Where is Kate Middleton? Aside from a pair of paparazzi shots, the Princess of Wales hasn’t been seen in public since Kensington Palace announced she was having surgery in January. A doctored photo released on Sunday only fueled more rumours over her public absence. What does the public relations debacle say about the state of the royal family, and the media that covers it?

In this episode: 
Afua Hagan (@afuathescot), Journalist and Royal Commentator

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Where is Kate Middleton? Aside from a pair of paparazzi shots, the Princess of Wales hasn’t been seen in public since Kensington Palace announced she was having surgery in January. A doctored photo released on Sunday only fueled more rumours over her public absence. What does the public relations debacle say about the state of the royal family, and the media that covers it?
In this episode: 
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<li aria-level="1">Afua Hagan (<a href="https://twitter.com/afuathescot">@afuathescot</a>), Journalist and Royal Commentator</li>
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Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Ashish Malhotra, Khaled Soltan and Chloe K. Li, with our host Malika Bilal. Chloe K. Li fact-checked this episode.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer.
Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.
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The Take is a daily interview-driven international news podcast hosted by award-winning journalist Malika Bilal. Each episode focuses on conversations with journalists and people directly impacted by the news of the day, offering our listeners the context necessary to understand what's in the headlines.
With millions of global listens, it's clear the conversations we're having on The Take are worth hearing. And critics think so too. The show has won the Online Journalism Awards, the Signal Awards, Lovie Awards, and Anthem Awards, among others.

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