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King Charles and Prince Harry meeting seen as snub to Prince William
Prince Harry’s long-anticipated meeting with King Charles III has set off an online storm among royal watchers, with many framing the encounter as the monarch siding with his youngest son against heir to the throne Prince William.
The meeting in London earlier this month was the first between Harry and his father in 18 months.
It followed Harry’s interview with the BBC earlier this year, in which he expressed a desire for reconciliation with Charles and William.
Representatives for the monarch and the Duke of Sussex reportedly held private discussions in the months leading up to the face-to-face.
William was not present at the meeting, which some royal supporters quickly dismissed as brief and insignificant.
Others went further, accusing Charles and Harry of conspiring against the Prince of Wales.
On social media, one popular account argued that “Charles meeting with Harry effectively throws William under the bus,” noting the duke’s swift travel to Kyiv afterward to support wounded Ukrainian veterans.
Another commentator claimed royal podcasts were “dragging William” in the wake of the meeting.
The debate comes as William prepares to take a prominent role alongside King Charles during US President Donald Trump’s state visit to the U.K. next week.
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Taylor Swift shares top favourite show from 2025 amid holiday season
Taylor Swift loves to keep her brain working in other directions while she is not writing music or planning stadium tours.
The 36-year-old pop superstar revealed what she is watching as soon as she has time to turn the TV on, after a long day at the studio or on the stage.
The Fate of Ophelia hitmaker shared the hectic routine she had during the Eras Tour in the recently released docuseries, End of an Era.
While her daily routine does not involve flying from one city to another and putting on a 3.5-hour-long show, she unwinds by watching some crime investigations on Dateline.
The 14-time-Grammy winner has been a longtime fan of the show, and she gushed about the show during her recent interview on Stephen Colbert’s late-night show as well.
“My kind of profession is coming up with ideas for stuff. So, if I can turn off the ideas for a second? Very exciting. I’ll put on — I’ll put on my Dateline, do you know what I mean?” Swift told the host of her favourite pastime.
The Opalite songstress is so deeply involved in the show that she was actually inspired by it to write her song, Florida!!!, on The Tortured Poets Department.
“I’m always watching like… Dateline, people have these crimes that they commit, where do they immediately skip town and go to? They go to Florida. They try to reinvent themselves, have a new identity, blend in,” Swift said in an interview after the release.
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Australia probes security services after Bondi Beach attack
- Attack described as inspired by “Daesh ideology”.
- Review to examine powers, structures and information-sharing.
- ASIO investigated the son in 2019, no threat found.
SYDNEY: Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday he has ordered a review into the police and intelligence services after two gunmen shot and killed 15 people at a Jewish festival on Bondi Beach.
A father and his son are accused of spraying bullets into the family-thronged Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s most famous beach on December 14, allegedly inspired by “Daesh ideology”.
Albanese said his government will examine whether police and spy services have the powers, structures, and sharing arrangements “to keep Australians safe”.
“The [Daesh]-inspired atrocity last Sunday reinforces the rapidly changing security environment in our nation,” he said.
“Our security agencies must be in the best position to respond.”
Alleged gunman Sajid Akram, 50, was shot and killed by police during the Bondi attack. An Indian national, he entered Australia on a visa in 1998.
His 24-year-old son Naveed, an Australian-born citizen, remains in hospital under police guard and faces multiple charges, including terrorism and 15 murders.
‘Shocking event’
The son was investigated by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation in 2019 for possible radicalisation but was found at the time not to pose a threat, according to Australian authorities.

His father was also questioned by the intelligence service as part of that review, but he managed to obtain a gun licence that allowed him to own six firearms.
A few weeks before the Bondi Beach attack, the pair returned to Sydney from a four-week trip to the southern Philippines that is now under investigation by detectives there and in Australia.
Albanese said there were “real issues” with Australia’s intelligence service in light of the attack.
“We need to examine exactly the way that systems work. We need to look back at what happened in 2019 when this person was looked at, the assessment that was made,” he told national broadcaster ABC.
Asked in a separate interview about the alleged gunmen’s stay at a hotel in the southern Philippines island of Mindanao, Albanese said their radicalisation was under investigation.
“But it is also the case that they were not seen to be persons of interest, and that is why this is such a shocking event,” he said.
‘Very, very unusual’
There is a long history of insurgencies in the Mindanao region but authorities there say there is no evidence to suggest the Philippines is being used to coach extremists.

The staff of Davao City’s GV Hotel have told AFP that the two men stayed holed up in their small room for most of their 28-day stay.
They would usually leave their rooms only for two or three hours, with the longest excursion lasting eight hours, the Philippine national security service said.
Regional police, who have trawled through CCTV images to retrace the pair’s steps and discover who they met, said the father had visited a gun shop.
Clarke Jones, an Australian National University criminologist, said it was “very, very unusual” to have a father and son as suspected perpetrators.
Once in the Philippines, the pair could have easily travelled to Mindanao without raising any flags, he told AFP.
Jones, who has worked with violent offenders in the Philippines, said the alleged gunmen’s radicalisation had apparently gone “under the radar” for years after the Australian intelligence probe.
“I think we would really need to look at what happened, and whether that kid, when he was first detected, should have been put through some sort of support programme to prevent this potential thing happening,” he said.
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Dave Chappelle drops Netflix special, ‘Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable…’
Dave Chappelle surprised fans Friday night with a new Netflix stand-up special, Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable…, filmed in Washington, D.C., and released without warning following the Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua fight.
Taking the stage in a camo jacket featuring Colin Kaepernick’s name and number, Chappelle told the crowd, “We’ve got a lot to talk about,” explaining he returned home after Trump deployed the National Guard to the city.
“They’re trying to take the chocolate out of Chocolate City… I’ve got to go home while it’s still a city I remember,” he said.
Chappelle also addressed backlash over his appearance at the Riyadh Comedy Festival, saying, “I’ve been getting a lot of grief,” before singling out Bill Maher: “I’ve never said this publicly but fuck that guy. I’m so fucking tired of his little smug, cracker-ass commentary.”
“I don’t feel guilty at all,” Chappelle said, adding that critics accused him of betraying his principles. He reiterated, “it’s easier to talk in Saudi Arabia for me than it is in America,” and joked, “transgender jokes went over very well in Saudi Arabia.”
The comedian later discussed reports surrounding Charlie Kirk, saying, “if you talk for a living and see Charlie Kirk get murdered that way, I’m gonna be honest, I was shook,” adding, “I was at home like, ‘Oh no! I’m dead as fried chicken.’”
Chappelle also reflected on Sean Combs’ sentencing, noting, “He saved my life,” and said of Cassie, “God bless her… what she went through was terrible.”
He closed by telling the crowd, “we are a community and we will stay sane together.”
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