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[00:00:00]hearing the stories of first offend first responders I should say and local officials. Then the king and the queen went their separate ways. One went to visit an urban farm in Harlem where King Charles enthusiastically fed some of the chickens.

[00:00:17]Uh the farm is part of an organization that encourages young people to lead healthy lives. And their next stop is a reception for the King's Trust, the charity established by Charles to help disadvantaged youth. uh the significance of the visit and in the context of the special visit. Bonnie Greer is with me, former deputy chair of the British Museum and a political cultural uh comment. Good to see you, Bonnie. It is always good to have you.

[00:00:40]>> Good to see you.

[00:00:41]>> You know, and in a way it's it's good to have you in London tonight because you can get the perspective of the tra from being on the other side of the Atlantic how it's being here. It's going down gang busters. I mean, they don't people seem to be incredibly impressed with Charles's dignity, his graciousness, all all the things that I suppose that's what he's employed for.

[00:01:06]>> Well, exactly. I mean, I I' I've lived here a long long time, as long as almost longer than I in my native land, the United States. And what's fascinating to watch, Richard, is that we're in a new age. We are in the Carolinian age now.

[00:01:20]Before we were in the Elizabethan age, the age of his mom. Now we have a baby boomer king with all of the concerns that we boomers have with the environment, war, all of this. And Charles has brought this to the table.

[00:01:36]On top of it, the guy is a man of the theater, so he knows how to command a room. He's an historian, so he knows the history of the of of his, of course, of his country >> and of the United States. But what was very interesting to me and I loved it.

[00:01:52]He was schooling the Congress on the relationship between the United Kingdom and between uh the United States. He said my prime minister. He didn't say the prime minister. And what he wanted to impress on the Congress is that the leader of the party that wins the election is his adviser. And also I noticed yesterday both in his uh speeches and and talking he's mentioned Australia several times indeed I believe the bell from HMS I believe it's HMAS uh Trump I believe it was that that he gave the president last night um I believe again has an Australian connection. So he's constantly reminding everybody of the multitude of roles that he plays.

[00:02:44]>> And Richard, he brought up the fact that, hey, I'm a veteran of the Royal Navy. My father was in the Royal Navy.

[00:02:51]My great uncle Laura Mount Batten was the Royal Navy. My grandfather was in the Royal Navy, you know, so don't talk about the Royal Navy. But he did it so charmingly. People were sitting there stunned. They couldn't believe it. And he worked the room and it was brilliant.

[00:03:07]What do you think is the legacy of this trip? Because there are really two as as I see it. The first is does he manage to paper over cracks between that and star?

[00:03:18]I suggest that will last probably as long as your tea remains hot tea so it won't have it right.

[00:03:24]>> Well, then the the ice in the drink remains cold. But you know what I'm saying? So I guess that the the the the ability to paper over Starmer's stuff is but in solidifying his role as the monarch that I think is one of the significant parts. What do you think?

[00:03:44]>> Totally. And he wants the United States to understand that he is continuity. He is the continuity of this country. He serves at the pleasure of the people and he was very he said that quite subtly but he's continuity he can go all the way back when he made the joke and it wasn't about the fact in the war of 1812 the British army actually took down the capital this was to remind people that this was once my domain my family's domain we're still standing and we know a lot we maybe know a lot more than you so it was and also that Britain is not some little island off of the English Channel. It is a system of countries. Uh part of a system of countries and I am the head of it. And he said it in a in a way that you know really Yeah.

[00:04:38]>> Uh a guy who was uh you know the goon show person when he was a little boy.

[00:04:43]This was fantastic.