HIM TO ATTEND HIS DAD’S
CORONATION AND WENT OFF
FLAWLESSLY PRETTY MUCH TODAY,
THE WEATHER NOTWITHSTANDING.
NIGEL FARAGE WITH US, AND THE
FAMILY
FAMILY TENSIONS
NOTWITHSTANDING, THAT SEEMED TO
GO OFF WELL, NIGEL.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> IT WAS HISTORIC, IT WAS
MAGNIFICENT AND EMOTIONAL WHEN
THE MOMENT WAS THERE AND
WILLIAM WAS THERE AND KISSED
HIS FATHER ON THE CHEEK DURING
THE CEREMONY.
VERY, VERY TOUCHING.
WHEN CHARLES TURNED TO CAMILLA
AND LOOKED AT HER, YOU COULD
SEE HIS FACE BRIGHTEN UP.
AND HARRY, DO YOU KNOW WHAT?
ACTUALLY, HE LOOKED VERY
CONFIDENT, OKAY.
HE’S ONLY HERE FOR A SHORT
TIME, BUT THERE WERE NO SCENES,
NO PROBLEMS AND I’M VERY
PLEASED, DESPITE EVERYTHING
THAT’S BEEN SAID, I’M VERY
PLEASED THAT HARRY WAS THERE.
NEIL: THAT’S GOOD TO HEAR.
DO WE KNOW WHETHER HE HAD A
CHANCE TO BE ALONE WITH HIS
FATHER, ALONE WITH HIS BROTHER,
ANY OF THAT?
>> I THINK THEY WOULD HAVE
SPENT TIME TOGETHER LATE THIS
MORNING.
NEIL: OKAY.
>> QUITE HOW MUCH, I DON’T
KNOW, BUT YES, LITERALLY, AFTER
THE CEREMONY HE WAS STRAIGHT
OFF TO HEATHROW AIRPORT AND
HE’S GOING BACK TO THE WEST
COAST.
ALTHOUGH, HE DOES HAVE A GOOD
REASON.
IT IS LITTLE ARCHIE’S FOURTH
BIRTHDAY.
NEIL: YEAH.
HEAVEN FORBID HE ALSO FLEW
COMMERCIAL, WHICH THAT WAS A
SHOCKER RIGHT THERE.
LEAVING THAT ASIDE, I’M
WONDERING NOW FOR KING CHARLES,
AND YOU HAVE EDUCATED ME TO THE
WAYS OF BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS
WHO REGULARLY MEET WITH
MONARCHS, IT’S BEEN 70 YEARS OF
COURSE WHERE A WHOLE VARIETY OF
BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS HAD
THEIR WEEKLY AUDIENCE WITH THE
QUEEN.
AND NOW, OF COURSE, THE PRIME
MINISTER WILL HAVE HIS
AUDIENCES WITH THE KING.
DO WE KNOW WHAT GOES ON THERE
OR WHETHER THE PRIME MINISTER
OR THE KING IN THIS PARTICULAR
CASE ARE IN SYNC IN A LOT OF
THINGS?
>> WELL, THE JOB -- YOU KNOW,
THE REAL JOB OF A
CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCH AND IT’S
BEEN THIS WAY SINCE 1688, IS TO
MAKE SURE THAT THE GOVERNMENT
OF THE DAY DOES NOT DO THINGS
THAT DAMAGE THE COUNTRY AND
DAMAGE THE CONSTITUTION.
THEY ARE THERE TO DEFEND THE
CONSTITUTION.
THEY’RE ALSO THERE,
INCIDENTALLY, TO BE THE
DEFENDER OF THE FAITH.
PREDOMINANTLY THE CHRISTIAN
FAITH, BUT YOU’LL NOTICE TODAY
THAT CHARLES DID INCLUDE ALL OF
THE OTHER CHURCH LEADERS AS
WELL.
NOW, WHAT IS SAID BETWEEN THE
PRIME MINISTER AND A MONARCH IS
ALWAYS SUPPOSED TO BE SECRET.
NEIL: RIGHT.
>> WHAT WE DO KNOW, WHAT WE DO
KNOW OF THE LATE QUEEN, DON’T
FORGET, EVERY PIECE OF
LEGISLATION CANNOT BECOME LAW
UNTIL THE MONARCH PUTS THEIR
SIGNATURE ON THE DOCUMENT.
IT’S CALLED THE ROYAL ASCENT.
AND WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT THE
QUEEN SOMETIMES WOULD SAY TO
THE PRIME MINISTER, ARE YOU
SURE?
HAVE YOU REALLY THOUGHT THIS
THROUGH?
SO, IT’S A VERY GENTLE FORM OF
USING POWER, OF EXERCISING
INFLUENCE, BUT IT’S SOMETHING
THAT IS DONE VERY MUCH IN
PRIVATE.
AS I SAY, WE’VE BEEN DOING IT
TWO THREE AND A HALF CENTURIES.
WHATEVER THE FAULTS WE HAVE IN
OUR COUNTRY, GENERALLY,
COMPARED TO THE REST OF EUROPE,
WE’VE HAD VERY, VERY STABLE
GOVERNMENT, STABLE MONARCHY.
WE’VE NOT HAD REVOLUTIONS.
WE HAVEN’T TURNED TO COMMUNISM,
HAVEN’T TURNED TO FASCISM.
GENERALLY, I THINK THE BRITISH
SYSTEM AND IT MAY LOOK SOMEWHAT
OUTDATED, BUT YOU KNOW
SOMETHING, IT WORKS.
NEIL: IT DOES WORK.
IT DOES WORK.
WERE YOU DISAPPOINTED THAT
ADELE COULDN’T SHOW UP TO SING?
>> WELL, OF COURSE I WAS, BUT
YOU KNOW, TOMORROW WILL BE A
BIG CELEBRATION AT WINDSOR A
HELL OF A SHOW AND I THINK
LIONEL RICHIE I THINK IS GOING
TO BE THE STAR OF MUCH OF IT.
NEIL: ABSOLUTELY.
>> TOMORROW IS GOING TO BE A
BIG CELEBRATION, BUT TODAY,
I’VE GOT TO TELL YOU, ALL I
KNOW ABOUT THE CORONATION OF A
GRAINY BLACK AND WHITE IMAGES
OF ALMOST EXACTLY 70 YEARS AGO.
WHAT I SAW TODAY WAS ABSOLUTELY
BREATH TAKING AND I’LL BE
HONEST WITH YOU, I FELT PRETTY
EMOTIONAL WATCHING SOME OF THAT
STUFF AND IMMENSELY PROUD TO BE
BRITISH TODAY AND MAKE NO
POLICY WHATSOEVER.
NEIL: AS YOU SHOULD BE.
>> I MAKE NO APOLOGY
WHATSOEVER.
NEIL: AND SUPPORT FOR THE ROYAL
FAMILY WAS AT A LOW POINT AFTER
THE DEATH OF DIANA, I
UNDERSTAND THAT AND THE QUEEN
WAS ABLE TO REBUILD THAT OVER
THE YEARS UNTIL HER SAD
PASSING.
HOW IS IT TODAY?
>> SUPPORT FOR THE MONARCHY IN
THOSE OVER THE AGE OF 40 IS
OVERWHELMING.
SUPPORT FOR THE MONARCHY IN THE
YOUNGER POPULATION IS QUITE
DIVIDED.
WHY?
FRANKLY, I THINK, THROUGH OUR
EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT, MUCH
AS YOU SEE IN MUCH OF AMERICA,
THERE’S AN AGENDA, A LEFT WING
AGENDA BEING PUSHED ON KIDS
TELLING THEM THEY SHOULD HATE
OUR COUNTRIES AND HATE OUR
HISTORIES AND I’D LIKE THAT TO
BE ADDRESSED, BUT THERE IS NO
PROSPECT OF US GETTING RID OF
THE MONARCHY.
THAT SIMPLY ISN’T GOING TO
HAPPEN AND TODAY I THINK WOULD
HAVE BROUGHT MORE SUPPORTERS TO
THE MONARCHY.
NEIL: JOLLY GOOD, MY FRIEND.
JOLLY GOOD.