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The Owen Jones Podcast

The Republic of Britain?

The Owen Jones Podcast

Owen Jones

Politics, Government, News & Politics, News

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

As royal fervour grips the media and swathes of the nation following the death of Britain's longest serving monarch - what does this all say about the state of a crisis-ridden country in 2022? Is the monarchy safe for generations to come under King Charles III - or are cracks appearing in the institution?


We are joined by Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu to discuss the racist onslaught against Meghan Markle - and the related vilification of Prince Harry - and what it signifies; and Aaron Bastani on what this moment says about modern Britain, and where it goes next.


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0:00.0

I'm just tapping to be in France at the moment. Bear with us for this show, because about

0:15.0

half an hour before we came on air, the whole internet just went down. So I'm using my

0:18.2

phone's hotspots. This has been quite the experiment. Now, I guess some of you might think,

0:23.7

do we need to talk about this anymore? I think we've all had our fill of general monochrome

0:29.9

case coverage, but it is the big new story of the time. We talked, of course, last week

0:35.6

we did a section on the one you created. We're still going to talk about it. What on the

0:39.5

eve, obviously, of the Queen's funeral, it is a massive then millions of people in

0:43.5

some form are participating, obviously a section of the population of morning, but there

0:49.5

are dissenters, myself included, who maybe I'm not as enamored with the idea that the head

0:55.6

of state happens to be just arbitrarily plucked from families based on your bloodline,

1:01.6

the family you're born into. But I'm just ingested generally in the general royal coverage.

1:07.7

What does it mean about British society in the here and now, Britain in 2022? Also, I'm

1:14.8

going to be talking very shortly, actually, with the brilliant Dr. Shola on Meghan Markle

1:19.9

and Harry, because it's impossible not to talk about the monochrome without that. And I

1:24.9

think what we've seen on social media and in the media in the fast few days underlines

1:30.0

shines. It's like a flare, which I think underlines the structural racism within British

1:37.2

society. It's not just about the treatment of Meghan Markle, but what that says more

1:41.2

broadly, before we're in Dr. Shola, because we only have her for a precious 10 or 15 minutes.

1:46.0

We want to get as much out of her as we can. If you're watching live, do click on the

1:50.3

YouTube link, because I know lots of you watch on Facebook, but prefer if you watch on

1:53.7

YouTube and then press the like button and subscribe. You can use super chat to support

1:59.3

the show and also to put questions to the guests. I will read out all of the questions,

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