Sussex statement ruffles feathers

Pod Save The King

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🗓️ 26 February 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Prince Harry and Meghan have confirmed they will not be using 'royal' in the branding of their future activities once they begin their new life on April 1.But the Spring 2020 Transition Details statement on their website seemed to lay bare the tensions simmering in the royal family as the Firm approaches this new phase.With questions remaining over who will pay for their security - and how much - as well as various very pointed comments, Pod Save The Queen listeners have shared their reactions.Daily Mirror royal editor Russell Myers (@rjmyers) joins Pod Save The Queen host Ann Gripper (@anngripper) to go through the details.They also talk about major upcoming royal visits for William, Kate, Charles and Camilla.Join the conversation about the episode on Instagram and Twitter @podsave - and subscribe to the podcast to follow unfolding royal family news. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Pods save the Queen!
0:06.0	Hello and welcome back to Pods save the Queen.
0:10.0	It's official.
0:11.0	Harry and Megan are not going to be styling themselves Royal with their
0:15.2	branding in the future when they transition into their future life. I am your
0:19.8	host and Gripper. I am joined once again by Daily Mirror Royaloussel Meyers.
0:24.0	I am still classifying myself as royal.
0:27.0	Okay.
0:28.0	It's just for the avoidance of the doubt.
0:30.0	Well you are going to have to report on more people
0:32.0	than just Harry and Megan and realistically possibly
0:34.4	slightly more on the others than you might have done because we're going to see less of Harry and Megan.
0:38.6	We need a new Duchess.
0:40.4	Maybe Sophie Wessex can be the new Duchess.
0:43.0	Well, I'm available.
0:44.0	If, so I thought about this and we're going to go straight into it.
0:48.0	What are we?
0:49.0	Yeah, I mean I thought of my random thoughts.
0:52.0	Stand by everybody.
0:54.0	When the Duke of Edinburgh passes away,
0:56.0	then Edward becomes the Duke of Edinburgh,
0:58.0	then Sophie would become a Duchess, would she not?
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