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Pod Save The King

Pod Save the King in Brazil: the star-studded halfway point of the Earthshot Prize

Pod Save The King

Reach Podcasts

News Commentary, News, Society & Culture

3.71K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Royal editor Russell Myers is in Brazil with Daily Mirror photographer Ian Vogler, following Prince William on his visit for the Cop30 climate summit. In this special episode recorded both in Belém and Rio de Janeiro, Russell and Ian chat about being star stuck by football legend Cafu at the Maracanã Stadium, visiting the Christ the Redeemer statue and Sugarloaf Mountain, and Ian's interaction with pop superstar Shawn Mendes. With Earthshot at the halfway point of its ten-year plan, the Pod Save the King duo also discuss the Prince of Wales' environmental statesmanship, and potential future destinations for the "showbiz and razzmatazz" ceremony. The ongoing fallout from Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former Prince and Duke of York, eventually comes up in conversation, and how the Waleses are handling their controversial family member. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Pod Save the King.

0:09.6

Hello and welcome to a special episode of Pod Save the King with me, Royal Editor

0:16.0

Russell Myers and Royal photographer Ian Vogler.

0:20.0

We are in, well, not necessarily the half to the Amazon,

0:23.9

but we are in Belm, which is described as the gateway to the Amazon.

0:28.4

This is the zoological centre, very, very close to the centre of Belm,

0:34.4

where the COP Climate Change Conference is ongoing. We've just seen Prince William

0:39.6

yesterday make a landmark speech talking about optimism, talking about the future, what everyone,

0:46.9

including world leaders from communities here in Brazil and across the world can do in order

0:52.7

to safeguard the future for our children and our

0:56.6

children's children, which was very much what he was saying this week. And listen, we must talk

1:02.9

about what's been going on for the Royal Family over the last couple of weeks because it has

1:07.9

been pretty intense. And I think they're used to dealing with scandal and fallout,

1:13.6

you know, with their own family. And of course, Prince Andrew has been making headlines over the

1:19.4

last few weeks. But I think when you look at tours like this, well, you're certainly looking at

1:24.1

how the royal family are trying to move on, certainly.

1:28.4

This has been very much a tour of looking to the future, talking about optimism,

1:33.8

talking about the next generation, and that absolutely encompasses everything that Prince

1:39.0

William is trying to do, both at home and abroad.

1:41.4

So when you look at his statement yesterday and what he was

1:47.8

speaking about at the Urschild War Prize, which is exactly why we've been in Brazil,

1:52.8

Rio de Janeiro for a few days, and then here in Baleem. Of course, very, very climate focus,

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