Kate Middleton's Cancer Recovery Update: Royal Hospital Details Revealed + Trump's Second State Visit Confirmed

0:03 Calorogu Shark Media had Hello and welcome through Palace intrigue and your host Mark Francis. It's a busy day of Royal news, none of it involving fruit spread in the Daily Mail. Rebecca English rites Kate has been to Hell and back over the last year and a half. In the words of one who knows her well, English refreshes ascot hate before adding Royal Aids insisted the original list had issued in error, but their explanation did little to halt speculation as to why not, least because it was clear that Ascot had at some point been told she planned to be there. And here's the eye opener. As English writes, Catherine has herself given us the occasional glimpse of what her treatment entailed, which included secretive visits to the Royal Marsden Hospital in London, where she was fitted with a semi permanent port into her chest. This small device was inserted under the skin and kept in place until her treatment, delivered via the port through a special needle and a thin tube in a vein close to the heart, was over several weeks later. Like a lot of patients, the princess has admitted she became almost attached to this literal lifeline, which offers no cast iron guarantee of success, even if you are a royal. As I have previously revealed, the princess was seriously unwell in the run up to her surgery in the first place, and while that is a story only for her to tell, if she ever chooses to do so, I can say that from what I understand, she is fortunate to even

1:34 be speaking of recovery, a source tells English. On some levels, I actually think this is a good reminder that she was really seriously ill last year and underwent a significant period of chemo. As anyone who has been through that experience will tell you, you can feel very unwell for a long time afterwards it can take years to recover. English does believe we are very likely to see her at Wimbledon, which starts Monday, as well as significant part in next month French state visit at Windsor Castle, and will take part in the official meet and greets for President mccrown on July eighth. Royal expert Ingrid Seward observes Kate might be back, but she's doing it sensibly and on her own terms. Her priorities have changed and she's listening to her body instead of being a people pleaser. She's absolutely got to be strict with herself and say no, I can't do this. Looking further ahead, we'll see if Kate meets with Donald Trump. King Charles has extended a second full state visit invitation to the President of the United States Donald Trump, after protocol ruled out a private summer meeting in Scotland. The handwritten Manurijia was hand delivered to the White House by embassy officials last week. Formal confirmation of dates is still to come, but September is widely expected.

2:48 Earlier correspondence makes clear how the monarch hoped first to host the President informally at either Balmorral or Dumfries's House. In February, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer presented mister Trump with the king letter, which noted, there is much on both the states which I think you might enjoy, particularly as my foundation at Dumfries's House provides hospitality schools training for young people who often end up as staff in your establishments. The King added, quite apart from this, presenting an opportunity to discuss a wide range of issues of mutual interest. It would also offer a valuable chance to plan a historic second estate visit to the United Kingdom. Palace officials have since confirmed the protocol prevents such an informal gathering ahead of a formal state visit, so plans have moved directly to the large occasion. A Palace aide said His Majesty has known President Trump for many years and looks forward to hosting him in the First Lady later this year. Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayna told Parliament, we are really pleased the US President is coming for a second state visit. Should all go ahead as expected, Donald Trump will become the first US president to receive two British state visits. Let's all hope Trump doesn't listen to Palace intrigue less he find out who William is heading out with. Addressing Bloomberg's headquarters in the City of London, the Prince of Wales promoted his Earthshot Prize and its forthcoming awards ceremony in Rio dejan Niro. Everything we want to do here starts with a team game, he told delegates, adding that a visit to South America, particularly Brazil, had long been high on his personal agenda. I think it's

4:20 really important and I think they epitomize the approach to what we can be doing more sustainably. The vibrancy, the energy, the enthusiasm. I think the awards will be spectacular. William then took the seat for a separate panel discussion, where criticism soon turned toward Washington. Welcoming the prince, Former New York mayor and media magnate Mike Bloomberg remarked, I'm lucky enough to have known William for a long time and his father, King Charles, and I think the UK is very well served, before noting that while there was good reason to be optimistic about the planet, the United States has not been doing its share lately. Eduardo Payers, mayor of Rio de Janio, host city for this year's ceremony, went further local governments. We don't want to do any politics here, but we saw what Donald Trump did in his first term. If it was not for the local governments, for the mayors, the US would be in big trouble.

5:12 William did not comment on the subject at hand. More Palace. In just a moment, Charles shook hands with a gorilla puppet. Lest you think this podcast will ever get boring, The King was at a reception at Lancaster House devoted to driving private finance into biodiversity. The monarch watched a short outdoor theater piece by The Herds in which life sized animal puppets highlight the impact of climate change. At his close, he cheerfully shook hands with a gorilla puppet before greeting the human cast. At Saint James Pallace, Charles and Camilla marked the twenty fifth anniversary of the Royal Drawing School by hosting a private reception and unveiling a celebratory exhibition entitled The Power of Drawing. The show brings together fifty works by established names and emerging talent, underscoring drawing as a universal language. Adding a musical flourish, singer songwriter Rufus Wainwright performed Hallelujah at the piano for the King before viewing his own piece in the exhibition. We already have our first Royal controversy scheduled for Checksnotes twenty twenty seven.

6:20 The Invictors Games Foundation is confirmed that Birmingham will host the eighth edition of the competition from July tenth, through seventeenth, twenty twenty seven, and the Duke of Sussex is expected to attend throughout the week long event. Harry plans to extend an olive branch by sending King Charles both an electronic message and a formal written invitation to the closing ceremony. However, that finale falls on seventeenth of July twenty twenty seven, the day Queen Camilla will celebrate her seventy eighth birthday, leaving the monarch with a delicate choice between marking his wife's personal milestone and lending visible support to his son's flagship project. One would imagine the Queen would understand sometimes the King has to sh show up and things. They can probably just go out for dinner that night and they have it. Plank to email us addresses the Palace entry get gmail dot com. Please follow us on Spotify, Apple or the app choice, and leave us a nice review if you're enjoying the show. By the way, another show you can check out from Calaruruga Shark Media is Did He Did He Do? It? As a trial winds up here in New York City, catch the latest on a daily basis from this special podcast it's called did He Did He Do It? And it's on Daily wherever you get your podcasts. Hey Mike Francis, but thanks to you, John McDermot. This is Palace's entry. Good terms,