Welcome to the Eric Erickson Show podcast, Hour 2.

Hello and welcome.

It is Eric Erickson.

I'm going to jump straight now to Buckingham Palace as King Charles III finishes making his initial speech.

My life will of course change as I take up my new responsibilities.

It will no longer be possible for me to give so much of my time and energies to the charities and issues for which I care so deeply.

But I know this important work will go on in the trusted hands of others.

This is also a time of change for my family. I count on the loving help of my darling wife, Camilla.

In recognition of her own loyal public service since our marriage 17 years ago, she becomes my Queen Consult.

I know she will bring to the demands of her new role the steadfast devotion to duty on which

I have come to rely so much.

As my heir, William now assumes the Scottish titles which have meant so much to me.

He succeeds me as Duke of Cornwall and takes on the responsibilities for the Duchy of Cornwall,

which I have undertaken for more than five decades. Today I am proud to create him Prince of Wales

to Wussog Cymry, the country whose title I have been so greatly privileged to bear during

so much of my life and duty.

With Catherine beside him, our new Prince and Princess of Wales will, I know, continue to

inspire and lead our national conversations, helping to bring the marginal to the centre ground where vital help can be given.

I want also to express my love for Harry and Megan as they continue to build their lives overseas.

In a little over a week's time we will come together as a nation, as a

commonwealth and indeed a global community to lay my beloved mother to rest. In our

sorrow let us remember and draw strength from the light of her example. On behalf of all my

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