Kate champions power of connections and royals double down on passion projects

Pod Save The King

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News Commentary, News, Society & Culture

3.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

The Princess of Wales has made Early Years her signature work - and this week co-authored an essay about the dangers of screens causing an “epidemic of disconnection”. Pod Save the King host Ann Gripper is joined by Mirror deputy royal editor Jennifer Newton to discuss Kate’s latest contribution. And with Sophie’s recent visit to Congo, the announcement of this year’s Earthshot finalists, a new documentary about the King’s nature work and Harry and Meghan’s mental health work being recognised with an award, royal passion projects shone through this week’s royal schedule. Plus the team catch up on Meghan’s Paris Fashion Week trip and Kate’s joyful visit to RAF Coningsby and its Typhoon fighter jets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:17.0	Pod Save the King!
0:23.6	Hello and welcome back to Pod Save the King. I'm your host Anne Gripper.
0:25.6	I'm here again with Mirror Deputy Royal Editor Jennifer Newton.
0:28.6	Hi Jen, nice to see you.
0:30.6	Yeah, nice to see you as well.
0:31.6	Hopefully catching up with Royal Editor Russell Myers next week
0:35.6	and finding out all about his busy, busy, busy world and
0:38.4	things. But Jen, pleasure is always to see you. And I mean, it's been a busy day, never mind
0:44.8	it being a busy week already. And it's only, it's not even 11 o'clock yet. Yeah.
0:49.1	Firstly, very quick, happy 90th birthday returns to the Duke of Kent who he's not a frontline working world but he does
0:56.3	still do the odd engagement and you know 90 is obviously his first first birthday since the death of
1:03.4	his wife last month and marking it privately today and then later this month the king's going to
1:10.8	have a little
1:11.2	little party at windsor reception of some kind so i like the picture of them together did you
1:16.4	this morning on the royal family twitter oh i think i'm oh sorry x as i should say now just um just the
1:23.6	duke and um king charles on his coronation day, shaking hands.
1:27.7	Very, very, you know.
1:29.2	Classy.
1:29.6	Classy, yeah.
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