August 30, 2025 • 9 mins
Prince Harry’s wave-riding Instagram moment backfires as critics call out his eco-hypocrisy. Meanwhile, King Charles travels with his own toilet seat and bed setup—because of course he does. And Prince William wants to live a “normal” life at Forest Lodge, but insiders say Buckingham Palace may not give him the choice. Plus: Queen Camilla wants a library, and locals react to having the Waleses as new neighbors.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Calorogus Shark Media had lo and welcome to Palace Inturgue game,
your host mark for answers. Prince Harry has found himself
at the center of a fresh wave of online criticism,
this time for catching a barrel and a man made
(00:24):
surf pool. To celebrate the launch of season two with Love, Megan,
the Duchess of Sussex shared a playful video and Instagram
showing Harry surfing a perfectly sculpted waved Kelly Slater's surf
runch in California. The moment set to Sultan Pepper's What
a Man and captioned, we interrupt your regularly scheduled programming
to bring you this important message. Featured aglee for Harry
(00:46):
riding the high performance wave before triumphantly throwing his hands
in the air. But the moment of joy didn't last long.
Critics were quick to pounce, accusingly self styled eco conscious
royal of hypocrisy. One social media user riots eco warrior Harry,
who lives on the Californian coast, drives inland to an
artificial surf school that uses vast amounts of energy to
(01:09):
create waves. Others mocked the artificial setting calling the ranch
a surfing compound miles away from the actual beach. The
surf ranch, located in California's Central Valley, is indeed far
from the Pacific Ocean, but not without its own environmental credentials.
According to GQ, the facility boasts to sell the powered
wave generators, sustainable construction materials, and a strong anti plastics policy. Still,
(01:35):
the debate continues, with environmentalists like surf Rider Europe previously
criticizing such facilities as out of touch with the current
climate crisis. Yet not everyone is buying the outrage. Local
surfer Angel Chung, from the legendary Channel Islands of Surfboards
shop in Santa Barbara, came to the Duke's defense. Oh yeah,
it's great, he said when asked about Harry surfing the
(01:57):
artificial wave. I've got a couple of friends who work there.
Americans are enjoying a holiday weekend, a great time to
hit the beach or perhaps binge watch their favorite cooking
show on Netflix. When most people pack for a weekend away,
they grab a change of clothes and a toothbrush. King Charles, however,
takes a rather different approach, one that includes his own
bed toilet seat, and entire truck of home comforts. According
(02:21):
to royal biographer Tom Bauer, during a visit to friends
in the north of England, Childs center truck ahead, carrying
not just a few favorite items, but the entirety of
his and Queen car Miller's bedroom set up, complete with
orthopedic mattress, personal linens, and handpicked decour including two Scottish
landscape paintings. Among the more eccentric items in the royal
(02:42):
cargo were a personal radio, bottles of the Fried Whiskey
special bottled water, and what Bauer describes as cleanex premium
comfort lavatory paper, accompanied by His Majesty's own laboratory seat.
If that wasn't enough, Child's personal chef team arrived separately
with the monarch's preferred or organic produce in tow. While
(03:02):
this level of attention to detail me pure excessive, it's
hardly new. Former palace staffers have long whispered about the
king's very particular habits. In his book yes Man, Tom
Quinn described how Charles allegedly requires six eggs to be
cooked so he can pick the two done to his
exact liking. The palace has since denied the clan, charles
culinary quirks don't stop there. In the Palace Papers, Royal
(03:25):
Inside of Tina Brown revealed the King often arrives at
dinner parties with a pre mixed martini in his own glass.
Unlike the Queen, who always ate what she was served,
Brown wrote, Charles stipulated his menu preferences up front. He's
also known to skip lunch, or at least used to.
At the encouragement of Queen Camilla and his doctors. Charles
has since taken to enjoying a light midday meal, often
(03:47):
featuring half an avocado. His dar jealing tea is served
with milk and honey, not the standard English breakfast, and
he sometimes swaps out and eaten dairy for plant based
options to reduce his environmental impact. It's not all about indulgence.
Charles takes genuine pride in his food, once sharing with
Country Life magazine that he created his own recipes, including
(04:07):
a grusaka, a musaka made with graus and his favorite
pheasant crumble pie. In an iron New's Lucky Mangan writes,
Prince William pretending to be normal is winding me up.
Mangan tells us, I'm about to offer the future King
of England some advice. And it's very much his fault
for being young enough for me not only to remember
(04:30):
him being born, but for me to have been just
old enough when the momentous event took place to feel
the first stirrings of pseudo maternal pride in this publicly
owned baby. If you're going to attain something as essentially
bonkers as a monarchy, something born of a belief in
the divine right of kings, of the belief that the
head of one particular bloodline is God's appointed flesh rep
(04:52):
on earth and ultimately exempt from any earthly constraint or
a judgment, well you've got to be consistent, otherwise you'll
start to look mad. Context is everything. The contract that
exists between a monarch and his people is we will
provide the tax money, you provide the entertainment, in the
form of esoteric traditions, excesses, and enigmatic signs and symbols
(05:15):
that we simply cannot get elsewhere. To think that modern
royalty means a modest royalty is to misunderstand not just
the nature of the contract, but also the nature of
human envy. William seems to think that by minimizing extravagance,
he will pre appease a potentially angry mob. The reality
is that if you go big enough, no one cares
(05:36):
what you do. No one can truly comprehend that way
of living in so they dismiss it, which is to say,
we are not rational beings. And what looks like a
sensible move literally and metaphorically on the Wales's part could
well have irrational outcomes. Watching people in a gilded cage
can breed far less resentment than watching someone lead an
(05:57):
ordinary life, much better and more comfortable then you can
ever dream of. Royal expert and biographer Robert Hartman spoke
to gb News about William's plan to live at Forest
Lodge when he is the monarch. Hartman said, I don't
think that's tenable. When the Late Queen came to the
throne in nineteen fifty two, she and Prince Philip had
(06:17):
just done up Clarence House as a sort of family
home with their two young children. They loved it and
they didn't want to move The Queen mother, who was
resident at Buckingham Palace, didn't want to move out. They
presented their plans to the Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and
it was Churchill who said no, no, no, no, You've got
to move into Buckingham Palace. The monarch has to live there.
(06:39):
That will be a difficult conversation for whichever Prime minister
it is. Of course, Prince William will be a harder
nut to crack for a future Prime minister. But I
think Buckingham Palace depends on having a visceral connection between
the monarch and Royal h Q. Palace entry will be
right back. What a home with no occupants really needs
(07:03):
is a library. As the three hundred and sixty nine
million pounds or renovation of Buckingham Palace continues, Queen Camilla
has reportedly made one special request her own library. Despite
generally avoiding involvement in royal property decisions, the Queen Consort
is said to be making an exception for her lifelong
love of reading. According to The Daily Mail, Camilla hopes
to install a dedicated library in the palace, which notably
(07:26):
lacks one after King George the Fourth donated the original
King's Library to the British Museum in the nineteenth century.
A source noted that Camilla is just trying to see
if it would be possible at this stage given the
extensive structural work already underway. Several locals from Cranbourne Hall
residential Park, just a six minute drive from the new
(07:46):
home of the Wales family, exposed excitement as having Prince William,
Princess Kate and their three children as neighbors, while acknowledging
that the new residence is notably less secluded than their
previous home, Adelaide Cottage. I welcome them, but the public
life them to live there quietly as a family, said
eighty seven year old Gene Reeve. It's a less private
spot than their previous home. From what I know about
(08:07):
the location, I'd hate for people to always be going
past and saying, oh, that's where they live. I've never
heard anyone around here saying anything anti royalist, said local
teacher Cynthia Sullivan. I think most people tend to like
them around here. Reeve echoed that sentiment, describing the Whales
as as lovely and praising the down to earth approach.
It's a new style of monarchy. They'd like to be
(08:28):
treated as normal people. It will be interesting to see
if they pop into the local newsagent. It's their nearest now.
Resident Steven Scorgie even offered a few personal recommendations and
an invitation. They should go to the Firefield Inn. That's
my favorite pub and they have it to email us
addresses the Palace Intry get gmail dot com. Please followus
(08:49):
on Spotify, Apple or the app of your choice and
leave us a nice review. If you're enjoying the show,
don't forget. You can get us now on Facebook and
Instagram and we're building a community there. Just look for
Palace Intrigue on the Facebook pages or Facebook groups and
come in and say hi, we'd love to see you there.
I'm Mark Francis my thanks to John McDermot. This is
Pallets Intrigue and good terms
Calorogus Shark Media had lo and welcome to Palace Inturgue game,
your host mark for answers. Prince Harry has found himself
at the center of a fresh wave of online criticism,
this time for catching a barrel and a man made
(00:24):
surf pool. To celebrate the launch of season two with Love, Megan,
the Duchess of Sussex shared a playful video and Instagram
showing Harry surfing a perfectly sculpted waved Kelly Slater's surf
runch in California. The moment set to Sultan Pepper's What
a Man and captioned, we interrupt your regularly scheduled programming
to bring you this important message. Featured aglee for Harry
(00:46):
riding the high performance wave before triumphantly throwing his hands
in the air. But the moment of joy didn't last long.
Critics were quick to pounce, accusingly self styled eco conscious
royal of hypocrisy. One social media user riots eco warrior Harry,
who lives on the Californian coast, drives inland to an
artificial surf school that uses vast amounts of energy to
(01:09):
create waves. Others mocked the artificial setting calling the ranch
a surfing compound miles away from the actual beach. The
surf ranch, located in California's Central Valley, is indeed far
from the Pacific Ocean, but not without its own environmental credentials.
According to GQ, the facility boasts to sell the powered
wave generators, sustainable construction materials, and a strong anti plastics policy. Still,
(01:35):
the debate continues, with environmentalists like surf Rider Europe previously
criticizing such facilities as out of touch with the current
climate crisis. Yet not everyone is buying the outrage. Local
surfer Angel Chung, from the legendary Channel Islands of Surfboards
shop in Santa Barbara, came to the Duke's defense. Oh yeah,
it's great, he said when asked about Harry surfing the
(01:57):
artificial wave. I've got a couple of friends who work there.
Americans are enjoying a holiday weekend, a great time to
hit the beach or perhaps binge watch their favorite cooking
show on Netflix. When most people pack for a weekend away,
they grab a change of clothes and a toothbrush. King Charles, however,
takes a rather different approach, one that includes his own
bed toilet seat, and entire truck of home comforts. According
(02:21):
to royal biographer Tom Bauer, during a visit to friends
in the north of England, Childs center truck ahead, carrying
not just a few favorite items, but the entirety of
his and Queen car Miller's bedroom set up, complete with
orthopedic mattress, personal linens, and handpicked decour including two Scottish
landscape paintings. Among the more eccentric items in the royal
(02:42):
cargo were a personal radio, bottles of the Fried Whiskey
special bottled water, and what Bauer describes as cleanex premium
comfort lavatory paper, accompanied by His Majesty's own laboratory seat.
If that wasn't enough, Child's personal chef team arrived separately
with the monarch's preferred or organic produce in tow. While
(03:02):
this level of attention to detail me pure excessive, it's
hardly new. Former palace staffers have long whispered about the
king's very particular habits. In his book yes Man, Tom
Quinn described how Charles allegedly requires six eggs to be
cooked so he can pick the two done to his
exact liking. The palace has since denied the clan, charles
culinary quirks don't stop there. In the Palace Papers, Royal
(03:25):
Inside of Tina Brown revealed the King often arrives at
dinner parties with a pre mixed martini in his own glass.
Unlike the Queen, who always ate what she was served,
Brown wrote, Charles stipulated his menu preferences up front. He's
also known to skip lunch, or at least used to.
At the encouragement of Queen Camilla and his doctors. Charles
has since taken to enjoying a light midday meal, often
(03:47):
featuring half an avocado. His dar jealing tea is served
with milk and honey, not the standard English breakfast, and
he sometimes swaps out and eaten dairy for plant based
options to reduce his environmental impact. It's not all about indulgence.
Charles takes genuine pride in his food, once sharing with
Country Life magazine that he created his own recipes, including
(04:07):
a grusaka, a musaka made with graus and his favorite
pheasant crumble pie. In an iron New's Lucky Mangan writes,
Prince William pretending to be normal is winding me up.
Mangan tells us, I'm about to offer the future King
of England some advice. And it's very much his fault
for being young enough for me not only to remember
(04:30):
him being born, but for me to have been just
old enough when the momentous event took place to feel
the first stirrings of pseudo maternal pride in this publicly
owned baby. If you're going to attain something as essentially
bonkers as a monarchy, something born of a belief in
the divine right of kings, of the belief that the
head of one particular bloodline is God's appointed flesh rep
(04:52):
on earth and ultimately exempt from any earthly constraint or
a judgment, well you've got to be consistent, otherwise you'll
start to look mad. Context is everything. The contract that
exists between a monarch and his people is we will
provide the tax money, you provide the entertainment, in the
form of esoteric traditions, excesses, and enigmatic signs and symbols
(05:15):
that we simply cannot get elsewhere. To think that modern
royalty means a modest royalty is to misunderstand not just
the nature of the contract, but also the nature of
human envy. William seems to think that by minimizing extravagance,
he will pre appease a potentially angry mob. The reality
is that if you go big enough, no one cares
(05:36):
what you do. No one can truly comprehend that way
of living in so they dismiss it, which is to say,
we are not rational beings. And what looks like a
sensible move literally and metaphorically on the Wales's part could
well have irrational outcomes. Watching people in a gilded cage
can breed far less resentment than watching someone lead an
(05:57):
ordinary life, much better and more comfortable then you can
ever dream of. Royal expert and biographer Robert Hartman spoke
to gb News about William's plan to live at Forest
Lodge when he is the monarch. Hartman said, I don't
think that's tenable. When the Late Queen came to the
throne in nineteen fifty two, she and Prince Philip had
(06:17):
just done up Clarence House as a sort of family
home with their two young children. They loved it and
they didn't want to move The Queen mother, who was
resident at Buckingham Palace, didn't want to move out. They
presented their plans to the Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and
it was Churchill who said no, no, no, no, You've got
to move into Buckingham Palace. The monarch has to live there.
(06:39):
That will be a difficult conversation for whichever Prime minister
it is. Of course, Prince William will be a harder
nut to crack for a future Prime minister. But I
think Buckingham Palace depends on having a visceral connection between
the monarch and Royal h Q. Palace entry will be
right back. What a home with no occupants really needs
(07:03):
is a library. As the three hundred and sixty nine
million pounds or renovation of Buckingham Palace continues, Queen Camilla
has reportedly made one special request her own library. Despite
generally avoiding involvement in royal property decisions, the Queen Consort
is said to be making an exception for her lifelong
love of reading. According to The Daily Mail, Camilla hopes
to install a dedicated library in the palace, which notably
(07:26):
lacks one after King George the Fourth donated the original
King's Library to the British Museum in the nineteenth century.
A source noted that Camilla is just trying to see
if it would be possible at this stage given the
extensive structural work already underway. Several locals from Cranbourne Hall
residential Park, just a six minute drive from the new
(07:46):
home of the Wales family, exposed excitement as having Prince William,
Princess Kate and their three children as neighbors, while acknowledging
that the new residence is notably less secluded than their
previous home, Adelaide Cottage. I welcome them, but the public
life them to live there quietly as a family, said
eighty seven year old Gene Reeve. It's a less private
spot than their previous home. From what I know about
(08:07):
the location, I'd hate for people to always be going
past and saying, oh, that's where they live. I've never
heard anyone around here saying anything anti royalist, said local
teacher Cynthia Sullivan. I think most people tend to like
them around here. Reeve echoed that sentiment, describing the Whales
as as lovely and praising the down to earth approach.
It's a new style of monarchy. They'd like to be
(08:28):
treated as normal people. It will be interesting to see
if they pop into the local newsagent. It's their nearest now.
Resident Steven Scorgie even offered a few personal recommendations and
an invitation. They should go to the Firefield Inn. That's
my favorite pub and they have it to email us
addresses the Palace Intry get gmail dot com. Please followus
(08:49):
on Spotify, Apple or the app of your choice and
leave us a nice review. If you're enjoying the show,
don't forget. You can get us now on Facebook and
Instagram and we're building a community there. Just look for
Palace Intrigue on the Facebook pages or Facebook groups and
come in and say hi, we'd love to see you there.
I'm Mark Francis my thanks to John McDermot. This is
Pallets Intrigue and good terms
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