MEGHAN'S PARIS NIGHTMARE: Diana Tunnel Video, Runway Laughs & $3K Hotel As Harry's Stalker Exposed! - The week iin royal news.

Meghan Markle's triumphant return to European high society became a "catwalk of catastrophes" this week! The Duchess sparked fury by filming herself lounging in a limo driving past the tunnel where Princess Diana died, then was caught on camera appearing to laugh when a model stumbled at the Balenciaga show. Royal commentators called it "insensitive beyond belief" and "next-level psychotic behavior." She also awkwardly snubbed Dame Kristin Scott Thomas and nearly head-butted designer Pierpaolo Piccioli before retiring to a $3,100-per-night hotel suite.

Meanwhile, terrifying security revelations show a stalker got within feet of Prince Harry TWICE during his UK visit, with only two staffers to intervene when she reappeared outside his events. Harry and Meghan then collected Humanitarian of the Year awards in New York—prompting critics to note the irony of honoring people "estranged from their families who launched deeply destructive attacks for personal and financial gain."

Plus: The royals delivered savage visual revenge with coordinated "grey suits" mocking Harry's complaints, reports claim William and Charles have "collapsed into silence" with trust "shattered," Kate published essay warning of "disconnection epidemic," and Deep Crown reveals the palace is already "acclimatizing the public" to William's reign as Charles serves as mere "transitional figure"!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:08):
Hello, and welcome to Pallace Weekly. I am your host,
Mark Francis. This is a shorter roundup of all the
events that happened during the week, and if you want
the expanded version, please check out Pallace Intrigue, which you
will find in this same feed. If Megan Michael was
hoping her triumphant return to European high society would reset

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her public image, this week delivered a masterclass in how
spectacularly things can go wrong. From filming herself driving past
the tunnel where Princess Diana died, to laughing at a
model's runway stumble, the Duchess's Paris Fashion Week appearance became
what critics dubbed the Catwalk of catastrophes. Meanwhile, Harry's security

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concerns took center stage with revelations about a stalker getting
dangerously close, and the royal family delivered what might have
been the most savage visual clapback in recent memory, a
co ordinated display of gray suits. Monday opened with delicious
pettiness disguised as fashion coincidence. The Princess of Wales in Lincolnshire,

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King Charles in Scotland, and Princess Anne in Kiev all
appeared in co ordinated gray tailoring, a choice that sent
Royal watchers into overdrive. Oh well played gray suits galore
today when Observer posted capturing what many saw as a
deliberate visual response to Harry's recent complaints about interference from

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the men in gray suits. The timing was impeccable. Harry's
source had just told the Mail on Sunday, the relationship
between the Duke and his Majesty the King is a
matter for the two of them, and the two of
them only the men in gray suits should stay out
of it. Whether the monochrome moment was sartorial coincidence or
deliberate trolling, it landed perfectly. The message understated, the headlines

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writing themselves one line making the rounds perhaps captured Pallace
sentiment best Harry had mistaken a brief tea in a
slice of cake for the Treaty of Versailles. Behind the
fashion statement lay a more serious revelation. Harry is reportedly
attempting reconciliation alone while Meghan keeps her distance. Radar online

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sources claimed Harry has been holding discussions without his wife,
describing the situation as an impossible balance. He can't satisfy
Megan while also persuading his family. She truly wants reconciliation.
To him, it feels like a lose lose situation. Pallace
Inside has confirmed Harry has agreed to coordinate his schedule

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with AIDS, a deconfliction effort after his Angola trip coincided
with Queen Camilla's official birthday portrait. Sources suggest that Harry
has privately expressed regret for comments in Spare, but Meghan
remains convinced they were mistreated and isn't willing to compromise.
A senior AID was blunt. If she stays out of it,

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it gives the impression she's quietly directing things behind the scenes.
The King wants assurance that both of them are committed,
not only Harry. The dynamic highlighted the fundamental problem with
any Sussex reconciliation. How can Harry make peace with his
family when his wife, the person most damaged by the
relationship a breakdown, refuses to participate, And how can the

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palace trust reconciliation when half the couple won't even engage.
But if Harry's reconciliation efforts were complicated, Meghan's Paris trip
was simply disastrous. Tuesday brought the first bombshell, a video
Meghan posted to Instagram showing herself relaxing in a limousine,
feet propped up as the car drove past bridges near

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the Pontilama Tunnel, where Princess Diana's fatal crash occurred in
nineteen ninety seven. The backlash was immediate and brutal. If
driving towards Princess Diana's death scene as a message to
Prince William, then Meghan male is the devil, one user wrote.
Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams called it insensitive beyond belief, telling
the Daily Mail, Diana's death is a tragedy that has

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scarred so much of Harry's life and I can't imagine
he would find this very appropriate. Megan's defenders argued to
he was simply driving through Paris. How else was she
supposed to get around the city, But critics pointed out
the deeper issue. Why film that particular journey and share
it with nine million Instagram followers? Why not recognize the
emotional weight of that location for your husband. Royal Inside

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a Deep Crown was characteristically scathing. One simply doesn't motor
pass the Pont de Lama and post it to Instagram
as though one were promoting a particularly deadlight for croissant.
If you're married to a man whose mother died in
that tunnel, you might consider that a video careening through
those streets could stir rather painful memories. This isn't about
winning or losing some imaginary public relations battle. It's about

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basic awareness on the tunnel video was just the opening
act in what became a multi day PR disaster. Meghan's
entrance at the Balenciaga show, striding through in head to
toe with a billowing cape, through comparisons to Zulander and
accusations of trying too hard. Then came the clip that

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truly set social media ablaze, Meghan appearing to giggle after
a model stumbled on the runway. Mail On Sunday editor
at large Charlotte Griffiths told GiB News at one point
a model tripped, she burst out laughing, and then she
obviously realized that was quite a cruel thing to do,
so she sort of covered it up. A representative quickly
denied she was laughing at the fall, but the damage

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was done. Behind the scenes. Another awkward moment unfolded as
Meghan tried to greet Dan Kristen Scott Thomas, a dame
of the British Empire who recently dined with Charles and Camilla.
The actress appeared to turn away mid conversation, leaving Meghan
momentarily hanging. And then there was the near headbut with
designer Piir Pallo Picchio, as both leaned in for a

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kiss and collided instead. The weekend capped off with a
lavish dinner at Sugar, where sardines and prawns cost seventy
five dollars each and wine bottles ranged up to one
thou ninety dollars, before returning to the Hotel Plaza Athena,
where she stayed in the Superior Room, costing approximately thirty
one hundred dollars per night. The optics of such extravagance,

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combined with the Diana Tunnel video and runway laughs, painted
a picture of someone dangerously out of touch. Beneath the
pr disasters lay more strategic questions Rob Shooter's hashtag Shooter
Scoop reported Meghan's appearance came with a seven figure price tag.
It wasn't an invite. It was a transaction. Balenciaga wanted

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global attention and Meghan delivered. The source added that her
team treated the event like a movie premiere, complete with
a private jet, five star suite and glam squad, all
part of the agreement. Tom Sykes in The Royalist noted
something more concerning for the Palace. Both now appear willing
to cross the Atlantic quietly, without the drama that once
surrounded their every move. If they really planned to spend

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more time here, it changes everything. It put them back
in the frame, and that's not what anyone expected. Megan's
Paris appearance, Sykes argued, carried all these signatures of the
Sussex operations, celebrity and glamour, softened by a narrative of
friendship and creativity. Every image was part of the same
message that she is relevant again on a continent where

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her in laws still dominate the stage. Wednesday brought genuinely
concerning news. A stalker obsessed with Harry had managed to
get within feet of him on two separate occasions during
his September UK visit. The woman, already known to his
security team as a fixated individual, entered a secure area
at the Well Child Awards, and was intercepted again two

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days later at the Center for Blast Injury Studies, where
no police were present. Former counter Terrorism Police chief Neil
Bazu called the lack of forma risk assessment a mistake,
noting Harry remains a high profile target. The woman had
reportedly been found in the Ladies toilets making odd comments
about Harry, and was later seen standing beside his car.
Two days later, she reappeared with only two staffers from

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his office to intervene. The incident validated Harry's long standing
concerns about UK security, though some suspected the timing of
detailed revelations served to change the new cycle from Meghan's
Paris disasters were pallace in just a moment. Thursday and

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Friday brought Harry and Meghan to New York for Project
Healthy Minds World Mental Health Day gala, where they received
the Humanitarians of the Year Award. The recognition celebrated their
work promoting mental well being through the Archwell Foundation, with
Harry speaking movingly about breaking stigma around men's mental health.

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But the irony wasn't lost on critics. Expert Richard Fitzwilliams
told Fox News, despite the work they have undoubtedly done
to highlight mental health issues, surely they are the wrong
winners for this sort of award. Both Megan and Harry
are estranged from their families and have launched deeply destructive
attacks on the Royal family for their personal and financial gain.

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Surely winners of such an award should be positive in approach.
He noted. The foundation listed Harry's memoir Spare among his achievements.
What their foundation has done in the field of mental health. However,
their treatment of their respective families makes them unsuitable recipients
of a humanitarian award. Tom Sykes captured the uncomfortable reality.

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It is unmistakably the kind of night celebrity impact meets
high wattage glamour. But he also noted they appeared to
be competing with Kate of the mental health advocacy The Princess,
having just published an essay warning about a disconnection epidemic
and urging families to put down their phones. Kate's essay,

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title The Power of Human Connection in a Distracted World
and co written with Harvard professor Robert Waldinger, seemed almost
designed to contrast with the Sussex approach, where Harry and
Meghan accepted celebrity awards at Glitzy Gala's, Kate wrote about
the dangers of technology and the importance of genuine human connection.
We sit together in the same room while our minds

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are scattered across dozens of apps, notifications, and feeds, she wrote,
We're physically present but mentally absent, unable to fully engage
with the people right in front of us. When we
check our phones during conversations, scroll through media during family dinners,
or respond to emails while playing with our children, we're
not just being distract we are withdrawing the basic form
of love that human connection requires. The piece reinforced William's

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recent revelation that they're very strict about not allowing their
children phones, a stance that feels increasingly counter cultural in
an age where digital presence often matters more than physical presence.
Perhaps the week's most significo development was the reported collapse
in relations between William and Charles. Shutterscoop claimed the bond

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between father and son has collapsed into silence, with sources
saying the two men are no longer calling, texting, or
even meeting face to face. The rift allegedly deepened following
William's comments in his Eugene Levy interview about practices in
the past that Harry and I had to grow up
in and his vision for bringing change to the monarchy.

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Those words, sources told Shadow Scoop, did not sit well
with Charles. The King sees it as betrayal, not honesty.
It's not just family tension, it's about the crown itself.
An insider claimed, trust is shattered. The silence between them
speaks louder than any statement could. If true, this represents
a crisis far deeper than the Harry situation. William openly

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criticizing his upbringing while his father battles cancer and while
trying to maintain a functioning monarchy, crosses lines that even
the most modern royal family struggles to navigate. Charles spent
decades waiting for the crown while being criticized by his
own mother's courtiers. Now his heir is publicly suggesting his
parenting was inadequate while simultaneously diminishing his authority. Royal inside

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a deep Crown off at a chilling perspective on what's
really happening. Did it ever occur to you precisely why
we're suddenly a washing speculation about William's reign. It's rather deliberate,
I assure you. They're acclimatizing the public, getting everyone quite
comfortable with the idea of what comes next. He noticed
that since the late nineteen eighties, Britain has known only

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elderly monarchs. An entire generation has grown up knowing nothing
but silver head sovereignty. The notion of a relatively young
king vigorous contemporary requires psychological preparation. Every article, every photograph,
every carefully orchestrated appearance does precisely that work. His conclusion
was stark. Charles's destiny, as some of us have long understood,

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was always to serve as a transitional figure, a placeholder,
though one mustn't say it quite so. Bald and polite company.
He maintains continuity, Yes, but the machinery, the real machinery,
is already turning its attention to the next act. Amid
the major dramas, other stories highlighted the ongoing fallout from
various royal scandals. The Andrew Fergie situation continued to deteriorate,

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with Beatrice and Eugenie facing the brutal reality that their
parents' choices would shadow their own royal futures. Tom Sykes
noted they had been quietly lobbying for a role as
future working royals, but asked whether the princess's reputations can
remain unsullied when their parents use them as part of
their schemes. The Palace announced Christmas preparations, Kate's return of

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the Carroll concept, festive decorations at Royal residences, and the
first ever Christmas pop up at Buckingham Palace. The normalcy
of these announcements felt almost jarring against the week's chaos,
and in a telling moment, Eugene Levy revealed he'd deliberately
avoided asking William about Harry and Meghan during their filmed conversation.
It was a very delicate issue and certainly not up

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to me to get into it, he explained, a reminder
that even celebrities instinctively understand some wounds are too raw
to probe on camera. More Palace in just a moment
as the week closed, several uncomfortable truths had crystallized. Megan's
Paris trip demonstrated she remains capable of spectacular tone deafness,

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unable to read rooms, or recognize how her actions land
with the public, or, more troublingly, simply not caring. Her
Defenders argue she can't win regardless of what she does.
But driving past Diana's death site and posting it to
Instagram isn't a no win situation. It's just a bad decision.
Harry's attempts at reconciliation appear increasingly quixotic. How can he

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bridge the gap when his wife won't participate, when his
brother won't speak to him, and when his father is
reportedly no longer speaking to his brother either. The family
isn't just divided, as fractured into completely separate orbit, each
moving further apart. William's position grows more powerful, but also
more isolated. If Deep Crown is right that the machinery

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is already focusing on the next rain, Charles becomes almost
a figurehead in his own monarchy, maintaining appearances while real
power flows to his son. It's a recipe for resentment,
not reconciliation, and Kate, through her careful positioning on mental
health and family connection, continues to be the monarchy's most
valuable asset, the glue in the factory. As Deep Crown

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calls her. Her ability to contrast genuine substance with Sussex
celebrity might be what ultimately defiance the competing visions of
modern royalty. The week began with gray suits and ended
with humanitarian awards, but in between revealed a royal family
in profound dysfunction. The Sussex has wanted relevance without responsibility.
William wants change without his father's blessing. Charles wants both

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sons but can't have either on terms that work. And
Kate tries to hold together an institution where the men
seemed determined to tear each other apart. Megan's Paris disasters
might fade from headlines, but they crystallized something important. After
five years away, she remains fundamentally incapable of understanding or
unwilling to acknowledge, the institution she married into and the

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sensitivities required to navigate it. That's not about being unable
to win. It's about refusing to play by any rules
but your own, and in the monarchy built entirely on rules,
traditions and reading rooms that approach guarantees continued exile no
matter how many seven figure Fashion Week appearances you Land
or humanitarian awards. You collect the gray suits, it turns

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out weren't just a fashion statement. They were a reminder
the institution endures. The rules remain, and no amount of
Instagram rules or Balenciaga capes changes that fundamental reality. And
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