Royal birthdays in a time of coronavirus

Pod Save The King

Reach Podcasts

News Commentary, News, Society & Culture

3.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

The Queen this week marked her 94th birthday unlike any other - and Prince Louis's second birthday was celebrated with joyful rainbow-themed pictures that tap into the national mood. As the UK remains in lockdown while the country deals with the coronavirus crisis, the royal family are adapting their work and home lives - just like so many other people around the world. Pod Save The Queen host Ann Gripper is joined by Daily Mirror royal editor Russell Myers to discuss the unusual celebrations, the latest work of the royal family, and the insight we got into their home life via William and Kate's recent interview. They also catch up on Harry and Meghan's volunteer work in LA and Princess Anne's Vanity Fair interview, while Mirror Online lifestyle editor Zoe Forsey gives a flavour of normal life (remember that?!) with a look at how the Queen has usually celebrated her birthday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	POD Save the Queen!
0:15.3	Save the Queen. If you are new to us because we move platforms last week and we've got lots of lovely new listeners welcome to the show and if you have been with us for a long time then it is great to have you with us again. I am your host and Gripper. I am joined by
0:25.9	the Mirror's Royal editor Russell Myers who is the other side of London somewhere
0:30.3	as we... Hello, hello, a very sniffly hay fever rigid. somewhere. Hello. Hello.
0:33.0	A very sniffly hay fever ridden Russell Myers, I'm afraid.
0:37.0	Better the hay fever than the Corona virus.
0:39.0	Very much so.
0:40.0	Very much so.
0:41.0	So yes, we'll try and keep your sniffles to yourself as much as you can
0:45.0	hay fever is a miserable thing so yeah good luck good luck with it so
0:50.4	right where to see? How are you?
0:53.0	It's nice to see you. I can see you.
0:55.0	We're recording this on Zoom.
0:56.0	Yes, it's very, it's good.
0:58.0	We had our first family Zoom quiz the other night, which was very entertaining.
1:03.0	Everyone's gone quiz crazy.
1:05.0	Yes quiz crazy.
1:06.0	Oh, I wonder whether the Royal Family.
1:07.0	If they don't a quiz yet, they may be...
1:09.0	I don't know, that would be a great story, wouldn't it?
1:11.0	They have been, they have been hooking up on video calls through Zoom so potentially they've been doing a
1:18.7	quiz. I mean everybody else is so why wouldn't they? Why wouldn't they? More of that later, because there is lots to talk about all the Royal News.
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