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Australian officials had been planning to covertly return Bondi nanny Adriana Rivas to Chile, where she faces allegations of human rights abuse, only for her to mount a last-ditch legal challenge.

The London Clinic has been the go-to for the royal family over many decades - and also counts Liz Taylor and John F Kennedy among its former patients. In January the King, 75, was admitted to the private clinic in Marylebone to undergo 'routine treatment' for an enlarged prostate. Doctors here, however, discovered an unspecified form of cancer after tests in February. Buckingham Palace confirmed it was not prostate cancer. But the royal is no stranger to the hospital. As the then-Prince of Wales, he opened the London Clinic's physiotherapy department in 1989.

The private hospital embroiled in a controversy over Kate Middleton's medical records offers its own concierge, meat from Smithfields market, and fish from Cornish boats, while counting Prince Philip, Liz Taylor, and John F Kennedy as former patients. Kate, 42, revealed in a video message to the world on Friday that she is being treated for cancer after undergoing abdominal surgery at The London Clinic on January 16 this year. Kate delivered a moving and hopeful message to fellow cancer sufferers by saying, 'Please do not lose faith or hope.' You are not alone.' She praised the public for her 'wonderful messages of support' and said that her husband William's presence on her side was a 'great source of peace and security.' The London Clinic has been the go-to-hospital for the royal family, influential politicians, and celebrities, and has therefore rely on the discretion of its employees to protect their privacy.

The London Clinic has long been the go-to-hospital for the royal family, big-name politicians, and celebrities, and has therefore prided on the freedom of its workers to protect their personal information. However, Marylebone's illustrious reputation has now come into disrepute after it was revealed that employees attempted to access the Princess of Wales' private medical information.

Since checking in at the London Clinic, where he visited his daughter-in-law Princess Kate on her ward before his own surgery, the King is expected to have surgery for enlarged prostate. Prince Kate on her ward. Over the years, the private clinic in Marylebone has been the go-to hospital for the royal family, as well as providing medical services to major-name politicians and celebrities. After being diagnosed with benign prostate disease last week, Princess of Wales has been a patient since Wednesday, while Charles is now undergoing corrective surgery. The King has been there before, as the prince of Wales at the time, opened the London Clinic's physiotherapy service in 1989.

Sir Ian Brownlie (pictured) - a leading international QC who supervised the US president during the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis - was fatally wounded during a tragic family trip to Cairo in January 2010. In the accident, widow Lady Christine Brownlie and his two grandsons were seriously injured, but his daughter, Rebecca, was killed. Lady Christine is now fighting for a payout after the disaster, with her lawyers valuing her compensation claim at around £4.6 million last week. Lady Brownlie's lawyers argue that her case has far-reaching consequences for Britons injured or killed in the United Kingdom because it expands the scope for suing in the UK courts.