When does a royal become a celebrity?

Beyond Today

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4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2019

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

The last couple of days has been huge for Prince Harry, his wife Meghan and their new baby Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. It’s a big moment for the royals as they work out the balance between raising their son in privacy and the celebrity status their baby gained the minute he was born. The BBC’s Royal Correspondent Jonny Dymond tells Beyond Today how the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are redefining the royal brand. Thanks to Ricky Thompson, Harpers Bazaar, ABC, and Mediaeval Baebes. Producers: Philly Beaumont, Lucy Hancock and Jaja Muhammad. Mixed by Nicolas Raufast. Editor: John Shields.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:04.6	Hello, I'm Tina Dehealey and this is Beyond Today from BBC Radio
0:10.1	for space to ask one big question about one big story.
0:14.0	Today, when does a royal become a celebrity?
0:27.0	Oh yeah, how you! Oh yay, yay, yay,
0:34.3	hay, a roll baby boy has been born today.
0:39.1	God save the Queen!
0:41.5	The last few days have been huge for Prince Harry.
0:46.0	I'm very excited to announce that Megan and myself had a baby boy.
0:51.0	Mother and baby are doing incredibly well.
0:53.6	His wife Megan, he has the sweetest temperament,
0:56.2	he's really calm and...
0:59.2	He gets that problem.
1:01.6	And their new baby, Archie Harrison, Mount Baton Windsor.
1:05.0	The Duke and Duchess of Sussex unveiled their baby boy to the world this afternoon.
1:11.0	After 36 hours of global media frenzy over the
1:15.4	latest addition to the royal family. It's a big moment for them as it is for any
1:20.6	new parents but it's also a big moment for the Sussex's because they'll
1:24.5	have to work out the balance between raising their baby boy in privacy and the
1:29.6	celebrity status he gained the minute he was born.
1:33.0	Finally the weight is over just as I was headed to Heathrow.
1:36.0	We got word that Duchess Megan had been in labor since the early morning hours
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