Palace Confidential

It's been a busy week for the Sussexes, as they announce that baby number 2 is on the way, AND they've recorded  an all-access interview with Hollywood royalty, Oprah! Join the experts on Palace Confidential as they speculate what the future has in store for our transatlantic couple. Plus, biographer Ian Lloyd talks us through Prince Philip's life in pictures.

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Controversy over the Queen's Consent has filled front pages this week - but is the tradition fair or a case of the Firm taking the law into their own hands? We have more legal news with the latest on Meghan's court case. PLUS a royal baby update AND our experts cast their eye over Princess Anne's living room.

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After a small discrepancy on baby Archie's birth certificate turned into another right royal transatlantic row this week, royal biographer Hugo Vickers questions why Harry and Meghan are again challenging Buckingham Palace. It leaves Harry fighting battles on multiple fronts - says Royal Editor Rebecca English - as he's now arguing to keep his military titles. And the Palace and the BBC are at it again, this time over the banning of a famous old royal documentary, Editor at Large Richard Kay looks into the furore.

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A controversial new biography of Her Majesty blasts "autocrat" Charles and says that the Firm are heading towards a cliff edge, but our Royal Editor Rebecca English doesn't think that is a fair assessment. AND the Mail on Sunday's Emily Andrews has revealed that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have a new puppy, but why are they being so secretive about it?

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As Meghan's legal case comes back to the High Court, it emerged this week that Prince Harry is "heartbroken" over Megxit. What with William revealing his own painful emotions and Prince Charles' facing a tenants revolt it's been a challenging week for the Firm. BUT it's not all bad news - as our expert panel discuss the Queen's secret Wessex weapon.

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A year on from the announcement that they'd be leaving the Firm, Harry & Meghan are still struggling to navigate the royal social minefield - the latest, will they fly over for the Queen's 95th birthday party? Plus rumours persist that the pair have quit social media, we look at the royal family's tricky relationship with modern media. But ultimately could ANYTHING be more awkward than Fergie's new steamy novel for Mills & Boon?

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The Palace are tight-lipped as to whether the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have been vaccinated against Covid-19, so why does one royal expert think Prince Philip won't bother? And on the first anniversary of Harry and Meghan's bombshell announcement that they were quitting the Firm, our experts discuss what's next for the not-quite-so-royal pair.

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Plus, as Meghan and Harry launch the most right-on podcast ever, listen to the cringe-inducing clip - and hear what our experts have to say. And ahead of Christmas week, we take a look back at the history of the UK... as narrated through the Queen's Speech.

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Our expert royal team look at a week where William and Kate travelled high-speed into a political row north of the border, another royal baby was announced AND Camilla deployed a crafty sausage to get a dog to perform its first royal engagement.

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Roles were reversed this week as former party animal Harry made a speech on the environment, while his dad and stepmum promoted the country's nightlife industry. Meanwhile the Queen has cancelled her annual present-giving ceremony and the government is now involved in the growing row over hit Netflix series The Crown.

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