Palace Confidential

The Prince of Wales found himself dragged back into the royal racism row after a new book made claims – denied by Charles – that he was the so-called ‘royal racist’, writes Richard Eden.

The Prince of Wales was also in the spotlight as he travelled to Barbados this week as the nation declared itself a republic. At one evening event, jetlag appeared to get the better of him, and he appeared to briefly nod off.

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A BBC documentary that set out to examine the relationship between a Royal Family in crisis and the media has ended up exposing the Corporation’s rapidly deteriorating relations with the Firm. That’s the view of royal experts interviewed on this week’s Palace Confidential, who tackle the controversial documentary, The Princes And The Press.

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News that Meghan Markle has given another high-profile interview on US television will cause ‘a real sense of trepidation’ among royals, says Daily Mail Diary Editor Richard Eden, because the last big TV interview ‘set off explosions all around the world and caused a long long headache for the Royal Family’. So far, however, the revelations seem to be more lighthearted than the controversial sit-down with Oprah Winfrey.

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This week, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s battle with the media, both traditional and social, was laid bare in the starkest of terms. The Court of Appeal heard new evidence from a senior royal aide after the Mail on Sunday began an appeal against a High Court ruling earlier this year which found the newspaper had unlawfully breached Meghan’s privacy by publishing extracts from a letter she had sent her estranged father.

Meanwhile, Prince Harry accused British journalists of ‘amplifying’ the voices of abusive social media accounts. Speaking at a conference on misinformation, the Prince also said he warned Twitter boss Jack Dorsey about the storming of the US Capitol the day before it occurred.

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Moves by Prince Andrew’s lawyers this week to have a civil case against him dismissed show that ‘the gloves are off’ says Richard Kay the Daily Mail’s Editor at Large. Andrew denies all claims made against him, but it was revealed that he will still have to give evidence under oath to the court sometime next year.

Meanwhile the Mail on Sunday’s Assistant Editor Kate Mansey explains that the rest of the Firm have a constitutional challenge of their own to overcome. Namely that the Queen is looking for more Counsellors of State to take on her duties should she be unable to execute them and why replacing Prince Andrew and Prince Harry isn’t as straightforward as it seems.

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Are the palace deceiving the public over the Queen’s health? And how can ‘rockstar’ Prince William avoid getting too political over climate change? Join Jess King and her panel of experts, for all of the latest Royal news.

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There was shock when it was announced that the Queen’s planned trip to Northern Ireland had been cancelled on the advice of doctors. But for our panellist Richard Eden, it is a sign that Her Majesty should be allowed to retired gracefully and make way for her grandson William to take the throne.
Meanwhile the Duchess of Sussex’s letter to US political leaders arguing for paid parental leave has had royal watchers speculating that it marks the start of her political ambitions. Meghan has come under fire for ‘meddling’, but the Mail on Sunday’s Charlotte Griffiths, says she’s right to throw her weight behind the cause.
Plus Meghan’s sister-in-law Kate Middleton has been winning plaudits for a series of increasingly confident public appearances to go with a number of very stylish outfits. The Daily Mail’s Royal Editor Rebecca English believes our future Queen is coming of age.

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Is Prince William right to criticise billionaire space invaders like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk? That’s one of the questions for this week’s panel on our royal show Palace Confidential. The Daily Mail’s diary editor Richard Eden believes he shouldn’t be following his father Charles’ eco-zealotry.

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When Prince Harry and Meghan left the UK it was said that they were going it alone, but the late Princess Diana has been a constant presence, playing ‘third wheel’ in their relationship. That’s the view of the princess’ biographer Andrew Morton, in an interview with Palace Confidential.

AND we discuss Prince Charles’ plans to shuffle the Windsors around their royal palaces, a move which will see him ‘living above the shop’ at Buckingham Palace.

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After the Sussexes stopped traffic in New York last week, it was the turn of the Cambridges to grab the headlines, with Kate’s incredibly glamorous look at the Bond premiere setting the fashion agenda.
The panel also discuss the latest revelations in the updated version of The Meghan Paradox by Andrew Morton, which is being serialised in the Mail on Sunday, including the claim that Harry was the driving force behind Megxit and the suggestion that he was ‘bullied’ by his older brother.

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