Speaker 1: Calorogus Shark Media. In Today's News, Kate made her first
Speaker 1: solo appearance in over a year with a new hairstyle.
Speaker 1: Harriet Meghan criticized Facebook and Megan is out to prove
Speaker 1: she's more than just Harry's plus one. Hello and welcome
Speaker 1: to Palace Intrigue. I am your host, Mark Francis. Kate
Speaker 1: Middleton made a deeply personal return to public life on Tuesday,
Speaker 1: visiting the Royal Marsden Hospital in London, where she herself
Speaker 1: received treatment for cancer. The visit marked her first solo
Speaker 1: engagement in over a year. Speaking candidly, Kate acknowledged the
Speaker 1: emotional toll cancer has taken on families, saying the treatments
Speaker 1: really are different and so varied it impacts families differently.
Speaker 1: She also shared the challenges of resuming daily life after treatment,
Speaker 1: noting you think treatment is finished, crack on with that
Speaker 1: daily tasks, but that's still a real challenge. Upon arrival,
Speaker 1: Kate she had a rare personal moment, saying it was
Speaker 1: nice to come in through the main entrance after having
Speaker 1: made so many quiet, private visits. During her visit, the
Speaker 1: Princess met a woman undergoing her first day of treatment,
Speaker 1: and wearing a cold cap. Offering words of encouragement. Kate
Speaker 1: advised her to keep doing the things that give you joy.
Speaker 1: Kate spoke candidly about her own cancer diagnosis and treatment,
Speaker 1: telling one patient in chemotherapy, it makes you appreciate all
Speaker 1: the small things in life that you take for granted.
Speaker 1: It's really tough. It's such a shock. It's the uncertainty
Speaker 1: of that initial diagnosis. It's such a wealth of information
Speaker 1: understanding the diagnosis. It's a massive amount of information to
Speaker 1: take on as a patient. Kate also shared what helped
Speaker 1: her through her own recovery, saying trying to stay positive
Speaker 1: made such a difference. Loads of water and loads of
Speaker 1: sunlight also helped me feel better. The visit had its
Speaker 1: lighter moments, too, was Kate met Scout, a therapy dog,
Speaker 1: new charmed patients and staff like Reflecting on her own journey,
Speaker 1: the princess said, sometimes you feel relatively well and then
Speaker 1: you have another one. Sometimes from the outside we all
Speaker 1: think you've finished treatment and you go back to things,
Speaker 1: but it's hard to get back to normal. As she
Speaker 1: left the hospital, Kate embraced a woman, offering reassurance there's
Speaker 1: light at the end of the tunnel and you're in
Speaker 1: the best of hands. Kate's connection to Royal Marsden now
Speaker 1: goes beyond her personal experience. Kensington Palace announced that she
Speaker 1: will join Prince William as a Royal patron of the hospital,
Speaker 1: which treats more than fifty nine thousand patients annually. A
Speaker 1: Palace spokesperson said the Princess wanted to show her gratitude
Speaker 1: to the incredible team, but also highlight the world leading
Speaker 1: care and treatment that the Marsden provides. In the Daily Mail,
Speaker 1: Rebecca English reports that the appearance is the next stage
Speaker 1: in a carefully calibrated plan to manage her recovery and
Speaker 1: measured return to official duties, and one that is being
Speaker 1: decided by Catherine herself rather than Palace courtiers at every stage.
Speaker 1: English added, listen to her talk to cancer patients, some
Speaker 1: actually undergoing chemotherapy treatment. While they spoke, it was clear
Speaker 1: that Catherine typically wanted to focus on them, not herself.
Speaker 1: When one couple complimented her on how amazingly well she
Speaker 1: and William had managed the situation with their children, she
Speaker 1: replied coyly, Oh, that's kind, and moved on to ask
Speaker 1: about how the impact had been on them. My understanding
Speaker 1: is that this will continue to be her approach over
Speaker 1: the coming weeks and months. If and when she is
Speaker 1: ready to tell us more, she will, and until then
Speaker 1: she will continue to use her voice to amplify the
Speaker 1: experiences of those who can't. Kate may have suddenly debuted
Speaker 1: a new look. As we all noticed, Kate single handedly
Speaker 1: turned the chausey blow dry into a Royal staple when
Speaker 1: she stepped out in the iconic Blue Is address back
Speaker 1: in twenty ten, appears to have updated her signature's style.
Speaker 1: Her long, glossy looks have been her trademark for years,
Speaker 1: but in twenty twenty five, the Royal seems to be
Speaker 1: embracing a slightly different esthetic. This time, her curls are
Speaker 1: more dramatic, leaned toward an elevated version of the classic
Speaker 1: Hollywood wave. Professional hairstylist Tom Pike, whose client listing includes
Speaker 1: actress Lily James, shared his insights with he Low magazine. Essentially,
Speaker 1: Kate has upgraded the style known as the Hollywood Wave.
Speaker 1: Tom explained he broke down the process to achieve this.
Speaker 1: You would use either a smoothing cream or a nice
Speaker 1: blow dry spray blow dry your hair smooth. Then use
Speaker 1: a large barrel wand twist the hair around the tool,
Speaker 1: taking slightly thicker sections as you work. Once this is done,
Speaker 1: gently brush it out. What sets Kate's take apart, according
Speaker 1: to Pike, is her unique finishing touch. The way that
Speaker 1: Keith's done it slightly different. She's parted her hair at
Speaker 1: the back and then pushed it forward, so it looks
Speaker 1: like you've got that real I call it a royal wave,
Speaker 1: but it just looks like you've got that real deep
Speaker 1: wave in the hair. It's beautiful. Palace Intrigue to be
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Speaker 1: you informed between episodes. Meanwhile, Harry and Megan have issued
Speaker 1: a scathing statement condemning Matter's decision to scrap its fact
Speaker 1: checking program on platforms Facebook and Instagram. The couple's statements,
Speaker 1: shared on their official website, calls Matters move deeply concerning
Speaker 1: and accuses the company of prioritizing profit over public safety.
Speaker 1: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, known for their advocacy
Speaker 1: for safer online spaces, criticized the decision to replace fact
Speaker 1: checking where a community notes system similar to that of x.
Speaker 1: They warned that this change would undermine free speech by
Speaker 1: enabling abuse and hate speech. While silencing marginalized voices. Their
Speaker 1: statement read, allowing more abuse and normalizing hate speech serves
Speaker 1: to silence speech and expression, not foster it. Meta's recent
Speaker 1: decisions to go directly against its stated mission to build
Speaker 1: human connection and instead prioritize those using the platform to
Speaker 1: spread hate, lies, and division at the expense of everyone else.
Speaker 1: The Sussexes accused the Matter of abandoning its commitments to
Speaker 1: public safety and user protection, especially for marginalized communities and families,
Speaker 1: by rolling back safeguards and revising hateful content policies. They
Speaker 1: highlighted the potential harm to children's mental health and safety,
Speaker 1: calling matters changes deeply deceptive. The timing of this statement
Speaker 1: is notable, coming just weeks after Megan relaunched her Instagram account.
Speaker 1: Her posts so far have had comments disabled, reflecting their
Speaker 1: ongoing concerns about online abuse and toxicity. Today was to
Speaker 1: have been the day Meghan's Cooking Show debuted, where the
Speaker 1: series now being delayed to March the fourth, seemingly to
Speaker 1: avoid having Meghan look tone deaf in the light of
Speaker 1: the la fires, and inside a told Okay magazine, Megan
Speaker 1: feels this show will be perfect revenge for all her
Speaker 1: doubters and haters. She is so confident it's going to
Speaker 1: do well and she will get the accolades she deserves
Speaker 1: for it, which will finally shut some people up. She
Speaker 1: can't wait. She has always been confident in her own abilities,
Speaker 1: and while her confidence took a knock when she was
Speaker 1: in the royal family, she is riding high again. And
Speaker 1: she's so proud of this show. People tend to underestimate Herbert.
Speaker 1: Meghan knows what the audience wants, and she is giving
Speaker 1: them that with this show. And nobody can criticize her
Speaker 1: for cashing in on her royal connections because she doesn't
Speaker 1: really mention them. She is just determined to show that
Speaker 1: she can make it on her own without Harry and
Speaker 1: her titles. Some people think she's only famous because of Harry,
Speaker 1: but that's not true, and she's going back to her roots.
Speaker 1: People always open up to her because she listens and cares.
Speaker 1: She knows the audience will warm to her if they
Speaker 1: give the show a chance. A Hollywood insider told The
Speaker 1: New York Post, I don't think anyone is excited by this.
Speaker 1: Everybody in entertainment is sending that ridiculous trailer back and forth.
Speaker 1: Being like, what is this show about? It don't get it.
Speaker 1: It's so sad because they had this huge platform. Now
Speaker 1: I can't really see Megan doing much else in terms
Speaker 1: of pushing herself into the public eye. Marketing expert Tony
Speaker 1: Kase tells The Daily Beast Harry and Meghan are box
Speaker 1: office poison from a brand perspective, I'm not really sure
Speaker 1: anything can be done at this point to reverse consumers
Speaker 1: obvious apathy toward the Sussexes. And they have it to
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