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Who might not be on - the royal rota system. chris, what do you think about that? is that the case? do you feel the bbc and other you know, the big players? i'm not saying you're not a big player, but you know what i mean. did they get better access? and also, you know, where do you stand on putting a critical voice in? would you put a republican voice in your packages? i mean, i wrote a story today about a yougov opinion poll which shows that support for the monarchy has declined dramatically in the past ten years since the queen's diamond jubilee, particularly, and i think probably worryingl...

With people like chris and organisations like itv news and we don't get sort of favours in that front and that means we can be as critical. i mean, look, laura, i mean, i think you've got — you make a very good point. i think part of the problem is the age and affection of the sovereign. i think part of the problem is that, as chris says, it's an upbeat story. and it's seen as a sort of happy end point for a lot of bulletins, particularly tv. and i think part of the problem is a classification problem, which is if you are republican and i totally get this, if you are a republican, you see ne...

As this is interesting, it's a good point to bring in dan walker, who's sport and news all in one. you know, you've obviously met various royals on breakfast. how do you view the line the bbc and perhaps other broadcasters walk when it comes to covering the royal family? it's a really interesting why it's been fascinating to chris, tojohnny, and to laura on that as well. i mean, i've made one of those documentaries that johnny was talking about there. i spent quite a bit of time with prince william on a documentary about mental health, and i've also covered a lot of royal stories like jubilees...