Kate Middleton Video In "STARK CONTRAST" With Harry and Meghan Markle

yesterday at 4:30 uh kenon Palace released extraordinary very beautiful very moving Family Video uh from uh Kate uh the Princess of Wales in which she's talking about how she has finished her chemo talking about her cancer Journey what has mattered her through this period incredibly poignant very very beautifully short Hollywood style um and uh and basically saying you know she's not cancer free because of course that could take a very long time to find out even if you do ever find it out but showing well really just the battles she's been through let's talk about this with Charlie Ray he's former Royal editor of the sun and a close Royal Watchers still uh good morning to Charlie good morning Julia thanks for joining us I've had a lot of friends going through cancer I'm I'm of that age you know this you know friends and family over the years as we all will have had um and I have to say um I I I was really surprised by the tone of this video I it was very beautiful it was clearly you know Hollywood style very expensive Epic and it was very beautiful it was very heart moving it was very poignant but the main feeling it left me with despite this young woman saying that she's finished her chemo and it should be a moment of Joy was of sadness what was your reaction it it it is s the fact that she's still not clear of cancer and as you quite rightly say she may never know that she's ever going to be clear of cancer but I think the the point of the video as was with the King when he announced he had cancer was to try to inspire and give hope to others who are going through this battle it doesn't matter whether you're Highborn or lowborn as you well know Julia uh cancer is a dreadful Dreadful disease and it affects from people from all walks of life now if this gives a bit of inspiration to just one person then the job is done and it was a nice video it was nice to see happy family when we on hearing when we keep on hearing uh that you know many members of the RO family are cold and callous and don't like each other this is the opposite of it and I and I think it does give inspiration to to other people and it's very noticeable you know that it's not just her and her husband it was very lovely to see the affection between her and William actually um and and clearly with the children and and also her parents of course who keep you know they turn up to all the big functions dress appropriately don't say a word just get on with it they've done you know they've done that their sort of you know parents of a future Queen role uh absolutely perfectly as she has done hers look you know you know me look I'm a I'm a long-standing republican I've got no no feelings anti these individual people I'm a you know I I just I'm I'm a I'm a Democrat here's the thing though you know Kate's always done the job she knew the deal she signed up to it she's done the deal she never she never explains she never complains she's you know she just she know she you know she is absolutely perfect in that job and the main thing for me as a mom is that you know she's a mom of young children and you would not wish this on any it doesn't matter how many palaces you own you could live in a palace or in a council EST State you've got young children a young mom are against through cancer is is just an absolute devastating thing to happen um but in terms of like the the way they've chosen to do this there was all that criticism of of of Kate for sort of you know photoshopping photos of her with the kids and criticism of that and then she did a video explaining you know about her health feels like she's sort of been dragged sort of into public ey when she doesn't want to be there this has been her choice to do this and they've clearly you know brought in top-notch people to do this film to edit this film to to to style it um why do you think they made that decision um because I think it's probably the best way for them to get you know to feed the the the the the thing to as many people as possible this this video as you qu let say is professionally short and it also underlines that cancer is not just for the victim or the person who's suffering from the it's for the the family behind the person who's suffering from cancer is so so important as this clearly shows I mean we have a devoted William there is no doubt about that we have three beautiful children and I know it's all sort of hoppy Poppy and all that sort of but it the message is still is still the same and it's nice to see and also the other thing I think as well that as in days gone by where you had when prince Andrew was a working Royal not supporting in Fergie at things he should have done and Charles not supporting Diana when he should have done because of the men in the gray suits he's a guy who's not going to be bullied by anybody whether they we're in a GRE or not you you you look at you touch my wife in that way and we are going to seriously fall out well there's no doubt at all I mean over there there those topless shots taken out I mean outrageously by papat it long range in a private Villa of K I mean there's no doubt at all William completely quite rightly ballistic about that he's always come out and he and Harry again both very protective of both their wives on that front yeah it was I mean it's really nice look you know I just you know I'd really like to have I think I think being in the royal family is a really really tough gig and all that uh all that scrutiny and I think you know you need to have that solid family background and that solid relationship to be able to cope with that and again the Royals who haven't been able to cope with it you can see the damage that's done but this is so much in STK contrast isn't it with with Harry and Megan and you know putting out you know the lifestyle Brands and selling the book and and and all of that it's so different the only thing that was missing and CLA p and I both were going to only thing was missing at the end of that was there was a message for those who were still you know dealing with cancer obviously and that was very you know though thoughtful I would have liked to have seen some links to you know five or six major cancer Charities to Charities dealing with hospices all things like just like hey you know what and if this has touched you why not give some money to these Charities because because you know I've been lucky enough to have all the family support and the money and the ability not to work and look after my kids still a lot of families don't have that I think I think you are right uh but you you have to remember that both William and Katherine are linked to some cancer Charities already and I'm I am convinced that they will be linked to others in the future this now is the cause and a great cause close much closer to their hearts than it than it would have been because they well she's experienced it and he's experienced it as a result so there'll be more links with these cancer Charities and you're right if any all Charities deserve as much money as they could possibly raise and get and that is why you have Royal patrons because it helps raise the profile of them I mean when you think of the days gone by when Diana was doing it she I say she was charging they were charging $10,000 a plate and America just to sit behind a pillar so they can just get a glimpse over that charity ear an awful lot of money and I think we're going to see the same you know with William and kathen yeah absolutely Charlie R lovely to speak to you former Royal editor of the sun thank you for that CLA pisel again we we both face the issue of char councel Charities um again I is for me it was just the was just something about the tone of the video that it was I mean you know it looks very it's very plush it's very uh it's do you know what it's the sort of thing I would have expected Megan and Harry to do it's very but you think this is a big turning point in terms of the pr for the palace that they got new people in they want to you know and and it's not about exploiting her cancer at all I don't I'm not accusing anyone of that but just actually you know trying to sort of share a bit more of their family with the nation because a lot of Royal Watchers want that yeah I think this shows the direction that the royal family is going to take and if you consider in that little video clip you have the next king on screen and also probably the one after that as well so it's showing that royalty is always going to be there there is a line of succession but it's changing from its past and changing the Traditions I like the fact the kids are actually least having a s normal chter this wasn't it when Kate and William got together that he he just loved going to her family because it was just normal family life you know again you know I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy I you know it really is