By SIMON CONSTABLE
Photo description: The Duke of Kent shakes hands with a BOAC pilot as he prepares to board Consolidated Liberator Mark I, AM261, of Ferry Command, for his journey from Prestwick, Scotland, to Canada. This was the first occasion on which a member of the Royal Family crossed the Atlantic by aircraft. Photo credit: Royal Air Force official photographer, Woodbine, G (Mr), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Lee Cohen, an expert on the British royals and the UK-US relationship, makes his debut on Constable Confidential. We discuss the contrast between how Prince Edward and his wife Sophie behave versus Prince Harry and Megan. Plus, we look deeper at the anti-UK sentiment from the White House.
Read more of Cohen’s thoughts on the royals here. Plus this piece on the Netflix deal with the Sussexes here.
The intro is a shortened version of a clip by Richard Wagner, EEF OAL-1, licensed via Wikimedia Commons, performed by:
Conductor: James Allen Gähres
Ensemble: Ulm Philharmonic
Location: CCU Einsteinsaal, Ulm
Opera: The Valkyrie (Die Walküre)
Movement: Prelude from Act 3
Date 3 June 2014
The thunderclap outro is a shortened version of a clip by Jonathan Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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