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Pod Save The King

A very Special State visit

Pod Save The King

Reach Podcasts

News Commentary, News, Society & Culture

3.71K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

President Trump’s second State visit showcased not just the pomp and pageantry of royal life but the very Special relationship between the USA and the UK.   Pod Save the King host Ann Gripper is joined by Mirror deputy royal editor Jennifer Newton to reflect on a formal occasion with a sense of informality - even in the grandeur of a white tie State Banquet. They chat the fashion, the friendliness and the gifts, as well as looking back on Prince Harry’s private tea with King Charles and the funeral of the Duchess of Kent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Pod Save the King

0:03.6

Hello and welcome back to Pod Save the King

0:09.2

I'm your host Anne Gripper all refreshed from my week off

0:12.3

and joined by our host last week

0:15.3

Deputy Royal Editor at The Mirror at Jennifer Newton

0:17.9

Jen thank you for keeping the seat warm and

0:20.3

well should lucky Kate you keep it.

0:22.1

You did a great job. I really enjoyed hearing your chat with Bridget, so it was lots of fun. And, well, America came to the UK this week. It did it. Yeah. We're going to be talking about that, obviously. That's going to be the big talking point. We will touch back on Prince

0:38.4

Harry's visit last week, which was, didn't quite work out in the space-time continuum, but you

0:43.0

made very good predictions to a view that it would hopefully happen. And it duly did with Harry

0:48.1

meeting up with his dad, which is brilliant. Very excited about that. And then also, obviously,

0:57.7

the requiem mass for the Duchess of Kent,

1:00.4

which was a historic moment.

1:03.7

It feels like, well, you know, there's been big historic moments this week.

1:07.5

But we always enjoyed talking about tiaras and pretty dresses.

1:09.1

We don't want you to do it loads.

1:10.3

So let's start there.

1:16.0

I mean, it was the state banquet last night. What was your top, top moment, top look,

1:20.5

top highlights? Well, in terms of top look, I think they can only be one which has got to be key for me. I was pretty shocked when I saw the picture, but shocked in a good way, just because

1:26.3

I didn't, I just didn't expect

1:28.6

I wear something like that. It's very, I think it was a risk for her to wear something like that.

1:33.1

But I think it paid off and I think she looked great. The tiara was one that I guess that she

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