Summary
As the Royal fallout rumbles on, we’ve had a response from the Palace and a strop from a TV presenter. Andrea Thompson, editor-in-chief of Marie Claire UK, talks us through some of the issues raised in Meghan and Harry’s interview. And we find out if it's worth bringing your own pencil to the polling station for May’s elections.
Studio Manager: Russell Newlove Producers: Georgia Coan, Daniel Wittenberg, Alix Pickles and Ben Weisz Episode Editor: Rick Kelsey Editor: Dino Sofos
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.7 | Hello, I had this morning off my political news gathering duties, |
| 0:08.3 | which meant for once I was not watching the morning news programs, |
| 0:11.8 | which meant I missed this bit of Good Morning |
| 0:14.4 | Britain where Alex Beresford the weather presenter had a go at Pierce Morgan for |
| 0:19.3 | how he had reacted to Megan's interview with Oprah the day before. |
| 0:23.0 | And I understand that you don't like Megan Markle. |
| 0:26.0 | You've made it so clear a number of times on this program. |
| 0:30.0 | A number of times, and I understand that you've got a personal relationship with Meg Markle or had one and she cut you off. |
| 0:37.6 | She's entitled to cut you off if she wants to. |
| 0:40.6 | Has she said anything about you since she cut you off? I don't think she has, but yet you continue to trash her. |
| 0:46.7 | Okay, I'm done with this. No, no, no, sorry. Do you know what? That's pathetic. You can track you, maybe not my answer. |
| 0:51.7 | No, no, no, No no I'm being sorry |
| 0:53.7 | sorry can't do this. Absolutely diabolical behavior you see I'm sorry but Pierce |
| 0:59.3 | spouts off on a regular basis and we all have to sit there and listen |
| 1:03.7 | 630 to 7 o'clock yesterday was incredibly hard to watch. |
| 1:09.1 | Incredibly hard to watch. |
| 1:11.2 | This is this is this you know he has the ability to come in here |
| 1:16.7 | and talk from a position where he where he doesn't fully understand. |
| 1:21.2 | Okay. And Pierce hasn't just walked out at the studio, he has walked out of the program altogether. We're recording this episode on Tuesday evening and I TV have just released a statement saying he's quit. We'll discuss that and the rest of |
| 1:34.6 | the fallout from the big interview on this edition of Newscast. |
| 1:38.4 | Newscast. |
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