Prince Harry's Tell-All Memoir and the Future of the Crown

Born to Rule: When Charles is King

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🗓️ 11 January 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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A lot has changed since the last episode of Born to Rule was released. After Queen Elizabeth’s death on September 8, 2022, Prince Charles became King Charles III and thereby fulfilled his destiny. But some things haven’t changed – like the relationship between Prince Harry and the rest of the British royal family. Since excerpts from Prince Harry’s much anticipated memoir, Spare, became public, the book has made headlines around the world. We’re taking a look at the impact of this bombshell book. Keir Simmons sits down with Katie Nicholl, author of The New Royals and royal editor at Vanity Fair, and journalist and royal commentator, Afua Hagan, for a candid conversation about the impact this memoir could have on the reign of King Charles III.

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0:00.0	When we last spoke to you, we were celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee, her
0:11.2	70th year on the throne.
0:13.0	It's right on time, the Queen's appearing on the balcony.
0:16.0	I just was thinking, what must be going through online, 70 years ago, she was a 26-year-old
0:22.4	young lady.
0:23.4	My goodness, a lot has changed since then.
0:26.8	Just three months after the Jubilee, on September 8, 2022, the Queen died at 96 years old.
0:34.7	Good day, everyone.
0:35.7	We're coming on the air with some sad breaking news.
0:38.4	Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest reigning monarch, has died at the age of 96.
0:45.0	And Prince Charles became King Charles III, fulfilling his destiny.
0:51.4	The Queen's eldest son, now King Charles III, echoing his mother's promise to serve.
0:57.6	I shall endeavor to serve you with loyalty, respect and love.
1:03.5	But some things haven't changed.
1:06.2	In fact, the questions we raised in previous episodes of Bawkele rule have proven to be
1:11.2	pretty close to the mark, like Prince Harry and Meghan's conspicuous absence from the
1:16.1	balcony during the Jubilee celebrations.
1:19.0	You know who it didn't say was Prince Harry and Meghan, no longer doing public duties,
1:23.9	no longer working members of the royal family.
1:26.0	And now Prince Harry has pulled back the curtain in spectacular fashion, years of strained relations
1:33.5	with his own royal family, laid bare in interviews, in a Netflix documentary series, but most
1:39.7	of all, in a new memoir titled Spare.
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