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<v Speaker 1>Calorougus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Intrigue. I

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<v Speaker 1>am your host, Mark Francis. Prince Andrew faces fresh financial

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<v Speaker 1>challenges as are a more limited an investment firm under

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<v Speaker 1>his significant control has applied for dissolution. This development follows

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<v Speaker 1>a year after the company received support from an anonymous donor,

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<v Speaker 1>adding to the Prince's mounting difficulties. The Duke's financial situation

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<v Speaker 1>has become increasingly complex, with King Charles reportedly withdrawing his

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<v Speaker 1>annual one million pound allowance and security funding for Royal Lodge. However,

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<v Speaker 1>royal sources suggest the King has privately intervened to support

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<v Speaker 1>his brother. He just doesn't have that many friends anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>He barely goes out. He's not that welcome anywhere, so

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<v Speaker 1>it's got to be foundly and the obvious person is

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<v Speaker 1>the King, one insider told Mail Online. Another source confirmed

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<v Speaker 1>Charles has paid for it all. The King has cleared it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's all done. These financial pressures come amid renewed scrutiny

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<v Speaker 1>over Andrew's connection to alleged Chinese by Yang Tangbo, leading

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<v Speaker 1>to his absence from recent royal gatherings. This follows earlier controversies,

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<v Speaker 1>including his withdrawal from public duties in twenty nineteen and

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<v Speaker 1>the removal of his military titles in twenty twenty two.

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<v Speaker 1>Despite these challenges, Sarah Ferguson remains steadfastly supportive. In a

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<v Speaker 1>recent Times interview, she expressed unwavering loyalty. I was totally

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<v Speaker 1>and utterly in love with Andrew. I would do it

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<v Speaker 1>all over again one hundred percent is the best. A

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<v Speaker 1>great man with a great heart and kind Our wedding

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<v Speaker 1>was the best day of my life. Ferguson elaborated on

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<v Speaker 1>their enduring bond. It's still with us today. I won't

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<v Speaker 1>let him down. He supports me as much as I

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<v Speaker 1>support him. He supported me through thick and thin, not

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<v Speaker 1>just marriage or divorce. We agree on the three seas, communication, compromise, compassion.

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<v Speaker 1>Their unique post divorce arrangement at Royal Lodge has drawn

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<v Speaker 1>praise from Ferguson's sister Jane, who noted Sarah and Andrew

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<v Speaker 1>are the best divorced couple. I know they've done it

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<v Speaker 1>for their children. It's incredible. Prince William was apparently left

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<v Speaker 1>speechless by six brutal words in a terrible fight with

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<v Speaker 1>his secret sister early tensions between the royal step siblings

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<v Speaker 1>have evolved into a more harmonious relationship. According to royal

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<v Speaker 1>author Katie nichols twenty ten book Harry and William, the

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<v Speaker 1>relationship between Prince William and Laura Lopes, Queen Camilla's daughter,

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<v Speaker 1>was particularly fraught in their youth, with heated confrontations over

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<v Speaker 1>their parents' relationships. William and Laura used to have terrible

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<v Speaker 1>fights over who was to blame for their broken homes,

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<v Speaker 1>Nichol wrote. During these conflicts, William would criticize Camilla's role

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<v Speaker 1>in his mother's pain, prompting Laura's sharp response, your father

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<v Speaker 1>has ruined my life. The passage of time has significantly

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<v Speaker 1>improved these relationships. Laura's daughter Eliza, served as a bridesmaid

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<v Speaker 1>at William and Kate's twenty eleven wedding, and her sons

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<v Speaker 1>recently acted as pages of honour at Charles and Camilla's coronation.

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<v Speaker 1>The two thousand and five wedding of Charles and Camilla

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<v Speaker 1>marked a visible turning point, with all four step siblings

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<v Speaker 1>Tom Parker Bowles, Laura Lopes, William and Harry showing unified

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<v Speaker 1>support for their parents. Tom Parker Bowles recently expressed empathy

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<v Speaker 1>for his stepbrother's experiences in the Telegraph. I remember being

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<v Speaker 1>chased at one hundred miles an hour by paps trying

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<v Speaker 1>to get a shot, my mother being screened at to

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<v Speaker 1>try to get a reaction, pushing Joscelyn. It was horrific,

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<v Speaker 1>it was barbaric. He added, I've had a billionth of

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<v Speaker 1>what they've had to go through, but Hell, I sympathize.

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<v Speaker 1>Current family gatherings reflect this evolution, with William noting this

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<v Speaker 1>year's Christmas at Sandrham included forty five guests. The relationship

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<v Speaker 1>between Laura and Catherine has potentially aided this integration, as

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<v Speaker 1>both share an academic background in art history, with Laura

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<v Speaker 1>later establishing an art gallery. When it was announced that

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<v Speaker 1>King Charles had been diagnosed with cancer, Prince Harry rushed

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<v Speaker 1>back to the UK from California to see his father,

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<v Speaker 1>despite ongoing tensions. Since then, Harry has returned to the

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<v Speaker 1>UK on a couple of occasions, but neither time saw

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<v Speaker 1>a reunion with his father or his brother William, with

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<v Speaker 1>whom relations have broken down. While many royal experts speculated

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<v Speaker 1>the Charles and his daughter in law, Princess Kate's cancer

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<v Speaker 1>woes have served to reunite the fractured family, and new

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<v Speaker 1>reporters claimed that there is one major sticking point in

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<v Speaker 1>Harry's relationship with his father that is preventing this despite

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<v Speaker 1>the allegations levied by Harry at his father and other

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<v Speaker 1>members of the royal family. It is reportedly the legal

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<v Speaker 1>action he has launched against the Home Office over the

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<v Speaker 1>removal of his official security that has become a blockage

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<v Speaker 1>for the King. Harry launched legal action after his official,

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<v Speaker 1>taxpayer funded police security was removed in twenty twenty when

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<v Speaker 1>he and Megan stepped back as full time working Royals.

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<v Speaker 1>At the time, he and Megan, along with a young son,

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<v Speaker 1>archywer in Canada and international boarders were closing with increasing

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<v Speaker 1>speed because of the Curvid nineteen pandemic. With the location

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<v Speaker 1>of where the Sussex family was staying published in the press,

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<v Speaker 1>they felt like setting ducks, Harry wrote. In his best

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<v Speaker 1>selling memoir Spare, Harry described the terrifying moment as the

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<v Speaker 1>ultimate nightmare, the worst of all worst case scenarios. Any

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<v Speaker 1>bad actor in the world would now be able to

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<v Speaker 1>find us. He also noted that the head of his

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<v Speaker 1>police security team told him that the rat level against

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<v Speaker 1>the Sussex family was still higher than for that of

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<v Speaker 1>nearly the rest of every other royal equal to that

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<v Speaker 1>assigned to the Queen, and claimed that his head of

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<v Speaker 1>security pleaded with superiors to not abandon Meghan, Harry and Archie.

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<v Speaker 1>In the same passage, Harry noted that he couldn't get

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<v Speaker 1>a hold of Charles, who he claimed wouldn't take my

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<v Speaker 1>calls about the matter, but when he spoke to William,

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<v Speaker 1>his big brother apparently said it was a government decision,

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<v Speaker 1>nothing to be done. Harry's initial action against the Home

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<v Speaker 1>Office was unsuccessful, but he was granted the right to appeal.

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<v Speaker 1>According to royal expert Kate Mansey, the fact that the

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<v Speaker 1>matter is still ongoing has made Charles reluctant to fully

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<v Speaker 1>reconcile with his son. Harry's decision to sue the King's

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<v Speaker 1>government in the King's courts is the sticking point I

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<v Speaker 1>am told, wrote Mansey for The Times. Harry is challenging

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<v Speaker 1>a decision by Rayveck, the Royal and VP Executive Committee,

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<v Speaker 1>which decides what security has provided for the Royal family

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<v Speaker 1>and other VIPs. The Royal household is represented on the

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<v Speaker 1>Committee and would have had a seat at the table

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<v Speaker 1>when the decision was made to remove Harry's automatic right

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<v Speaker 1>to police protection in Britain. It places the King in

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<v Speaker 1>a tricky position because Harry has been granted leave to

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<v Speaker 1>appeal until the case is concluded. There is little Charles

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<v Speaker 1>Phils he can say to his son. As for Megan,

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<v Speaker 1>the Duchess of Sussex, there is no communication with the

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<v Speaker 1>King and Queen. The ongoing legal dispute over Prince Harry's

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<v Speaker 1>security arrangements has emerged as a significant obstacle and reconciliation

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<v Speaker 1>efforts with the King despite recent family health challenges. Well

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<v Speaker 1>expert Kate Mansey reports for The Times that Harry's lawsuit

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<v Speaker 1>against the Home Office remains a critical point of contention.

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<v Speaker 1>Pellaicentric were wrap back. James Middleton has shared intimate details

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<v Speaker 1>of his family's unpretentious holidays and casual family dynamics. In

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<v Speaker 1>a recent Sunday Times interview, the Princess of Wabs's brother

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<v Speaker 1>revealed how their childhood vacations centered around simple alpine adventures.

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<v Speaker 1>Holidays tended to be packing up the car and driving somewhere.

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<v Speaker 1>James explained, my parents, Sis and I would visit different

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<v Speaker 1>places in the Swiss Alps each summer, such as Masses,

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<v Speaker 1>or we'd go to a Voias in France. He described

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<v Speaker 1>rustic mountain accommodations where the family of five would share

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<v Speaker 1>one long bunk. After enjoying basic evening meals, Dad would

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<v Speaker 1>find a mountain refuge where we'd have a rather sloppy

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<v Speaker 1>soup like meal for tea, but we were so hungry

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<v Speaker 1>from a day of hiking that had tasted amazing. These

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<v Speaker 1>memories resonated strongly when James recently visited Valmoral with his

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<v Speaker 1>wife Elise Favnette and their son Inigo. There were the

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<v Speaker 1>same smells, the same marmot colls. It was a pinch

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<v Speaker 1>me moment that brought me back to childhood summers when

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<v Speaker 1>I'd hike up the mountains with a rucksack that was

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<v Speaker 1>bigger than me, he recalled in his twenty twenty four

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<v Speaker 1>memoir Meet Ella. James also revealed the remarkably casual circumstances

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<v Speaker 1>of Alisa's first encounter with Prince George and Princess Charlotte

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<v Speaker 1>in twenty eighteen. After an impromptu overnight's stay at the

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<v Speaker 1>Middleton family home, the couple were awakened by the Royal

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<v Speaker 1>children's giggles. I hadn't realized all three children were staying

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<v Speaker 1>for the weekend with my sister and William James Road.

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<v Speaker 1>The scene that followed highlighted the family's comfortable dynamic. With

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<v Speaker 1>Alisee wearing only James shirt meeting the Prince and Princess

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<v Speaker 1>of Wales during the morning tea, she doesn't panic or

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<v Speaker 1>rush upstairs to get dressed. Instead, she discreets everybody warmly,

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<v Speaker 1>as if it's not remotely unusual to be meeting a

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<v Speaker 1>boyfriend's sister and brother in law for the first time,

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<v Speaker 1>wearing only an oversized man's shirt. The young Royals added

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<v Speaker 1>their own charm to the encounter, peppering the couple with

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<v Speaker 1>questions how can we work there when they went to bed?

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<v Speaker 1>And who is this lady? Is she your girlfriend? Cue

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<v Speaker 1>giggles from both of them. The impromptu meeting quickly evolved

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<v Speaker 1>into natural family interaction, with James noting they were soon

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<v Speaker 1>all talking and laughing as she had been part of

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<v Speaker 1>the family for years. And there you have it. Like

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