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S8 Ep709: PREVIEW FOR LATER HEADLINE: King Charles III’s Transition and the Special Relationship GUEST: Gregory Copley SUMMARY: Gregory Copley examines King Charles III's health-related pullback from public duties to train Prince William. This transition aims to pr

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 7 April 2026

⏱️ 4 minutes

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PREVIEW FOR LATER HEADLINE: King Charles III’s Transition and the Special Relationship GUEST: Gregory Copley SUMMARY: Gregory Copley examines King Charles III's health-related pullback from public duties to train Prince William. This transition aims to preserve the crucial US-UK alliance and Western civilizational stability during a period of global uncertainty. (1)
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This is John Batchler. Conversation with Gregory Copley, Defense and Foreign Affairs about

0:36.5

the visit of King Charles

0:38.2

III to the United States on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence

0:44.4

and much work to be done to knit together the special relationship if it can be done. Gregory

0:50.9

observes, however, that the king is winding down his appearances in public,

0:57.0

or at least pulling back because of his recent illness, and because he's eager to train his

1:02.9

son, the Prince of Wales, in kingship. Gregory makes the point that King Charles had many decades,

1:10.0

and King, and Prince William may not,

1:13.8

likely will not. So here's Gregory to explain the generosity, the ambition of the royal family

1:22.5

now to fit together its obligations to the Commonwealth and to the Empire and to the Earth

1:27.9

and to sensible healthkeeping at home.

1:33.2

Gregory Copley.

1:34.4

Events that the King will preside over, depending on how long he will remain in office.

1:41.1

There's talk that he is handing more and more of the rolls over to the Prince

1:47.3

of Wales, Prince William, and that's been very important because the Prince of Wales may only have

1:53.3

two, three, four, hopefully five or more years in which to learn how to be a king, whereas Prince Charles

2:00.5

had, you know, decades and decades of training, if you like, while the Queen was alive.

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