 1: by the Sussexes. I think the latter. He must realize
Speaker 1: that high profile visits from Harry and Meghan Archie and
Speaker 1: lullabit in tow would enliven our interest and affection for
Speaker 1: the royal family. It would certainly be more fascinating, glamorous
Speaker 1: and fun than being drip fed badly shot photos of
Speaker 1: Kate in a baker boy cap talking to scouts on
Speaker 1: a wind swept hillside. Brand expert Nick E tells the
Speaker 1: son Meghan hasn't really earned her stripes yet. She's not
Speaker 1: the fashionista yet, she's not the cook yet, She's not
Speaker 1: the makeup expert yet. Nothing feels particularly rounded in actual knowledge,
Speaker 1: so people begin to turn off. We've been on this
Speaker 1: journey with Harry and Meghan, but when we get to
Speaker 1: the crux of it, it never goes anywhere. Everything feels
Speaker 1: like a scatter gun approach. Nothing seems thought out or strategized.
Speaker 1: She and Harry seem to think, yes, I'll take the
Speaker 1: money and work out what to do afterwards. More palace
Speaker 1: in just a moment. The Princess Royal was reportedly left
Speaker 1: surprised upon learning that a leading female athlete had to
Speaker 1: can pain for the right to wear shorts while playing
Speaker 1: her sport. Wednesday's investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle, Princess Anne,
Speaker 1: the possible former Royal sex bomb, presented England hockey player
Speaker 1: Tess Howard with an MB. Miss Howard, part of the
Speaker 1: Commonwealth Games gold medal winning squad in twenty twenty two,
Speaker 1: was honored not only for her achievements on the pitch,
Speaker 1: but her advocacy around inclusive sportswear for women and girls.
Speaker 1: Speaking after the ceremony, Miss Howard said, if I had
Speaker 1: an organization like inclusive Sportswear, I wouldn't have had to
Speaker 1: campaign for years to wear shorts in hockey, which is bizarre.
Speaker 1: She added, The Princess Royal was surprised that I had
Speaker 1: to campaign to wear shorts. It's silly when you say
Speaker 1: it out loud. The twenty four year old athlete, who
Speaker 1: plays for East Grinstead Hockey Club, founded the group Inclusive
Speaker 1: Sportswear in twenty twenty three to challenge barriers in sport
Speaker 1: and promote more flexible, comfortable kit options for all athletes,
Speaker 1: regardless of gender. Reflecting on the recognition, she remarked, it's
Speaker 1: quite ridiculous that I've been given an award essentially for
Speaker 1: campaigning to wear shorts. In twenty twenty three, the International
Speaker 1: Hockey Federation updated its rules to allow female players the
Speaker 1: option to wear shorts, skirts or sports provided the match
Speaker 1: in color and design, but Miss Howard says that the
Speaker 1: change is only the beginning and that her organization will
Speaker 1: continue pushing for greater inclusivity across all levels of sport.
Speaker 1: Princess Anne, a longtime supporter of British athletics and a
Speaker 1: former Olympian herself, has not commented publicly, but is understood
Speaker 1: to have taken a keen interest in the matter. During
Speaker 1: the ceremony and There you have it. If you'd like
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