All of my left socks began vanishing – when I discovered the reason, my heart skipped a beat

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Monica Pop
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When my socks started disappearing, I thought it was just something that happens at times because they do get devoured by the dryer every now and then.

But I found it strange since only one sock from several pairs suddenly vanished.

I am a single dad to my son Dylan, and we don’t really have visitors that often, so I thought, could it be my son who “steals” my socks? But then again, why would he need just one from a pair.

Something wasn’t adding up, and no matter how crazy it sounds, I decided to install the old nanny cam in the laundry room and “catch” the culprit.

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The following day, as I was having my morning coffee while going through the footage, I almost spilled it over the computer.

It showed Dylan sneaking into the laundry room and carefully picking a sock from the newest pair I had.

He stuck the sock inside his school beg, put his coat on, and walked through the door.

Curious about what he was doing with my socks, I decided to follow after him.

Soon enough, I found him going towards a street I never drove through. It led to a poor neighborhood with old and abandoned houses.

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Then, he stood in front of one of the houses and knocked on the door, looking as though he had done that a million times before.

I made sure I stayed out of sight, but just as I heard Dylan telling the old man in a wheelchair who answered the door that he got some new fancy socks for him, I made a sound and both Dylan and the man turned towards me.

“Dad, I can explain,” Dylan said, worried that I would tell him off.

But that wasn’t my attention. I just wanted to know what was going on.

The old man approached closer and said, “You must be Dennis. Your son is making sure my leg stays warm during the cold days.”

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It was then that I realized the man only had one leg.

He used to serve in the Navy and once his children moved to other countries, he was all by himself.

But Dylan, who met him by chance one day while walking to school, made him company every now and then.

“Dad, are you mad?” Dylan asked. I said I wasn’t. In fact, I was proud of my son’s heart of gold.

From that moment on, we visited the old man regularly, helping him with the errands and around the house.

The lost socks led to a beautiful friendship.

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The unsettling conspiracy theory about the involvement of Black Hawk helicopter in a plane crash in DC turns out to be true

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Two days after the horrific mi-air collision between American Airlines jet and a US Army Black Hawk helicopter, the US Army issued a statement on their website regarding the tragedy. They wrote that the United States Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter crashed “while performing a training mission near the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.”

Rumors were that the training mission of the Black Hawk helicopter was in fact a practice plan including the evacuation of the White House.

Eventually, defense sources verified the drill’s nature to CBS News.

The helicopter involved in the crash was retraining the president’s emergency evacuation route, which is a part of a contingency plan for the continuity of government.

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Continuity of Government mission (COG), as explained by the government’s website, is the plan in place to keep the government up and running in case of a major catastrophe or attack on Washington, D.C. As part of the national continuity plan, every federal agency must have a strategy in place for mass evacuation and relocation from the national capital region.

One of the five main components of this mission is protecting important persons and infrastructure.

The U.S. Army has identified one of the military members involved in the crash as Staff Sgt. Ryan Austin O’Hara, 28, from Lilburn, Georgia.

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The other pilot, whose body has not yet been recovered, therefore is duty status-whereabouts unknown (DUSTWUN), is identified as Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Loyd Eaves, 39, of Great Mills, Maryland.

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Initially, the identity of the third pilot, who was known to be female, was withheld as per the family’s request.

However, the US Army later identified her as Captain Rebecca M Lobach from Durham, North Carolina.

During Biden’s administration, Captain Lobach served as a White House military social aide.

Captain Lobach’s family paid tribute to her through a statement released by the US Army.

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“She was a bright star in all our lives. She was kind, generous, brilliant, funny, ambitious and strong. No one dreamed bigger or worked harder to achieve her goals,” they wrote, adding “Rebecca was a warrior and would not hesitate to defend her country in battle.”

Captain Lobach started her service in the army in July 2019 and had around 500 hours of flying time.

Captain Rebecca M Lobach – Source/Davis Winkie

Assigned to the 12th Aviation Battalion in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, her awards included the Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal and Army Service Ribbon, according to the Army. 

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Donald Trump gives a harsh eight-word reply, admitting America will endure ‘some pain’ from escalating trade war

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Monica Pop
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In an attempt to make America “very rich again,” Donald Trump, who was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States of America for a second term, imposed 25 percent import tariffs on Canada and Mexico, starting a “trade war.”

Also, he brought 10 percent on goods from China and energy imported from Canada.

Many agree that this decision is seen as a hostile towards the neighboring countries.

At the same time, it would affect the US citizens in terms of experiencing increased cost of groceries and gas.

On the social media Truth Social, Trump wrote, “WILL THERE BE SOME PAIN? YES, MAYBE (AND MAYBE NOT!). BUT WE WILL MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, AND IT WILL ALL BE WORTH THE PRICE THAT MUST BE PAID.”

Canada and Mexico took a stand regarding the hiked tariffs, saying they would respond in the same manner to US goods being imported.

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s threatened that the country is “ready with a response, a purposeful, forceful but reasonable, immediate response.”

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum also reacted to Trump’s decision, saying, “We have Plan A, Plan B, Plan C, depending on what the government of the United States decides.

“It is very important for the people of Mexico to know that we will always defend the dignity of our people, that we will always defend respect for our sovereignty, and engage in dialogue as equals, as we have always stated, without subordination.”

However, Trump didn’t waste time firing back.

“I love the people of Canada. I disagree with the leadership of Canada. And something’s gonna happen there,” Trump told Sky News.

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“If they want to play the game, I don’t mind. We can play the game all they want.”

A solution Trump proposed was that Canada becomes a 51st state of America.

“We don’t need anything [Canada has].

“We have unlimited Energy, should make our own Cars, and have more Lumber than we can ever use. Without this massive subsidy, Canada ceases to exist as a viable Country. Harsh but true!

“Therefore, Canada should become our Cherished 51st State. Much lower taxes, and far better military protection for the people of Canada — AND NO TARIFFS!”

With the increased tariffs, Donald trump would further escalate the trade war.

This will increase the prices of the cars by anywhere from $1,000 to $9,000 or more, as per the UK Finance. Further, more than 165,000 autoworkers could lose their job, a price the presidents seems to be willing to pay.

As per the BBC, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt stated that the duties on Canada and Mexico were a response to “the illegal fentanyl that they have sourced and allowed to distribute into our country, which has killed tens of millions of Americans,” adding that these are promises Trump had made in the past.

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Babysitter from hell: ‘My best friend killed my son while babysitting’

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Monica Pop
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Makallie Elizabeth Durham, a babysitter from hell, was sentenced to life in prison without eligibility for parole or any other form of release from incarceration for the killing of two-year-old Kristian Harris.

Durham, 25, of Iuka, pleaded guilty to capital murder and several counts of child abuse.

At the time Durham’s boyfriend call an ambulance, Durham had been babysitting Kristian and his 11-month-old sister, who was also all bruised, for several days.

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As per the Alcorn County deputy sheriff’s office, little Kristian was unresponsive. He was rushed to the hospital where he died two days later.

The tragic incident took place in September of 2022, and Durham’s sentence came two years later.

The court hearing determined that the babysitter from hell hit the toddler in the head on three separate occasions, September 9, 12, and 13.

She was also hitting the baby in the same manner.

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On the day emergency services were called to a property in the city of Corinth, where the kids were staying, it was determined that Kristian was severely bitten by the babysitter.

Following her son’s passing, Kristian’s mother spoke of Durham’s audacity to send her a message begging her to help her to avoid serving jail time at the time of the arrest.

Allegedly, the mom, Jay Hurd, wrote back saying Durham should be happy that the police got to her first.

“And I said, ‘Your a** should go [to jail]! Because why my babies got bruises all over them? You better hope they take you before I get there’.” 

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When Hurd was told her children were taken to the hospital, she knew something was terribly wrong.

“They were trying to keep me calm, calm enough to get to my kid, and then they would tell me the full details,” she told the Mail.

“So, when I got to my son [at the hospital], it was like 12:02 when I walked into that room. And I just started praying because I knew my baby was dead.”

It is still not clear how Durham was related to the family of the boy she killed. However, around the time of Kristian’s passing, his mom took to Facebook to write, “How could you be my friend, sis, bff?

“When you let my kids get hurt? I would’ve never thought you would let them get hurt, but you let them get HURT beyond measure.”

Our thoughts and prayers go to the grieving family. With Durham’s sentencing to life in prison, the justice is finally served.

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American Airlines plane crash: Audio reveals what happened before, during, and after

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Chilling moments before, during, and after the deadly mid-air collision between American Airlines jet and US Army Black Hawk helicopter captured in a newly released air traffic control audio.

The tragic accident that happened on Wednesday, January 29, and forced the aircrafts to plummet into the icy Potomac River, led to a mission of retrieving the bodies.

On January 31, two days after the tragic crash, the US Army issued a statement on their website. They wrote that the United States Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter crashed “while performing a training mission near the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.”

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The audio captured by the air traffic control revealed an air traffic controller asking the helicopter crew, “PAT 2-5 do you have the CRJ in sight?”

Moments later, the controller instructed, “PAT 2-5 pass behind the CRJ.”

The Black Hawk helicopter confirmed seeing the American Airlines jet. “PAT 2-5 has aircraft in sight, request visual separation.”

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Within 13 seconds, the tower’s audio recorded gasps, including a loud “oooh” as the crash happened. The controller then alerted another pilot of the disaster that unfolded.

“I don’t know if you caught earlier what happened, but there was a collision on the approach end of 3-3. We are going to be shutting down operations for the indefinite future if you want to go back to the gate. Highly suggest you guys coordinate with the company. Let me know what you want to do,” the controller stated.

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As per the CNN, a pilot who witnessed the collision was recorded telling the air traffic control, “Yeah, we were on short final, and we saw flares from the opposite side of the Potomac.”

An approach controller added, “Apparently both aircraft involved are in the river, a search and rescue will be ongoing.”

Another air traffic controller then redirected all aircraft heading to Runway 33 at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to go around.

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“Crash, crash, crash, this is an alert three,” the audio shows a controller warnings.

“Both the helicopter and the plane crashed in the river,” a third air traffic controller said.

“It was probably out in the middle of the river. I just saw a fireball and then it was just gone. I haven’t seen anything since they hit the river. But it was a CRJ and a helicopter that hit.”

President Trump commented on the American Airlines crash and questioned if it was something that could be “prevented.”

“The airplane was on a perfect and routine line of approach to the airport,” he wrote on his social media site Truth Social. “The helicopter was going straight at the airplane for an extended period of time.

“It is a CLEAR NIGHT, the lights on the plane were blazing, why didn’t the helicopter go up or down, or turn. Why didn’t the control tower tell the helicopter what to do instead of asking if they saw the plane. This is a bad situation that looks like it should have been prevented. NOT GOOD!!!”

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Father caught on TV killing man who molested his son

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Monica Pop
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When Jody Plauché was a 10-year-old boy, his parents sent him to karate lessons. The coach, Jeff Doucet, was a good friend of Jody’s father, Gary Plauché.

The parents believed Jody would learn an essential life skill, however, they could never imagine that the time spent at karate lessons would turn into the worst period of the boy’s life and would change the course of his family’s life forever.

Jeff molested Jody and he eventually kidnapped him and took him away to Port Arthur, Texas, and then to Los Angeles, before police tracked him down a week later.

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“It was over several months before he ever started to do anything, and he had already been testing the boundaries,” Jody recalled later as an adult. “He had begun the grooming process, not just on me but my family. Pedophiles are very good at what they do. One of the things they’ll do with the grooming is test the child’s boundaries.”

He then continued: “Jeff would go, ‘We need to stretch,’ so he’d be touching around my legs. That way, if he grabbed my private area, he could say, ‘It was an accident; we were just trying to stretch.’ Or, if we were driving a car, he’d put his hand in my lap and might go, ‘Oh, I didn’t mean to. I didn’t realize my hands were there.’ That’s that slow, gradual seduction.”

One person who couldn’t get over what happened to Jody was his father Gary. He couldn’t possibly imagine letting Jeff live after everything he had done to his son so he decided to take matters into his on hands.

On February 19, 1984, Gary put on a baseball cap and sunglasses and headed towards the Baton Rouge Metro Airport in Louisiana because he knew his son’s rapist would walk out the doors at that time. Gary was speaking on the phone with someone, probably a friend of his named Jimmy, and whispered on the phone: “Here he comes. You’re about to hear a shot.”

Gary took out his gun and shot Jeff in the ear, killing him at the spot. The entire incident was caught on camera by reporters who were covering the story at the time.

Deputy Mike Barnett, who recognized Gary Plauché said “Why, Gary? Gary, why?” seconds after television cameras recorded the shooting.

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Years after the killing, Jody opened up about what his father had done and said: “After the shooting happened, I was very upset with what my father did. I did not want Jeff killed. I felt like he was going to go to jail, and that was enough for me,” as reported by The Advocate.

“My dad was absolutely too extreme. He used to tell people, ‘If anybody ever touches my kid, I’ll kill him.’ I knew he wasn’t kidding. That’s why I couldn’t tell anybody. And that’s exactly what he ended up doing,” Jody told ESPN.

Gary was sent to court and was sentenced to five years of probation. Except for the time while he was waiting for his trial, Gary didn’t spent time in prison.

In an interview with Yahoo, when asked if he had any regrets for killing his son’s rapist, Gary answered: “No regrets.”

Jody, who is now in his 40s, released a book titled Why Gary Why? in which he writes how parents could protect their children. He also works as a sexual assault counselor.

“It is what it is,” Jody said. “I’ve embraced who I am and what I’ve gone through. That’s why I wrote the book. Again, it’s not about me or what Daddy did. It’s about educating and helping other people.”

Gary Plauché passed away in 2014.

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The heartbreaking last words of a pilot who allowed his kids fly before the crash

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Monica Pop
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Most crashes happen because of human negligence. When we board a plane, we put the safety of our lives in the hands of the pilot and hope they would do their job just perfectly.

The truth is that over the years the world witnessed horrific plane crashes that could be easily avoided had it not been for the mistakes made by the pilots.

Aeroflot Flight 593, 1994

The tragic crash of this plane happened on March 23, 1994, during an Aeroflot flight travelling from Moscow to Kong Kong. The number of people killed was 75 – every person on board – when the plane crashed down in Siberia.

It was later determined that the cause of the crash was the decision made by the relief pilot, second in command to the co-pilot, Yaroslav Kudrinsky, to invite his children to play with the plane’s controls.

Yana, 12, and Eldar, 15, were at the cockpit and allowed to sit in the captain’s chair. They played with the controls while they were disabled since the plane was in autopilot mode. But when Eldar held the control column down for a full 30 seconds, it forced the system back into manual.

When the captain and the co-pilots realized what happened and tried to take over the control, it was already too late. The Airbus A310, unable to withstand the force, began to lose altitude rapidly.

Panicking, Yaroslav told his children to leave the cockpit. “Go to the back! Go to the back, Eldar!” he shouted. “You see the danger, don’t you?”

The black box recording showed the fear in Yaroslav’s voice as he could be heard saying, “Get out now! All is normal.” However, regaining control over the aircraft was impossible at that point.

The plane crashed into the Kuznetsk Alatau mountain range.

TransAsia Airways Flight 235, 2015

It was in February 2015 when TransAsia Airways Flight 235 tragically collided with a highway bridge in Taiwan before plunging into the Keelung River.

The accident happened shortly after the plane took off from Taipei’s Songshan Airport.

The cause of the tragic accident that claimed the lives of 48 people was that one of the engines lost power and the pilot accidentally switched off the only other working engine by pulling the wrong shuttle. Fifteen of the passengers on board survived.

“Wow, pulled back the wrong side throttle,” were the pilot’s final words.

Tuninter Flight 1153, 2009

After the plane flying for Bari, Italy, from Djerba, Tunisia ran out of fuel because of a mechanical error, the pilot and the co-pilot prayed instead of putting emergency procedures into place. As a result, the plane crashed into the Mediterranean Sea.

A couple of years later, the pilot and the co-pilot were found guilty over the death of sixteen passengers on their flight and were sentenced to 10 years in prison.

As per the Guardian, the pilot, Captain Shafik Al Gharbi, was heard calling for the help of “Allah and Muhammad his prophet.”

Evidence showed that the crew did try to regain control over the plane, but they ultimately panicked and let the crash to take place. 23 of the passengers survived after being pulled out of the water.

KLM and Pan Am collision

One of the deadliest accidents in the history of aviation occurred in March 1977. Two Boeing 747s – KLM Flight 1736 and Pan Am Flight 1736 – smashed into one another at Tenerife Airport.

This horrific accident resulted in the deaths of 583 people.

The reason that led to this tragedy was miscommunication between the KLM flight crew and Air Traffic Control.

While the Pan Am plane still being on the runway, the KLM plane attempted takeoff. Dense fog obscured visibility, preventing both aircraft from seeing each other.

Airblue Flight 202, Islamabad

On July 28, 2010, this domestic passenger flight crashed near Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad. It resulted in the deaths of all 146 passengers and six crew members.

It is believed that this tragedy could have been avoided had the co-pilot questioned the repeated errors of the pilot.

As per the Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Authority, the co-pilot had endured humiliation from his superior throughout the flight, leading to a loss of self-esteem.

The captain’s behavior towards the co-pilot was “harsh and snobbish.” He even disregarded the weather warnings from Air Traffic Control. Unfortunately, the co-pilot failed to challenge the captain as the situation unfolded. Struggling against severe monsoon weather, the captain succumbed to panic. Ultimately, he lost control of the aircraft, with the co-pilot failing to intervene. This resulted in the plane crashing into the Margalla Hills.

Air Florida Flight 90, 1982

The many errors, including the one of failing to switch on the de-icing system, led the Air Florida Flight 90, from Washington DC to Florida’s Fort Lauderdale, end with a crash into the Potomac River, killing 74 people.

Taking off in a snowstorm, the crew initially attempted to address ice buildup by employing a misguided technique of using reverse thrust, rather than returning to the gate for proper de-icing procedures. Further, they failed to abort the takeoff despite detecting a power issue.

Eastern Air Lines Flight 401, 1972

It was four days after Christmas in 1972 when an Eastern Airlines Tristar jet crashed into the Florida Everglades. The pilot and co-pilot were distracted by a burnt-out bulb towards the end of the flight from New York’s JFK to Miami. While they were busy investigating the broken landing gear indicator light, someone accidentally bumped a lever which deactivated the plane’s autopilot mode.

They realized they were losing altitude too late to do anything.

In the tragic crash, 101 people, including the captain, lost their lives. The number of survivors was 75.

The fact that these tragedies could be avoided saddens us even more.

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Expert claims Prince Harry has himself to blame for ‘US exile’

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Monica Pop
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It’s been five years since Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, made the decision to step down from their royal duties and leave Britain behind. The couple settled in sunny California where they live with their two children, Archie and Lili, who recently received the titles of prince and princess.

However, as time passes by, people close to the Duke claim he’s missing his old life, thus he’s planning on buying a home in the UK.

The issue is that he’s potential return to his homeland would mean him traveling there all by himself, since Meghan has said publicly that her children going to the UK would impose a security risk since the family is not provided security. This comes as a result of the fact that neither Harry nor Meghan are working royal members.

Last year, Prince Harry disputed the Home Office’s decision to cut his security protection while he was in the UK.

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Following his departure from royal life, the Royal and VIP Executive Committee (RAVEC) withdrew his automatic police protection. Additionally, they rejected his offer to pay for his own security because private individuals cannot hire British police.

“It was with great sadness for both of us that my wife and I felt forced to step back from this role and leave the country in 2020,” said Harry’s statement, read by his lawyer Shaheed Fatima KC stated, as reported by BBC.

“The UK is my home. The UK is central to the heritage of my children and a place I want them to feel at home as much as where they live at the moment in the US. That cannot happen if it’s not possible to keep them safe when they are on UK soil.”

As per the Daily Beast, Harry forces his father to use his influence to secure increased security for his family when visiting the UK. However, a source close to the ruling monarch said it would be “wholly inappropriate” for Charles to challenge a government decision.

The question of police protection deepened the rift between the Duke and his father.

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Sadly, the refusal of Harry and Meghan to travel to UK means their children not being able to get to know his father’s side of the family, including their grandfather, their uncle, and their cousins.

According to many, Prince Harry tends to portray himself a victim. However, royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams believes the Duke has forced himself in “US exile” himself.

“Harry is in exile – he chose it,” he told Fox News. “It’s lonely, and he will undoubtedly miss his friends and family. There is no sign whatsoever of the rift in the Royal Family healing. King Charles and the Prince and Princess of Wales have, to put it mildly, other priorities.

“I think Meghan is undoubtedly the dominant person in their relationship,” he added. “I don’t doubt he wishes they had managed to arrange a half-in, half-out arrangement [with the Royal Family], especially as his military links meant so much to him.”

British broadcaster Helana Chard believes that after publishing his all-tell memoir, Spare, there’s no going back for Harry.

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“A self-assured, self-titled, angry Prince Harry thought it was completely OK to publicly verbally annihilate his family,” Chard said. “It is said he was naïve and didn’t realize it would upset his family. . . . He didn’t realize that his actions would cause such a fallout with his family and the public.”

According to Chard, Harry has shown “signs of paranoid upset” and gradually distanced himself from close friends he considered insufficiently woke or those he accused of leaking stories to the press.

“He is socially awkward when it comes to developing new and meaningful relationships,” she concluded. “He was heavily sheltered growing up and developed his best friendships in school. But those people are hundreds of miles away, in different time zones, and focused on their own young families.”

The relationship between Harry and the rest of the royals, especially his brother William, remains strained.

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