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<v Speaker 1>Caloroga Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Pallace Intrigue. I

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<v Speaker 1>am your host, Mark Francis. Megan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex,

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<v Speaker 1>compared herself to a jar of Natella in a social

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<v Speaker 1>media post. Meghan, who returned to Instagram this year, posted

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<v Speaker 1>a photo featuring a white framed collection of images and

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<v Speaker 1>quotes seemingly displayed in her Montecito home. Among the curated

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<v Speaker 1>images was an animated drawing of herself and Prince Harry,

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<v Speaker 1>accompanied by words of encouragement and reflections that resonate with her.

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<v Speaker 1>In the caption, Meghan wrote, from memory lane to the

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<v Speaker 1>memories I'm making today a no to both the past

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<v Speaker 1>and her current journey. Also visible in the frame were

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<v Speaker 1>messages of self empowerment, including happiness looks good on you

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<v Speaker 1>and the lighthearted remark you cannot make everybody happy. You're

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<v Speaker 1>not a jar of Natella. As part of the post,

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<v Speaker 1>the Duchess shared a carefully curated mood board featuring labels

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<v Speaker 1>from her newly rebranded lifestyle brand, seemingly for her Raspberry Jam,

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<v Speaker 1>alongside an array of sentimental touches, a watercolor painting of

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<v Speaker 1>Meghan and Prince Harry, accompanied by their beloved rescue beagle Guy,

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<v Speaker 1>who passed away earlier this year, was among the personal inclusions.

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<v Speaker 1>Elsewhere on the board, images of fruit on toast, of

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<v Speaker 1>smiling pancake, peacock flowers, and serene landscapes added to the esthetic.

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<v Speaker 1>In a nostalgic nod to her now defunct lifestyle plug,

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<v Speaker 1>The Tig. Megan also included a recipe for her signature drink,

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<v Speaker 1>the Signature Tig Cup, a detail that longtime followers will

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<v Speaker 1>recognized as a callback to her pre royal days. Some

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<v Speaker 1>accused Meghan of copying Katherine, the Wonderful Princess of Wales.

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<v Speaker 1>One social media user wrote, don't forget the real reason

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<v Speaker 1>she posted that was to show Archie's artwork, since Catherine

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<v Speaker 1>put out her kid's artwork the other day. She's so

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<v Speaker 1>predictable as ever a copycat. In The Telegraph, Judith Woods wonders,

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<v Speaker 1>is Megan ever going to have an original idea again?

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<v Speaker 1>Judith writes, avocado's jam and a logo ripped from medieval Spain.

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<v Speaker 1>The Duchess's latest reinvention is nothing if not predictable. As ever,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a rebrand. It's lifestyle does it still revolve around jars,

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<v Speaker 1>bespoke jam from a named strawberry plant. I have no idea.

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<v Speaker 1>What I do know is that it's a painfully opposite

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<v Speaker 1>summation of Megan's ill fated back of an envelope careers.

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<v Speaker 1>It's fleeing these shores, the charity, the podcast, the philanthropy,

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<v Speaker 1>the film productions, the whole American riview era orchard thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Doomed as ever? Is it any wonder her latest lifestyle

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<v Speaker 1>venture already looks set to end in toe curling failure. Sure,

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<v Speaker 1>the former actress married into the most prestigious royal family

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<v Speaker 1>on the planet. Yes, she was wed in the chapel

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<v Speaker 1>at Windsor Castle, greeted on the Long March by throngs

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<v Speaker 1>of smitten fans, and was treated with such gracious warmth

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<v Speaker 1>by none other than the Late Queen herself. But that

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<v Speaker 1>was then. Now post mesit with a lifestyle brand of flog.

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<v Speaker 1>That's I've been airbrushed out. Why because she's just a

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<v Speaker 1>girl standing in front of an Instagram asking the entire

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<v Speaker 1>world to love her. Oh dear as ever, Meghan is

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<v Speaker 1>reportedly feeling betrayed by David and Victoria Beckham, believing that

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<v Speaker 1>the British royal family has stolen the celebrity couple from

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<v Speaker 1>her and Prince Harry. According to Radar Online, the Duchess

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<v Speaker 1>of Sussex is increasingly frustrated by the beckhams growing closeness

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<v Speaker 1>to the Royals, particularly after their appearance at an exclusive

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<v Speaker 1>black Tired dinner at High Grove House with King Charles Third.

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<v Speaker 1>A source claimed it's brought back all her old recollections

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<v Speaker 1>that she was treated badly by the Royals and the Beckhams,

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<v Speaker 1>so this growing friendship is like a double blow for Meghan.

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<v Speaker 1>The relationship between the Sussexes and the Beckhams has purportedly

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<v Speaker 1>been strange since Meghan and Harry's twenty eighteen wedding, where

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<v Speaker 1>David and Victoria were high profile guests. Meghan, a longtime

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<v Speaker 1>admire of Victoria Beckham's fashion empire, had hoped to build

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<v Speaker 1>a close friendship and even potential collaborations. However, tensions arose

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<v Speaker 1>when Prince Harry allegedly suspected the beck of leaking information

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<v Speaker 1>to the press, a claim that reportedly infuriated David, and

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<v Speaker 1>Insider explained she thinks it was entirely reasonable for her

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<v Speaker 1>to ask them about a possible media league and that

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<v Speaker 1>David's reaction was totally over the top, and Harry agrees.

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<v Speaker 1>They feel like they're rubbing their face in it by

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<v Speaker 1>popping up at every Royal envelope opening. Compounding Meghan's frustration

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<v Speaker 1>is Victoria's reported friendship with Catherine, the Wonderful Princess of Wales.

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<v Speaker 1>It's been driving Megan bannanas hearing things like this, as

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<v Speaker 1>it was supposed to be her texting Victoria from a

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<v Speaker 1>fitting room, the source added, referring to claims that Victoria

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<v Speaker 1>has been advising Kate on possible Vogue photoshoot. The alleged

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<v Speaker 1>rift highlights Meghan's ongoing struggle to maintain a list of friendships,

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<v Speaker 1>particularly as Hollywood's elite appear increasingly cautious about aligning themselves

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<v Speaker 1>with the sussex'es amid their ongoing tensions with the royal family.

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<v Speaker 1>While Meghan reportedly remains upset over the situation that Beckhams

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<v Speaker 1>seem to have firmly repositioned themselves even with the royal circle,

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<v Speaker 1>leaving the Sussexes further on the outside. As ever, Mindy

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<v Speaker 1>Kayling has shared her experience filming with Love Meghan revealing

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<v Speaker 1>the thoughtful hospitality of the Duchess of Sussex and the

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<v Speaker 1>practical hosting tips she picked up along the way. In

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<v Speaker 1>an interview with Time, Kayling recalled, I was on Maternity

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<v Speaker 1>Live with my daughter in March. In April, and Meghan

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<v Speaker 1>texted me that she was doing a show where she

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<v Speaker 1>was going to cook for her friends. What I want

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<v Speaker 1>to come into Montecito and have her cook for me.

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<v Speaker 1>I wanted to get taken care of in that moment

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<v Speaker 1>of my life. That was a fun maternity leave field trip.

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<v Speaker 1>I left with a basket of fresh produce and homemade

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<v Speaker 1>jam and hot sauce because she knew I loved hot sauce.

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<v Speaker 1>She's a very generous woman who knew I needed a break.

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<v Speaker 1>I love cooking, but I'm really not good at entertaining.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know anything about how you're supposed to use

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<v Speaker 1>overhead lighting when people come over. You're supposed to use

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<v Speaker 1>little lamps. But Megan just knows how to do that stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>For kids' parties, I usually just go to the party's

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<v Speaker 1>supply store and get paper things, which I don't judge,

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<v Speaker 1>and neither she But it was fun to learn the

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<v Speaker 1>simple ways to do a homemade kid's party. She also

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<v Speaker 1>addressed common misconceptions of the Duchess, saying, I think a

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<v Speaker 1>misconception about Meghan is that she's in any way fussy

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<v Speaker 1>or has expectations of fancyness. She really is a down

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<v Speaker 1>to earth person who knows a lot of fun tricks

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<v Speaker 1>to make entertaining and cooking easier. Speaking at the Golden

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<v Speaker 1>Globes last month, Kailing further praised Meghan's cooking skills. I

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<v Speaker 1>think of myself as a kind of okay cook, but

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<v Speaker 1>she unsurprisingly blew me out of the water. The thing

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<v Speaker 1>about her recipes and being there was that it was

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<v Speaker 1>just really accessible. She has a garden from scratch, which

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<v Speaker 1>I could never do when chickens. They would probably all

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<v Speaker 1>die if I tried to take care of chickens. With

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<v Speaker 1>Love Megan premieres on March fourth, promising an intimate look

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<v Speaker 1>at Meghan's love of cooking, entertaining, hosting friends, and of

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<v Speaker 1>course well thought out, well received promotional blitz Pallace, Intrigua,

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<v Speaker 1>Barret Back. It appears this podcast will have enough content

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<v Speaker 1>to get us through until at least the summer of

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty seven, as we're already filling out our editorial calendar.

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<v Speaker 1>July twenty twenty seven should be all sorts of fun

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<v Speaker 1>with Prince Harry's in Victor schemes set to her turn

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<v Speaker 1>to the UK in that year. One storyline is whether

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<v Speaker 1>Meghan will come. We'll tell you now she won't. But

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<v Speaker 1>the timing of the event risks reigniting tensions with the

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<v Speaker 1>royal family for another reason, as it will coincide with

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<v Speaker 1>Queen Camiller's eightieth birthday on July seventeenth. Reports suggest King

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<v Speaker 1>Charles's planning multiple events, including a Thanksgiving service at Saint

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<v Speaker 1>George Chapel and Windsor to mark the milestone occasion. Royal

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<v Speaker 1>commentator from Hardcastle said the arrival of Harry's bandwagon at

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<v Speaker 1>the same time will be an unwelcome distraction. However, he

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<v Speaker 1>is unlikely to lose sleep given his fractures relationship with

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<v Speaker 1>his stepmother. Anyway, Meghan would love to come, but someone

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<v Speaker 1>has to watch the kids and stuff, and you know

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<v Speaker 1>how it is as ever, and they haven't pluck to

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