Politics and the monarchy: a look back at the Queen's reign
Coffee House Shots
The Spectator
4.4 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2022
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
'I think there is a restraining act on the behaviour of Prime Ministers, that they will have to explain themselves to the Queen at some point - James Forsyth.
Since her reign, she has served 14 Prime Ministers, one of whom was Margaret Thatcher. What was her relationship like with the Iron Lady? Lord Charles Moore, former editor of The Spectator who also wrote a biography on Mrs Thatcher spoke of the mutual respect the Queen and Margaret Thatcher had for one another.
Also on the podcast, the Queen has always made clear that her son, Prince Charles is the next in line to the throne. What kind of King will he be?
All to be discussed as Cindy Yu speaks to James Forsyth and Charles Moore.
Produced by Natasha Feroze.
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| 0:16.5 | Hello and welcome to the special Jubilee Weekend edition of Coffee House Shots. |
| 0:20.4 | I'm Cindy Yu and I'm joined by James Recythe and Charles Moore, |
| 0:23.6 | former editor of this website. |
| 0:25.8 | Whilst the Queen's legacy in England has just shorted up the monarchy for the years to come. |
| 0:30.1 | As Robert Hardman writes in the magazine's cover article this week, |
| 0:33.1 | this is a monarch whose reign began in the age of ration books and steam trains. |
| 0:37.6 | She has overseen myriad changes in Britain to the monarchy, |
| 0:40.9 | as well as known 14 Prime Ministers so far. |
| 0:44.2 | Charles, to begin with, I wonder if I can start with quite a big question to you, |
| 0:47.3 | which is what do you think the biggest political legacy of the Queen's reign so far? |
| 0:53.4 | Well, of course I would disagree with the word legacy because she's still alive, |
| 0:58.6 | but she's done her job and continues to do her job and it's more than a job, |
| 1:05.9 | it's a fundamental role in our society because she's the hereditary head of state. |
| 1:12.8 | And to do that successfully, she has to be always behaved legitimately and consider the |
| 1:20.2 | interests of the whole kingdom and be above politics because she's not wielding power, |
| 1:27.4 | she's reigning rather than ruling. And I think she's had a uniquely good understanding of that. |
| 1:34.4 | And by her good health and the fact she came to the Friends say, |
| 1:38.8 | young, she's had a uniquely long period in which to exercise that. |
| 1:44.0 | And the astonishing thing about her is that she's kept the promise she made when she was 21 |
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