EXCLUSIVE AMANDA PLATELL: What's the reason Meghan's suddenly so keen to flaunt Archie and Lilibet for the world to see? I think I know exactly what's coming next... and why
And, as we've been told, the prince has his reasons, what with his own childhood trauma and that simmering hatred of the media.
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