Hello friends, welcome back to the airport, Omedsko be reporting live for duty with your

weekly Royal News debrief. I hope everyone is well. I am sat alone in the driver's seat

this week, but that does not stop me from getting through a mountain of Royal News.

It has, of course, been very busy week. I feel like I say that every time, but this week

no more than ever. The Duchess of Cambridge made a major announcement with her most ambitious

project to date, launching an early childhood centre within the Royal Foundation. This is of

course following 10 years of work that she has focused on. We'll be hearing more from the woman

herself, why it is such an important cause, and why this is a lifelong project for her.

But there is plenty to get through before then starting with, of course, her majesty herself

who was out in force today at the horse races in the UK. She attended the final day of the

Ascot horse races. After last year, the pandemic forced her to miss out on the event. Now we know

that it is her favourite event of the year. In fact, I remember a palisade telling me it was the

first thing she puts in her diary, or should I say, has AIDS put in her diary at the start of the

year, because she does not want anything to clash with it. We know about her lifelong love of

horses, but this year's races did look a little different. Attendees were masked, had to receive

Covid tests, but that didn't stop the members of the Royal family from dropping in throughout the

week. We of course saw the Wessex's and Prince Charles stopping by. But the Queen kept everyone

waiting until the final day, partly because she had other things to do. There was an in-person

meeting with the Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, at the start of the week.

But this year, of course, was different. It was the first time that she was attending since the

death of Prince Philip. And we know how special the meaning of this week is to her. She's a patron

of Royal Ascot's since coming to the throne in 1952. And she's the first ever reigning monarch to

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