MAUREEN CALLAHAN: It's Royal revenge! Harry snubbed, alone and utterly irrelevant… and our Discount Duchess Meghan seemingly less popular than Lauren Sanchez

By Maureen Callahan For DailyMail.Com

Published: 15:37 EDT, 9 May 2024 | Updated: 17:07 EDT, 9 May 2024

Having borne the vilest of slurs, insults, accusations and betrayals out of Camp Montecito with dignified silence — for years now — it seems they have served up, with quiet elegance, the dish best served cold.

The chill is felt Stateside, trust.

The prodigal Prince Harry, meant to take his victory lap in London as his Invictus Games reach the ten-year mark, entered St. Paul's alone while his father and brother held events mere miles away.

The royals, it was announced, would not be seeing Harry this trip. Nor would he be welcome to stay in any of the many palaces, castles or cottages in the King's portfolio.

No: King Charles, currently battling cancer, was too 'busy' to carve out even a few moments for his son, instead hosting a garden party at Buckingham Palace.

Of the 30,000 guests invited to that event, Harry did not make the list.

Charles, however, did find time to announce, within hours of Harry landing in London on Monday, that Prince William would be named Colonel-in-Chief of the Army Air Corps — Harry's former regiment, and a role long assumed for him.

As for William: He, of course, also didn't see Harry this week, instead hosting an investiture in Windsor the morning of Harry's Invictus celebration.

He appears to have made clear his feelings toward Harry, but the stakes are now truly high: Kate Middleton is undergoing chemotherapy for her cancer. The idea that Harry — and, by default, Meghan — could be ever trusted with any information about her or Charles's health is laughable.

Don't forget: After Harry made that whirlwind trip to see Charles after his diagnosis was announced in February — granted an audience of less than 30 minutes for over 22 hours in the air — he turned around and gave an interview to ABC News.

Did he go into specifics about Charles's diagnosis or treatment? No, but probably because Harry is privy to nothing.

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We've recently started watching reruns of "Frasier" at night on COZI TV (we get it via dish). Some of those episodes are hilarious and very clever.

I have really enjoyed the "Frasier" reruns. What surprised me was that Grammar was almost the straight man in those episodes setting up the Dad and brother for the funny lines. I haven't seen the new Frazier since it's a streaming event.

In fact, as of last week, my Dish remote is dead (new one on the way) so all I can watch is channel 4 (local Fox). It reminds me of how useless today's programming is.

"Israel will stand alone if necessary"; IIRC that is a statement that he used years ago when addressing the Senate.

 The Bible tells us to pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Pray that they arrive at some kind of peace. Please pray that this horrific terrorism stops and that they’re able to get their hostages back. Also pray that God places His hand of protection on the nation of Israel during this unprecedented war.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
'May they prosper who love you.
Peace Be within your walls and
security within your towers'.

Psalm 122:6-7

 Trump asks Big Oil for $1B in campaign cash
by Rachel Frazin and Brett Samuels - 05/09/24 4:00 PM ET

Former President Trump asked oil industry executives for $1 billion in campaign cash, according to someone with knowledge of the meeting.

Trump met with oil executives at Mar-A-Lago last month. His request for $1 billion for his campaign was previously reported by The Washington Post and The New York Times.

The Post reported that Trump said the donations would be a “deal” for oil executives because of the tax cuts and relaxed regulations he would implement, but the person who spoke with The Hill said the discussion was not framed as any sort of quid pro quo.

A second source, who was not in attendance but spoke to people who were, also confirmed Trump made the ask for donations. The source said Trump had previously chided oil executives about not opening up their pocketbooks enough for his campaign.

Trump campaign spokesperson Karoline Leavitt did not confirm or deny that Trump had requested $1 billion when asked.

“Joe Biden is controlled by environmental extremists who are trying to implement the most radical energy agenda in history and force Americans to purchase electric vehicles they can’t afford,” Leavitt said in a written statement.

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https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4654557-trump-big-oil-1b-campaign-cash-request/