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