April 12, 2025

Checking in on Kate Middleton and Prince William

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We’ll take a break today from discussing You Know Who to see what the other royals are up to.

Kate is of course fabulous, and looking great. And Wills could be a sportscaster if he wanted to, although King probably pays better.

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Calorogus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Intrigue. I

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am your host, Mark Francis. We'll take a break today

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from discussing you know who to see what the other

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royals are up to. Kate, who neither has her own

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mildly received podcast nor a fruit spread side hustle, still

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somehow manages to remain wonderful. Express shared the secrets behind

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Kate's youthful glow. At forty one, the Princess of Wales

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continues to dazzle the skin that appears effortlessly radiant, a

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fact not lost on the public nor on one inquisitive

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child who recently asked her age during a visit to

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the Young VNA. I'm forty one. Don't tell anyone, Kate

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replied with a smile. But according to skincare expert Diane

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Ackers from Doctor's Formula Cosmaceuticals, it's all about cleansing, hydrating,

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and regenerating. Cleansing is vital as we age, she explained,

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especially if your skin is tackling some tough hormonal changes.

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You may feel like someone has turned up the oil

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switch or the opposite, and every ounce of oil that

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was keeping your skin soft and supple has evaporated. Catherine

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will no doubt regularly switch up her skincare routine, which

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is essential. Moisturizers she used in her twenties and thirties

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are not likely to offer her skin the same kind

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of support they used to. The princess emerged this spring

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with a fresh, sun kissed update to her signature look,

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and it took many observers a moment to realize why

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she appeared just a little bit brighter. After years of

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favoring rich, chocolate brown waves, Catherine has subtly shifted her

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hair to include soft blonde highlights, catching the light in

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a way that is both understated and undeniably glamorous. A change,

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while far from dramatic, has added a new warmth and

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radiance to her overall appearance. The transformation appears to have

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begun during the family's mid February holiday to Mystique. By March,

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the effect was fully noticeable at the Commonwealth Day Service

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in Westminster Abbey, then again at Saint Patrick's Day Parade.

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The light her tones framed her face and the camera's attention.

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A visit to Cardiff with the Prince of Wales confirmed it.

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Kate's hair at a glow to match the season. Some

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articles this week let us know how Kate is preparing

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for her future role as queen. According to royal commentator

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Afuer and Chimpong Hagen, Kate will likely take on more

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public engagements alongside William, representing the monarchy at state visits,

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charitable endeavors, and major national events, and that you'll play

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a crucial role in shaping the monarchy's relationship with the

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public at a time when discussions about the relevance of

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the royal family are ongoing, and adds Kate will likely

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grow into one of the most influential queen consorts in

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modern history. Pr expert Evan Neeman tells US Weekly she's

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kept her approval high by keeping things tightly controlled with

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minimal access and maximum polish. More recently, she's shifted toward

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a softer visibility, sharing her own photos and family moments

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while staying out of the fray, showing she has clear

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commitment to building personal connections without sacrificing composure. Royal expert

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Jenny Bond says William and Kate are aware of the

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spare effect when it comes to their younger children. Jenny

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explains William and Kate must be acutely aware of the

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problems for a royal spare. They have already shown that

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they have a different and modern attitude to bringing up

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royal children, and I'm sure they would do everything to

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make Charlotte and Luis feel every bit as special, loved

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and valued as George. I imagine they will encourage Louis

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to explore life outside the royal fould. It could be

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the military, but he could also be working in charity

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or whatever he finds appealing. After his education is finished,

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I'm sure they will encourage him to go to university,

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which they both enjoyed and where, of course they found love.

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And from there they will want to find a life

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that is meaningful to him as well as appropriate for

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the son of the future king. They will try to

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ensure that he feels he is living a life of value,

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irrespective of his place in the line of succession, and

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that will probably involve service of some kind, as they

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have emphasized from the start that they want their children

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to understand that having empathy with others is not only

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a kindness, but is rewarding as well well. Palacing just

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The link is in the show notes. With his father's

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health in question and international tensions arising, Prince William is

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stepping into this spotlight with increasing confidence and clarity. Whether

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striding through a military base near the Russian border, overseeing

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tree planting in a moss covered corner of Dartmoor, the

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Prince of Wales is sending a clear message He's not

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waiting in the wings. William is having to be quite

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an active Prince of Wales early in his term in

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this position, said Royal historian Carol and Harris. Unlike his father,

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who inherited the title at age three and had decades

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to grow into it, William had already reached his forties

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when Charles ascended the throne. He had time to think

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about how he was going to present himself in this role.

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Harris added that presentation is becoming increasingly defined. Just weeks ago,

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the Prince rode in a challenger to tank during a

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visit to British troops stationed in Estonia in the Russian border.

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The symbolic weight of such an image military fatigues armored

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still in European soil was not lost on observers, Nor

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was the significance of the timing. With the UK ramping

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up defense spending and doubling down on support for Ukraine,

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William's presence spoke volumes. It reflects again the UK stands

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on Ukraine, said Craig PRESCOTTI, constantitutional expert at Royal Holloway

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University of London, and the fact that the royal family

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were there and plan to be there just shows how

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fundamental that level of support is. But it's not all

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tanks and geopolitics. Back in the UK Williams, Duchy of

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Cornwall quietly announced it had planted four hundred and fifty

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saplings in Wistland's Wood, an ancient temperate rainforest in southwest England.

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The effort to double the woodlands size symbolically significant, if small,

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and scale, also plays to William's well known environmental interests.

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Prince William's heart is nearly in the right place, but

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wildlife still comes at distant second to his estate behind

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the load star of profit, said Joel Scott, Hawke's co

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founder of the UK campaign group Wildcard, who noted that

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the newly planted trees represent just zero point seven percent

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of the Duchy's vast landholdings. Still, Prescott believes the announcement

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is strategic as well as sincere. It's just one of

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those things where lots of things come together, the Duchy,

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William's environmental focus. It's a natural synergy. The King remains

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determined to maintain visibility. Harris said he doesn't want to

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be out of the public eye for an extended period

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of time. King Charles finds himself and what royal experts

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are calling uncharted waters as he continues to navigate his

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public role while undergoing cancer treatment, a level of transparency

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never before seen from a reigning monarch. Royal commentator Richard

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Eden observed when his grandfather, George the sixth, had cancer,

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he wasn't even told himself. Clearly, we're in uncharted waters.

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But if he needs to visit hospital because he's feeling

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a bit under the weather from treatment, which is quite understandable,

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people do start to worry and panic a bit. Sources

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say Queen Camilla has been quietly urging her husband to

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slow down. Eden said, I do get the sense that

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the Queen is very keen to slow him down a bit.

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I think she'd rather frankly that he was relaxing in

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the gardener, not doing any jobs at all, but that's

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just not him. Royal correspondent Rebecca English noted how surprising

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the King's openness has been, especially compared to the approach

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taken during Queen Elizabeth Icond's later years in the Old Days.

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Even with Ueen Elizabeth in the years before her death,

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she had an overnight stay in hospital that we weren't

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told about. That leak and the backlash may have influenced

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the current monarch's more transparent approach. Mike Tindall says here

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definitely turned down a royal title. The forty five year old,

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who is married to Zara Tindall, King Charles nisson Lake,

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Queen's oldest granddaughter, said simply, I would definitely turn that

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