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Post by Admin on Jun 27, 2021 22:51:12 GMT
The royal feud will be on display later this week as Prince William and Prince Harry reunite to honor their late mother, Princess Diana, with the unveiling of the commissioned statue. But a new report seems to put the blame for the lack of reconciliation squarely on William’s shoulders — he apparently has a major problem with sister-in-law Meghan Markle. Royal author Robert Lacey wrote a scathing column in the Daily Mail that points out the “searing animosity” boiling between the brothers without any peace on the horizon. Sources told Lacey that the “rage and anger” cuts “incredibly deep” because of the “harsh and wounding” words that have been exchanged. The source of irritation between them is a “love versus duty” battle with even a few Sussex insiders saying it’s Meghan’s love for “never-ending PR” that William finds “so American.” But a lot of that press has been positive for the Sussexes, especially in the U.S., and that created sparks of jealousy on the Cambridges’ side. That resulted in “sharp-elbowed tactics” by William and Kate Middleton to reportedly “keep Harry and Meghan in their place,” according to a source. Oof. That validates a lot of what Harry and Meghan were saying during their interview with Oprah Winfrey — and it targets a woman of color, which isn’t a good look for anyone in the palace. The Battle of Brothers author explains that it’s Prince William’s temper that often gets him into these sticky situations anytime Harry and Meghan have aired the royal family’s dirty laundry to the public. But one senior source believes that “there is sharing and then there is over sharing,” which is a fair assessment about the Sussexes, but William’s reaction helped fuel the situation. What makes the feud so odd to watch from an outsider’s perspective is that both sides enjoy the media attention, and sometimes, they even steal a play from each other’s PR playbook.
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Post by Admin on Jul 8, 2021 2:55:47 GMT
Historically, the Royal Family's response to rumors and tabloid stories has been summed up by five words: "Keep calm and carry on." But now, things are changing. In recent weeks, the Palace has made clear that they are no longer going to remain silent if Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan, or friends and supporters in their camp, put out what they deem to be "false or misleading statements" detrimental to the royals, as Best Life reported last month. Though it may have taken some time for the royals to come to that conclusion, a new showdown over a comment in a documentary has proven their approach has evolved.
Earlier this year, "The Firm" was thrown into chaos after the Sussexes' bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey. It took Queen Elizabeth two days to issue a formal statement about the couple's allegations of racism and mental cruelty within "The Institution," and Her Majesty noted "recollections may vary" in response to the claims. The only public comments from the royals about the couple's assertions of racism came when Prince William visited a London school with Duchess Catherine after the interview and a Sky News reporter called out to him he left the facility: "Sir, is the Royal Family racist?" William continued walking to a waiting car as he said: "We are very much not a racist family."
Since then, the royals have refrained from commenting on Harry's explosive statements in various interviews about his father's—and indirectly, his grandparents'—failings as parents and the family's inability to recognize or help him with his mental health issues. They said nothing when The Me You Can't See, Harry's docuseries on mental health for Apple TV+ (co-produced by Winfrey), further laid bare his struggles since the death of his mother, Princess Diana. "At that point, the family felt it best to stay the course and do what they always did which was to keep calm and carry on," a source told Best Life. "But things keep escalating. The Palace was starting to realize something had to be done about the nonstop barrage of these destructive and questionable comments."
The first sign that there were changes afoot came when Harry and Meghan announced the birth of their daughter, Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor, in June and the media in the U.K. began asking when and if the couple alerted the Queen that they would be using Lilibet as the baby's first name. It was her childhood nickname given to her when she couldn't pronounce Elizabeth, and it was later used solely by Prince Philip. When the BBC reported that the Queen had not been told in advance, Harry threatened the outlet with legal action. ITV also asked Palace aides about the BBC's reporting, and they did not deny the story.
The latest developments prove the Palace is willing to jump into the fray in a more aggressive way, signaling they will no longer allow Harry and Meghan to control the narrative about the widening rift between the Sussexes and the Royal Family. Read on to find out what "warning shot," as one insider called it, the Palace just issued to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and why it could be a "game changer."
The Sussexes' biographer made a claim in a new documentary about William that set off alarms at the Palace.
A new ITV documentary titled Harry and William: What Went Wrong premiered on Sunday, July 4, and according to the Daily Mail, one Sussex supporter's comments in the special forced the Palace to "step in."
In the documentary, Omid Scobie, a friend of the Sussexes and co-author of highly favorable biography Finding Freedom, intimated that Kensington Palace aides planted stories in newspapers about Harry's mental health, and suggested they may have been instructed to do so by William. Scobie alleged these reports came after Tom Bradby's 2019 ITV interview with Harry and Meghan aired where Harry all but confirmed rumors of a rift with his brother. "We're on different paths at the moment," Harry said at the time.
"[Scobie's] comments crossed the line and could not be ignored," said a royal source. "At the time, William was deeply concerned about Harry's state of mind and would have never had his staff leak stories about his brother's mental health. Besides being protective of the family, William has been championing the need for mental health awareness for years. The Palace had to step in."
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Post by Admin on Jul 31, 2021 2:14:53 GMT
Prince Harry reportedly put the breaks on Meghan Markle’s public rant against the Queen during the couple’s interview with Oprah.
The claim has been brought forward by Dr. Edward Owens, a former lecturer at the University of Lincoln.
During his interview with Express, he was quoted saying, “In the Oprah interview you could see he was putting on the brakes as to what Meghan was saying.”
“He was trying to be trying to be a bit more discreet and you could see he was far less comfortable with the whole experience.”
“I think Harry still has a deep loyalty to the monarchy as an institution - I don’t think he wants to see the monarchy overhauled.”
Mr. Owens also went on to add, “I still think he very much supports the idea that his brother and his father will succeed to the throne.”
“I don’t think we’re going to get anything where he attacks his brother or his father very directly to the extent that it means the future kings suddenly lose a great deal of their popularity.”
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Post by Admin on Aug 14, 2021 19:27:38 GMT
A royal expert recently called out Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Netflix project in a scathing takedown.
This claim has been made by royal biographer and author Daniela Elser.
In her new piece for news.au.com, she wrote a scathing takedown of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s Netflix deal and admitted in June, “While on one hand TV and feature-length projects take years to get to the screen, on the other, what has Netflix really gotten so far for their estimated $133million investment in the Duke and Duchess?”
“Sure, their signing was a huge publicity coup but so far all the streaming giant has gotten for their nine-figure financial commitment is essentially the world’s most expensive press release.”
“Harry and Meghan have a lot to prove, and fast, because they are fighting against the clock here."
As a result, more time might mean more investment, “When the Sussex’s do start unveiling their slate of TV and podcasting projects they will get one shot; that is, one chance to impress audiences and make their mark either in terms of steaming figures or critical plaudits.”
“When the novelty and the lustre of working with members of the Royal Family wears off if they don’t have streaming counts or a clutch of awards to show for themselves, then will their contracts be renewed?”
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Post by Admin on Sept 25, 2021 3:15:30 GMT
Apparently even Prince Harry sometimes has enough of listening to Meghan Markle. A spy who sat opposite the pair during a double date Wednesday night in New York City exclusively told Page Six that Markle barely stopped speaking to take a breath, while Harry’s attention seemed to drift away from his wife’s musings — to the point where he eventually ended up fiddling with his phone. The spy told us that they noticed Markle did “most of the talking” at the table at the legendary Bemelmans Bar inside the swanky Carlyle hotel. While the source tried to turn their attention back to their own drinks and conversation, they occasionally looked across and were surprised to find “she’s still talking.” In fact, the spy recalled asking their date, “Why is she talking so much?” Harry, on the other hand, had “very few responses,” per the source’s recollection.
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