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What a weird and strange few days we've had George.

I know, it has been really strange actually, obviously we're recording this on Monday and

the Queen sadly passed away on Thursday last week and so we've had, I guess, it's been

a funny time to be in England actually, I also have my grandad's funeral on Friday which

was the day after everything obviously happened and that was really strange because, you know,

the whole country obviously goes into morning and there's this weird feeling and I think

people don't really know, I mean, I actually cried when I told him that the Queen had passed

away and I don't know, I know, but do you know what I think it is? I think at school this

year there's been a lot of focus on the Jubilee and the Queen and children in particular

have been learning a lot about the Royal Family and so I think a lot of children probably

are feeling this more than we might have expected them to.

Yeah, and actually I think the nation has been grieving for the Queen but also it has

brought up a lot of grief of their own, you know, I was broadcasting a weekend and Saturday

was one of the hardest shows I've ever had to do and it was, it was somber, the playlist

to change, we were talking about the Queen's life and things that she had done, you know,

talking about her sense of humour but also, you know, all the incredible inspirational things

that she did over the last, you know, how for many years but then we were talking about

King Charles, by Sunday it was very tricky because people were really feeling the enormity

of what was going on, you know, and there has been an outpouring of grief and the outpouring

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