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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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Speaker 1: Our close look at those intriguing stories is live now

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Speaker 1: at Theustralian dot Com dot u and come back to

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Speaker 1: the front first thing in the morning for another yarn

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Speaker 1: that's raging right now. Politicians entitlements, what's fair, and what

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Speaker 1: fails the pub test