Jan. 25, 2025
Kate Is Wonderful - the media returns to glowing Kate Middleton articles
We'll take a break from Meghan to catch up on the return of the "Kate Is Wonderful" articles which had taken a year off...but they, like Kate, are back!
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Hello and welcome to Palace Intrigue. I am your host,
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Mark Francis. Before Kate's illness, we'd often take time on
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Saturdays to recap the Kate Is Wonderful articles. If you're
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a regular listener to Palace Intrigue, you know that a
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typical story about Kate is about how relatable she is
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and just the bestest ever princess ever, unlike her sister
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in law, the wicked Witch of the West Coast. It's
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good to see nature is healing itself with the Kate's
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Wonderful stories. Returning, The Spectator wrote under the headline the
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quiet bravery of Kate Middleton, they write Megan and Harry,
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the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, came forward with a
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typically toned, deaf and self aggrandizing attack on Meta, which
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ended with a plug for the Archball Foundation and reminded
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us all of a relatively quiet twenty twenty four how
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irritating their presence in per life continues to be. And
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then the Princess of Wales, who quietly and stoically spent
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much of the past year undergoing cancer treatment, visited a
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hospital and matter of factly announced that her illness is
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in remission. Keith's visit to the Royal Marsden was inevitably
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an emotional affair. Princess Catherine, or Cater as everyone would
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rather refer to her, has been the Royal family's greatest
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asset in what has been a difficult and stressful period.
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She has overcome accusations of being a Stepford wife, smiling
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and waving on command, and although there have been the
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usual unpleasant murmurings that her illness was a fabrication to
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conceal some nefarious plot, most right minded people would find
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her actions considerably more admirable than those of other members
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of the family she has married into, not least her
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brother in law and his wife. Meanwhile, The Times wrote
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what Keat's new normal really means. She may look pristine
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once more, but recovering from cancer has changed the Princess
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of Wales and she won't be pushed into royal duties.
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Kate Mansley tells us there was no sign of illness.
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If anything, the royal family's brightest star was back on
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track her usual glamorous self. Her hair, which Queen Elizabeth
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once described as a glossy mane was immaculately groomed in
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her outfit as ever pristine, and yet the tell is
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in the detail. Sources close to Kate point to two
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words in her statement on Tuesday, that we're doing some
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heavy lifting, that this was the new normal. But what
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does that look like for a family that for centuries
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has been resolutely sticking to the old normal, for whom
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the old normal was their bread and butter, their very
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raison de taire. Why would you go through the year
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she's had just to run straight back to work, palming
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your three children off on round the clock nannies so
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that you can zip around the country on old fashioned
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royal ribbon cutting parade. It's not going to happen. The
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scene goes for William. Take the funeral of the former
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US President Jimmy Carter, for example. William, as heir to
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the throne, would normally have been expected to attend at
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the state funeral in Washington on January ninth, but it
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happened to fall on his wife's birthday, and so the
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baton was passed to his uncle, Prince Edward. Is this
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the sort of thing that the public can accommodate. Well,
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we know from the opinion polls that they can and will.
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The latest results from UGOV show that Kate is now
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the UK's most popular royal a spot held for decades
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by Elizabeth. She may have married into the royal family,
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but for many she represents the future of the organization
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she represents, and while no one can have full control
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over their health, her diary is something that she most
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definitely can control. If anything, her experience will help the
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future Queen in a public role, enabling her to bring
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a heightened sense of empathy to the job. This is
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a chance for Kate and William to take stock and
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rethink the way the monarchy operates in the modern world,
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not just for William's reign, but also for their son,
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Prince George. But going back to normal, don't expect to
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see that again. Angela Terry met Kate during the visit
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and told People magazine she was there to say thank
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you to the people who had looked after her, talked
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to patients who were in a similar situation. It was
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a great message of hope because she looked so well.
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We don't need to know what cancer she had. We
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just need to know she's been through surgery, she's been
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through chemo, and one year later, my goodness, look she
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is here. She has such poise and elegance, extremely genuine
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and sincere. She is very personable. I watched her talking
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to other patients and she's amazing. She has this gentle
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eye contact as she talks, she reaches out and maybe
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touches their shoulder or holds their hand, and her smile
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is always there. The level of connection she makes with
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each and every person she meets is phenomenal. Palace intrigue
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be right back. Not only is Kate wonderful, her husband
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is pretty groovy too. The Mirror wrote a fawning piece
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on William, explaining how his grandmother would have loved his
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latest moves. With his open necked shirts, casual white trainers
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and approachable demeanor, William has brought a fresh, relatable energy
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to the monarchy that even the late Queen Elizabeth I
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might have admired. While William has always chosen to focus
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on a few deeply meaningful causes rather juggling hundreds of charities,
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his recent shift in tactics has solidified his reputation as
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a royal with a small r. This informal yet impactful
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approaches included moments like answering phones at an Indian restaurant,
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surprising patrons by serving burghers from a van, and even
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buying rounds of drinks for Aston Villa fans in a
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Weatherspoon pub. Royal expert Jenny Bond believes this strategy is
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key to William's popularity. He's deliberately finding ways to connect
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without the fuss of traditional royal visits. Jenny told The
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Mirror he seems to enjoy catching people off guard, whether
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it's serving from a burger stare or dropping by a pub.
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It's refreshing for him and extremely effective in pr terms.
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Jenny also draws parallels between William's methods and the late
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Queen's philosophy. She recalls the Queen's Golden Wedding anniversary speech
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where she noted how deference could obscure the truth, making
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it essential for the monarchy to understand public opinion. By
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reducing the need for deference, Jenny explained, William is creating
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a clearer path to connecting with people, something his grandmother
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would surely have supported. William himself has been candid about
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his vision for royal duties. Speaking last year, he emphasized
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his focus on impact philanthropy, collaboration and empathy. He described
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his approach as having a smaller r in the Royal
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and explained what matters is helping people and making a difference.
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Katherine and I are trying to bring empathetic leadership because
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the world could use more of that. Partridges, the family
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run delicatessen that has served the Royal family in Chelsea
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locals for more than half a century, has announced the
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enclosure of its flagship store, known for its Royal warrant
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and Saturday food market, The grocer will shut its doors
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at Duke of York Square on February tecod, ending an
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era for Chelsea. John Sheppard, co founder and owner, said,
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we are very sad to be leaving Chelsea after an
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incredible fifty three years serving local residents. Although our Chelsea
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chapter is coming to an end, we are looking forward
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to building Partridges in smaller and more sustainable shop formats
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across London. The shop, which began supplying Buckingham Palace in
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nineteen ninety one and secured its first Royal warrant in
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ninety four, was granted a new Royal warrant by King
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Charles just weeks ago. Despite its prestigious ties. Shepherd cited
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an inability to reach a contractual agreement with its landlord
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as a key reason for the closure. The Duke of
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York Square store has been a cornerstone of Chelsea since
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relocating there from Sloane Street in two thousand and four.
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Its weekly fine food market has drawn tourists and supported
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countless small artists and businesses. Partridge's second location on Gloucester Road,
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established in the late nineteen nineties, will continue to operate.
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Reflecting on the store's legacy, Shepherd emphasized the contributions of
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the staff and the shop's community impact. We send all
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the traders our very best wishes for the future. The
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landlord who Seaborne added, I'm deeply sorry to see them go.
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