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The HeirPod - Royal News & Interviews

How the Royal Family are cutting ties with Prince Andrew

The HeirPod - Royal News & Interviews

ABC News

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4.01.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2019

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

A week after Prince Andrew announced his permanent departure from official royal duties, The HeirPod takes a look at the effect the news has had on the Royal Family and over 200 charities. Host and ABC News royal contributor is also joined by ITV News royal producer Lizzie Robinson to discuss Prince William’s upcoming trip to the Middle East and Duchess Kate’s touching two-day visit to a British maternity hospital. Plus, Trump returns to Buckingham Palace! All the details on the Queen’s grand reception for NATO leaders. 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

Welcome back to the Air Pod guys. Seven days has come around. It is Black Friday as we record this.

0:11.0

So I hope everyone had a lovely

0:12.6

Thanksgiving and you're now busy picking up bargains on online.

0:18.6

I'm joined by I TV Royals producer Lizzie Robinson this week.

0:24.0

You're going to be having me navigate what has been quite a chaotic week.

0:29.0

Another very busy week, yeah.

0:31.0

It has been.

0:32.0

Of course, as we record this, the Sussex's bar away. They are on their

0:37.7

on their break right up until Christmas and understand that they celebrated Thanksgiving privately with close family, which is lovely.

0:47.0

And amazing to think this year was the celebration of their two years since they announced their engagement.

0:54.0

I know, I saw the post.

0:56.0

Harry and Megan shared a new photo from an outtake

1:00.0

from one of their wedding photo shoots taken by Alexi Lubomerski on their Instagram account this week.

1:06.0

And it just reminded me how long it has been since that day that I remember driving at a very fast but legal speed from Oxford because I was

1:19.2

out of London at the time and we got the confirmation that they were engaged.

1:22.8

Yeah, it came in about 10 o'clock in there and then they had that photo call a couple of hours later

1:26.9

in the sunken garden at Kensington Palace.

1:28.8

It was bitterly, bitterly cold, but yeah a lot's happened since then. It is. The cold is definitely one of the things that we have to contend with as royal correspondence. People think that it is such a glamorous job that you are with the

1:43.6

the Royals wherever they go

1:45.3

swanning in and out of palaces and great great venues in the way that they do

1:51.8

but unfortunately that's not how it goes.

1:53.6

We're normally behind a rope.

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