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Speaker 1: Ah Calorogus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Intrigue.

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I am your host, Mark Francis. Page six reports suggests

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that while public attention often focuses on the rift between

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King Charles and Prince Harry, the relationship between the King

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and Prince William is not without its own tensions. Royal

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biographer Hugo Vickers told page six the problem with William

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is that he thinks he knows best. Royal author Robert

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Jobson struck a more measured tone, saying, there have been

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differences of opinion and a few problems a couple of

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years back. William has to rise above it all if

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he is going to be king, and both he and

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Charles know they have to work together. Jobson added that

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despite what he described as eternal battles, the King and

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his heir remain in regular contact. They meet regularly and

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they converse. There is no major problem. I'm sure William

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is not in any way going to reconcile with Harry.

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He's made his position pretty clear. They have different paths.

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According to Woman's Day, William would insist on a legally

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binding agreement before agreeing to meet privately with his younger brother.

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An unnamed source told the publication, Harry might have charmed

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his way with his father, but it's going to take

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a lot more than a few feeble gestures to convince

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William to give him another chance. The source claimed that

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William and Catherine still feel the hurt and humiliation caused

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by Harry and Meghan's public criticism of the royal family,

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including the couple's interview with Oprah and Harry's memoir. According

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to the report, William believes a legally binding contract is

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the only language the Sussexes will understand. One unnamed source

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told Radar Online, there is a growing sense that the

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King feels the weight of the institution resting largely on

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his shoulders, particularly when he looks at how busy his

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own schedule has been compared with his heirs. He is

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acutely conscious that he is still undertaking a substantial number

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of engagements while dealing with a serious illness, and that

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contrast has begun to grate. Behind the scenes, Charles genuinely

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appreciates William's desire to be a very present, hands on father.

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He knows that comes from a sincere place. At the

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same time, he cannot entirely shake the feeling that this

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carefully crafted image inevitably invites comparisons with his own past,

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and that those comparisons do not always fall in his favor.

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That touches on all sensitivities about the kind of parent

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he was able to be while balancing his duty in

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personal life. From the King's perspective, there is a delicate

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balance to strike between updating the role for a modern

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error and appearing to step back from the responsibilities that

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give the monarchy its purpose, whether he sees that he

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is pushing through a demanding program of work even as

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he manages treatment and recovery. While Williams's public commitments sometimes

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look relatively light, it becomes more than just a scheduling issue.

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It starts to feel like a source of real tension.

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Royal biographer Teina Brown has made a similar argument, suggesting

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that Charles may currently be more irritated with William than

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Prince Harry. Brown said, the King is, i am told,

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currently less irritated with the prodigal Harry than he is

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with his eldest son and heir. Somehow, William's parenting dedication

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always seems couched as a tacit criticism of the king's

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own paternal deficiencies, and after five confirmed family vacations in

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the past seven months, William's first week back diary pulsated

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with two outings, a father daughter excursion to Women's Rugby

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World Cup pool match and a stroll through the Natural

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History Museum's new gardens. Charles, despite his battle with cancer,

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has carried out official engagements on one hundred and seventy

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five days during the past twelve months. At last, Prince

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Harry has got it right, which is bad news for

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the Prince of Wales. After five years of exuding colera

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and wrath and spouting therapeutic gibberish, the ginger Winder finally

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realized that all the royals have to do to win

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public enthusiasm is zip around the UK and smile. Harry's

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own reset, a positivity campaign he hopes will endear him

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to his still estranged father and a negative British public,

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came with a new unexpected gambit, a contribution from his

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own bank account of one point one million pounds to

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the Children in Need Project. It can only unleashed for

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William the uneasy question of what exactly the forty three

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year old Prince of Wales is doing with the twenty

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three million pounds a year. King Charles is reportedly encouraging

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William and Kate to consider follow showing his lead and

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take steps toward easing tentions with Harry and Meghan. According

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to Heat magazine, Charles was encouraged by Harry's recent visit

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to Birmingham Children's Hospital, where the Duke of Sussex referred

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to Prince William as my brother while chatting with a

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young Aston Villa supporter. The King is also said to

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have been moved by Harry's appearance on the Joe Marler

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Will See You Now podcast, where the Duke recalled Princess

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Diana embracing both of her sons after difficult days. An

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unnamed source said the King just isn't prepared to accept

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that William and Harry may never repair their relationship. The

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report claims Charles believes both brothers share responsibility for the

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breakdown and hopes each will make an effort to rebuild trust.

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The source also said Charles is not trying to force

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an immediate reunion, but is instead waiting for the right

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opportunity to encourage meaningful conversations. The King reportedly hopes William

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and Harry can let go of some of the bad blood,

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not only for his sake, but also for the benefit

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of the next generation of the family. An unnamed source

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told heat World, Kate can't help but be terribly worried

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for Harry. She sees someone who's broken and angry and

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carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders, so

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of course a big part of her feels called to

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reach out and offer him some support, and the fact

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that she can't offer any words of wisdom is very difficult. However,

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the report claims William has made it clear that he

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would not support any attempt by Kate to contact his

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younger brother. According to the source, she has to think

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of her husband first, and he's been very clear that

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under no circumstances will he accept her extending any sort

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of olive branch to his brother. The source alleged William

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believes any private communication would be seized upon an leverage

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in some way by Harry and Meghan, adding it would

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totally undermine his position. He managed to swerve Harry and

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Meghan completely when they were in town, and he is

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quite pleased with himself for showing that restraint, the source said,

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but he's still very bitter about the fact that they

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managed to worm their way into a visit with the King,

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and the last thing he needs is Kate making it

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seem as though all was forgiven when it absolutely isn't.

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Kate has caught between a rock and a hard place

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because at the end of the day, Harry is still

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her brother in law and someone she really cares about.

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The reality is she has to side with him. He's

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her partner in life and she simply would never go

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against his wishes. Kate revealed that she temporarily lost the

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ability to concentrate on reading and instead found comfort in coloring.

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The comments were made during Kate's visit to the Christie

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NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester in June, where she met

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patients taking part in art therapy sessions. Video from the

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engagement has recently resurfaced online. Speaking with patients, Kate reflected

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on her own experience during treatment. I don't know about you,

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but I didn't really have the ability to reach or

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focus on anything. Actually, coloring was my way of exploring

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interesting things and being able to do something that didn't

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require an end product or an end finished peace. But

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actually just a way of playing and losing yourself, and

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lots of thoughts came up in that process. You need

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to support yourself alongside all the things you can't control.

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Your body changes so much, not just physically emotionally, but

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the deeper side of ourselves. It puts so much in

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perspective and you hold on to what's important. Her comments

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have drawn attention to what many cancer patients describe as

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chemo brain, the common side effect of cancer and its

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treatment that can affect concentration, memory and focus or palace

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in just a moment. A longtime friend of Prince William

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and Catherine, Princess of Wales was married in the Scottish Highlands,

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bringing renewed attention to the woman once dubbed the couple's

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decoy during their university years. Bryanny Daniels announced her marriage

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to Adair Williams, the Duke of Sutherland, by sharing photographs

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from their Highland wedding on social media. The images show

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the newlyweds celebrating beside a classic land Rover before driving

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away together after the ceremony. Briyanny wore a gold Amelia

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Wicksted gown with a traditional white veil and one of

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her dogs joined the wedding party at Strathfike Lodge in

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the Scottish Highlands. Brianny became known to royal watchers during

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her time at the University of Saint Andrews, where she

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studied alongside William and Catherine between two thousand and one

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and five. Because she was frequently seen with the future king,

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she was the subject of media speculation before it later

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emerged that her public appearance with William helped divert attention

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from his developing relationship with Catherine. Like Catherine, Bryany also

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took part in the university's famous charity fashion show. She

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remained a close friend of the couple and was among

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the guests of their wedding at Westminster Abbey in twenty eleven.

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