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In an interview with Oprah on Sunday, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry described the experiences that led them to leave their official roles in the British Royal Family. Specifically, Markle said, a barrage of attacks from the British press, racist attitudes within the Royal Family, a lack of support, and other factors drove her to have suicidal thoughts. (The Palace has since released a statement sharing that the family was saddened by the couple’s revelations and would address them privately.) The interview was devastating and, for many, familiar.
Irish couple land lockdown job restoring stately home Castle Ward
22 Jan, 2021 09:00 PM
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National Trust House Manager Neil Watt, left, with his partner Kris Reid in the grounds of Castle Ward. Photo / Liam McBurney, Getty Images
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Castle Ward is a three-story Georgian pile set in 330 hectares of Irish parkland. As far as starter-homes go Neil Watt and partner Kris Reid had hit the jackpot.
When the couple moved into their first home together it was a special moment. However, this stately new address had not come to them through a duel, game of chance or by being to the manor born – Watt had secured a job as a live-in curator and property manager for the UK heritage charity The National Trust at the beginning of last year.
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He’d had conquests before meeting the twice-divorced Wallis Simpson. What started as an affair soon became an affair of state as he insisted on marrying her. Queen Wallis didn’t sound right to the British public, nor to Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin. In addition, Simpson was swept away by Right-wing movers and shakers, and soon Edward supported her anti-Semitic views. He quickly adopted a soft spot for everything Adolf. In the end his only alternative was to abdicate before his coronation. The documentary focuses on the Windsors as they’re banished to Europe and become captivated by Nazi hierarchy.