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Today sees the release of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex鈥檚 much anticipated Netflix series. To discuss Krupa is joined by Catherine Mayer, author of Charles: The Heart of a King and co-founder of the Women鈥檚 Equality Party, and the former Royal photographer Jayne Fincher who was the only woman in the press pack with Princess Diana.

Yesterday on the programme, we spoke to actor Kate Winslet about her new drama I am Ruth on Channel 4. During that interview, Kate told Emma about a donation she made to pay a soaring energy bill for a child鈥檚 life support after being moved by the family鈥檚 story. Freya, who is 13, has severe cerebral palsy and relies on receiving oxygen for chronic breathing problems. Freya鈥檚 mother, Carolynne Hunter, joins us today.

At least nine children across the UK are said to have died recently from complications caused by the Strep A infection. So just how concerned should parents be, and what, if anything, can parents do to protect their children? Professor Devi Sridhar, Chair of Global Public Health at the University of Edinburgh, joins Krupa.

Sara Collins won the Costa First Novel Prize in 2019 for The Confessions of Frannie Langton, a gothic thriller about a Jamaican maid in 1820鈥檚 London. Sara has now adapted her book for television and the four part series is available on the streaming service ITVX from today. Sara joins Krupa in studio.

How do you convince your adult children to spend Christmas with you? We hear from Sue Elliot Nicholls who says she鈥檚 already preparing for the fact that her son鈥檚 will choose their girlfriends family over her and from relationship psychologist Emma Kenny.

Presenter: Krupa Padhy
Producer: Emma Pearce