Sundance Empty Seats, Harry vs Trump, and the Most Brutal Fight Yet. The week in royal news with Mark Francis
Podcast: Palace Intrigue : Meghan and Harry's Australia trip, King Charles visits USA - Royal Family gossipPublished On: Sun Feb 01 2026
Description: Harry/Meghan at Sundance for Cookie Queens screening—Page Six reports 150 seats reserved for high-paying pass holders left unclaimed, 60 seats unoccupied throughout. Insider: "For Harry to go from the hearing—and pleading for privacy—to then go to Sundance just days after is nuts." Previous day's screening (Olivia Wilde's The Invite) turned away 100 ticket holders after selling out.Harry rebuked Trump over Afghanistan NATO comments—Trump claimed allies "stayed a little back, a little off the frontlines." Harry: "I served there. I made lifelong friends there. And I lost friends there. UK alone had 457 service personnel killed. Those sacrifices deserve to be spoken about truthfully." Trump walked back remarks after King Charles intervened. Kate's Rose Hanbury affair wounds reopened—Radar Online: "When rumors first began circulating, Kate was deeply shaken. Any time Rose surfaces at an event connected to royal world, it reopens old emotional wounds."Camilla "hopping mad" about Kate's tiara, "panicked about where she'll stand." Charles pressuring Kate as "last viable bridge" between brothers: "Everyone needs to grow up." Harry/Meghan locked in "most brutal fight yet" over children's visibility—sources fear "could be thing that finally breaks marriage." Deep Crown: "I remain entirely convinced Duke will not leave his children. Institution lost him; children will not." As Ever Valentine's flop—$42 trio sets, candle with no wick, no new products.Get episodes of Palace Intrigue by becommming a paid subscriber on Apple Podcasts. Click the button that says uninterrupted listening. Just $5 a month, and that includes many ofther shows on the Caloroga Shark network.A new season of King William is available now.Our royal newsletter written by Deep Crown is available for free.Royal Books:Revenge: Meghan, Harry, and the War Between the Windsors by Tom BowerWilliam and Catherine: The Monarchy's New Era: The Inside StoryThe Royal Insider: My Life with the Queen, the King and Princess Diana
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