William and Kate return to Southport, Fergie cancelled and a window on Australia

Pod Save The King

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News Commentary, News, Society & Culture

3.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

The murder of three young girls at a Taylor Swift dance class in Southport last year had a deep impact on the country. This week, the Prince and Princess of Wales visited their schools to see how the communities are recovering. Pod Save the King host Ann Gripper and Mirror royal reporter Charlotte Foster reflect on why William and Kate’s return matters. And they also discuss the latest strand of the royal Epstein scandal, as a leaked email from the Duchess of York from 2011 led to multiple charities dropping their association with her. They also catch up on Edward and Sophie’s adventures in Japan and a 116-year-old admirer of King Charles. And with Charlotte having moved to the UK from Australia earlier this year, they discuss views of the royal family Down Under and whether it is on the road to being a Republic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Pod Save the King
0:03.6	Hello and welcome back to Pod Save the King.
0:09.9	I'm your host, Anne Gripper, and we have another exciting new voice for you this week.
0:14.7	Jennifer Newton is on holiday.
0:16.2	Russell Myers is off doing busy things.
0:17.9	So Royal Reporter from the Mirror Charlotte Foster Foster, is here with me today.
0:21.5	Hello, Charles.
0:22.8	Thank you for having me.
0:23.8	Oh, very excited to have you with us and run through the Royal News of the Week.
0:29.2	And also, we might talk a little bit off about Australia given, I know we've only briefly said hello,
0:35.6	but our listeners may have picked up that you and I sound a little bit different.
0:39.1	We do. We do. And I haven't been here for very long, so I feel like the Australian accent's definitely still quite prominent.
0:47.3	Well, long may it be. Long to rain over us. See, I'm with your Aussie accent. And so yeah, it's been a different pace of week maybe compared to last week,
0:58.7	some different kinds of events.
1:01.0	Still some big international goings on with Edward and Sophie over in Japan.
1:07.6	Not quite the grandeur of the state banquet at Windsor and the like.
1:13.1	Yes, well, well timed for those two to cross over, I think.
1:18.1	Yes, they had a different kind of adventure.
1:21.3	But also we've just seen quite a lot of community events as well.
1:24.8	And also, obviously, the latest chapter in the ongoing question of
1:33.5	how do you solve a problem like the yorks when they do just keep oh dear oh dear oh dear again um but let's
1:42.5	start with um a really a really important visit.
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