The day I met the King

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

People from all over the globe remember their meetings with King Charles III over the years. They include Dr Joe McInnes who took the former Prince for a dive beneath the ice of the North West passage in 1975, holocaust survivor Lily Ebert, Joseph Hammond who met the King when he visited a military cemetery in Ghana and former pop singer and Spice Girl Mel B who remembers several hilarious encounters with the King including one involving the former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela.

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0:00.0	In 2008, 23-year-old Norwegian students Martina Vic Magnussen was killed in an apartment near Mayfair.
0:08.0	Hours after her death, the only suspect in the case fled the UK to Yemen.
0:13.0	He has never been questioned by the police.
0:16.0	I'm Noel El-Makafi and I made a promise to Martina's family 15 years ago to find out what happened.
0:22.0	Murder in Mayfair is the new mini-series right here in the documentary.
0:27.0	All episodes are available now.
0:30.0	This is the discussion and documentary from the BBC World Service.
0:39.0	I'm Warner Merchant with the day I met the King.
0:42.0	In September 2022, his majesty Charles III became monarch of the United Kingdom,
0:49.0	as well as many other realms, territories and protectorates and head of the Commonwealth.
0:55.0	He was the longest-serving Prince of Wales in history before coming to the throne, following the death of his mother,
1:01.0	the late Queen Elizabeth II.
1:03.0	I intend to create my son Charles, Prince of Wales today.
1:11.0	We were watching the television.
1:13.0	I remember being cutely embarrassed when it was announced.
1:16.0	I had this very chair coming from the stadium and coated it.
1:19.0	I think for a little by nine, it was rather bewildering.
1:26.0	Lord Manbatten represented the grandfather I never had.
1:31.0	It seemed as if the foundations of all that we held dear in life had been torn apart irreparably.
1:39.0	By now understand, in a profound way, the agonies born by so many others.
1:46.0	Britain learned long ago that Hong Kong people know best what is good for Hong Kong.
1:53.0	We have no doubt that Hong Kong people can run Hong Kong as the joint declaration from Hong Kong.
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