September 28, 2025 • 7 mins
Entertainment Editor Peter Ford on a Prince Harry spokesperson defending reconciliation efforts with the King, Dolly Parton postponing shows and a star performing foxtrot to DWTS's iconic theme on UK dance show.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Well. Prince Harry spokesperson has released a statement slamming news
outlets for attempting to sabotage his reconciliation with King Charles.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Yes, from what we're joined by entertainment editor Peter Ford Hyhpete.
This is in relation to his recent UK trips yet trip.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
Yeah, and the trip where he caught up with his
dad for about fifty four minutes and it was the
first time they'd been together face to face for nineteen months.
And now Prince Harry is clearly unhappy with the way
that's been reported. So the statement that's come out is
not from him, it's by a spokesperson, but you can
be guaranteed that he would have dictated every single word
(00:38):
and basically written it. And it's gone out from his
pr people, and they're picking up on little things that
Prince Harry's not happy about. For example, a photograph was
handed over. Some reports said the photograph was of.
Speaker 4 (00:52):
Harry and Meghan. They have denied that.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
I guess we can assume the photograph was of the grandchildren,
which is lovely.
Speaker 4 (01:00):
But this is the problem. You know, Prince Harry can't
let go.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
He seems to want to always start a fight, and
this is part of the reason why he could never
come back into the royal family, because you do have
to to a very large degree, live by that mantra
of don't complain, don't explain. Some things will be reported
you don't like, some things will be untrue and reported,
and that makes you unhappy.
Speaker 4 (01:23):
But that's the reality of those people.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
So I think for him to put this out and
then to also stir the plots saying there are dark
forces or men in gray suits within the palace who
are working to destabilize this reunion of the two of
them and where it may lead to. So a bit
of paranoia chucked in there as well from Prince Harry.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
But don't you think, Pete, that someone did leak the
fact that photograph was handed over, do you know what
I mean? So that did actually happen. So that kind
of does play into Prince Harry's point that people are
talking about things they have no rights we're talking about.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
In that sense, I agree, but I still think you
have to wear it. I just don't think starting another
fight is the way to go.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
You know.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
No, I agree with that too, but it does prove
that someone is yapping yah and.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Pete agrees with you, and for the record, I agree
with Pete. So I'm sort of a de facto circular
thing that the royal hey Pete. In other Royal news,
Prince William has opened up in an interview over the weekend.
Speaker 4 (02:26):
Yeah, so this was a good get.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
So Eugene Levy's travel show called The Reluctant Traveler is
really good and he managed to score an audience with
Prince William. So whoever's doing the guest booking for that show,
that's a real elephant stamp. Now he's actually in this
brief clip that we've got. This is only the teaser.
The show hasn't actually dropped yet. He talks about last
year twenty twenty four. Prince William said it was the
(02:49):
hardest year of my life, which is not that amazing
given what his wife was going through and his father
was going through. Plus with Catherine, of course you had
that extra layer of all those crazy conspiracy theories going
on for months and months, so it would have been horrible.
But it's unlike members of the royal family. I guess
this is an extension of what we're just talking about.
(03:11):
To be complaining publicly. It doesn't happen. Not that he's
really complaining, it's only a passing comment. Here is Prince
William and Eugene Levy.
Speaker 4 (03:20):
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
Why don't you pop down to the castle William from
the Prince of Wales.
Speaker 4 (03:26):
You're a royal highness. Nice to see you. We provide
the service for everyone.
Speaker 5 (03:32):
We do personalized tools everywhere.
Speaker 4 (03:33):
What do you do when you're home?
Speaker 5 (03:37):
Really, when you go through small children's sleep was an
important part of my life. I'd say fours the hardest
you have ever had. You know, life is sent to
test us as well, and being able to overcome that
is what makes us who we are.
Speaker 4 (03:50):
So that's very true.
Speaker 3 (03:51):
And look forward to seeing the full episode when it drops.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
I love that because you know what that means. I
think William and Kate are huge fans of Shit's Creek
and the American Pie.
Speaker 4 (04:03):
The American pir route.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
You've opted for Shit's Creek. By the way, the Castle
with a fabulous location for the next sequel of either
of those.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
I want, you know what, William should have served up
some apple pie as warning to and then Jen said,
we'll just tell your mother we late.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
I don't know if the royals do that sort of
thing Dolly partner has shared some personal news people.
Speaker 4 (04:30):
Yeah, I find this a bit worrying.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
So this is just dropped in the last forty five minutes,
and Dolly said, I want to put this out there
on my own terms and let you all know myself.
And she is canceling her upcoming concerts in Las Vegas.
They were due to happen in December. They have now
been rescheduled for September of next year, so virtually twelve
months away. And in this she does talk about she's
(04:54):
making light of it about plastic surgery, but I.
Speaker 4 (04:56):
Think it's serious.
Speaker 3 (04:57):
She says she has to go a few procedures, not
just one, but a few medical procedures.
Speaker 4 (05:03):
So that troubles me.
Speaker 3 (05:05):
So you've got the fact that these concerts which were
to happen in the early part of December have been canceled.
So it's obviously so serious that she's not going to
even be ready in nine or ten weeks time. And
then to actually say there are a few procedures, and look,
she's putting this spin on it. She doesn't want anyone worried,
but I do find it concerning.
Speaker 4 (05:27):
So fingers crossed she's going to be Okay.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Hey, a very special dance has taken place in the
UK Strictly Come Dancing, which is the UK version of
Dancing with the Stars.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
Yes, well, of course we've given Robert ir Wan a
great share of publicity. But across in England we've got
the Neighbors Legend, Stephan Dennis, of course, Paul Robinson and
he was there for what was the first live show
for Strictly Come Dancing, and they danced to the Neighbors
theme and the great Boys of Barry Krocker being heard
right across the country. So here is Stephan Dennis and
(05:58):
his partner on the first a live episode of the show.
Little It's legend and the audience in alan Dale, who's
(06:33):
been touring over there.
Speaker 4 (06:34):
He was in the audience to cheer his old mate
on as well.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
So on the leaderboard for the night fifteen contestants and
they came in at number eight, which, of course, but
that's not bad. You know, he'd rather be up in
the top five, but number eight means just somewhat safe.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
Well, you say top five, Kylie, and I'm might surely
be in the top two.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
That's what I call middle of the path. It's the
middle of the.
Speaker 4 (06:54):
Path first night, Yeah, yeah, yeah. What was that a church?
Speaker 2 (06:57):
What was that a walls or something that was like
a passer wallsey Do Blade church.
Speaker 4 (07:02):
Fox truck was Fox jazz hands throwing in there?
Speaker 2 (07:05):
Hey, good on your everybody needs good names.
Well. Prince Harry spokesperson has released a statement slamming news
outlets for attempting to sabotage his reconciliation with King Charles.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Yes, from what we're joined by entertainment editor Peter Ford Hyhpete.
This is in relation to his recent UK trips yet trip.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
Yeah, and the trip where he caught up with his
dad for about fifty four minutes and it was the
first time they'd been together face to face for nineteen months.
And now Prince Harry is clearly unhappy with the way
that's been reported. So the statement that's come out is
not from him, it's by a spokesperson, but you can
be guaranteed that he would have dictated every single word
(00:38):
and basically written it. And it's gone out from his
pr people, and they're picking up on little things that
Prince Harry's not happy about. For example, a photograph was
handed over. Some reports said the photograph was of.
Speaker 4 (00:52):
Harry and Meghan. They have denied that.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
I guess we can assume the photograph was of the grandchildren,
which is lovely.
Speaker 4 (01:00):
But this is the problem. You know, Prince Harry can't
let go.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
He seems to want to always start a fight, and
this is part of the reason why he could never
come back into the royal family, because you do have
to to a very large degree, live by that mantra
of don't complain, don't explain. Some things will be reported
you don't like, some things will be untrue and reported,
and that makes you unhappy.
Speaker 4 (01:23):
But that's the reality of those people.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
So I think for him to put this out and
then to also stir the plots saying there are dark
forces or men in gray suits within the palace who
are working to destabilize this reunion of the two of
them and where it may lead to. So a bit
of paranoia chucked in there as well from Prince Harry.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
But don't you think, Pete, that someone did leak the
fact that photograph was handed over, do you know what
I mean? So that did actually happen. So that kind
of does play into Prince Harry's point that people are
talking about things they have no rights we're talking about.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
In that sense, I agree, but I still think you
have to wear it. I just don't think starting another
fight is the way to go.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
You know.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
No, I agree with that too, but it does prove
that someone is yapping yah and.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Pete agrees with you, and for the record, I agree
with Pete. So I'm sort of a de facto circular
thing that the royal hey Pete. In other Royal news,
Prince William has opened up in an interview over the weekend.
Speaker 4 (02:26):
Yeah, so this was a good get.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
So Eugene Levy's travel show called The Reluctant Traveler is
really good and he managed to score an audience with
Prince William. So whoever's doing the guest booking for that show,
that's a real elephant stamp. Now he's actually in this
brief clip that we've got. This is only the teaser.
The show hasn't actually dropped yet. He talks about last
year twenty twenty four. Prince William said it was the
(02:49):
hardest year of my life, which is not that amazing
given what his wife was going through and his father
was going through. Plus with Catherine, of course you had
that extra layer of all those crazy conspiracy theories going
on for months and months, so it would have been horrible.
But it's unlike members of the royal family. I guess
this is an extension of what we're just talking about.
(03:11):
To be complaining publicly. It doesn't happen. Not that he's
really complaining, it's only a passing comment. Here is Prince
William and Eugene Levy.
Speaker 4 (03:20):
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
Why don't you pop down to the castle William from
the Prince of Wales.
Speaker 4 (03:26):
You're a royal highness. Nice to see you. We provide
the service for everyone.
Speaker 5 (03:32):
We do personalized tools everywhere.
Speaker 4 (03:33):
What do you do when you're home?
Speaker 5 (03:37):
Really, when you go through small children's sleep was an
important part of my life. I'd say fours the hardest
you have ever had. You know, life is sent to
test us as well, and being able to overcome that
is what makes us who we are.
Speaker 4 (03:50):
So that's very true.
Speaker 3 (03:51):
And look forward to seeing the full episode when it drops.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
I love that because you know what that means. I
think William and Kate are huge fans of Shit's Creek
and the American Pie.
Speaker 4 (04:03):
The American pir route.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
You've opted for Shit's Creek. By the way, the Castle
with a fabulous location for the next sequel of either
of those.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
I want, you know what, William should have served up
some apple pie as warning to and then Jen said,
we'll just tell your mother we late.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
I don't know if the royals do that sort of
thing Dolly partner has shared some personal news people.
Speaker 4 (04:30):
Yeah, I find this a bit worrying.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
So this is just dropped in the last forty five minutes,
and Dolly said, I want to put this out there
on my own terms and let you all know myself.
And she is canceling her upcoming concerts in Las Vegas.
They were due to happen in December. They have now
been rescheduled for September of next year, so virtually twelve
months away. And in this she does talk about she's
(04:54):
making light of it about plastic surgery, but I.
Speaker 4 (04:56):
Think it's serious.
Speaker 3 (04:57):
She says she has to go a few procedures, not
just one, but a few medical procedures.
Speaker 4 (05:03):
So that troubles me.
Speaker 3 (05:05):
So you've got the fact that these concerts which were
to happen in the early part of December have been canceled.
So it's obviously so serious that she's not going to
even be ready in nine or ten weeks time. And
then to actually say there are a few procedures, and look,
she's putting this spin on it. She doesn't want anyone worried,
but I do find it concerning.
Speaker 4 (05:27):
So fingers crossed she's going to be Okay.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Hey, a very special dance has taken place in the
UK Strictly Come Dancing, which is the UK version of
Dancing with the Stars.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
Yes, well, of course we've given Robert ir Wan a
great share of publicity. But across in England we've got
the Neighbors Legend, Stephan Dennis, of course, Paul Robinson and
he was there for what was the first live show
for Strictly Come Dancing, and they danced to the Neighbors
theme and the great Boys of Barry Krocker being heard
right across the country. So here is Stephan Dennis and
(05:58):
his partner on the first a live episode of the show.
Little It's legend and the audience in alan Dale, who's
(06:33):
been touring over there.
Speaker 4 (06:34):
He was in the audience to cheer his old mate
on as well.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
So on the leaderboard for the night fifteen contestants and
they came in at number eight, which, of course, but
that's not bad. You know, he'd rather be up in
the top five, but number eight means just somewhat safe.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
Well, you say top five, Kylie, and I'm might surely
be in the top two.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
That's what I call middle of the path. It's the
middle of the.
Speaker 4 (06:54):
Path first night, Yeah, yeah, yeah. What was that a church?
Speaker 2 (06:57):
What was that a walls or something that was like
a passer wallsey Do Blade church.
Speaker 4 (07:02):
Fox truck was Fox jazz hands throwing in there?
Speaker 2 (07:05):
Hey, good on your everybody needs good names.
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