hello it's thursday it's 9am, i'm victoria derbyshire, welcome to the programme. france's two presidential hopefuls clash in a heated tv debate over islamic extremism, the economy and whether to leave euro — the vote‘s on sunday — who will win? translation: mr macron is the candidate of savage globalisation, uberisation, economic uncertainty, social brutality, of every man for himself. translation: you have shown you're not the candidate for a balanced, democratic debate. the question is — do the people want your defeatist attitude ? we'll be speaking to some french people in the next hour. also today — the number of men and boys in england seeking help for eating disorders is rising. food just frightens me now. i go for days without eating at all. and she's climbing up the rich list. # hello from the other side

# hello from the other side # i must have called 1000 times # she's now the richest musician under 30 in the uk — we'll talk to the man who discovered her. hello. welcome to the programme, we're live until 11am this morning. we'll be discussing why more men are seeking help for eating disorders after 10am this morning so please do get in touch if you've got experience of this — when did you finally ask for help? was it easy to access the services you needed? we'd also like to hear from you if one of your male friends or someone in yourfamily has had an eating disorder. use the #victorialive and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. first this morning, our royal correspondent peter hunt is here because a meeting has been called at buckingham palace for 10am this morning. there is no cause for alarm so what

is it about? it is one of the cases where we deal with facts and not dwell on speculation. organisations have meetings, the bbc is infamous for its staff meetings. the palace is holding a meeting of several hundred people. they have been called to this meeting. they have these meetings once a year so they are not regular occurrences but they occui’ are not regular occurrences but they occur annually, as i say. like any other organisation the people at the top of the house like to tell their staff first rather than you and i discussing it so that is all fine and dandy with most companies. discussing it so that is all fine and dandy with most companiesm the entire royal house, the royal residences of windsor... the entire royal house, the royal residences of windsor. .. it's not clear whether they are coming in from there but certainly all of those from london. finance dandy for other organisations but in this information vacuum we are talking about an institution that has a 91—year—old head of state and a husband who is 95, so in this vacuum of the early hours of this morning when it first emerged on twitter and the media it has been speculated what it was about. what i can say is

that it what it was about. what i can say is thatitis what it was about. what i can say is that it is not about the health of the queen or prince philip, 91 and 95, there is no cause for concern regarding their health. it's not abdication. there is a great alan bennett in bad at the uncommon reader at the staff meeting says, i'm off. that's not happening at ten o'clock this morning, that is what we know it isn't. the queen only yesterday met theresa may to dissolve parliament for the general election, prince philip opened a new stand at lord's. his infamous line, he is the best plaque unveiling the world, which i'm sure is the case if you are 95 going on 96 and married the woman that would become queen in 1947. that is the woman that would become queen in 19117. that is the case and indeed to further underline the fact they are finding they should be out and about today at an engagement later this morning so we will see them. the queen has been slowly handing over duties to younger members of the household. yes. this announcement, i'm desperately trying not to cross my line, which to