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The HeirPod - Royal News & Interviews

Harry and Meghan begin their new chapter

The HeirPod - Royal News & Interviews

ABC News

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4.01.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

After the Duke and Duchess of Sussex completely step back from royal duties and public funding, The HeirPod reveals how the landmark decision was reached and what it means for the future of the British Royal Family. ABC News royal contributor Omid Scobie is joined by Canadian TV host and pop culture expert Lainey Lui to separate fact from fiction and look at what lies ahead for Harry and Meghan in their new life on Vancouver Island. Follow Omid: https://twitter.com/scobie Talk about the show using #TheHeirPod Discover more ABC News podcasts: http://www.abcnewspodcasts.com The HeirPod is produced by ABC Audio. For more information: http://www.abcnewspodcasts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello one and all and welcome back to another episode of the Air Pod

0:08.9

slightly earlier this week because I just couldn't hold out any longer to jump into

0:15.0

everything that's happened since the last episode. It has been quite a week. I

0:19.7

think it was about 24 hours after we went live with the latest episode last week that

0:26.8

much of it speculating about what would happen next.

0:30.3

Harry and Megan made official what their next steps would be stepping back completely from all royal work moving forward.

0:38.6

This came after days of discussions between all of the royal households and the Queen herself

0:46.3

to really figure out what is best for the couple and how that fits in

0:50.8

with what the royal family wanted to do moving forward.

0:54.0

You know, Harry and Megan had made it very clear that they wanted this working model that allowed

0:59.3

them to step into their royal shoes and take on duties in the name of the Queen and

1:04.8

travel in the name of the Queen and also conducts their own engagements

1:09.7

privately, not privately but away from the Royal Family, a lot of it tied into their Sussex Royal Foundation charity.

1:19.0

In the end, from many, many conversations I've had with different Palisades, it was not logistically possible.

1:28.0

So I'll be diving into all of this, really unpacking what this means for the couple moving forwards and sort of looking into what their life is like now.

1:37.0

It's obviously been quite a dramatic week.

1:40.0

The couple have had to already contend with the paparazzi outs in Canada. Legal

1:45.6

warnings have already been issued. So there hasn't really been a quiet moment for

1:50.4

the couple. Harry very recently returned to Megan and Archie after

1:55.1

dealing with business over here and carrying out a few engagements. I'll be

1:58.9

joined by my guest this week, Laini Louis over in Canada, C TV presenter and host, and writer, gossip,

2:07.8

blogger, extraordinary. She's very much engaged in the scene over in Canada and I'm really keen to get her opinion on some of the things because Harry and Megan are very much part of the Canadian scene now and will be

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