GAZUMPED AS PRESENTER OF ROYAL RADIO BROADCAST
PRINCE CHARLES, who is an avid listener to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, was offered the chance to host a special edition of the flagship early morning news show on December 27 last year.
But when his publicityhungry younger son heard about it, he suddenly revived an earlier interest in doing the gig. Harry had been approached some months earlier about taking the same slot but had done precious little about it. Now, though, his father magnanimously withdrew to avoid any conflict.
Perhaps as a compromise, Harry then invited his father to be one of his interviewees, along with former U.S. President Barack Obama.
The Prince took full advantage of the media platform given to his ‘ darling boy’ ( as he referred to Harry on air) with aplomb.
He remained lighthearted throughout the broadcast and joked that he was relieved people were finally waking up to his ‘dotty’ opinions on climate change.
The pair joked, too, about the influence of Charles’s opinions on his son, with the Prince of Wales saying it was ‘amazing’ that Harry had listened to him at all.
The two royals agreed that the biggest issue facing the world was climate change and the increasing havoc that it is wreaking.
‘There’s a whole lot of things I’ve tried to focus on over all these years,’ said Charles, ‘that I felt needed attention.
‘Not everybody else did, but maybe now, some years later, they’re beginning to realise that what I was trying to say may not have been quite as dotty as they thought.’