Charles in charge

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🗓️ 5 May 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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King Charles is struggling to get his subjects to care about the historic coronation this weekend. Professor Brooke Newman explains the complicated road to ditching the monarchy. This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Serena Solin, Laura Bullard and Matt Collette, engineered by Michael Raphael and Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello.
0:04.3	Hey I'm calling with an important question.
0:06.6	Are you excited for the coronation this week?
0:10.8	My sister in Sri Lanka asked me the same question.
0:14.0	I said not really but I will watch it.
0:16.5	How come?
0:17.5	Well, Charles, I never thought it would be a king.
0:21.2	What do you mean he was the heir to the throne for like 70 years?
0:24.5	It's a different era now.
0:26.9	We don't need a king I guess.
0:28.6	It's a little bit too pompous.
0:30.4	I don't know. It's kind of boring now.
0:32.4	What do you mean?
0:33.2	These people got all sorts of drama.
0:34.7	There's Harry and Charles drama.
0:36.5	There's all sorts of drama.
0:37.8	That's the reason I'm watching it.
0:39.2	I want to see what drama is going on there.
0:42.0	I agree.
0:43.5	OK, so you're watching it for the drama for the soap opera,
0:46.8	but you're not excited about the coronation of King Charles.
0:49.8	That's why you got it right.
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