I'm John Bessie with my dear friend Gregory Coppley, a Australian national, meaning

the King of England, the King of the United Kingdom, is also Gregory's king, and I bring

him good news, that the king is described by his son, the heir, as a caged lion, which I think is a wonderful image.

This is a man who's going through presumed chemotherapy, which is extremely draining on the

resources and the energy. And and yet we're told Gregory the

king not only wants to be a horseback for the trooping of the color in mid-June

we're told that he and Prince William will attend the June 6th ceremony at Normandy and

presumably stay for enough of the ceremony to walk and talk with the people who are remembering at the

80th anniversary of D-Day. Caged Lion does apply. We're also told that the whole

family has pitched in because of the dual illness, the king and the princess, because the

statistic here is that Princess Anne, the king's sister, has carried out a third of the royal engagements.

I've always liked Anne.

She reminds me of a lady who's in charge,

whatever the facts of the matter are.

She's very much, she projects authority.

authority.

So the king at Normandy, what does that mean to him?

What does that mean to the British people and to Europe, Gregory?

Help the younger people who haven't had the history.

We have a couple of minutes.

First, I have to quickly get in that the king of the United Kingdom is not my king.

The king of Australia is my king. King Charles is the King of Australia is my King.

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