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The Bunker – News without the nonsense

Crown Duels: Anthony Seldon on Charles's Daunting Future

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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🗓️ 16 September 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

With a new monarch and PM, Britain faces stark change. How will these incoming figureheads handle this? What will this mean for the future of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth? Historian Sir Anthony Seldon joins author and former BBC journalist Gavin Esler to discuss the turmoil we face. “The United Kingdom is actually a relatively new concept.” “The Monarchy, unlike Prime Ministers, embodies continuity.”  “If the call comes to become a republic, it will be hard for Australia to resist it.”  “The United Kingdom is actually a relatively new concept.” “We’ve lost a huge force which was holding the UK together.” “We’ve almost forgotten there’s a new prime minister, in the wall-to-wall reporting.” www.patreon.com/bunkercast  Presented by Gavin Esler. Producers: Jacob Archbold, Jelena Sofronijevic and Alex Rees. Assistant Producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production: Alex Rees. Lead Producer: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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course of just a few days there was a new head of state, a new prime minister and in terms of the

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key personnel a new government too.

1:23.5

All these momentous changes took place without a revolution, without much fuss,

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without a codified constitution, and without any gunfire except to celebrate the new king, Charles III.

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But they also took place without a vote of the British people.

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You could conclude that these extraordinary events show why the British system of government works. It must be the envy of the world,

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but you might also conclude that the British have constructed a very odd democracy indeed.

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Here to help us through the intricacies and eccentricities of these challenging times and to talk about the priorities of the new king and the new prime minister, I'm joined by Sir Anthony Selden, the hugely acclaimed contemporary historian, author of some 40 books, including those on

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Prime Ministers Thatcher, Blair, Cameron, and perhaps eventually, if she lasts long enough, Liz Truss.

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