Speaker 1: Caalarouga Shark Media. Hello and welcome through palace intrigue. I
Speaker 1: am your host. Mark Francis, the Duke of Sussex, is
Speaker 1: once again the subject of scrutiny following a well wind
Speaker 1: visit to war torn Ukraine just days after attending a
Speaker 1: security related court hearing in London. Royal correspondent Richard Palmer
Speaker 1: told The Daily Meal the reaction has been uniform. People
Speaker 1: are saying, hang on, he's come over because he needs
Speaker 1: police protection, because he's not safe in the UK. But
Speaker 1: then he's gone to a war zone in Ukraine. The
Speaker 1: visit is also raising eyebrows and political circles, with suggestions
Speaker 1: that the Prince's public display of support for President Zelensky
Speaker 1: could complicate matters upon his return to the United States.
Speaker 1: I'm sure it will not go down with some in
Speaker 1: the Trump camp, Palmer warned. It is a public show
Speaker 1: of support for Zelensky and Ukraine that may make life
Speaker 1: a little less comfortable for him in the US when
Speaker 1: he gets back. Harry has said his worst fears were
Speaker 1: confirmed during his ongoing legal battle with the Home Office
Speaker 1: over his right to taxpayer funded police protection while in
Speaker 1: the United Kingdom. In an interview with the Telegraph, the
Speaker 1: Duke said people would be shocked by what's being held back,
Speaker 1: and described the legal disclosure as really sad. He this
Speaker 1: one's always mattered the most. Acknowledging the case had left
Speaker 1: him exhausted and overwhelmed. It has also been reported that
Speaker 1: Harry privately believes the original security decision was designed to
Speaker 1: discourage his and Meghan's decision to step back from royal
Speaker 1: life and relocate to the United States, an assertion strongly
Speaker 1: denied by Buckingham Palace sources. Harry explained, we were trying
Speaker 1: to create this happy house. Die Davis, former head of
Speaker 1: Royal Protection at Scotland Yard, told The Mail on Sunday
Speaker 1: he is given a liaison officer who has access to
Speaker 1: the most up to date intelligence reports. The idea that
Speaker 1: he needs twenty four seven armed protection is ridiculous, so
Speaker 1: too is the idea that Britain is unsafe for him.
Speaker 1: Sources close to the original twenty twenty decision have also
Speaker 1: pushed back, strongly stating that neither Prince Harry nor his
Speaker 1: legal team raised the argument at the time that the
Speaker 1: changes were designed to trap him in a royal life.
Speaker 1: This is a new argument said one senior Home Office source.
Speaker 1: Another insider with ties to the then Home Secretary Pretty Petel,
Speaker 1: maintained that the decision by the Royal and VP Executive
Speaker 1: Committee RAYVEC was strictly professional. It would be beneath the
Speaker 1: Queen not to allow RAYVEC to do their job professionally
Speaker 1: or make leanings against them. The source said. It is
Speaker 1: understood that RAYVECK would have consulted her Late Majesty on
Speaker 1: the matter before finalizing the security downgrade. One palace insider
Speaker 1: described the situation as intensely personal, noting there are fears
Speaker 1: about what he might do if the decision goes against him.
Speaker 1: This could not come at a worse time. Another source added,
Speaker 1: it is a veiled threat, essentially that he will tell
Speaker 1: all if it doesn't go the way he wants it to.
Speaker 1: Concerns have reportedly mounted within senior royal circles that the
Speaker 1: Duke may be considering further revelations in a new book
Speaker 1: or podcast, having already hinted that sensitive information about he
Speaker 1: and Meghan were treated may have come to light during
Speaker 1: the court proceedings. Meanwhile, the Duchess of Sussex has reignited
Speaker 1: controversy by sharing a message on Instagram in which she
Speaker 1: and Prince Harry were addressed as Your Royal Highness, a
Speaker 1: style they agreed to stop using when they stepped back
Speaker 1: from royal duties in twenty twenty. The Instagram post shared
Speaker 1: over the weekend featured a letter from Ukraine's Vice Prime
Speaker 1: Minister Yulia Srivdenko, which began, Your Royal Highness, I would
Speaker 1: like to express my sincere thanks for everything your family
Speaker 1: is doing for Ukraine. While the Sussexes never formally relinquished
Speaker 1: their His and Her Royal Highness titles, Buckingham Palace made
Speaker 1: clear in twenty twenty that they would no longer use
Speaker 1: them as they are no longer working members of the
Speaker 1: royal family. A source close to King Charles tells The
Speaker 1: Daily Beast, it's outrageous. Every time you think they can't
Speaker 1: make it worse, they make it worse. The deal with
Speaker 1: the HRH was a way to stop them cashing in
Speaker 1: while letting them walk away with pride and dignity and trust.
Speaker 1: And now Markle is using her HRH on a website
Speaker 1: which seems to exist to sell jam. We'll step in
Speaker 1: to point out that Megan is selling fruit spread, not jam.
Speaker 1: A friend of the Prince of Wales called it a
Speaker 1: clever way of testing the water the titles, not the
Speaker 1: fruit spread, adding she can't say, well, I just wanted
Speaker 1: to publish this nice letter to raise awareness for Ukraine
Speaker 1: and oops, they got my name wrong. But oh, actually,
Speaker 1: now that I think of it, I never gave the
Speaker 1: title up anyway, and maybe I will start using it again.
Speaker 1: It's a step in the wrong direction, basically away from
Speaker 1: the agreement. You'd have to be an idiot to believe
Speaker 1: that she didn't know exactly what she was doing when
Speaker 1: she posted that message unedited to her stories. The Palace's
Speaker 1: official statement from twenty twenty remains unequivocal. The Sussexes will
Speaker 1: not use their rh titles. They are no longer working
Speaker 1: members of the Royal Family. Dolls and drink of a
Speaker 1: rare back. We got a nice review from c D
Speaker 1: four a DJR. My favorite cup of tea every morning
Speaker 1: is this show. I love following along with the Royal
Speaker 1: Family and all the news. I'm always curious what's going
Speaker 1: on with Megan Mankle and hope that one day she'll
Speaker 1: wake up and realize why so many people dislike her.
Speaker 1: It's not about racism. The red flags were there from
Speaker 1: the beginning. She had such a grand wedding, but only
Speaker 1: one member of her family showed up. The fact she's
Speaker 1: disowned her whole family and sadly now Harry with his
Speaker 1: family too, is alarming in who she truly is. She
Speaker 1: has disrespected the members of the royal family, including the Queen,
Speaker 1: her coworkers, friends, staff, and everyone she seems to cross
Speaker 1: paths with. I'm sad for Harry and hope that he'll
Speaker 1: find that spark of joy and enthusiasm again someday. I
Speaker 1: just don't think that that will happen while he's with Megan.
Speaker 1: She is fake and we can all see through it.
Speaker 1: Five stars. Well, thank you for that, and if you
Speaker 1: like to leave a five star review please do We
Speaker 1: love them. It is Tuesday, so we'll have a new
Speaker 1: episode of Megan's podcast. According to Newsweek, while it reached
Speaker 1: high on the Apple Podcast charts, it did not enter
Speaker 1: the top one hundred list on the Spotify charts. Megan's
Speaker 1: previous podcast, Archetypes, was a Spotify production for which he
Speaker 1: was reportedly paid twenty million dollars. An industry insider tells
Speaker 1: Palace intrigue, Apple promotes everything Lemonada does. As soon as
Speaker 1: they gave it the top promotional box. The show took off.
Speaker 1: Check back in three weeks when their promotion carousel cycles.
Speaker 1: Megan out, we'll recap episode two for you in a
Speaker 1: bonus episode later today. We listen so you don't have to,
Speaker 1: and you're welcome. Meanwhile, in The Independent, Katie Rasinski writes,
Speaker 1: is your bucket feeling depleted? Perhaps you're thinking about how
Speaker 1: exactly you might reorg yourself. Sounds like it would be
Speaker 1: rather painful and probably require the advice of a qualified physiotherapist.
Speaker 1: Or perhaps you're simply taking stock of your actual stock. Maybe,
Speaker 1: like me, you're wondering exactly what any of this mushy
Speaker 1: jumble of vaguely inspirational word puree actually means. Welcome to
Speaker 1: Confessions of a Female Founder, the new podcast from Megan
Speaker 1: Duchess of Sussex that manages to reach new frontiers in
Speaker 1: bewildering self help speak. All of the head scratching concepts
Speaker 1: and phrases I've just mentioned can be found in the
Speaker 1: opening episode, in which Megan, fresh from sprinkling edible flowers
Speaker 1: over stuff on her Netflix show, speaks with her friend
Speaker 1: Whitney Wolf heard the founder and former CEO of dating
Speaker 1: app Bumble, as you might have been able to glean
Speaker 1: from the name. Confessions of a Female Founder is yet
Speaker 1: another show where two girl bosses trade truisms and tell
Speaker 1: each other how inspiring they are in a verbal ping
Speaker 1: pong match of hashtag empowerment. It's a mutual lovin that
Speaker 1: isn't all that different from Meghan's previous, ill fated foray
Speaker 1: into podcasting archetypes, which also saw her engage in slightly
Speaker 1: stilted conversation with famous women about their journeys to success.
Speaker 1: That particular venture entered after twelve episodes in twenty twenty two,
Speaker 1: whe the Sussexes mutually agreed to part ways from Spotify
Speaker 1: the following year and Self Help Land. The word chaos
Speaker 1: has to be prefixed by beautiful. Anything bad happening is
Speaker 1: an opportunity for gratitude. If something is well good, it
Speaker 1: becomes super high value. And if you're busy, you are
Speaker 1: so in it. You should also be trying to cut
Speaker 1: out anything that doesn't serve you, and a celebrity side
Speaker 1: hustle like Meghan's jam venture, is an extension of their
Speaker 1: essence rather than a new revenue stream. Meghan is said
Speaker 1: to be courting her new Montecito neighbor, Jennifer Aniston, to
Speaker 1: guest on Meghan's podcasts. The Hollywood Business source claims the
Speaker 1: Duchess is hoping Jen will be there for her as
Speaker 1: soon as possible as a guest, noting that Megan knows
Speaker 1: she needs a major A list name to bounce back
Speaker 1: fast after such a mixed start. The debut episode, which
Speaker 1: featured Bumble founder when he Wilve Heard, was not well
Speaker 1: received by critics, described variously as stomach turning and an
Speaker 1: inane stream of mindless aphorisms. Despite the British tabloids describing
Speaker 1: Meghan's podcast as struggling, we did find it a number
Speaker 1: three on the Apple charts when we last checked on Monday.
Speaker 1: A reminder will save you the trouble of listening to
Speaker 1: Megan's podcast by dropping a bonus episode of Palasinrigue later today,
Speaker 1: in which we'll share the highlights of episode two and
Speaker 1: they have it. If you'd like to email us addresses
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