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Palace Confidential revisits a royal soaking in Antigua

Rebecca English reports from the Caribbean as the weekly panel moves from an umbrella mishap to royal diplomacy and public opinion.

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  1. 1:30Rebecca English explains why Charles remained in soaked clothes after the sudden rain in Antigua.
  2. 6:33The panel examines the diplomatic debate over slavery reparations at the Commonwealth meeting.
  3. 12:31October favourability polling prompts discussion of Charles, Harry and Meghan's public standing.
  4. 31:35Viewer questions bring explanations of queen regnant, queen consort and princess consort.

Rebecca English has an eyewitness answer to the question occupying Palace Confidential's panel: how did King Charles end up reviewing military guards in heavy rain without an umbrella? Reporting from Antigua, she explains that the soaking followed him into subsequent engagements, with no immediate escape from his wet clothes.

The episode brings host Luke Blackall together with Richard Eden and Charlotte Griffiths, and finds room for a comparison with Charles's leaking-pen frustration in 2022. But the Caribbean coverage also has a more substantial diplomatic thread: the King's speeches about colonial history and the debate over slavery reparations at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.

That Thursday programme collected roughly 95,000 views in its opening nine hours, making it the most watched of the channel's nine new uploads. Despite a title centred on Harry, Meghan and Thomas Markle, it ranges widely, from royal favourability polling to William's television appearances. Later, viewer questions prompt an explanation of the differences between a queen regnant and a queen consort.

Elsewhere, Richard Eden's special marking a year since Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor lost his princely title remains among the channel's busiest videos. The week's uploads also include reporting on an investigation involving Thomas Markle and Shorts asking what William's Graham Norton appearance means for the monarchy's relationship with celebrity culture.

The channel added about 1.3 million views over the week, while its subscriber total stayed unchanged. Daily viewing is below its usual level. The fresh Thursday episode is doing most of the immediate work, with its preview and the Andrew retrospective also drawing views.

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The facts
Subscribers
575,000
Channel views, last 7 days
1,279,188
Videos published this week
9
Video published
November 5, 2026
Video views so far
94,662

The numbers

Here is Palace Confidential's week in views and subscribers.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels
SBS News
2,885,936
WSJ News
1,734,590
subscribers
575,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
total views
405,595,397
views per day
158,985
typical day: 225,599
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
SBS News
656,000
WSJ News
648,000
As of November 6, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
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