Podcasts about her royal highness

Now that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are back in the UK, King Charles released a formal letter reminding the public that Harry and Meghan are not to be treated like members of the royal family! In his public statement, the King begins by saying “to help avoid doubt or confusion” and goes on to say there is no change to the couples’ status as non-working members of the Royal family and that they should NOT be referenced as “His and Her Royal Highness.” The Sussexes have already reacted through their spokesperson, saying they were surprised by the King’s letter.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Now that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are back in the UK, King Charles released a formal letter reminding the public that Harry and Meghan are not to be treated like members of the royal family! In his public statement, the King begins by saying “to help avoid doubt or confusion” and goes on to say there is no change to the couples’ status as non-working members of the Royal family and that they should NOT be referenced as “His and Her Royal Highness.” The Sussexes have already reacted through their spokesperson, saying they were surprised by the King’s letter.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Now that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are back in the UK, King Charles released a formal letter reminding the public that Harry and Meghan are not to be treated like members of the royal family! In his public statement, the King begins by saying “to help avoid doubt or confusion” and goes on to say there is no change to the couples’ status as non-working members of the Royal family and that they should NOT be referenced as “His and Her Royal Highness.” The Sussexes have already reacted through their spokesperson, saying they were surprised by the King’s letter.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tony's impressed by David in his traditional bowler hat as an official of The Borchester Show. George reports a problem with a water leak at one of the handwashing stations near the livestock. As Tony finds a spanner and George tightens the pipe, David is drenched. Disaster is also averted when a calf breaks free - George catching it and Tony grabbing its mother. David asks Tracy to alert the committee that he'll be delayed while he finds dry clothes. Thinking she's addressing a committee member, Tracy explains to HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh that David has been delayed. Embarrassed by her mistake, Tracy goes on to explain that she's representing Bridge Farm, and is impressed to hear that Her Royal Highness has tasted Borsetshire Blue. As President of LEAF - Linking Environment and Farming, the Duchess is keen to connect people with where their food comes from, so Tracy issues an invitation to the dairy. The Duchess gives a speech praising a very special organic farmer. The winner of the lifetime achievement award is – Tony Archer! Reflecting, Tony doesn't feel he deserves it on his own, he's only achieved it with the help of Pat and the children. He realises that his role at the show has been a ruse but David insists he's been essential. They all have something to celebrate – Keira's Texel lamb coming first in its class, Chris and his partner coming second in the farrier competition, and David in particular, having pulled together an exceptional show.

Cape Town, please rise… Her Royal Highness has arrived. Let me introduce you to Queen, a 5-year-old German Shepherd with the posture of royalty, the presence of a head of state … and one gloriously floppy ear that clearly missed the royal briefing. Views and News with Clarence Ford is the mid-morning show on CapeTalk. This 3-hour long programme shares and reflects a broad array of perspectives. It is inspirational, passionate and positive. Host Clarence Ford’s gentle curiosity and dapper demeanour leave listeners feeling motivated and empowered. Known for his love of jazz and golf, Clarrie covers a range of themes including relationships, heritage and philosophy. Popular segments include Barbs’ Wire at 9:30am (Mon-Thurs) and The Naked Scientist at 9:30 on Fridays. Thank you for listening to a podcast from Views & News with Clarence Ford Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays between 09:00 and 12:00 (SA Time) to Views and News with Clarence Ford broadcast on CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/erjiQj2 or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/BdpaXRn Subscribe to the CapeTalk Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/sbvVZD5 Follow us on social media: CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sarah Ferguson is “furious and humiliated” after being stripped of her “Her Royal Highness” title — and friends whisper she’d leave Prince Andrew “if she could afford it.” Meanwhile, Sofia Vergara is all smiles as ex-husband Joe Manganiello celebrates his engagement. “She’s already forgotten him,” says one insider. Mariah Carey’s long-awaited album Here for It All has tanked — selling just 69,000 copies in three weeks. Don't forget to vote in today's poll on Twitter at @naughtynicerob or in our Facebook group. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bongiwe Zwane spoke to Political Analyst, Professor, Lesiba Teffo, Her Royal Highness, Queen Rebecca Como of The Nama Royal House and Lerato Ngobeni, MP and observer at the National Convention

In this episode, we explore heartwarming and thought-provoking titles for all ages, from charming picture books like "Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle" and the true-story-inspired "Our Subway Baby" to captivating teen reads such as "Her Royal Highness" and "Every Day." We also highlight acclaimed novels like "The Song of Achilles," "The Guncle," and "Camp Damascus," alongside powerful stories like "The Prophets" and "The Emperor of Gladness." Discover these diverse, inclusive stories available at our library, perfect for readers seeking love, identity, and resilience. Browse our catalog or check out our Pride Month display at the library. Don't miss this episode filled with recommendations that celebrate the rainbow of human experiences.

The Princess of Wales just reminded us all that polka dots are, in fact, a power move.At Westminster Abbey for the 80th anniversary of VE Day, Kate stepped out in a very familiar—and very fabulous—outfit: the same black-and-white polka-dot Alessandra Rich dress she wore to the Order of the Garter in 2023. Yes, the dress that had people comparing her to Eliza Doolittle in *My Fair Lady*Kate is once again proving her title as the Queen of Rewears. As British Vogue's Emily Chan put it, she's turned outfit recycling into something of a royal superpower.Also, A new rose has been named in honour of the Princess of Wales, celebrating both her advocacy for the healing power of nature and her ongoing support for cancer care. *Catherine's Rose*, a coral-pink floribunda with a rich fragrance reminiscent of Turkish Delight and mango, was unveiled by the Royal Horticultural Society on Thursday.The flower, bred by Harkness Roses, will be available to the public by pre-order. Each sale will include a £5 donation to The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, aiding the hospital where Her Royal Highness underwent chemotherapy treatment last year.The funds raised will contribute to the creation of a national training programme in prehabilitation and rehabilitation for clinical teams, aiming to help cancer patients live well both during and after treatment.The RHS explained that the naming of *Catherine's Rose* was not only to honour her public service, but also to raise awareness of the vital role nature plays in physical, mental, and spiritual wellbeing.Only 15,000 *Catherine's Rose* plants will be made available in 2025, with bare root roses priced at £29.99 and potted plants at £34.99. Orders may be placed now for delivery in autumn next year, with additional availability planned for spring and autumn 2026.The rose, which is said to thrive in borders, large containers, or as part of a hedge, has also been specially cultivated to attract pollinators.Get the show without ads. Five bucks.  For Apple users, hit the banner on your Apple podcasts app which says UNINTERRUPTED LISTENING. For Spotify or other players, visit caloroga.com/plus.   

The future King has every intention of formally stripping Prince Harry and Meghan Markle of their “His and Her Royal Highness” titles. Serena Williams may have set the Super Bowl stage on fire with her surprise dance cameo during Kendrick Lamar’s explosive halftime performance, but behind the scenes, things got icy — fast.Demi Moore revealed she had a gut feeling moments before Best Actress was announced at the 2025 Academy Awards. Rob is joined by the charming Marc Lupo. Don't forget to vote in today's poll on Twitter at @naughtynicerob or in our Facebook group.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Joe, Jen, and Tom cover the latest news, including...hope?  Then we jump into a deep dive on Her Royal Highness, Queen Morgase of Andor! Things get ripe! Jen has some very justified problems with Morgase's sex life! Tom has some problems with his head! Joe has some problems with this whole story! All that, plus the New Year is off to a smashing start. As always, spoilers abound, as do amazing staple discoveries!NEWS: https://www.instagram.com/p/DETSEQ_B9b4/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==Send us your thoughts and questions!Support the showhttps://www.talkaranrhiod.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TalkaranrhiodInstagram: talk_aran_rhiodBluesky: @talkaranrhiodX: @arantalkDiscord: https://dsc.gg/talkaranrhiodMerch: https://www.newcreationsbyjen.com/collections/talkaranrhiod

On the Saturday September 7, 2024 edition of The Richard Crouse Show we meet Barbara Adhiya. In her 20-year career as an editor with newswires CP/AP and Reuters, she says she never lost her hope and faith in humanity. Her new book as an editor, “Hope by Terry Fox,” is a testament that sentiment. Through over 50 interviews with people throughout Terry's life — ranging from his siblings, nurses, and coaches to volunteers during the Marathon of Hope —Barbara discovers how Terry was able to run a marathon a day. Through their stories, passages from Terry's marathon journal, and over 200 photos and documents, Hope shows that with enough resilience, determination, humility, and support, ordinary people can do impossible things. Then, we'll meet Anne Allan, a theatre director, a producer, artistic director, and educator. Her career began as a classical dancer, training on scholarship at the Royal Ballet School in London, England. After becoming ballet mistress for London City Ballet, she was invited to become the private dance teacher to Her Royal Highness, Diana, Princess of Wales and did so for 9 years. She writes about that experience in her new book “Dancing with Diana.”

This week we have a visit from the ROYAL FAMILY?! Who has nothing better to do than visit CHARM SCHOOL? Her Royal Highness, The Duchess of Birmingshire, Paige Irvingcrow Harringon is here this week and she's not taking ANY shit, misses! Will the girls be able to take the heat? Tune in to find out! 

The narrative has become that anyone who asked where Kate was is a horrible scoundrel.We asked Royal Insider Deep Crown about this, and our source was remarkably candid, telling us:"It is rather disingenuous to criticize the media's handling of the Princess of Wales's situation, given the scarcity of information provided by the Palace," "In stark contrast to the detailed statement released regarding His Majesty's diagnosis, the information surrounding the Princess was vague at best.""The Palace's initial assertion that Her Royal Highness would return to her duties by Easter proved to be inaccurate, though one can understand the desire to maintain a sense of optimism. However, this lack of transparency left the media with little choice but to speculate and report on the limited information available.""It is important to remember that the Royal Family, often referred to as 'The Firm,' is indeed a business. The public's fascination with their lives is an integral part of their role, and the notion of true privacy is a luxury seldom afforded to those in their position, even if they choose to relocate to California.""While the media's coverage of 'Kategate' may have been extensive, with countless columns written and clicked on, it is unfair to lay the blame solely at their feet. In my opinion, His Majesty King Charles III has navigated this difficult situation with greater finesse than the Wales family, providing a clearer and more forthright approach to managing the flow of information during these trying times."

For our first stop of the day, we're keeping the party going in celebration of Women's History Month, and we're off to West Point, to check out Women in Blues, a showcase featuring female blues musicians, through the voices of M.S.U. opera students, March 24th at the Black Prairie Museum with Deborah Mansfield, Volunteer Director & Roza Tulyaganova, Director of Opera, and then we're off to check out what's happening around your neck of the woods, before a final stop in Jackson to bask in the glory of the legendary Sweet Potato Queens at the 2024 Hal's St. Paddy's Day Parade, March 23rd with Her Royal Highness, Jill Conner Brown. Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Everyone is talking about it and SO. ARE. WE. As part of our new regular show-and-tell of our hyperfixations, this month Katie is teaching Garet allllll about the British Royal Family and asks the question that is currently dominating the internet: Where is Kate? Where's Kate Middleton a/k/a Her Royal Highness, Catherine, Princess of Wales. She hasn't been seen in public since Christmas Day, 2023, and since then, we have a royal motorcade heading to a hospital on December 28, 2023, an announcement of some sort of "planned abdominal surgery" that also required cancellation of every Kate appearance scheduled through Easter 2024 that occurred on January 14, and most recently - the photoshop fiasco heard 'round the world on March 10th, we're finally starting to genuinely doubt the safety and security of the Princess of Wales. The first woman to hold the title since the divorce of Lady Diana Spencer and then-Prince Charles (now King Charles) - is the title cursed? Is the engagement ring Kate wore that famously belonged to her dearly departed mother-in-law cursed? Well, it's not featured in that notorious Mothering Sunday photo, that's for damn sure. Tune in to catch up on theories, hear our conclusions, and tell us your own theories in our Instagram post for today's episode!   You can check out our brand new merch at bit.ly/anklehighmerch and support us by joining our Patreon for just $5 per month at www.patreon.com/thebarisanklehigh where you'll get access to extended cut ad free audio and video episodes plus bonus episodes, be added to our close friends list on Instagram, and get an on-air shout out and goodies from us in the mail! Make sure you're following us on Instagram @thebarisanklehigh to join in on the weekly episode title contest for your chance to win a free podcast logo sticker! Finally, the best way to support us is to leave us a 5-star review anywhere you find us!! The second-best way to support us is to support our ad sponsors: Sun & Swell: https://zen.ai/krpZqJaBHwQUWQELntfeSA Liquid IV: https://zen.ai/SgwDnrtoYsDFd2clkjuNZg Zencastr: https://zen.ai/hbxFmHWJjfjA7r-Jy12hoA

A statement from Kensington Palace:Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales was admitted to The London Clinic yesterday for planned abdominal surgery. The surgery was successful and it is expected that she will remain in hospital for ten to fourteen days, before returning home to continue her recovery. "Based on the current medical advice, she is unlikely to return to public duties until after Easter.The Princess of Wales appreciates the interest this statement will generate. She hopes that the public will understand her desire to maintain as much normality for her children as possible; and her wish that her personal medical information remains private. "Kensington Palace will, therefore, only provide updates on Her Royal Highness' progress when there is significant new information to share. The Princess of Wales wishes to apologise to all those concerned for the fact that she has to postpone her upcoming engagements. She looks forward to reinstating as many as possible, as soon as possible."

What secrets will the teddy bear gang find within the unfinished throne room of Her Royal Highness' Little Tomb of Horrors? --- News, artwork, and more at ⁠⁠PowerWordCrit.com⁠⁠ Rate us on ⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠ Contact us on ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠, or at PowerWordCrit@gmail.com --- Theme music “Victory” from Epic Orchestral Action Music Vol 2. Background music used under the standard-license from filmmusic.io. Frost Waltz by Kevin MacLeod Marty Gots A Plan by Kevin MacLeod Pop Goes the Weasel by Kevin MacLeod Stay The Course by Kevin MacLeod The Descent by Kevin MacLeod --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/powerwordcrit/support

What secrets will the teddy bear gang find within the unfinished throne room of Her Royal Highness' Little Tomb of Horrors?---News, artwork, and more at ⁠⁠PowerWordCrit.com⁠⁠Rate us on ⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠Contact us on ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠, or at PowerWordCrit@gmail.com---Theme music “Victory” from Epic Orchestral Action Music Vol 2.Background music used under the standard-license from filmmusic.io. “Frost Waltz” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ “Marty Gots A Plan” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ “Pop Goes the Weasel” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ “Stay The Course” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ “The Descent” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

LOVEMYDRESS.NET    //   Benjamin Wheeler is an extraordinarily talented, popular and highly sought after British wedding photographer.Based in London, but sought after by couples with discerning style all over the world, Benjamin's work has taken him to some of the most breathtakingly beautiful destinations far and wide.Benjamin had the incredible honour of photographing the wedding of Her Royal Highness, Princess Beatrice of York, in 2020. His work is also regularly published in Vogue and featured by all the top digital wedding platforms, including, of course, Love My Dress, The Together Journal, The Wedding Collective and The Lane. Despite his professional status, Ben has consistently remained one of the most humble people I have ever met in this industry. He is kind, unassuming, down to earth and definitely does not let his incredible achievements go to his head. He credits his easy going approach as being an extension of his relaxed personality. BENJAMIN WHEELERbenjaminthomaswheeler.com@benjaminwheelerLINKS TO MENTIONSNirav PatelEd PeersDanelle BohaneDan O'DayChris & Gill (The Curries)RJ Print LabMasterclass.comAre You Really OK', by Roman Kemp (book)LOVE MY DRESSlovemydress.net@lovemydress@annabelbeeforthDEAF?You will find a full transcript of this episode here https://thelovemydresspodcast.buzzsprout.com (select the appropriate episode then tap the transcript tab).PLEASE FOLLOW, RATE & REVIEW OUR PODCASTPlease kindly take a moment to subscribe to The Love My Dress Podcast today. And if you haven't already, I'd greatly appreciate your consideration in leaving a friendly review or rating. These small actions require mere seconds of your time but will play a vital role in enhancing our visibility on platforms like Spotify, Apple, and Google.  Thank you so very much for your support and encouragement.

Long before Harry and Meghan, a much more serious crisis and scandal enveloped the British monarchy and the House of Windsor, the abdication of Edward VIII The Prince of Wales and Wallis Simpson, 1935 By mid-1934, even British high society insiders were aghast at what, “the little man,” as David was scornfully known as behind his back, had actually taken up with.  When the Royal family deliberately deleted the Simpsons from the Royal guest list for the wedding of David's brother, George, in November of 1934, the Prince of Wales personally interceded to get them reinvited.  Probably thinking that a good offense is the best defense, Wallis showed up in expensive jewelry and a tiara that certainly her husband could not afford and could have only been gifted by David.  Outraged, King George V then personally barred the couple from any subsequent, official Royal events but the relationship blatantly continued, with Wallis receiving cash and gifts, usually gems that today would be on the order of tens of millions of dollars.   Edward's official letter of abdicationFinally, Edward called her back and personally told her that the abdication was inevitable.  Wallis Simpson's unromantic and blunt response, recorded by French secret police, was predictable.  “You goddamned fool!”  Inexplicably, Edward decided to give up his throne, allegedly over Wallis Simpson, without even involving her in the decision or even formally asking her to marry him during this time period or even subsequently.  On December 11, he proceeded with his famous speech, explaining his decision to abdicate, allegedly over his relationship with Wallis Simpson.  Even his subsequent departure from Britain was haphazard, Edward now officially the Duke of Windsor, winding up at an Austrian mansion owned by a Rothschild, a personal favor to Lord Brownlow.  Because Wallis Simpson was still technically married, the Duke and Wallis would have to remain separated until the Simpson divorce was final. Chateau de la Croe, Cap D'Antibes, RivieraWith no diplomatic or professional responsibilities, the Windsors than turned to figuring out exactly where they wanted to live, eventually settling upon the the Chateau de la Croe, a large mansion sized estate on the Cap D'Antibes.  Initially, this was where Wallis had wanted to get married, in May of 1938, they leased the property.  Shortly thereafter they began the process of ingratiating themselves with whatever local members of French and American members of high society would accept their dinner invitations, the Duchess spending most of her time planning these dinner events.  For a year and a half, life revolved around furnishing their new home and their socializing, events that always began with a formal introduction by servants of Wallis Simpson as Her Royal Highness.  If the Duke and Duchess were living the lives of the idle rich this was essentially on someone else's dime. The Duke and Duchess, 1963As the sixties dawned, shunned by the British aristocracy, no longer of much interest to anyone in the US other than facilitators of best dressed lists, on the eve of a generation more interested in personalities like the Beatles, the Windsors began to fade from public relevance.  Other than the occasional White House invitation, they became politically invisible. The Duke of Windsor on the links As the sixties ticked by the Windsors devolved from world famous celebrity status to an existence seemingly out of a Dickens novel.  Despite their immense wealth, they openly paid their servants twenty per cent less than the going rate stating that it was a privilege to work for them.  This despite homes crammed with every possibly amenity for both the Duke and Duchess and their guests, toilet tissue literally unrolled and folded into squares.  The Duke and Duchess at the Nixon White House By then the Duke's health was deteriorating rapidly.  One eye was mostly closed due to complications from cataracts, circulatory issues were now pronounced after a lifetime of heavy smoking which also eventually caused throat cancer, arthritis forcing him to limp along with a cane and preventing him from golf or even working in the garden.  By May of 1972, the end was clearly approaching, signaled by the first and only visit to the Duke's Paris home by Queen Elizabeth II, her husband Prince Phillip and accompanied by Prince Charles.  It lasted a perfunctory thirty minutes.  To one of the last of the many American socialites who spent time with the Windsors in their last years he reflected, “The duchess gave me everything that I lacked from my family.  She gave me comfort and love and kindness.” The Duke of Windsor's grave, FrogmoreThe Duke of Windsor's body was flown to Great Britain and dignified with the usual ceremonies, including lying publicly in state at St. George's Chapel, on the grounds of Windsor Castle the traditional burial place for British Kings and Queens since Henry VIII.  The Duchess of Windsor was flown to these ceremonies separately where she interacted with the rest of the Royal family who treated her with chilly dignity.  Although as a former King of England the Duke of Windsor was entitled to burial at St. George's, he was instead interred by previous agreement at the Royal Burial Ground at Frogmore Estate.  This cemetery was established to handle the overflow from the Royal Vault at St. George's as space there became restricted for actual monarchs and those in direct succession.  Frogmore Estate is owned by the British Royal family and is only open to the public six days out of the year.  In addition, the royal burial ground which contains the Duke of Windsor's gravestone is restricted from public access by a high iron fence, for the former Edward VIII a kind of British Royal Siberia.  The duchess of Windsor's grave, FrogmoreThe Duchess of Windsor's modest April 29, 1986 funeral ceremony at St. George's Chapel was well attended by members of the royal family.  However, her coffin had no flag or standard and its plaque omitted the HRH title before her name inscribed as Wallis, Duchess of Windsor-1896-1986.  The hearse containing her coffin proceeded along private roads to exclude any public acknowledgement.  Only fifteen individuals were present at her graveside ceremony, including the Queen, Prince Philip, Prince Charles and Princess Diana, but the Queen Mother on the advice of Queen Elizabeth did not attend.  The Duchess of Windsor was buried side by side with her husband at Frogmore, the only commoner in the cemetery, her headstone also omitted the HRH title, the Duke and Duchess of Windsors' social, political and geographic exile now eternally complete.

Navigating through Her Royal Highness's dungeon labyrinth leaves the party in more than one sticky situation. --- News, artwork, and more at ⁠⁠PowerWordCrit.com⁠⁠ Rate us on ⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠ Contact us on ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠, or at PowerWordCrit@gmail.com --- Theme music “Victory” from Epic Orchestral Action Music Vol 2. Background music used under the standard-license from filmmusic.io. Crowd Hammer by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4983-crowd-hammer Floating Cities by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3765-floating-cities Marty Gots A Plan by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4992-marty-gots-a-plan Myst on the Moor by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4104-myst-on-the-moor --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/powerwordcrit/support

Navigating through Her Royal Highness's dungeon labyrinth leaves the party in more than one sticky situation.---News, artwork, and more at ⁠⁠PowerWordCrit.com⁠⁠Rate us on ⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠Contact us on ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠, or at PowerWordCrit@gmail.com---Theme music “Victory” from Epic Orchestral Action Music Vol 2.Background music used under the standard-license from filmmusic.io. “Crowd Hammer” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ “Floating Cities” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ “Marty Gots A Plan” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ “Myst on the Moor” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

On Thursday 15 June 2023 Her Royal Highness, Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh officially opened RNIB's new London office the Grimaldi Building. RNIB Connect Radio's Content producer, Toby Davey and Gary Moritz, who is the Presenter of Sunset melodies on the station, reflect on meeting her Royal Highness, Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh in the new radio station studio in the Grimaldi Building.   Her Royal Highness took a keen interest in finding out all about the wide range of topics around living with sight loss that the station covers and was keen to hear more about the two three hour live daily shows, the two talk based shows and all of the station's music shows too.  Toby and Gary found out that Her Royal Highness was not a stranger to being in a radio studio as the Duchess had spent some time working in radio too.  Image shows from left to right, Toby Davey, Matt Stringer, HRH Sophie Duchess of Edinburgh in the RNIB Connect Radio studio at Grimaldi. Toby is facing away from the camera with his hand on a Braille display, there is a desk in front of him and Matt and HRH are the other side of the desk smiling

On Thursday 15 June 2023 Her Royal Highness, Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh officially opened RNIB's new London office the Grimaldi Building and RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey was there chatting to some of the staff volunteers and customers who met Her Royal highness, Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh. Toby was joined by Julian Padmore, Eye Care Liaison Officer (ECLO) at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Buckinghamshire. Julian told Toby what it was like meeting Her Royal Highness, how knowledgeable the Duchess was about sight loss with her connections with other charities and how he will now be able to tell the clients he meets as an ECLO about how amazing it was meeting Her Royal Highness, something which he had kept quiet about in the lead up to the official Royal opening. Image shows from left to right, Toby Davey, Matt Stringer, HRH Sophie Duchess of Edinburgh in the RNIB Connect Radio studio at Grimaldi. Toby is facing away from the camera with his hand on a Braille display, there is a desk in front of him and Matt and HRH are the other side of the desk smiling

On Thursday 15 June 2023 Her Royal Highness, Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh officially opened RNIB's new London office the Grimaldi Building and RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey was there chatting to some of the staff volunteers and customers who met Her Royal highness, Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh. Toby chatted with Roy Eastwood, who has been a Volunteer for the RNIB for 54 years now mainly in the Products for Life and Technology for Life Teams. Roy explained to Toby how much it meant to him meeting Her Royal Highness, demonstrating some of the equipment from the Products for Life store to Her Royal Highness and how the Duchess was very impressed with the talking kitchen scales. Image shows from left to right, Toby Davey, Matt Stringer, HRH Sophie Duchess of Edinburgh in the RNIB Connect Radio studio at Grimaldi. Toby is facing away from the camera with his hand on a Braille display, there is a desk in front of him and Matt and HRH are the other side of the desk smiling

On Thursday 15 June 2023 Her Royal Highness, Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh officially opened RNIB's new London office the Grimaldi Building and RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey was there chatting to some of the staff volunteers and customers who met Her Royal highness, Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh. Toby managed to catch a few words with Claire Sisk who, along with Paulina Kuchorew, presents the Happy Hour here on RNIB Connect Radio.  Claire tells Toby what it was like meeting Her Royal Highness and taking part in a round table discussion with the Duchess too. Image shows from left to right, Toby Davey, Matt Stringer, HRH Sophie Duchess of Edinburgh in the RNIB Connect Radio studio at Grimaldi. Toby is facing away from the camera with his hand on a Braille display, there is a desk in front of him and Matt and HRH are the other side of the desk smiling

On Thursday 15 June 2023 Her Royal Highness, Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh officially opened RNIB's new London office the Grimaldi Building and RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey was there chatting to some of the staff volunteers and customers who met Her Royal highness, Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh. For the last of Toby's interviews from the Royal opening of the Grimaldi Building he was honoured to have a quick chat with Keira Mills, RNIB's Head Joy Maker of the multi award winning RNIB Christmas Fundraising campaign. Keira told Toby how exciting it was meeting Her Royal Highness, Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh as Keira towards the end of the Royal opening of the Grimaldi Building presented  the Duchess with a posy of flowers. Keira mentioned how nice it was of the Duchess to put her arm around her when having a number of photos taken of her and the Duchess something that Keira will treasure for the rest of her life.  Image shows HRH Sophie Duchess of Edinburgh and Keira inside the the Grimaldi building. Both are smiling towards the camera and the Duchess is holding a posy of flowers

On Thursday 15 June 2023 Her Royal Highness, Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh officially opened RNIB's new London office the Grimaldi Building and RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey was there chatting to some of the staff volunteers and customers who met Her Royal Highness, Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh. Toby managed to grab a few words with Anna Tylor, Chair of the RNIB Board of Trustees who along with Matt Stringer, RNIB CEO took Her Royal Highness on a tour of the building meeting staff, volunteers And customers  Anna told Toby what it was like taking Her Royal Highness around the building and what it means for the RNIB and of course blind and partially sighted people to have the Grimaldi Building officially opened buy Her Royal Highness, Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh.  Image shows Anna and Her Royal Highness shaking hands and smiling. They are stood outside the Grimaldi building with the photographer facing away from the building, HRH is holding a bouquet of flowers in her left hand and there is a union jack in the background

Representation is the basis of our political system. We can't get everyone's vote on every issue – folks are busy, and that would take way too much time. So we pick someone we trust. Have you ever represented someone else? It's terrifying. You have to make decisions on behalf of all those people, and those decisions could impact their home, their business, their politics, their whole way of life. But in that way, representation can be one of the highest callings a human can achieve. Our guest today has put the representation of others at the center of her life. Her Royal Highness, Ambassador Reema Bandar is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's representative to the United States. In every conference room and congressional office, she's speaking for about 38 million people. From a museum curator to a champion of women's rights, the ambassador has learned to center her own voice, and in the process, the voices of millions.

Star Trek: Voyager, Series 3, Episode 26 / Series 4, Episode 1. First broadcast on Wednesday, 21 May 1997 and Wednesday, 3 September 1997. As Voyager approaches the end of its third year, it's time for its very own version of The Best of Both Worlds. And here it is, complete with a massive encounter with the Borg, clouds of débris, a terrifying new enemy, dissension among the commanding officers, and the unveiling of an entirely new kind of human—Borg hybrid. But because it's Voyager, there's also people doing things for no reason and a central conflict disposed of in an unsatisfying way. But (again) because it's Voyager, there's some great weird visuals, a cool new holodeck program, and yet another arresting performance from the Queen of Star Trek, Her Royal Highness, Captain Kathryn Janeway.

Her Royal Highness has graciously invited her “guests” to test out her mini-dungeon, but everyone is a…teddy bear? --- News, artwork, and more at ⁠⁠PowerWordCrit.com⁠⁠ Rate us on ⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠ Contact us on ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠, or at PowerWordCrit@gmail.com --- Theme music “Victory” from Epic Orchestral Action Music Vol 2. Background music used under the standard-license from filmmusic.io. Celtic Impulse by Kevin MacLeod Cherry Blossom by Kevin MacLeod Galway by Kevin MacLeod Lost Frontier by Kevin MacLeod Pippin the Hunchback by Kevin MacLeod Thunderbird by Kevin MacLeod --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/powerwordcrit/support

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BREAKING NEWS! This just in from WTIN Studios, The Imagine Neighborhood's top radio station: Reports indicate that many kinds of animals are having difficulty safely crossing the busy road in front of Princess Donnasaurus's castle! Her Royal Highness is personally taking action to assist them, but it seems she hasn't made sure that they all want her help.Is an act of kindness still kind, even if it's unwelcome? Let's join lead anchor Cardboard Scotty with Count Vacula live at Donnasaurus Castle to bring you all the answers. Over to you, Cardboard Scotty! . . . 

It's a family affair on today's Pippcast as we have Her Royal Highness, Queen Haven on the show to discuss the importance of family relationships, forgiveness and having each other's backs!Want more My Little Pony music? There's lots more to listen to at:https://orcd.co/mylittleponyplaylist Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At the personal request of Her Royal Highness...Amanda has made it clear that we NEED to do an episode on this "movie"...so we will be deep diving into Halloween 3: Season of the Witch. This episode is the kickoff to the EXTENDED Halloween Horror Fest 2022!!! So get out your stale popcorn and pour yourself a watered down soda and see what we have to say about this CULT CLASSIC

On the Cadillac Jack – My Second Act podcast today, Caddy and Donna share some observations and funny stories about the Queen and her underlings. But first, have you been to a college football game recently, looked around in the bleachers, and wondered where the heck these people came from? Donna opens by discussing dramatic change in attire the young kids are wearing these days to the games. Certainly a lot different than when she was a young Evan Williams mule on the campus of the University of Georgia. Go Dawgs! Over the weekend we saw a lot of tributes on TV to Queen Elizabeth, may she rest in peace. Caddy and Donna have a little chat about the latest, the new royal lineage, and Britain's new King. They also talk about some gaffs by former American Presidents and First Ladies in their encounters with the Queen. As always though, Her Royal Highness always had a great sense of humor. Anyone watch any football over the weekend? Did you catch Texas A&M and Notre Dame going down to Appalachia State and Marshall?! My goodness. I mean, good for these smaller schools for showing up to play, but how embarrassing would it be to be an alumni of one of the losing schools? Again, Go Dawgs. I know Donna is not the only one who has been caught sneaking something into a football game. Any of our listeners out there have their own humorous experience to share? Text or call us. 770-464-6024.

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This week we interrupt our regularly scheduled programming in the wake of the sad news of the death of Her Royal Highness, Queen Elizabeth the Second. We join our sibling broadcasters in the mainstream media by suspending our usual coverage to bring you this special tribute programme, fronted by our royal correspondent Sebastian Forelock.Enjoying the show? Don't forget you can get early access to every episode and the stories on the I See You facebook page by signing up to our Patreon. Join now as an Early Bird supporter and you can get a massive discount on all of our exclusive content!Written and edited by Sam GoreProduced by Huw Roberts and our brilliant Patreon supportersI See News theme by Eddie FrenchGraphic design by Chumchi.comThe following music was used for this media project:Advertise Your Business  by Rafael KruxLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/5613-advertise-your-business-License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licensewww.Patreon.com/ISeeYouStories Support the show

We don't talk much about the wine world on the show, but we couldn't pass up the chance to have the legendary wine critic and big-ideas person Jancis Robinson in the studio. Wine talk can be a real snooze, but this wide-ranging chat is hardly the audio version of swirling and spitting. We talk about Jancis's pioneering wine show on the BBC and how she translated wine to a wide audience. We also discuss what it's like to select wines for Her Royal Highness and how the wines are highly scrutinized by the press and “royal watchers” (and we debate the accuracy of The Crown). We talk about natural wine and how the conventional wine world has been challenged by a seismic change in the industry. We learned a great deal from this conversation!More from Jancis Robinson:The 24 Hour Wine Expert [Talks at Google] What Wine Twitter Taught Me About Wine [PUNCH]What Does It Take to Be a Great Wine Reference Book Today? [PUNCH]Visit Jancis online at: jancisrobinson.com

Her Royal Highness, Madison Davis, joins us this week to crack jokes, talk about her new theater company, and what it means to pick yourself. Stop waiting for someone else to like you, chose you, or give you permission! You have the power to tell yourself YES and make it a joyful yes! Her personal insight and unique drive helps us all remember how to put your dreams first and see them flourish in the reality before you.You can get to know Madison Davis more on social media @_madi_davis or on her website https://www.madisondavis.actor/You can learn more about Veil Theatre Company on the website https://veiltheatre.com/

We are galloping through the years while celebrating the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the 2nd has a lifelong love of horses, and it shows during her 70 years on the throne celebration. From Parades, horse shows, and horse races horses are clearly the favorites of the Queen. The Queen Platinum Jubilee showcased her love of horses as almost every event had them. In today's podcast, we cover the events and some of the special horses from her years as Her Royal Highness. Full show noteshttps://equestrianadventuresses.com/2022/06/08/horse-podcast-ep-260-the-queens-platinum-jubilee/Support the show

It's time to put on your finest and sit up straight at the table because we'll be eating something special tonight and the Queen is coming over.To help celebrate Her Royal Highness's Platinum Jubilee we did a spot of research into the particular commemorative meals that one might expect to part-take in. Such delights as jubilee chicken, sausage rolls, duck eggs, Craster kipper pate, Victoria sponge and other mouth-watering delights. Of course all knocked back with a swizzle of Coronation Fizz. Sounds marvellous. Along the way we discover what so of the more well to do institutions prepared and look at Jubilee menus from the last 70 years. Bless her and may God Save the Queen.

We are galloping through the years while celebrating the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the 2nd has a lifelong love of horses, and it shows during her 70 years on the throne celebration. From Parades, horse shows, and horse races horses are clearly the favorites of the Queen. The Queen Platinum Jubilee showcased her love of horses as almost every event had them. In today's podcast, we cover the events and some of the special horses from her years as Her Royal Highness.   Full show notes https://equestrianadventuresses.com/2022/06/08/horse-podcast-ep-260-the-queens-platinum-jubilee/

Join us at Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Wood, Leics to discover a thriving 10-year-old wood, chat royal trees and celebrate the Platinum Jubilee. We meet with site manager David Logan to explore the site's connections with the royal family, its special art features and some of the wildlife, sights and sounds you might encounter on a visit.  Don't forget to rate us and subscribe! Learn more about the Woodland Trust at woodlandtrust.org.uk. Transcript Voiceover: You are listening to Woodland Walks, a podcast for the Woodland Trust presented by Adam Shaw. We protect and plant trees for people to enjoy, to fight climate change and to help wildlife thrive. Adam: Well, like all good podcasts let's start with a story and this one obviously is about a tree. It stands in a quiet part of central London called Lincoln's Inn Fields – the centre of the legal profession. It sits, well, just outside of a gated 11-acres of parkland in one of the otherwise busiest and noisiest parts of the country. It was planted in 1953 and since then the well-heeled men and women of the legal profession, who worked there, often sheltered under its branches, passed it by, both ignoring it and perhaps enjoying it. In the 70 years that tree has been growing, there have been many monumental events and world figures who have both entered and left the stage. When it was first planted, Winston Churchill was Prime Minister. Since then, entering and often leaving the limelight – Elvis Presley, Martin Luther King, Yuri Gagarin, The Beatles, Marilyn Monroe, John F Kennedy, video players were invented, personal computers and mobile phones were created, and there have been 15 prime ministers. But in all that time, as a living witness to that history of the new Elizabethan Age, there has been only one monarch – Queen Elizabeth II. No one has played such a long-lived part in the nation's history as the Queen. The tree that still stands by Lincoln's Inn Fields is one of literally millions that have been planted in the name of the Queen. Trees, of course, have an even longer perspective on time than Her Majesty but both stand as witnesses and part of history stretching back and reaching forward far beyond the timescales most of us live by. It's very fitting, therefore, that on this Platinum Jubilee the Woodland Trust has partnered with the Queen's Green Canopy Project to invite everyone across the UK to plant a network of trees, avenues, copse, and whole woodlands, in honour of the Queen's service and legacy From a single sapling in a garden to a whole wood, the aim is to create 70 Platinum Jubilee Woods of 70 acres each – every tree bringing benefits for people, wildlife and climate – now and for the future. And so, I took this opportunity to visit the Trust's Diamond Jubilee Wood in Leicestershire, where I met the man responsible for looking after the woodland, David Logan. David: So, this is Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Woods and it's a flagship site of a scheme that the Woodland Trust has to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. So, what we endeavoured to do, and we've successfully done. We created 75+ woods of 60 acres or more and they were the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Woods. And, this is the flagship one of those woods, making it the largest single-owned block of native broadleaf woodland in the National Forest area. Adam: What immediate, I mean, we've not really gone in yet, but what immediately surprises me is this is really quite, well, it's a very young wood. Yet, it already but quite mature I mean, were these species, was this all planted? David: You're looking at a hedgerow and beyond that are the trees at the same height as the hedgerow. So yeah no, it is to me, you know, a refute to people who say 'why bother planting woods because you never get to walk under the bows of the trees' but these, only ten years ago this was planted and when you get into the site, you're definitely in a wood now 10 years later. Adam: those trees are all on the quite tall… David: They must be 10-12 feet tall. Adam: Yeah, looks even taller to me but then I'm unsure. Okay, go on, lead on. Tell me a bit about then what this site sort of is, why it's special, you know, biologically special? David: Because of, it's big! You get that really wild feeling when you're here. So, you know, 267 hectares are completely devoted to nature. There's not, well, I don't think there's anywhere else particularly like that in this part of the country. And, so yeah, it does stand out. We get lots of different wildlife: lots of birds, lots of invertebrates, butterflies and a really good show of wildflowers as well. We will see some of them. Adam: And what was here before? Was it just an empty field? David: No. So, it was an open cast coal mine. So, the whole lot was owned by UK Coal and then the central part of it where the lake is was the largest hole in Europe! When it was done 750,000 tonnes of coal came out. Adam: Wow! So, I mean, there's no sign of that at all, because open cast mining can be a real scar on the land, can't it? I mean, it doesn't look pretty and then yet is there still a hole, was that all backfilled? David: That's all backfilled yeah so all of the substrate that wasn't coal will have been stored around the site and then all put back in the hole. Adam: How long have you been here then? David: So, I've been site manager for three years now, so.... Adam: Right. David: Yeah, seen it develop.  Adam: So, what sort of, I mean, three years is not a long time, especially in the life span of trees, but what sort of changes have you seen over that period? David: I think the biggest one recently is we took away all of the tree tubes and the fencing that the original kind of planting scheme relied on to protect it from deer and rabbits. Yeah, which has completely changed the way the site feels. So, no more sea of plastic tubes and no more fences to get in the way. So, you can get to walk where you like now, as well as the wildlife can get around the site a bit easier, and it really has changed the way it all feels Adam: In terms of the local community engagement and their use of this wood, what's that like? David: It's been great. Yeah, been great right from the outset, so, we had a lot of community involvement with the original planting and then again with extensions, voluntarily. Adam: And how well used is it by the locals then? David: Yeah, yeah, very well used, very rarely do you ever come to the car park and there's less than five cars in it. Adam: We're coming to, I can see... what's that building over there? That looks very pretty! David: So, that is what we call the welcome barn. So, I've got two buildings I've got on this site. I've got the welcome barn and I've got bird hide as well. Adam: Wow! So, what happens? Is there someone with tea and crumpets in the welcome barn for us? David: Unfortunately not no, but there are some interpretation panels that tell you the story of the site and a nice mosaic that was made by the volunteers as well, at the beginning of the site. And then a little compost toilet round the back! Adam: Laughs Okay that's good, good to know, good to know! And tell me about the bird hide then. David: So, the bird hide is yet another lovely building overlooking a lake. So, the lake was kind of formed by the sinking of the coal mine and the soil around it, and yeah, so just a nice bird hide, we'll go and look at it. Adam: What sort of birds do you get? David: The most exciting bird that we've had here is a hen harrier.  Adam: Right! Wow! And look, and this welcome barn, this also seems to be unusual for a Woodland Trust site? You don't normally see these things. David: Don't normally get a building no, I'm lucky to have two! Adam: And look at... really, really lovely sort of mosaic on the floor – Woodland Trust mosaic which sort of looks quite 1950s like... Do you know how long this…? This can't be that...? David: No no, that was built when the barn was built and the site was created in 2012 and it's meant to, kind of, reflect the Roman history of the site. So, we've got a Roman road that we just crossed over there, and then we've got two areas of our underlining archaeology which we know are Roman on the site. And so, we know there's certainly a lot of Roman activity, hence a Romanesque kind of mosaic. Adam: So, just explain a bit about where we are. David: So, these are called the groves – The Royal Groves – as part of Royal Groves Walk, and as part of the creation of the site. There was a royal Grove created for each year of the Queen's reign, so, they're in a series of circles and each one has a post and people can sponsor the grove and the post and then they get their little plaque added to the grove post for their year. I believe that certain years become more popular than others for various reasons and, but yeah, you'll see all these names. My favourite one, I think, is just this one. This grove is dedicated to the dahlia. Adam: That's fantastic laugh dahlia appreciation society sponsors. So, tell me a bit about the trees we're seeing here, there's clearly a whole mixture. David: Yes. So, they're all native broadleaf trees. We have got birch and oak going round. There is no ash in this part of the wood because ash dieback was kind of discovered just as the planting was going ahead and so we're lucky. There is a compartment in the north which got ash put into it. You might see the occasional ash tree that's self-set. So, we've got a Jubilee Grove Trail going on at the weekend for the... to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee that's coming up, encouraging people to, kind of, wander around the trails, and we're going to have these tree rings, sections of a tree... one per decade of the Queen's reign and with various large events that happen within that decade there will be a tree ring. Adam: Will that be permanent? David: No, it'll just be for the month of June and there will be a large wicker crown somewhere onsite as well. Adam: That's all happening next weekend? David: Well, late this week, next weekend. Adam: You've got a lot of work to do. I'm amazed you've got the time spare to wander around with me. David: Yeah well. Yeah, yeah there's always... it's always a rare commodity time I'm afraid Adam. Adam: Now you didn't design this here? You're a new boy! David: I am a new boy here! Adam: So, who actually designed it? David: So, it was a lady called Kerrie who is here, here now. She knows lots more about the groves than me as the designer and helped put it all in. Adam: Brilliant, hi Kerrie! Kerrie: Hi Adam. I think I don't think I want to say that I designed the wood but... Adam: I was building you up! Kerrie: You were, thank you, but the layout of the groves and... I was certainly involved in the design of the concept and then how we spoke to individuals about whether they would like to be involved in this. So, it was an opportunity for families to dedicate their own acre of woodland and help us develop this wood, as well as being part of a feature that enables you to walk through the Queen's reign. Kind of, physically walk through every year of the Queen's reign, so it's really special. Adam: Which is amazing, isn't it?  Kerrie: Yes, it is.  Adam: Tell me a bit about this royal connection because this wasn't, sort of, just a random, sort of, marketing idea. There's a really good basis for this royal connection isn't there? Kerrie: Absolutely, yeah so, at the Woodland Trust in 2011 we started a project to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee – so, sixty years of the Queen's reign – and we wanted to enable people across the country to plant trees and create woodland. We did that in a number of ways. So, we had this aspiration to create sixty Diamond Woods each of 60-acres in size, which is a big, really big commitment! And we also encourage people to create Jubilee Woods which were much smaller copses of trees in community spaces. And we distributed trees to schools and communities all across the country. Actually, it was hugely successful so the wood we are here at today is the Woodland Trust's flagship Diamond Wood. And then we had landowners and organisations and local authorities who also wanted to be involved. We needed to create 60-acre woods, we didn't know if we'd get to sixty actually inaudible we did get to sixty, we surpassed that, we had seventy-five woods at that scale created! Adam: So, seventy-five 60-acre wood Kerrie: Plus woods yeah, amazing, so, it's the first sixty of the Diamond Woods and then we have fifteen woods that we call the Princess Woods. Adam: Amazing, and so this was to commemorate that reign, and this is a lovely theme though! You can wander through the years of the Queen's reign. But the royal connection to woods is long and deep, isn't it? Kerrie: It is yeah. So, we were really fortunate that Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was patron of that project. But there's a long and well-established connection between the royal family and tree planting, and as part of the project that we did we wanted to map all the woods that were created, and the trees that were planted. So, we copied... Adam: So, for the, for the queen? Kerrie: For the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. So actually, we took inspiration and sort of copied the Royal Record that had been done previously to mark a coronation. So, we actually have physically created and produced, published a Royal Record which is a huge red tome and that charts where all those trees are. And this is something that had already been done before the Queen's father. It's actually very heavy and so we have a copy at our office in Grantham, there is a copy in the British Library, and we gave a copy both to the Princess Royal and to the Queen.  Adam: There are lots of royal connections to trees and tree planting even beyond Queen Elizabeth. So, tell me a bit about that. Kerrie: That's right, yes. So, in the 1660s Charles II commissioned several avenues of sweet chestnut and elm in Greenwich Park and in 1651 he hid from pursuers inside an ancient oak during the English Civil War. and I think that's one of the reasons actually that you see so many pubs called the Royal Oak. Adam: Right okay because he hid in one? Kerrie: He hid in one yeah. Adam: Now you came... when did you see the hole in the ground? This was an open cast mine? Kerrie: Yes. Adam: You saw that? Kerrie: Yes, before any trees were here. So, I can't believe it's been several years since I've been here today, and it is now it's a wood! Adam: Yeah, there is no sign of that is there? Kerrie: No absolutely not, a complete transformation. Adam: It is amazing, isn't it? How quickly really that the natural world can recover. I mean, it needs a bit of help obviously and certainly in this circumstance. But no sign of what must have been really quite horrific bit of landscaping. Kerrie: Yeah. I think given how stark it felt at the beginning and when we first saw all trees grow in the ground here. It is genuinely remarkable for the transformation in a ten-year period of time! You can hear the birds, the trees are overhead, you know, we've seen butterflies, caterpillars... It really feels like nature has reclaimed this space it's really really exciting Adam: And when you start, I mean, look it's already done! It's a success! It looks fantastic, but when you started was this always a ‘this is gonna work' or at that stage did you think ‘this looks horrible, this might be a disaster, no one might come, no one might get on board with this project'? Kerrie: Well. I think we all had the vision, we all had hope. There are colleagues of mine that have been working at the Trust for longer than me who knew how this would look. I just didn't know that. This is one of the first projects I worked on so, to see it within ten years, the change that's the thing that I find you know really amazing! I thought I would have to wait much longer, and I'd be coming back with grandchildren to say look at this, but actually, here we are within a decade and it is transformed. Adam: Brilliant! Alright, well let's move on, let's find David again. Kerrie: Well, David on a previous visit has actually shown the Princess Royal around this wood. So, in terms of royal connections David has been a royal tour guide. Adam: Okay, so we have a living royal connection here? Kerrie: We do. Adam: Look here's a little bench, I might just sit here for a while. Brilliant, ah there's a dedication, what does it say? 'In honour of Sally Whittaker who believed in the beauty of wildlife and protecting it'. I have to say I always do like stopping at a bench and reading those dedications. Brief pause So, David, I'm not the only super important person you've taken around this woodland, am I? David: You're not the only super important person maybe, you are charming Adam! Adam: Ahhh thank you that's very sweet, very sweet laughs come on tell me about the even more important people you've taken around! David: So, yeah well, the most important person I guess would be Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, alongside Darren [Moorcroft] the CEO of the Woodland Trust. So, I was pretty nervous that morning, to be honest. The CEO, I'd never met him before and obviously a member of the royal family! But yeah no, I remember being nervous at the beginning, and then by the end of the day when I finally said goodbye to Princess Anne I was longing to spend a bit more time with her. She is incredibly charming, yes. Adam: Yeah. So, we come to a waymark, which? It's left, is it? David: Follow the blue and white arrows. Adam: Right so, if there are... there two different paths? Does blue and white mean anything or? David: Yeah. So, there's three waymarked trails around the site and we just happen to be happening on a little bit that's on two of those. So, there's the woodland walk which is the longest walk around the whole of the wood, and then there's the Royal Groves Walk. And then there's the lake walk as well Adam: Right so, explain a bit about where we're heading off to. You're taking me into the centre of the woods, it feels like? David: Yeah. So, we're continuing along the groves and eventually, we will get to a broad open vista, and you will be able to see most of the features of the site. Adam: So, we are already walking out to what looks like a less wooded area. David: Yes, we're kind of skirting the western edge of the site now and then... Adam: It's a big site, isn't it? how long will it take to walk over the whole thing do you think? How long are these paths? David: Like a good tour of every feature of the site here's looking at half a day really, probably, and that's with a bit of pace on. Adam: I've only got short legs laugh so I'd add a few hours. So, there's another one of these posts. Shall we just have a look? 1985 were through to, anyway so... David: Green woodpecker there, did you hear? Adam: Oh no wow! I missed out, I've been looking out for posts, I missed the green woodpecker. So, we're just coming out of a rather wooded area into – it suddenly opens up very dramatically – and look at that it's a very different view! So I can see a lovely wildflower meadow almost and then at the bottom a huge lake! A huge lake. So, this is where the old open cast mining just sunk down a bit and has since got naturally filled? David: Yeah. So, what you're looking at now is the epicentre of the open cast coal mine and obviously the wider landscape around it. So, yeah that's our lake and the end of the groves walk. So, you can just see the final three or four grove posts just heading off down the hill. And then this was an open area left to retain the view and then on the other side of the lake we've got a 5-hectare exclusion zone so there's no paths in that area. Just, no paths in the area, just to allow nature to completely have five hectares for resting birds et cetera. Adam: Let's go down because I think... David: We've got something else to show you. Adam: Sorry go on, rushing ahead, what is it? David: So, we got this piece of land sculpture that was created by an artist called Rosie Levitan and there are calls every now and again. We get somebody asking if we can put some kind of panel up to explain what it's all about, but the artist herself expressly asked that not to happen. So, I think she is more inclined to allow you to kind of figure it out for yourself or come to your own conclusions as to what it's all about. So, it was created with money from the Arts Council at the inception of the site. So, no money that could have gone into conservation went into creating this piece of art. But yeah, I'll leave you to... Adam: Sorry, this is it? This is it? David: This is it; I'll leave you to come to your own conclusions. Adam: So, when you said a piece of art, I thought you meant like a large statue of something out of wood, but actually, this is a sort of an earth tiered... almost like amphitheatre going downwards counts I think 5 tiers there. David: It's in a spiral so you can walk around the outside which takes a lot longer than you think! Adam: Laughs Yeah right I think I might take the direct route down, but to be honest, it seems like a brilliant place to put on a play! David: Yes! That's my thoughts as well, yeah I'd love to get a play here. Adam: Yeah! Have you ever gone down then done a soliloquy? David: Errr not, well, do you want me to? Adam: Yes, if you if you've got a piece ready laughing David: Unfortunately, I haven't. I mean I could maybe do a jaunty jig or something like that? Adam: Yes, well look, we're recording. David: Yes, well, no let's not! Adam: That's a shame laughing I think you probably come down when there are not many people around. So, if you ever do see a man in Woodland Trust clothing doing a jaunty jig at the bottom of this amphitheatre-like piece of art you know who it is and that he just wouldn't do it for us laughter very nice, very nice. Adam: So, you're gonna take me down to the lake now? David: Yeah, take you down to the lake. Adam: And it's there that we are going to meet one of your volunteers, is that right? David: That is right yep, a chap called Gerald. So, he's been volunteering with us on the site since the site was created and in various different roles Adam: And I've just gotta say it is beautiful walking down here because there are just huge numbers of buttercups aren't there? David: Yes, it is stunning, isn't it? Adam: It is stunning, it's like a sort of it's like a painting! It's like a painting, brilliant! David: This is our pond dipping platform. Adam: There's a cuckoo Bird song Adam: That's very good, so Gerald, sorry, we're distracting you. I can see you distracted by some swans coming over with their little babies. They're coming over to investigate you think? Gerald: I think they are yes! It's good to see it, I, they must be relatively young because a few weeks ago they were they weren't about so it's... Adam: Right. We'll let these swans investigate us as I chat to you so tell me. I'm told you do tonnes on this site. What was the local community's feeling when the trust took over this site and sort of explained what it wanted to do? Gerald: Generally, really good because you can imagine if you've got an open cast colliery on your doorstep a wood is a big improvement! Adam: Well, that's what I was going to say, because sometimes there is, sort of you know, some resistance or sort of misunderstanding about what is trying to happen. But here you go ‘surely this is going to be better for everybody'? Gerald: Yeah, so I think, overall, the mood was very good. There will be people who say yes but why don't you do this because this is better? We had some debates about whether we could put in some fruit trees, for example, and because we're in a sort of prime growing area in Leicestershire here. And there were debates about whether that was acceptable, whether they were native trees or not. But it was all good healthy discussion and it's interesting to see how the trees have grown and they have particularly grown well on this area here which was the open-cast. When you think – this all was disturbed ground that was put back – the trees have grown probably better here than they have in parts of what was the agricultural land. Adam: I have to stop because the swans have properly come up to us now. There they are! How involved do you get now, now it's well established what do you actually end doing? Do you come down here most weeks or? Gerald: It's a couple of times a month at least now. During the pandemic, it was sort of very limited of course, and well before that time, I used to do a monthly walk which was really... Adam: This is your guided monthly walk? Gerald: Yes guided, with a series of friends and colleagues. Adam: Do you have a favourite part of the wood? Gerald: Actually, probably near the bird hide just along from there. Adam: Why? Gerald: I don't know really. It's gotta mix, you got a mix with the water, you got the mix of the trees, a bit of the open meadowland here, and yes, the bird hide does add a bit of character to the place. I think we're lucky to have that there. Adam: I think David's waiting for me there. Shall we go over and have a chat with him? We've paused for a moment because we're just passing a black Poplar and a little plaque next to it saying it was planted by BBC Breakfast on 1 June 2012 in celebration of Her Majesty the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Gerald: Yes, we have the two black poplars here. Adam: There's another one here. Was that planted by ITV for balance? Laughter Gerald: Oh no much more prestigious. Adam: Oh sorry, yes it was planted by Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal who is patron of the Jubilee Wood Project on the 1 of June 2012. And doing very nicely! Gerald: Yes, they are indeed! They've both grown quite a bit in the last year, I think. Adam: Very nice! So, what's the way to the bird hide? Is it round here? Gerald: Just go up to post on turn left. It's at the moment, hidden by a willow screen. It's a piece of willow art, although it's not particularly obvious Adam: You can see they've been bent over at the bottom haven't they to form a sort of willow fence. Gerald: If you were to look down on it from a drone it will be an outline of a skylark. It's a little bit overgrown and that's on our task list for next winter to prune that and try and weave in the lower bit. So, it's going to task our skills! Laughter Adam: We're going into the bird hunt now. We're in the bird hide. David, ironically having seen lots of birds the moment I get in here actually I can't – oh I think there is one over there – but do people, is this a good actual spot to be watching birds from? David: Yeah, yeah because it gives you that cover so the birds don't necessarily know you're here. It is quite a light bird hide though but it was created in conjunction with the Leicestershire Wildlife Trust, so they must have built a few bird hides, but yes. Adam: To be honest it's lovely weather today. But if it was raining a little bit this would be a fantastic place just to sit down for a while, wouldn't it? David: Yes, it would yeah. Just get out of the rain, I've done that a couple of times! Adam: Right, fantastic, alright well where are we going to next? David: So, there's just one last thing I would like to show you onsite which is just a short walk back up the hill. Adam: Okay, what is that? David: It is called the photographic plinth and so it's basically some encouragement for people to keep on visiting the site year after year. So, what we've got is we've got a plinth that you put your camera on and then a brick area that you supposedly stand on so you can get exactly the same photograph every year. You can visit the site and you can watch your family grow as the wood grows around you Adam: What a brilliant idea! What a brilliant idea. Okay, okay so David so there is a plinth. David: Yes, this is our photographic plinth. What it needs is updating, because obviously when this was made smartphones didn't exist and now you wouldn't really get a smartphone balanced on that! Adam: Yes, that's true David: It needs a little block bit putting on so you can rest a phone on it. Adam: So, it's not only the trees which have changed, it's the technology that it's referring to. I'll tell you what, I mean, obviously I'm going to have my photo taken aren't I? Can I give you my, I haven't got a camera, I do have my smartphone, so I'll go stand... I'll go stand here, and in a couple of years I'll come back and I'll have even less hair. Hold on a second – do I look better with my hat off or on? Pause Neither. I feel that was an undiplomatic pause I felt. David: What I was thinking is that I need to see both to answer correctly, that's why I was thinking. So, I'm gonna take it from the correct position. Click There you go Adam: I'm not confident that looked any good from the look on your face. I'm not going to look at it now I'll check it when I'm home. There is clearly a lot more to it than I've managed to explore today but what a wonderful treat, on a lovely, beautiful Monday, in this very special royal year! To come and celebrate that here! thank you very much David. David: that's quite alright Adam it's been a pleasure Footsteps Adam: Well, that was a great walk and thanks of course to everyone who arranged that. It's a fantastic place to visit especially in this Royal Jubilee year. If you know about these things, you can find it at grid reference SK 390132. The nearest train stations are Burton, Tamworth and Loughborough, although they're all a bit of a car journey, I have gotta say, from each of those stations. But if you're looking for a woodland perhaps nearer to you do have a look at the Woodland Trust website which has a special site to find a wood near you it is woodlandtrust.org.uk/findawood. I do recommend you do that until next time happy wandering. Voiceover: Thank you for listening to the Woodland Trust Woodland Walks. Join us next month when Adam will be taking another walk in the company of Woodland Trust staff, partners and volunteers. And don't forget to subscribe to the series on iTunes or wherever you're listening to us and do give us a review and a rating. Why not send us a recording of your favourite woodland walk to be included in a future podcast. 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Welcome to episode 22. This week we talk about the book Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins and other books that we found similar to it.

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