THINK NO HARM, NO FOUL. THE CONTROVERSIAL PHOTO SHOPPED PICTURE IN QUESTION WAS VIEWED MORE THAN 41 MILLION TIMES AROUND THE WORLD. WHICH IS WHY THE QUESTION WILL NOT GO AWAY. WHERE IS KATE MIDDLETON? PERHAPS THE BEST PERSON TO ASK FOR INSIGHT IS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN CLOSEST TO THE ROYAL FAMILY FOR DECADES. PAUL BURRELL SPENT 20 YEARS WORKING WITH THE ROYALS AS A BUTLER FOR QUEEN ELIZABETH'S AND HAS A BUTTON TO PRINCESS DIANA. HE HAD A VERY, VERY CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH DIANA AND HER 2 LITTLE BOYS, PRINCE HARRY AND PRINCE WILLIAM. AND OF COURSE WILLIAMS, KATE'S HUSBAND, PAUL BURRELL JOINS ME NOW IN THIS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW LIVE FROM CHESHIRE, ENGLAND. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING ON THE PROGRAM. PAUL, I GUESS THE FIRST QUESTION I HAVE IS WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF ALL OF THIS CONTROVERSY ONLINE FACT THAT KATE HASN'T BEEN SEEN IN SEVERAL MONTHS AND THAT THAT THIS PHOTO THAT'S WAS RELEASED AS IT WAS SOME KIND OF PROOF. SHE'S OKAY. OK, ASHLEY? >> THIS IS A VERY COMPLICATED ISSUE. KATE IS. THE MOST POPULAR FACE IN THE WORLD RIGHT AND THAT'S WHY SHE HAD 41 MILLION HITS. FIRES ARE ABLAZE IN THE HOUSE OF WINDSOR THAT TRYING TO DAMPEN THE CRISIS. BUT I THINK THIS CRISIS IS FUELED BY THE MEDIA. IT'S A COMPLICATED SITUATION SINCE THE KING ADMITTED HAVING CANCER, YOU TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE GOING THROUGH THE SAME CRISIS, A LIST OF FIRE INADVERTENTLY, WHICH THEN SPREAD INTO THE WHALES HAVE SOLD AND TO ITS KATE AND KATE IS RECOVERING FROM SERIOUS SURGERY. SHE IS NOT BURIED UNDER PATIO UNDERNEATH THAT MOST OF TREE IN THE JOB. SHE IS CURRENTLY ACTUALLY IN NORFOLK. SHE IS RESTING WITH A FAMILY AND CHILDREN AND SHE'S GOING TO STAY AND HAVE A NOBLE IN NORFOLK UNTIL AFTER EASTER. I SEE WHERE ALL THIS IS GOING. I DO SEE THAT INVASIVE INTERESTS IN KATE AND WILLIAM IS GROWING THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. BUT, YOU KNOW, WILLIAM IS PROTECTIVE OFFICE, FAMILY OF HIS WIFE AND HIS CHILDREN. AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE NOT GETTING MANY OUNCES BECAUSE HE DOESN'T SEE WHY HE SHOULD ANSWER TO THE WORLD'S PRESS. AFTER LOOK WHAT HAPPENED TO PRINCESS DIANA. SO HE'S TRYING TO KEEP A LID ON EVERYTHING. BUT BY KEEPING A LID ON EVERYTHING HE IS CAUSING SPECULATION, EVEN MORE SPECULATION. BUT DON'T YOU THINK THAT KATE HAS A RIGHT TO MEDICAL CONDITION AND SHE DOESN'T WANT TO FOLLOW THE KING SUIT AND TELL THE WORLD WHAT'S WRONG BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T WANT TO PLAY BALL. BUT THE MEDIA AGAIN, WILLIAM TOOK THE PICTURE, YEAH, THAT THAT PART. I I HAVE A FEW THINGS TO TO CAUGHT INTO THAT MIX. NUMBER ONE WHEN YOU'RE A FIGUREHEAD FAMILY AND >> LITERALLY THAT IS WITH THE ROYAL FAMILY. IS IT COMES WITH THE TERRITORY THAT YOU'RE FAMOUS AND THAT THE WANTS SO YOU CAN HAVE IT IF YOU WANT TO BE HARRY AND ZIP OFF INTO OBSCURITY. THAT'S YOUR RIGHT TO THAT. BUT IF YOU ARE YES, A ROYAL KNOW IT COMES WITH THE TERRITORY THAT THAT YOU'RE A PUBLIC FIGURE, PUBLIC BEING OPERATIVE WORD. BUT I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO WHAT YOU JUST SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF THAT COMMENT. AND THAT IS THAT SHE'S WITH HER FAMILY RECOVERING. HAVE YOU SPOKEN WITH WILL OR KATE? AND IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN ENLIGHTEN US AS TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE CURRENT SITUATION? >> I HAVEN'T SPOKEN WITH WILLIAM RECENTLY, BUT I DO HAVE MANY FRIENDS AAND WORED WITHIN THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD. I KNOW HOW FIERCELY PROTECTIVE WILLIAM IS. KATE. I KNOW WHERE THEY I KNOW HAPPY. JUST LOOK AT THAT PICTURE ONLY WANTS TO TELL YOU WAS WE ALL FINE. IT WAS A WONDERFUL, POSITIVE IMAGE OF KATE SMILING WITH HER CHILDREN. AND YET THE WORLD IS TAKING IT APART. KALING ASHLEY. JUST THINK ABOUT THIS. THE REASON WHY IT'S BEEN TAKING A PASS BECAUSE KATE IS FOR THE MOST FAMOUS WOMEN IN THE WORLD AND EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT. AND THE SECOND REASON IS THE ME DO IT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, A SLIGHTLY MORE FISH US. I WOULD THINK THEN THE MEDIA IN AMERICA AND BECAUSE THE MEDIA OR IN ENGLAND. A FINDING THAT CASE AND WILLIAM AND NOT PLAYING BALL WITH THEM. FOR INSTANCE, THIS FAMILY PICTURE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST TAKEN BY PRESS PACK. THEY WOULD HAVE COME IN. THEY WERE TAKING THE PICTURE THAT PICTURE WITH THEM TO BE THAT COPYRIGHTS. THAT PICTURE WOULD THEN BE DISTRIBUTED AROUND THE WORLD AND SOLD ON DIFFERENT PLATFORMS AND GAINING A LOT OF MONEY FOR THE PEOPLE. WE HAVE A CASE TAKING THAT AWAY FROM THE MEDIA BY RELEASING THAT ICTURE
