I don't want to blow smoke but Patty is one of the sanest people I ever encountered when you were in, within the palace system. There could be transparency between us and one of the things that is signaling lacking now is transparency. You left the working for the crown in 2013, we were back in the media after the Queen's funeral saying how ready Charles was to be king. Have you advised him since he took the palace reigns? I've not seen him or spoken to him and you know I'm not involved officially anymore. He said officially are you unofficially involved? I'm always there if they need me but actually they haven't particularly been calling me because they've
He was King Charles’s Communications Chief for almost a decade. She wrote the book on Charles (literally). Our guests today – Patrick Harverson and Catherine Mayer – are two insiders who take us beyond the media spectacle and into the inner workings of both the Crown and the British media. They consider whether the revelations inside Prince Harry’s best-selling book “Spare” will shake-up a stodgy palace. They discuss the unquenching hunger of the tabloid machine, debate the resilience of the monarchy – and examine whether the response to this royal controversy hints at a deeper culture war brewing in Britain. Finally, they unpack an emotion that permeates Harry’s pages: grief.
Kara and Nayeema taped this episode in London where they were joined by Brooke Hammerling, a strategic communications expert and Kara’s go-to source for all things royal. Before and after the interview, the trio looks at how people on both sides of the pond are responding to the book’s many revelations. And Brooke shares why a tell-all … may not have been the best strategy for Harry and Meghan.
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