Will Prince Harry and Meghan Markle ruin Peter Phillips Wedding?

Meghan Markle has been urged by royal fans to “stay away” from the UK when Peter Phillips marries his fiancée Harriet Sperling, despite suggestions from one commentator that it would appear “petty” if Prince Harry did not attend.

In a poll conducted by the Express, an overwhelming 6,736 voted that she should “stay away,” while just 152 felt she should attend, and 43 were undecided.


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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
Calorogus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Pallace Intrigue. I
am your host, Mark Francis. In The Royalist, Tom Sykes
wonders what will happen when Harry and William's tragic bitter
feud meets Peter Phillips's wedding. Sykes writes, Prince Harry and

(00:25):
Prince William were last in church together for the funeral
of their uncle Robert Fellows, and I bet good money
that the next time they will be together will also
be in a church. It will be a happier occasion,
this time the marriage of their cousin Peter Phillips, Princess
Anne's son to public NHS nurse Harriet Spurling, a suitable
bride for the unflashiest young royal. There is of course

(00:48):
a possibility that Peter a divorce and Harriet could surprise
us all on stage a small, low key wedding, not
least because of who might turn up. But I suspect
a proper, big wedding will happen, and that Harry, whom
Peter adored and protected as a kid after the tragedy
of Diana, will both be invited and want to come
It's no accident that Peter was nominated to walk between

(01:11):
Harry and William at Prince Philip's funeral. His nickname behind
his back in the family is King Peter. That nickname,
i was told by a friend of the family, comes
from the fact that when Peter married his first wife,
Autumn Kelly, he required her to formally leave the Catholic
Church and convert to Anglicanism in order for him to
retain his place in the line of succession. Megan Markle

(01:33):
has been urged by royal fans to stay away from
the UK when Peter Phillips marries his fiance Harriet Spurling,
despite suggestions from one commentator that it would appear petty
if Prince Harry did not attend. In a poll conducted
by The Express and overwhelming six seven hundred and thirty
six voted that she should stay away, while just one
hundred and fifty two felt she should attend and forty

(01:55):
three were undecided. When reader wrote, she should never step
back to the UK ever again. She obviously dislikes this
country and everything about it. Stay away. Others question whether
an invitation would even be sent. Why would Peter want
to invite those two. One asked, Harry might be his cousin,
but you can rest assured if she came, she would

(02:15):
want the limelight and think it's all about her. It
should be a low profile wedding. Another was blunt, there
won't be an invitation. We weren't sure about that, so
we asked Royal inside a deep Crown, who texted us back. Peter,
as you know, occupies a rather unique position within the
family structure as the Queen's oldest grandchild, yet without a title.
He's managed to maintain what I call a Switzerland like

(02:38):
neutrality in recent family dramas. He's been cordial with Harry
throughout the various unpleasantries, though one wouldn't describe them as
particularly close. Will they be invited? Almost certainly yes, Palace
protocol and family courtesy would dictate it, regardless of personal feelings.
Peter is hardly won to break with convention, and excluding
the King's son from the family the wedding would create

(03:01):
precisely the sort of headlines one imagines he preferred to
avoid on his special day. Will they attend? That's the
more interesting question entirely Harry might well wish to, particularly
given how few family occasions has been present for of late,
but one rather suspects the Duchess will have developed a
most convenient prior engagement, perhaps something terribly important in California

(03:23):
that simply cannot be post boned. The Express poll, whilst amusing,
rather misses the point. This isn't about public opinion. It's
about family dynamics and whether the Sussexes themselves wish to
endure what would undoubtedly be an exceedingly awkward after noon.
My money is on an invitation extended and politely declined.
Much tidier for everyone involved, wouldn't you say. Paid Subscribers

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the links in the show notes Former Royal editor Duncan
Larko and tells The Mirror everything Megan does seems to

(04:27):
attract negativity, particularly in the UK. There seems to be
two versions of her, one in America and one here
where she seems to be universally disliked. She's a very
emotional person and takes things personally, so it probably feels
like she can't do anything right a lot of the time.
She was heavily criticized for some of her recent videos,
and when she goes quiet, she's criticized for that too.

(04:50):
Royal expert doctor Tessa Dunlop has questioned Megan Mankle's silence
over Prince Harry's recent resignation from Center Bali, the African
children's charity he co founded in two thousand and six.
Speaking to The Mirror, Dunlop noted that Harry has consistently
spoken out in support of his wife, including publicly condemning
press coverage of Megan early in their relationship, but has

(05:10):
not received the same vocal backing in return. No, really,
why hasn't Meghan come out batting for Prince Harry in
his latest round of verbal fisticuffs concerning his former African charity.
She asked, with a new Netflix deal sign that mainly
favors the Duchess and the as Ever brand, a word
or two of support for the Prince who made it
all possible? Would not go and Miss Dunelup said she

(05:33):
contrasted Meghan's active promotion of her products, including her latest
Rose wine, with Harry's current situation, adding does she see
her spouse? Does she hear his pain? Does she envisage
a way forward for the trouble Duke? It would be
great if Meghan could pipe up and give him support.
More pallasy, just a moment, stop asking beskie questions like

(05:59):
where's k So? How can we never see Kate? Because
Hello reports that excitement is mounting ahead of the twenty
twenty five Women's Rugby World Cup, which kicks off in
England August twenty second, with the Red Roses facing the
USA in Sunderland. The home side raining runners up are
widely tipped to make the final at Twickenham in September
and could face their old rivals New Zealand's and Black

(06:21):
Ferns in a repeat of the last closely fought decider.
The tournament is also said to draw a royal attention,
which is why we're bringing it up. You see. The
Princess of Wales, patron of both the Rugby Football Union
and Rugby Football League since twenty twenty two, has long
championed the sport, appearing at matches and even taking part
in training sessions with the England women's team. BBC's sport

(06:41):
commentator Sarah Orchard called her involvement absolutely brilliant, noting the
added spotlight it brings. The patronage has also introduced a
friendly rivalry into royal circles, with the Prince of Wales
supporting Wales as patron of its rugby union. Former Welsh
captain Philippa Tuttiet praised the Princess for help helping challenge
stereotypes in women's rugby, saying if you go to women's rugby,

(07:05):
you will never be judged and you will only ever
be celebrated. We'll see if Kate is able to make
any matches or if she's on a secret super yacht
getting five weeks of family time. Nothing to see here, folks,
move along. What was billed as a unifying coronation gesture
for King Charles the Third has instead been revealed as
a costly and largely unwonted venture. A Cabinet Office scheme

(07:27):
offering free feigned portraits of the King in naval dress
to public institutions saw just thirty one percent take them up,
around twenty thousand out of more than sixty six thousand eligible,
at a total cost of two point seven million pounds
or roughly one hundred and thirty five pounds per portrait.
Figures released to the Guardian under a freedom of information
request show that the uptake very sharply by sector. Only

(07:50):
three percent of hospitals and seven percent of universities accepted
the offer, while a quarter of Church of England parishes
displayed the image of their Supreme governor. Local councils were
more receptive, with seventy three percent taking part. In the
nation's twenty three coast Guard stations proved the most enthusiastic,
each one requesting a portrait. The Cabdinet Office declined to

(08:10):
reveal exactly where the portraits went, citing concerns that identifying
recipients could spark controversy and lead to negative public perception.
A new stage production is offering audiences a different kind
of royal portrait, not though not through grand political events,
but through the quiet power of clothing. By Royal Appointment,
written by a screenwriter and novelist Daisy Goodwin, brings Queen

(08:33):
Elizabeth I to the stage in a way unlike the Crown.
Goodwin explains, this is a play about the Queen as
a woman, not as a monarch, starring Anne Reid as
the Queen and Caroline Quinton as Angela Kelly, the Queen's
longtime addresser, by a Royal Appointment as a fictionalized but
intimate look at Her Majesty's record breaking seventy year reign,

(08:54):
told through just twelve carefully selected outfits. There are no
appearances from other members of the royal family, just the Queen,
her dresser, her designer, her milliner. One key moment featured
in the play is the twenty seventeen State opening of Parliament,
when the Queen wore a blue hat adorned with yellow flowers,
a design that closely resembled the EU flag. Goodwin believes

(09:16):
this was no accident. I hat is more than a
piece of straw on the Queen's head. It is a
skillful piece of pr she says. The result is a poignant,
often witty drama that offers theater goes a new lens
on Queen Elizabeth, one that considers what she couldn't say
aloud that may have revealed stitch by stitch through her wardrobe.
As Goodwin puts it, she gave so little away that

(09:36):
gives you so much to play with. And by the way,
speaking of the Crown, check out our new series, Crown
and Controversy. A new episode drops today and it's available
wherever you get your podcasts, just like this one. Check
it out. Crown and Controversy sort of picks up where
the Crown on TV left off and there you have it.

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