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