Megan and the red response to some of this, i found it a reflection of maybe some of the reasons to them making the decision in the first place. This making the decision in the first place. This was making the decision in the first place. This was referencing the ratings of the individual royals and meghan comes very low down, doesnt she. It is a reversal of fortune if i could put it that way because she was, i think, i could put it that way because she was, ithink, hugely i could put it that way because she was, i think, hugely welcomed i could put it that way because she was, ithink, hugely welcomed by i could put it that way because she was, i think, hugely welcomed by not only the royal family but really by the British Public and i think we we re very the British Public and i think we were very excited to have someone of her panache coming and potentially to bring a whole new angle into what it means. A breath of fresh air. To bea it means. A breath of fresh air. To be a modern royal and i think what this poll reflects, i did not really, i hear what you are saying about perhaps some of the treatment she has had but i think many people
feel she has been extremely welcomed by this country and really loved and that there is a sense in which in a short time they made this decision which is essentially a type of rejection and rejection of the royal family and to some extent the british way of life and i think people feel a bit let down and hurt ona human people feel a bit let down and hurt on a human level and i think that fed into this kind of response. I am sure it will simmer down a bit and as things develop, as some of the other papers suggested, the queen is taking, as one would expect, a very measured approach. And will make a generous offer and perhaps that will ta ke generous offer and perhaps that will take a lot of the sting out of this. We can keep referring back to those stats but the times have royal family denied driving out harry and megan said they look that not only have they gone off and i have but
they are let down by the royal family. The feeling here seems to be that the queen wants to resolve this quickly. I imagine they will. I do not think that this is a story for anyone who is involved in it and i think they will all want to try to deal with it and a swift manner and whether that will be possible, we will see but i think it is what we will see but i think it is what we will see but i think it is what we will see out of this and i think the point of how people in the country will feel and how the reporting is, but seeing some of things about Meghan Markle. I am not a royalist but seeing one of the interviews that she did where she talks about the impact that the reporting has had on herand i the impact that the reporting has had on her and i think anyone who has experienced racism in britain knows how damaging that can be and to see someone reflect on that and see the kind of Emotional Turmoil that they are clearly wasnt has been, ithink that they are clearly wasnt has been, i think is incredibly upsetting and cannot be divorced
from this story and its entirely and. Impress on the whole it seems to be have them welcoming of her and have no at all that she had to put up have no at all that she had to put up with ghastly comments on social media but i suspect and this is in no way to excuse it that she would have had to do that as a woman in the public eye anyway. I am not sure coming into the royalfamily the public eye anyway. I am not sure coming into the royal family with all the potential that has had to raise issues would have made that any worse and it seems to be to be a huge. I think it is very sad because potentially there was a platform for the two of them together to do to them i said thanks for the causes. It sounds like they wa nt to for the causes. It sounds like they want to do that but they want to do it on their own terms. As they would see it. That brings us back to the frustration expressed in the poll
which you cannot really be both in and out of the royal family, which you cannot really be both in and out of the royalfamily, it is which you cannot really be both in and out of the royal family, it is a unique institution and i have no doubt it will be very difficult for some of us who have not been born into it to adapt to what is required but strangely Meghan Markle of all people had been in the public eye and use to deal with a lot of the attention that brings and one would have thought that she would be able to adapt to that better than other people. I think it is two things which as we will see how it develops and we have peoples opinions now and we have peoples opinions now and how they manage this and how they conduct themselves and how this relationship to the this institution andi relationship to the this institution and i think in terms of Meghan Markle herself, in terms of exactly what she thinks and how this happened and all the many things that will feed into this decision. I imagine is multilayered but being a memberof the imagine is multilayered but being a member of the royal family is a step up member of the royal family is a step up of being an actress. It was her
choice. Sure but to think she has to see things like people talking about her bringing exotic dna into the royal family i think its u na cce pta ble royal family i think its unacceptable and i think for me what i see at that is this is someone who is mixed race and recognising the things she has had to read about herself is that for me what it says is you can even reach this point and be one of the most powerful institutions, highest and most revered institutions rather in the uk and still experience this kind of vitriol. It is damning and i did not think it is particularly good luck and there are parts of the press that have not engaged in this. But to see some of the stories we had seen to see some of the stories we had seen about Meghan Markle, i think it is really unacceptable and i can understand how painful that would have been. I am not sure i had seen the story said that is why i would say that she is on the whole had very positive press and she has had
access and did she notjust added the today programme at some point . And guest edited though. That has come through having the platform as a royal and therefore some of what you call vitriol might come down to ignorance. She is in a position to address the ignorance by being a woman with particular things to say from a particular heritage and in a very prominent. I should also say i think if often this kind of story in the past few days has been taking us in the past few days has been taking us to in the past few days has been taking ustoa in the past few days has been taking us to a debate of racism and britain i would rather talk about the things people are experiencing outside of this privilege and it should go far further thanjust this privilege and it should go far further than just Meghan Markle. Lets talk about the money, daily express queens dealfor lets talk about the money, daily express queens deal for them, lets talk about the money, daily express queens dealfor them, and the detail on how this might work
out but this takes up i suppose on the point on how this will work financially and logistically. It struck me that the poll as well, thatis struck me that the poll as well, that is where people were definite on their views about where they should be getting their money or not getting their money from should they go down this route. I think that is right and that is the aspect of this pull back it reflects least well on those people who took part in the paul dell i sympathise for a certain extent with their irritation in the sense extent with their irritation in the sense of wanting to defend the queen but suddenly this idea going back to the mailagain, but suddenly this idea going back to the mail again, there is a sense that the money that was spent at friendship perhaps be returned by the majority of people and that seems to be ridiculous because the building needed to be done up anyway andi building needed to be done up anyway and i understand that. And it is reasonable since it is. They stress the point that the fixture and fittings. So that seems
unreasonable. Best comes to the heart of why the royal family i think have already been looking at the idea of slimming down the monarchy and there is an understanding that if you perform the function of a royal, there are certain financial benefits that come from that that are paid for by the state but that is a very privileged position to be end and it cannot be seen position to be end and it cannot be seen to abuse it and if you want to bea seen to abuse it and if you want to be a bit royal and not a bit royal, and have your freedom. Be a bit royal and not a bit royal, and have yourfreedom. Daily be a bit royal and not a bit royal, and have your freedom. Daily the royal couple themselves have tried to address this by talking about having their own financial independence. But none of that was cleared as we understand it with the palace beforehand. Cleared as we understand it with the palace before handlj cleared as we understand it with the palace beforehand. I want to show you that picture really because we must go to our other story, the son going with the frown, saying grim faced trouble and that cleaned drives away and we can talk about
the next hour about the queen and how she might feel about all those people saying she is the linchpin of the traditional royal family and what a shock this mustve been for her. Other people take different views. One others story we want to touchis views. One others story we want to touch is in the eye, making a killing. Arms dealers enjoy a boost from iran crisis. They have been crunching the numbers on stocks and sha res crunching the numbers on stocks and shares and Arms Companies. They conducted an analysis and the 24 hours after donald trump ordered the assassination. The nine largest Arms Companies rose by 13 billion which is the equivalent of £10 billion. And what it is also in that story is a report from a Research Institute in stockholm that says that the sales of the worlds top 100 defence
companies have grown by nearly 5 year on year to £420 billion which is 47 increase since 2002. There is something more interesting in terms of the increase in overtime to the relation to Defence Companies and what it means in terms of arms sales globally and what britains role is around the world. Briefly let me get your thoughts, people make out our Companies Making money out of misery essentially . I think in terms of this being a newspaper story on the front cover, well done for them finding something that is not a royal story. But the context of this is that the suggestion indirectly that there is a direct intended cause and effect between taking an action such as that that donald
trump took last week and then the intended outcome and this is obviously been a long running narrative that if the us gets involved in these kinds of actions in the middle east, it is actually about making money for their Arms Companies and i think that that is a very particularly cynical way of looking at it. But that would be the driving force behind the sessions on the sort of global deal done at geopolitics. So we will revisit some of that and the next hour. Maya and jo anne will be back at half past eleven for another look at the papers. The headlines are coming up at eleven. Stay with us for that. Hello there, most of us had a good view of the wolf moon earlier on in the night but that is getting more
difficult to see right now because all of the crowd is spilling in from the atlantic but a lot of it is quite fan and i cried especially towards the southeast which is quite chilly but northwest of the uk, thick enough to bring some rain which will continue to affect scotla nd which will continue to affect scotland and Northern Ireland overnight and the winds are howling in the northwest and already we have guests in the northwest and already we have gu ests of in the northwest and already we have guests of over 60 mph and pretending to lift those temperatures and intending to let those temperatures. Still on the cool side, on east anglia, temperatures will be 9 11d and areas coming from a long way south, and stronger south to south westerly winds bringing mild air across the country. Ahead of the weather front. That weather front is bringing the rain we are seeing and scotla nd bringing the rain we are seeing and scotland and Northern Ireland now and will continue to bring some rain through saturday. Heavy rain again of raid the western health and gradually the rain and switch is
southwards and heavy rain in cumbria and later. Easing off and turning my salary during the afternoon as when start to ease of bed and very windy across england and wales. He may well stay drive from much of england and temperatures will be on the high side,12 or maybe even 13 degrees stopping the band of rain on the weather front there was slip southeast words during saturday night and southeast words during saturday nightand rain southeast words during saturday night and rain later as it travels southeast or its. South east words. Still somewhat milder and a little bit of rain to clear away and behind that a cluster of showers coming and through wales and most of them in the morning and fewer showers in the afternoon. Further north some sunshine and showers continuing in the northwest and mainly in the northwest of scotland with wintry over the hills. Cooler
day for all of us though not as in the as for us over saturday. Another storm heading our way for the beginning of the week really strengthening the winds and bringing heavy rain to Western Areas to monday. It signals the start of a very changeable weekend and often going to be whacked and often windy and often going to be mild. Going to be wet. This is bbc news. Im rachel schofield. The headlines at 11 00 sinn fein agreed to re enter devolved government, meaning the Stormont Assembly will sit again tomorrow. I believe that power can work. That requires everyone to step up. Sinn feins commitment is to do all in our power to make this happen. We believe this is a firm, balanced deal. We believe it is a deal that can form the basis for allowing us to go back into government and to deal with all the difficult issues we need to deal with. Vigils in canada for the victims of the ukrainian plane crash, as iran rejects claims that it shot it down. The home office has requested american Anne Sacoolas to be extradited to the uk over the death of teenager harry dunn. And the cheshire teenager helped
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