1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:12,480 Speaker 1: Ah Calorogus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Intrigue. 2 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:16,079 I am your host, Maya Francis Majesty. Magazine editor in 3 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:19,640 Chief Ingrid Seward believes Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are 4 00:00:19,679 --> 00:00:23,480 attempting to rebuild their connection with the royal family, partly 5 00:00:23,519 --> 00:00:25,920 because of what the relationship could mean for Archie and 6 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:29,920 little Bit in the future. Speaking to the Son, Seward said, 7 00:00:30,359 --> 00:00:32,600 first of all, I think the Sussexes do want to 8 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:34,759 foot back in the door for the sake of their 9 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:38,399 children and their children's futures. I think the children could 10 00:00:38,439 --> 00:00:41,039 really be annoyed, not now, but when they grow up 11 00:00:41,039 --> 00:00:44,079 with their father and mother, they could ask, why haven't 12 00:00:44,119 --> 00:00:48,000 you introduced me to my other life, my cousins, my heritage, 13 00:00:48,439 --> 00:00:50,280 And I think that would be an awkward one for 14 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:53,280 Harry and Meghan to explain. I think Harry is keen 15 00:00:53,359 --> 00:00:56,039 to reconcile with the family, and I'm sure that Meghan 16 00:00:56,119 --> 00:00:58,840 does too, as she needs that sparkle of royal gold 17 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:03,880 dust around her becomes relevant again and her overall popularity proves. 18 00:01:04,879 --> 00:01:07,400 I am sure the pair are groveling at the moment 19 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:11,079 at home. For Megan, the Americans hate her. Her popularity 20 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:13,480 is shattered. Of course, there will always be the Megan 21 00:01:13,599 --> 00:01:16,439 super fans, but largely she has seen as somebody who 22 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:19,239 breaks tires with her own family, and she has seen 23 00:01:19,239 --> 00:01:22,239 this splitting Harry and the children from their family too. 24 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:25,280 The Americans also love the royals too, so winning them 25 00:01:25,359 --> 00:01:30,519 back would help her situation enormously. Meghan needs to mend 26 00:01:30,599 --> 00:01:32,959 those fences, but she is having to take a back 27 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:36,120 seat and gradually work around this sue. It also believes 28 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:38,680 because of the King's age, I think Charles himself will 29 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:42,400 want to spend time with his grandchildren, though with his schedule, 30 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:44,239 I think the only chance he will get to spend 31 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:46,879 with them is during the annual summer trip to Scotland 32 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:50,560 for the long Bow Moral Break. So with this in mind, 33 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:52,959 I think there is a real chance that they return 34 00:01:53,079 --> 00:01:56,000 for that. This summer seems unlikely, but in the future 35 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:58,920 I can see this happening, she said. I think the 36 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:01,200 King will say to Harry, darling, boy, you know, I 37 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:04,120 can only really see you in Scotland where he will 38 00:02:04,159 --> 00:02:07,159 be given assurances about security, and that is what I 39 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:10,240 think will happen. The rest of the family won't want 40 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:12,319 to make things any more difficult for the King than 41 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:15,599 they already are. The issues with Harry and his brother, however, 42 00:02:15,719 --> 00:02:19,960 are a whole other ballgame completely. Megan is reportedly taking 43 00:02:20,039 --> 00:02:22,680 extra steps to avoid being recognized when she goes out 44 00:02:22,719 --> 00:02:26,800 in California, according to claims published by gossip columnist Rob Shooter. 45 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:30,759 The report, which cites unnamed sources, claims the Duchess has 46 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:35,400 begun wearing wigs, baseball caps, oversized sweatshirts, loose fitting trousers, 47 00:02:35,759 --> 00:02:39,319 and large sunglasses when she leaves home in Montecito. One 48 00:02:39,439 --> 00:02:42,599 unnamed source, quota by Rob Shooter, claimed after the UK 49 00:02:42,719 --> 00:02:46,080 she's become obsessed with staying invisible. Now she almost never 50 00:02:46,159 --> 00:02:49,840 leaves the house without some kind of disguise. She doesn't 51 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:53,319 want anyone to recognize her, and alleged that her outings 52 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:59,159 are now carefully planned to avoid attracting attention. A source 53 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:02,080 tells Starn magazine what Meghan wants is for Harry to 54 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:04,599 stop acting like he's above the whole Hollywood thing and 55 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:07,599 start getting paid. It can't be all on her to 56 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:10,080 support them. The source went on to claim there are 57 00:03:10,319 --> 00:03:13,159 plenty of opportunities available if Harry would be willing to 58 00:03:13,199 --> 00:03:16,919 pursue them. Among the ideas reportedly floated were television and 59 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:22,919 film cameos, podcasting, and other entertainment projects. In The Daily Beast, 60 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:26,319 Tom Sykes had some thoughts about Meghan's recent Instagram posts, 61 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:29,400 writing here instead is a Meghan and Harry so relaxed, 62 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:33,280 so ostentatiously at ease that they eat dinner giggling against 63 00:03:33,319 --> 00:03:37,039 a stone wall, collapsing into each other's arms. They visit 64 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:40,000 a fish restaurant where the menu is chalked on a blackboard. 65 00:03:40,719 --> 00:03:43,599 They swim Harry Haulds the children through the air with 66 00:03:43,759 --> 00:03:47,599 cheerful recklessness in a swimming pool. They process down an 67 00:03:47,639 --> 00:03:51,280 avenue of lime trees at Allthorpe, clutching bauquets to lay 68 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:54,159 on Diana's grave, which seems a weird thing to post 69 00:03:54,159 --> 00:03:57,639 as part of your holiday content, but hey, then we 70 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:00,800 went to a grave. Even this somber times is son 71 00:04:00,879 --> 00:04:05,840 kissed and wonderful. Speaking on The Royalist Podcast, broadcaster Mark 72 00:04:05,919 --> 00:04:09,280 Dolan speculated that Harry and Meghan might eventually spend part 73 00:04:09,319 --> 00:04:11,680 of the year in the UK after Prince William becomes king, 74 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:16,480 creating a competing royal presence. Dolan said Meghan and Harry 75 00:04:16,519 --> 00:04:19,519 will make life a misery for King William and Queen Catherine. 76 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:21,160 They'd love to be in the UK. I think up 77 00:04:21,199 --> 00:04:25,160 to half the year with this rival. Court Dolan also 78 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:29,120 extended that speculation to the next generation, suggesting Prince Archie 79 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:32,839 and Princess Lilibet could one day create difficulties for Prince George, 80 00:04:32,879 --> 00:04:36,360 Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. Those comments prompted a rare 81 00:04:36,399 --> 00:04:39,160 public response from a spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess 82 00:04:39,199 --> 00:04:42,600 of Sussex, who strongly condemned the bringing the children into 83 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:46,839 the discussion. The spokesperson said, there is a fundamental difference 84 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:51,079 between criticizing public figures and choosing to demonize two young 85 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:54,519 children who have done absolutely nothing to warrant it. To 86 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,519 speculate the Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet will one day 87 00:04:57,519 --> 00:05:00,920 make life a misery for their cousins is an extraordinary 88 00:05:00,959 --> 00:05:04,800 and irresponsible thing to say about children. We are genuinely 89 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:07,959 disgusted by these comments. Whatever the views people may hold 90 00:05:07,959 --> 00:05:10,920 about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, children should never 91 00:05:10,959 --> 00:05:15,000 be dragged into adult disputes or portrayed as future antagonists 92 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:19,600 for the sake of a provocative sound by it. Royal 93 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:22,959 commentator Jenny Bond tells New Magazine. I think a key 94 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,800 problem in any relationship between Megan and Kate is the 95 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:29,079 power balance. Catherine is a future queen. She will always 96 00:05:29,079 --> 00:05:32,040 take priority over Meghan. One day the Duchess will have 97 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:35,040 to Curtsey to her. We know that Megan finds that 98 00:05:35,199 --> 00:05:44,240 rather comically absurd, more palacing just a moment. A new 99 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:47,279 investigation by CBC News has found that Prince Harry's visits 100 00:05:47,319 --> 00:05:51,759 to Canada generated the highest taxpayer funded security costs of 101 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:56,800 any internationally protected person over a five year period. According 102 00:05:56,800 --> 00:06:00,279 to the CBC, Harry's security accounted for roughly ten percent 103 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:03,720 of the more than five point two million dollars Canadian 104 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:08,720 the RCMP spent protecting over one hundred internationally protective visitors 105 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:13,199 during that period. The costs listed cover additional expenses such 106 00:06:13,199 --> 00:06:17,000 as travel and overtime, but did not include officer's regular salaries, 107 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:19,879 meaning the overall cost of providing protection would have been higher. 108 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:25,000 Former Metropolitan Police Protection officer Simon Morgan told CBC there 109 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:28,519 were good reasons Harry required substantial security at the time. 110 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:31,720 Morgan said he was the Queen's grandson, he was the 111 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:35,639 future king's son. He also noted Harry's military service in 112 00:06:35,639 --> 00:06:39,240 Afghanistan may have led Canadian authorities to adopt what he 113 00:06:39,319 --> 00:06:43,959 described as a more robust security posture. One of the 114 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:47,600 organizations responsible for preserving the Royal Collection has reported his 115 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:52,720 significant financial setback, with income falling sharply over the past 116 00:06:52,759 --> 00:06:56,560 Europe as fewer visitors to a Britain's royal residences. The 117 00:06:56,639 --> 00:07:00,800 Royal Collection's Trust latest annual report shows new income drop 118 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:04,000 from thirteen point nine million to three point five men 119 00:07:04,079 --> 00:07:07,319 injuring the twenty twenty five twenty six financial year, a 120 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:10,079 decline of more than ten million pounds. The Trust, which 121 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:13,160 cares for the Royal Collection and manages public access to 122 00:07:13,199 --> 00:07:16,040 sites including Buckingham Palace, Winsor Castle and the Palace of 123 00:07:16,079 --> 00:07:20,000 Hollywood House, said the slowdown follows the extraordinary visitor boom 124 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:23,600 that came after King charles coronation visit, and numbers across 125 00:07:23,639 --> 00:07:27,240 the Trust's attractions fell by about one hundred and eighty 126 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:30,600 two thousand over the year, bringing total attendance to roughly 127 00:07:30,639 --> 00:07:33,399 two point six million people. Retail sales was a decline 128 00:07:33,439 --> 00:07:37,600 by around three hundred thousand pounds. Buckingham Palace was particularly 129 00:07:37,639 --> 00:07:41,920 affected because of the continuing reservicing project, which reduced the 130 00:07:41,959 --> 00:07:44,040 number of visitors who could be admitted during the annual 131 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:48,120 summer opening. The Trust said record attendance that previous years 132 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:53,079 simply could be repeated while major refurbishment work continues. Winsor 133 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:57,360 Castle also experienced a modest decline as post coronation tourism 134 00:07:57,399 --> 00:08:02,600 eased and international travel remains often than expected. One bright 135 00:08:02,639 --> 00:08:05,399 spot came in Scotland, where the Palace of Hollywood House 136 00:08:05,439 --> 00:08:09,240 welcomed more visitors thanks to additional opening days and expanded 137 00:08:09,279 --> 00:08:12,920 schedule of group tours. Despite the drop, the Royal Collection 138 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:16,680 Trust remains optimistic. The report says there is still strong 139 00:08:16,759 --> 00:08:20,560 public interest in visiting the royal residences, but acknowledges that 140 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:24,920 economic pressures and uncertainty in global travel are likely to 141 00:08:24,959 --> 00:08:29,240 continue affecting attendance in the near future. And there you 142 00:08:29,319 --> 00:08:31,319 have it. Should like to email us who addresses the 143 00:08:31,399 --> 00:08:34,799 Palace intrig at gmail dot com and if you're on Spotify, 144 00:08:34,879 --> 00:08:36,399 leave us a comment. If you're on Apple, hit that 145 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:38,639 button up there. It says listen uninterrupted and get the 146 00:08:38,639 --> 00:08:41,480 show commercial free for just five bucks. A month. We 147 00:08:41,519 --> 00:08:45,000 appreciate your support immensely. 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