1 00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:08,000 Speaker 1: From the team at News dot com dot Au. 2 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:10,320 Speaker 2: This is the latest from the Newsroom. 3 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 1: In today's episode, we're taking a dive into all the 4 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 1: biggest stories from behind palace walls. Over the past week. 5 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:18,919 Speaker 1: We've barely heard anything about Kate since she announced she 6 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:22,079 Speaker 1: had cancer in March, but some significant new details about 7 00:00:22,079 --> 00:00:25,200 Speaker 1: her treatment and future plans have emerged. King Charles has 8 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 1: gotten a controversial mention during a high profile interview, and 9 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 1: a divisive royal item has been targeted by vandals. Class 10 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: I'll tell you all about the very normal job Princess 11 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:37,280 Speaker 1: Diana had right up until she walked down the aisle. 12 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:39,839 Speaker 1: It's another big episode of from the Newsroom. We'll get 13 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 1: underway in just a moment. As most people know, Kensington 14 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 1: Pallas released a statement back in January about Kate needing 15 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:53,400 Speaker 1: abdominal surgery and a subsequent break from royal duties, and 16 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 1: then two months later, as the internet speculation was running wild, 17 00:00:57,080 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 1: Kate has self released a video saying she had cancer 18 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:04,320 Speaker 1: undergoing treatment privately for the foreseeable future. We've not really 19 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 1: heard anything about her condition since, but Vanity Fair's royal 20 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:11,399 Speaker 1: correspondent Katie Nicol has shed some light on those early 21 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:13,760 Speaker 1: days of her cancer progress. It sounds like it was 22 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:16,479 Speaker 1: a pretty tough start for the Princess of Wales. He's 23 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:19,200 Speaker 1: Miss Nickel on The Sun's Royal Exclusive Show. 24 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 3: I have been told by source very close to the 25 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 3: Princess of Welles that she had struggled with the treatment initially. 26 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 3: I mean, it's preventative Kumo therapy. It's you know, it's 27 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 3: not a pleasant thing. No one wants to have to 28 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 3: have this off the back of major surgery, a pretty 29 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 3: long recovery period and then she has to go through 30 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 3: the treatment. I think it was a struggle initially and 31 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:41,400 Speaker 3: I was very very relieved to hear from actually more 32 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 3: than one source that she has recently turned a corner. 33 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:47,200 Speaker 1: She also weighed in on recent reports that Kate may 34 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:50,280 Speaker 1: never return to her role in the same capacity as before. 35 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 3: I really think this is not the case. Everything I 36 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 3: hear is that she will be back to work. She's 37 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 3: coming back one hundred percent to pick up as the 38 00:01:57,400 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 3: Princess of Wells and do the great work she was 39 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 3: doing before. It will just be in her time when 40 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 3: she's ready, and crucially she gets to sign off from 41 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:09,360 Speaker 3: her medical team. 42 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 1: Moving on and King Charles has unexpectedly been brought up 43 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:16,240 Speaker 1: during Kevin Spacey's first major TV interview in years for 44 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 1: some background. Last year, in a London court, the Oscar 45 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 1: winner was cleared of all charges relating to the alleged 46 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 1: sexual assault of four men. However, he's still due to 47 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:27,919 Speaker 1: face a civil trial after another man filed a lawsuit 48 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:32,119 Speaker 1: claiming space He had sexually assaulted him. Spacey's career basically 49 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:35,639 Speaker 1: froze overnight with the claims first surface back in twenty seventeen, 50 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:38,119 Speaker 1: and a lot of Hollywood turned their back on him, 51 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:40,799 Speaker 1: But the actor hinted this week that he has been 52 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 1: shown support from the King. Here he is talking to 53 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:45,239 Speaker 1: Peers Morgan uncensored. 54 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:47,640 Speaker 4: The person I'm told has been very supportive to you 55 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:51,360 Speaker 4: in the Royal family is actually the King when he 56 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:53,920 Speaker 4: was French, Charles. Is that true? 57 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 2: That is true? 58 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 4: And when your troubles started, when the scandal blew up, 59 00:02:58,240 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 4: he did reach out to you. 60 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:02,800 Speaker 2: I know I haven't heard from him directly now, but 61 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 2: through other people that may be true. But he's had 62 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 2: a message too. I heard a message, yes, and I 63 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:14,960 Speaker 2: am very grateful for that, a message of support. Yes. 64 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 1: Buckingham Palace hasn't responded to that comment made by Spacey. 65 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 1: Now the last bit of royal news for you this week, 66 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 1: and still on the King, a portrait of him has 67 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 1: been defaced less than a month after it was revealed 68 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 1: to the world. The image, which was a bit divisive 69 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:34,360 Speaker 1: given its bold red theme, was targeted by animal rights 70 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 1: protesters this week, who covered it with the face of 71 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 1: Wallace out of Wallace and Grommet as part of a 72 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 1: campaign for better animal welfare on farms. The King began 73 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 1: a patron of the RSPCA in May this year and 74 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 1: has previously advocated against animal cruelty. A police reporter has 75 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 1: been filed about the incident, but no charges have yet 76 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 1: been laid. Next up, I'll tell you all about the 77 00:03:54,560 --> 00:04:00,200 Speaker 1: very normal job Princess Diana had before becoming well, Princess Diana. 78 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 4: It's hard to. 79 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 1: Imagine Diana as anything other than the people's princess, but 80 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 1: way back in the early eighties, before she got engaged 81 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:10,400 Speaker 1: to Prince Charles, the then teenager actually worked in childcare. 82 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 1: She was first to nanny and then a kindergarten teacher 83 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 1: right up until she got married in July nineteen eighty one. 84 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 1: Imagine being able to say Princess Diana was a kindy teacher, 85 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:22,280 Speaker 1: absolutely wild. Anyway, that's it for this Royal Edition from 86 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 1: the newsroom. Thanks for listening. We'll be back with another 87 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:26,120 Speaker 1: update on Monday morning.