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Prince Harry’s big win - and Meghan Markle’s phone number fail · The Front

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  Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from The Australian. I'm Claire Harvey with
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  Speaker 1: the Front's afternoon headlines. Prince Harry has had a big
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  Speaker 1: win over the royal household and politicians. He'll get an
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  Speaker 1: independent risk assessment of his security, something he says is
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  Speaker 1: critical if he's ever to bring his wife and children
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  Speaker 1: back to the United Kingdom. The Duke and Duchess of
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  Speaker 1: Sussex moved to California in twenty twenty after the late
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  Speaker 1: Queen and Charles now the King rejected his proposal for
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  Speaker 1: a half in half out working royal model. He and
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  Speaker 1: his wife, Meghan Markles signed hundreds of millions of dollars
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  Speaker 1: worth of deals with Netflix and Spotify that have now lapsed.
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  Speaker 1: But the King hasn't seen his grandchildren, six year old
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  Speaker 1: Archie and four year old Lilibet since twenty twenty two,
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  Speaker 1: when they were in Britain for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.
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  Speaker 1: Harry and Meghan gave an angry and emotional interview to
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  Speaker 1: Oprah Winfrey in twenty twenty one, saying they were deeply
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  Speaker 1: aggrieved that their taxpayer funded UK police security had been removed.
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  Speaker 1: After that, Harry had to give the Metropolitan Police thirty
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  Speaker 1: days notice of any visit to the UK so they
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  Speaker 1: could assess the risk on a case by case basis.
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  Speaker 1: That's a rule imposed by RAVIK, the Royal and VIP
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  Speaker 1: Executive Committee, which includes the Home Office, the Cabinet Office,
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  Speaker 1: Metropolitan Police and the Royal Household. Harry sued in the
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  Speaker 1: High Court seeking the overturning of this rule, but lost
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  Speaker 1: in February twenty twenty four, and then lost an appeal
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  Speaker 1: in May twenty twenty five. In September, he wrote to
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  Speaker 1: the Labour Government's Home Secretary Shabana Machmud, asking for a
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  Speaker 1: new threat assessment. She's now agreed it will be granted.
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  Speaker 1: In the letter, Harry said RAVIK should abide by its
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  Speaker 1: own rules. That is, a risk assessment should be done
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  Speaker 1: each year for every member of the royal family. Megan
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  Speaker 1: Michael's father, Thomas Markle, meanwhile, has begged to be allowed
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  Speaker 1: to see his daughter and meet his grandchildren for the
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  Speaker 1: first time. Thomas Markel reportedly had surgery to amputate a
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  Speaker 1: gangrenous leg in the Philippines, but says he hasn't heard
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  Speaker 1: from his daughter, who became estranged after Thomas Mirkel collaborated
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  Speaker 1: with media outlets. Around the time of her twenty eighteen
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  Speaker 1: royal wedding, a spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess of
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  Speaker 1: Sussex told media outlets the Duchess had emailed her father
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  Speaker 1: but no longer had his phone number. Michael has told
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  Speaker 1: journalists he hasn't changed his phone numbering years, just in
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  Speaker 1: case Meghan tried to get in touch. It's also been
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  Speaker 1: reported the email addresses daughter used hasn't been accessed for
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  Speaker 1: five years now. Meghan Markle is reportedly planning to send
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  Speaker 1: her father a handwritten note. There are also reports she
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  Speaker 1: is cold calling hospitals in the Philippines to try and
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  Speaker 1: find where her father is being treated, as well as
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  Speaker 1: engaging in a public dispute with The Daily Mail, which
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  Speaker 1: is in contact with Thomas Markle. Sources close to Meghan
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  Speaker 1: Markel are reportedly claiming the male has not responded to
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  Speaker 1: a request from Megan Markel to help find her father.
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