Rick and Jill Thompson report from England. We're recording this on Sunday, the 11th of September. So what's been going on in England over the last few days? Well, it's been extraordinary. Amazing events have been going on. The Queen hadn't been seen in public for some time but she was at Balmoral Castle to meet new Prime Minister Liz Truss. But within two days, news came out that the Queen was seriously ill and then clearly that she had died. Since then, there's been a amazing amount of TV coverage of what’s been going on with great pageantry and great dignity. When the Prince of Wales, Charles was duly sworn in as the
Talking to my parents about events in the UK following the death of The Queen on 9 September, including the media coverage, the proclamation of King Charles III, comments about Charles as King and a discussion of the role of the monarch in the UK’s constitution. Also includes some comments about the new Prime Minister Liz Truss and the future of the UK government over the next 18 months.
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