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00:00:13Live from Washington. This is
00:00:15BBC News. Ed Sheeran calls the situation
00:00:19situation in Gaza unjustifiable at at a concert in Philadelphia. In
00:00:21In his first remarks since his support
00:00:23support act was dropped over pro-Palestinian
00:00:26pro-Palestinian comments. The Houthis Houthis in Yemen claim responsibility
00:00:29responsibility for missile and drone
00:00:31drone attacks on the Saudi capital capital and Nato welcomes a deal
00:00:35deal between the US and Denmark, Denmark, which President Trump claims
00:00:39claims gives the US security control
00:00:41control over Greenland forever. I'm
00:00:52I'm Helena Humphrey good to have have you with us in Ed Sheeran's
00:00:56Sheeran's first concert since his his opening act, Macklemore was dropped,
00:00:59dropped, Ed Sheeran directly addressed addressed the controversy and his
00:01:02his thoughts on the Gaza war. Macklemore
00:01:04Macklemore was removed from the tour tour after making pro-Palestinian
00:01:08pro-Palestinian remarks, leading leading to other opening acts dropping
00:01:11dropping out in solidarity. Ed Sheeran Sheeran described the situation in
00:01:14in Gaza as catastrophic and unjustifiable. unjustifiable. He said the Hamas
00:01:18Hamas attacks on Israel on October
00:01:21October 7th, 2023 were horrific and
00:01:23and Israel's response had been disproportionate. disproportionate. Ed Sheeran had
00:01:26had said that the decision to drop
00:01:27drop Macklemore was made by his promoters promoters and not him. Well, here's
00:01:31here's Ed Sheeran addressing that that controversy at the start of
00:01:34of his concert in Philadelphia. It's
00:01:36It's OK if I say a few words about
00:01:38about this last week. I've used my
00:01:45my music being criticised and I'm I'm always happy to take that because
00:01:49because I'm lucky. A lot of you like like my stuff and to be honest, I'm
00:01:52I'm surprised. I'm not surprised surprised that I've don't you know
00:01:55know it's normal. But this week the the criticism was about something
00:01:58something much more important and and I've had to take and make difficult
00:02:02difficult decisions and I am making
00:02:04making mistakes and I'm so, so sorry.
00:02:07sorry. I don't want to disappoint disappoint fans and I've never wanted
00:02:10wanted to be an activist musician, musician, but this has put me in
00:02:13in the middle of an important and and passionate argument about freedom
00:02:16freedom of speech and the most complex
00:02:18complex political issue on the planet.
00:02:27planet. Our concerts have always
00:02:29always been a safe space for everyone everyone and that matters hugely
00:02:32hugely to me. Honouring my commitment
00:02:35commitment to my fans is also completely completely central to who I am, and
00:02:39and that is why I'm here tonight
00:02:41tonight on my own and continuing continuing my current tour. Well,
00:02:45Well, the singer went on to explain explain his views on the Israel-Gaza
00:02:49Israel-Gaza war. Take a listen. This
00:02:52This is a humanitarian issue and and I cannot hide how I feel about
00:02:55about it any more. What happened happened in Israel and at the Nova
00:02:59Nova Music Festival on October 7th
00:03:017th was horrific and compounded centuries
00:03:03centuries of Jewish pain. What is
00:03:06is happening in Gaza is catastrophic
00:03:09catastrophic and unjustifiable and and disproportionate. My heart has
00:03:12has been broken by the scale of devastation
00:03:14devastation and loss of civilians
00:03:17civilians lives, of children's lives lives and the systemic injustice
00:03:21injustice we're seeing unfold in in the West Bank cannot be overlooked.
00:03:25overlooked. I am already speaking speaking to people across the spectrum
00:03:27spectrum to work out how to make make a contribution that helps victims
00:03:31victims of these Terrible times and and listening and learning because
00:03:35because I do not know enough. Well, Well, I spoke with our correspondent
00:03:38correspondent Carl Nasman who was was at that concert, and he told
00:03:41told me what he saw. Yeah, we were were there. And really in some of
00:03:44of the first rows actually inside inside the stadium there behind us.
00:03:47us. This was really a remarkable remarkable moment. I mean, everybody
00:03:50everybody was wondering exactly what what might happen and how Ed Sheeran
00:03:53Sheeran could address some of the the controversy that we've seen really really enveloping his tour over the
00:03:57the past few days. And this was the the first moment, literally, Ed Sheeran
00:04:01Sheeran walks out on stage and he he launches into that speech that
00:04:04that you just heard. It appeared appeared to be a prepared speech, speech, but he kind of addressed
00:04:08addressed a lot of things that people people were wondering about specifically
00:04:11specifically his stance on the situation
00:04:14situation in the Middle East and
00:04:16and also what his thought about Macklemore Macklemore being dropped from his
00:04:19his tour. We heard the reporting reporting that this was due to potentially
00:04:22potentially a pressure campaign from from some of the owners of the stadiums
00:04:25stadiums on this tour. He said he
00:04:27he was deeply concerned by the fact
00:04:30fact that artists like Macklemore
00:04:32Macklemore and content of concerts concerts could be pre-screened by
00:04:35by the owners of these types of concert concert venues. So I think that was
00:04:39was also a really important moment moment there. The reaction from the
00:04:42the crowd, I think, was generally generally very positive. The biggest biggest cheer of the night was when
00:04:45when he said that he was committed committed to being here tonight,
00:04:48tonight, to playing for the people people gathered inside that stadium
00:04:52stadium and to continuing his tour. tour. Obviously everybody here, you
00:04:55you know, wanted to come, wanted wanted to see Ed Sheeran perform,
00:04:57perform, whether or not he had those those opening acts, whether Macklemore Macklemore was there or not. There
00:05:01There was also this interesting and and kind of an emotional moment in
00:05:05in the middle of his concert where where he addressed the crowd and and he said, look, I don't know if
00:05:08if you've been looking at social social media recently, but there's
00:05:11there's been a lot of stuff out there
00:05:13there specifically about me. I was was actually worried coming out here
00:05:17here today about the reception that
00:05:19that I would get from people in Philadelphia
00:05:22Philadelphia at this concert, and and that was a huge cheer from the
00:05:25the crowd there in support of Ed Ed Sheeran. So I think there was
00:05:29was some speculation. How would he he stand with his fans? Would there there be protests? What would the
00:05:33the reaction be? But at that moment, moment, I think proving that Ed Sheeran
00:05:36Sheeran still has a lot of support, support, especially inside that stadium
00:05:39stadium behind us. And so Carl, how how did this concert unfold? Has
00:05:43Has it been a pared back performance performance so far? Did anyone join
00:05:46join him on stage? So as we said,
00:05:52said, his back-up band, the band
00:05:54band that usually joins him, you
00:05:56you know, for some of these songs, songs, plays some of the other instruments
00:05:59instruments they dropped out when when Macklemore was kind of dropped
00:06:03dropped from this tour. They left left in solidarity with him. So the
00:06:06the thinking would be would there there be anybody else on stage at at all? And in the beginning it looked
00:06:10looked like it would just be a one one man show. He's an incredible
00:06:13incredible artist. He's very talented talented at looping tracks, playing
00:06:16playing a riff, looping another one, one, using some vocalisation to create create this beautiful background
00:06:20background track that he then used used to sing over for many of his
00:06:23his songs. But then about halfway halfway through he was joined by
00:06:26by some other artists on stage. He He said they had about three days
00:06:29days to prepare to learn these songs songs and get up there. He said the
00:06:32the biggest concern that he had was was that people would pay tickets, tickets, they'd come to his concert
00:06:36concert and it wouldn't be the same, same, that he wouldn't be able to to perform some of the songs that
00:06:40that he otherwise had hoped to do. do. So in the middle of that concert,
00:06:43concert, he was joined by kind of of this impromptu band behind him,
00:06:46him, and they were able to play some some of his biggest hits. Carl it's
00:06:50it's probably difficult to tell right right now, but will this be enough,
00:06:53enough, do you think? What sense sense do you get? Will his words
00:06:56words tonight be enough to limit limit some of the damage that we've
00:07:00we've seen to his reputation over
00:07:01over the past week? Yeah, I think
00:07:05think that is the question going going forward. And I think some of
00:07:07of those questions might be answered answered next week because he'll
00:07:10he'll be performing inside Gillette Gillette Stadium that's just outside
00:07:13outside of Boston and that is the the stadium that's owned by Robert
00:07:16Robert Kraft. And he's reportedly reportedly the owner who took offence
00:07:20offence to the comments made by Macklemore Macklemore and was reportedly the
00:07:23the one that really spearheaded this this pressure campaign to have Macklemore Macklemore dropped from the tour.
00:07:27tour. So we'll see what kind of reception reception he gets in that stadium
00:07:30stadium next week. But you know, know, I think a lot of fans here
00:07:33here and I think a lot of his fans fans who are concerned about the
00:07:37the situation in Gaza really wanted wanted to hear something from Ed
00:07:40Ed Sheeran. I think it was notable notable that the very first thing
00:07:44thing he did tonight was give this
00:07:46this two minute speech to his fans fans to try to address this head
00:07:49head on. So I think for many people people here tonight, this would be
00:07:53be enough. Carl Nasman reporting reporting there. The Iran backed
00:07:57backed Houthis are claiming responsibility responsibility for drone and ballistic ballistic missile attacks on Saudi
00:08:01Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh, marking marking a significant escalation.
00:08:04escalation. Smoke was seen rising rising from fuel tanks near Riyadh's
00:08:08Riyadh's international airport, where where flights were temporarily disrupted
00:08:11disrupted on Saturday. It's the first first time that the Yemen based Houthis
00:08:14Houthis have reached that far north north since the Iran war began. They
00:08:18They also attacked Saudi state oil oil and gas facilities at Yanbu on
00:08:22on the Red Sea coast. A Houthi military military spokesperson called it retaliation
00:08:26retaliation for Saudi attacks on on Houthi forces in the Yemeni capital
00:08:30capital Sanaa. Well, for more than than a decade, the Houthis have been
00:08:33been fighting the Saudi backed government government for control of Yemen.
00:08:36Yemen. That conflict largely subsided
00:08:38subsided after a ceasefire was declared
00:08:41declared in 2022, but this year the
00:08:43the Houthis became involved in the
00:08:45the wider US-Iran war threatening threatening international shipping
00:08:49shipping through the Bab al-Mandab al-Mandab Strait. Caroline Rose is is a senior director at the Soufan
00:08:53Soufan Centre, a foreign policy think think tank. And I asked her about
00:08:56about the significance of the Houthi Houthi attack on the Saudi capital.
00:09:00capital. I think that this is extremely
00:09:03extremely significant, particularly particularly given the fact that that we're seeing an active shift
00:09:07shift in the Houthi strategy. It's
00:09:09It's no longer about creating choke
00:09:12choke holds over key maritime corridors
00:09:15corridors and trying to restrict
00:09:18restrict the global energy infrastructure. infrastructure. But now it's about
00:09:21about trying to advance their own own momentum in Yemen's civil war
00:09:25war and against one of their greatest greatest adversaries, Saudi Arabia.
00:09:28Arabia. It shows that they have the
00:09:31the capability to shift from maritime
00:09:34maritime domains to overland attacks attacks well into Saudi Arabia's
00:09:37Arabia's capital, as well as, of of course, with threats of attacks
00:09:40attacks against cities like Mecca Mecca as well as successful attacks
00:09:44attacks in sites like Yanbu. So what
00:09:47what position does that put the Saudis
00:09:48Saudis in? How do you see them responding?
00:09:51responding? This puts Saudi Arabia Arabia in an incredibly difficult
00:09:54difficult position. Of course, over
00:09:57over the last few months, one of of their greatest priorities was
00:10:01was deescalation between the United United States and Iran, as well as,
00:10:04as, of course, trying to open up
00:10:07up these maritime choke points for
00:10:09for global trade. Now they are confronted
00:10:12confronted with an additional front front with the Houthis. Not only
00:10:15only do they have to deal with this
00:10:17this choke hold over the Bab al-Mandab al-Mandab Strait, but now they have
00:10:21have to look at some of these attacks attacks that have been launched inside
00:10:25inside of their own territory, not not only by Houthi militants but
00:10:29but also by Iran backed militias militias that have been operating operating in Iraq. So this creates
00:10:32creates two fronts for Saudi Arabia.
00:10:34Arabia. It's clear that they have have made a few requests to countries
00:10:38countries like the United States States for assistance. But as of
00:10:41of right now, it seems like they they are going to be shouldering shouldering this conflict on their
00:10:45their own. And when it comes to the the Houthis, how have they been able
00:10:48able to carry out what appear to to be increasingly audacious attacks?
00:10:51attacks? You know, some people refer refer to them as the Houthi rebels.
00:10:54rebels. Does that belie what they they have now become? Certainly.
00:10:58Certainly. I think this really establishes
00:11:00establishes the Houthis as a formidable formidable fighting force in Yemen.
00:11:04Yemen. This is no longer a ragtag
00:11:07ragtag militia group comprised of
00:11:08of 3000 or so individuals. This is
00:11:11is now a force that is comprised
00:11:14comprised of nearly 400,000 personnel.
00:11:17personnel. They have sophisticated sophisticated equipment, sophisticated,
00:11:19sophisticated, advanced enough to
00:11:21to really stretch into key territory
00:11:25territory of their adversaries like like Saudi Arabia. Additionally,
00:11:28Additionally, they have adopted very,
00:11:30very, very key and clear signs of
00:11:33of asymmetric warfare using drones
00:11:35drones and even missiles to conduct
00:11:37conduct their attacks against rivals
00:11:39rivals like Saudi Arabia. So ultimately,
00:11:43ultimately, Caroline, what are their
00:11:44their ambitions here and what will
00:11:47will stop them? Well. I think it's it's twofold. The first, of course,
00:11:51course, is to act on behalf of Iran.
00:11:53Iran. And they've done this by trying trying to expand their influence
00:11:57influence and control over islands islands in the Bab al-Mandab Strait
00:12:00Strait and really create a paralysis
00:12:03paralysis for maritime commercial commercial activity. And they've
00:12:05they've been able to accomplish this
00:12:07this thus far. But what we're seeing seeing now, they're accomplishing
00:12:11accomplishing what they're what they're they're doing against Saudi Arabia
00:12:14Arabia with these overland strikes, strikes, they've been able to also
00:12:17also continue that paralysis of energy
00:12:19energy infrastructure by targeting
00:12:22targeting warehouses, depots processing processing sites. But additionally,
00:12:25additionally, what they're trying trying to do is make their own gains
00:12:28gains in Yemen's war and trying to
00:12:30to really create momentum for themselves
00:12:33themselves to continue territorial territorial expansion and weaken
00:12:36weaken Saudi Arabia's hand at the
00:12:38the negotiation table. On that one one prong, you mentioned Iranian
00:12:42Iranian interests. Some people might
00:12:43might be wondering if Iran is weakened
00:12:46weakened in the way that the US says says it is. How has it been able
00:12:50able to provide that assistance to
00:12:53to the Houthis? Certainly. Well,
00:12:55Well, Iran has been able to provide
00:12:58provide advisory support, intelligence.
00:13:00intelligence. Of course, equipment, equipment, financial assistance.
00:13:03assistance. So that, of course, I I think has been much more limited
00:13:07limited as the United States and and other partners have started to
00:13:10to constrict these financial streams
00:13:13streams into the into Iran. But I
00:13:14I think this attack, as well as the
00:13:17the Houthis recent campaign, really really illuminates that when Iran
00:13:21Iran feels weakened, when they feel feel constrained, they're going to
00:13:23to start to rely a lot more on their
00:13:27their proxy networks in Iraq, in
00:13:29in Lebanon, in Yemen, to carry out out these sorts of attacks against
00:13:33against their perceived adversaries
00:13:34adversaries and really crank up the the pressure on the international
00:13:38international stage when it comes comes to maritime trade, fuel prices
00:13:42prices and political tension over
00:13:44over ongoing escalation. Well, supply
00:13:47supply chain disruptions caused by by the Iran war have pushed fuel
00:13:50fuel prices up worldwide, and people people across the world are protesting.
00:13:53protesting. Some examples from this this week. French fishermen blocked
00:13:56blocked access to an oil depot, calling calling on the government to address
00:14:00address rising fuel costs. Protesters Protesters in northeastern Syria
00:14:03Syria blocked oil tanker trucks after after the government announced a
00:14:07a 28% increase in the price of gasoline gasoline and teachers in Bolivia
00:14:10Bolivia took to the streets to protest protest rising fuel prices and the
00:14:14the overall cost of living. Despite Despite a state of emergency and
00:14:18and a ban on protests. Now Nato is
00:14:21is welcoming a new deal between the the US and Denmark over Greenland,
00:14:25Greenland, which President Trump Trump claims gives the US security
00:14:28security control of the territory territory forever. While the exact exact terms haven't yet been made
00:14:32made public, Denmark's foreign minister minister said the agreement respects
00:14:35respects its red lines and strengthens strengthens security in the Arctic
00:14:39Arctic and North Atlantic. Well, Well, Greenland is a mineral rich,
00:14:42rich, semi-autonomous Danish territory territory whose strategic location
00:14:45location has drawn growing US attention. attention. President Trump has repeatedly
00:14:49repeatedly warned that the island island is vulnerable to Russia and
00:14:52and China, and on Saturday, Nato Nato said that the Arctic is vital
00:14:55vital to the alliance's collective collective security. Carla Sands
00:14:58Sands is a former US ambassador to
00:15:01to Denmark, serving from 2017 to
00:15:04to 2021 under the Trump administration administration and is currently chair
00:15:07chair of the Foreign Policy Initiative. Initiative. She gave me her take
00:15:10take on the US Greenland deal. Well,
00:15:13Well, I think it's a wonderful deal.
00:15:15deal. I think Denmark won, the United
00:15:17United States won. And I think Greenlanders Greenlanders won two, although some
00:15:20some of the Greenlanders are a little little nervous because they haven't
00:15:23haven't read the text of the agreement. agreement. But I think the signing
00:15:27signing of this agreement this week week at the UN General Assembly is
00:15:31is an exciting progress. It means
00:15:33means that Greenland is going to to be secure from our adversaries.
00:15:36adversaries. But, Helen, I will just just tell you this. In the Wall Street
00:15:39Street Journal today was an article article that was false, absolutely
00:15:42absolutely fake news. It said that
00:15:45that Denmark had made sure that adversaries adversaries couldn't own critical
00:15:49critical critical resources like like critical minerals. And as a
00:15:52a matter of fact, when I got to Greenland
00:15:55Greenland as ambassador, there was
00:15:58was no United States ownership of of any of the rare earth mines. But
00:16:01But a majority of the mines there
00:16:04there had a minority interest by by the Chinese. So there was a lot
00:16:08lot of investment by the Chinese. Chinese. And the Chinese have really
00:16:11really been working. The Greenlanders Greenlanders diplomatically. And
00:16:15And then also economically in order
00:16:17order to gain a foothold. So it's it's they are working with Russia
00:16:21Russia to thwart the West. And this
00:16:23this is just another effort to thwart,
00:16:27thwart, I would say, Nato, the Western Western world, the United States
00:16:29States and Europe. We'll talk more more about the minerals in just a
00:16:32a moment. But you had said that some some of the Greenlanders appeared
00:16:36appeared nervous because they hadn't hadn't seen the text of the agreement.
00:16:40agreement. One of the reasons that
00:16:41that Greenlanders have also expressed expressed nervousness, scepticism
00:16:45scepticism in some cases fear is is because previously Donald Trump
00:16:48Trump had said that he would seek seek to acquire Greenland whatever
00:16:52whatever way possible. He didn't
00:16:54didn't rule out military force. Are Are you confident that he wouldn't
00:16:58wouldn't seek ownership of Greenland Greenland in the future? Well, let's
00:17:02let's just put this in context. There There have been three US presidents
00:17:06presidents that have said the United United States needs to own Greenland,
00:17:09Greenland, and it's because of its
00:17:11its geostrategic location to the the United States. It's part of North
00:17:15North America. And in order for us
00:17:16us to get to our friends across the
00:17:19the Atlantic, we can't have an adversary adversary control Greenland. It's
00:17:22It's in the Giuk Gap, those giant giant seas. So whether it's, you
00:17:26you know, trade or defence or offence,
00:17:29offence, we need access to the land land because it controls the seas
00:17:32seas around it. And President Trump,
00:17:35Trump, he is looking at the security security of the American people.
00:17:38people. He is looking at installing installing the Golden Dome. Greenland
00:17:41Greenland happens to be strategic. strategic. The Greenlandic people people want to be independent. They
00:17:45They want to be Greenlanders. As As a matter of fact. But they're they're going to need a security
00:17:49security partner. And that security security partner is now the United
00:17:52United States. So when they go independent
00:17:55independent in this century, just just like Iceland went independent
00:17:58independent in the last century,
00:18:00century, in the mid 20th century,
00:18:03century, when Greenland goes independent, independent, they have a secure a
00:18:06a security partner that's reliable,
00:18:09reliable, that's credible, responsible. responsible. Denmark has never been
00:18:12been able to afford to defend Greenland, Greenland, and they've never had
00:18:16had the ability to develop it. They They just don't have the money or
00:18:19or the interest. OK. But just to to be clear, do you think this deal
00:18:23deal will go far enough for President President Trump because he's spoken
00:18:26spoken about control over security,
00:18:27security, but he's also said on Truth
00:18:30Truth Social, all other needs. That's That's not something that Danish
00:18:34Danish or Greenlandic leaders have
00:18:37have spoken about. So will this deal
00:18:38deal be it for the President? Well,
00:18:42Well, I think that the danger pretty pretty excited about this deal. I
00:18:45I think they're as excited as the the American people. And I hope the
00:18:48the Greenlanders are excited to.
00:18:51to. The White House Correspondents Correspondents Association is demanding
00:18:54demanding President Trump lift his his ban on reporters from three media
00:18:58media organisations. Journalists Journalists from the outlets were
00:19:00were denied access to White House
00:19:02House grounds on Saturday, MSNow MSNow reporter Akayla Gardner and
00:19:05and her crew were forced to report report from Pennsylvania Avenue after
00:19:08after being prevented from entering entering the White House. CNN's Betsy
00:19:12Betsy Klein was also doing her live live hits from outside the grounds
00:19:16grounds of the White House. President President Trump accused CNN, Politico
00:19:19Politico and MSNow of biassed reporting, reporting, and we've had statements
00:19:23statements from some of those organisations. organisations. Politico's editor
00:19:26editor in chief Jonathan Greenberger, Greenberger, confirmed that their
00:19:29their reporter Cheyenne Haslett, Haslett, has had her pass confiscated.
00:19:32confiscated. In an email to staff, staff, he said we stand by her and
00:19:36and all reporters here covering the the White House. We will vigorously
00:19:39vigorously defend our First Amendment Amendment rights. CNN also released
00:19:42released a statement saying we will will not be deflected from our duty
00:19:45duty to hold the government and other other public bodies to account. While
00:19:48While the White House Correspondents Correspondents Association said the
00:19:52the implications of the ban extend extend beyond these organisations,
00:19:56organisations, a standard used to to exclude one news outlet because
00:19:59because of its coverage could be
00:20:00be applied to any outlet in the future.
00:20:04future. Now Princess Diana's brother brother has exclusively told the
00:20:07the BBC that he is telling the truth
00:20:10truth about a phone call with King King Charles in the days following
00:20:13following his sister's death in 1997.
00:20:151997. In his book, due to be published published next week, Earl Spencer
00:20:19Spencer claims that the then Prince
00:20:20Prince of Wales said of his former
00:20:24former wife, "We'll forget her soon soon enough.". Ellie Price has more. more. A stunning new claim from Princess
00:20:28Princess Diana's brother. I would would imagine it is the talk of the
00:20:31the town. But it has indeed been been a lot of talk this week about
00:20:35about exactly what happened nearly nearly 30 years ago. Princess Diana's
00:20:38Diana's brother Earl Spencer, speaking speaking exclusively to Laura Kuenssberg
00:20:42Kuenssberg in an interview to be be released in full tomorrow, has
00:20:45has doubled down on claims he's made made in a new book about a conversation
00:20:49conversation he had with the then then Prince Charles just days after
00:20:53after Diana's death, a phone call call in which the earl objected to
00:20:55to the plan for the two young princes princes to walk behind their mother's
00:20:58mother's coffin. He went ballistic
00:21:01ballistic would be the right term term and started really going for
00:21:04for my family as a whole about their
00:21:06their sense of duty not being adequate
00:21:10adequate enough and ranted for a a while. I have no idea how long,
00:21:13long, but it was a significant period period and I just listened. And then
00:21:16then he stopped and I thought, oh, oh, now now he's going to pull himself
00:21:19himself together and say something
00:21:21something more appropriate. And then
00:21:23then he said, we'll forget her soon
00:21:27soon enough. What went through your
00:21:31your mind? Well, I'm not sure I can can say exactly what went through
00:21:34through my mind, but I really was was so stunned. And I just after
00:21:37after a stunned silence, I said, said, I cannot believe you just said
00:21:41said that. And I hung up on him.
00:21:44him. Following her death, Princess Princess Diana became known as the
00:21:47the People's Princess and the Royal Royal Family were criticised for
00:21:50for their response. They appeared appeared out of touch with the public.
00:21:54public. The reputational damage lasting lasting years. But friends of the
00:21:57the now King have questioned the the earl's claims. I simply cannot
00:22:01cannot believe that he could have have said something like that. It's It's just not his character. It's
00:22:05It's not his personality. He's a
00:22:07a he. I never, ever have I heard
00:22:09heard him say anything like that. that. On Wednesday, the Palace released
00:22:13released an unusually robust statement statement when excerpts of the book
00:22:16book were first released, it said said the King was mindful that the
00:22:19the pain of fraternal grief can cloud cloud reason, affect judgement and
00:22:23and colour memory in ways others others do not recognise, even many
00:22:27many years after such a loss. It It was a far cry from the usual approach
00:22:31approach of the Royal Family of never never complain, never explain, but
00:22:34but I think shows the depth of anger anger felt by the King of contentious
00:22:38contentious times nearly three decades decades ago. There has been no further
00:22:42further comment by the palace nor nor from the princes William or Harry.
00:22:46Harry. The king's youngest son was was out yesterday in Birmingham.
00:22:48Birmingham. His first set of engagements engagements back on British soil.
00:22:51soil. It's understood he hasn't read
00:22:53read his uncle's book, but with more more extracts expected to be released
00:22:57released this weekend, there may may be little getting away from it
00:22:59it for any of the Royal Family. Ellie
00:23:02Ellie Price BBC News. Now a few books
00:23:05books have been adapted for stage stage and screen more than Jane Austen's
00:23:08Austen's debut novel Sense and Sensibility. Sensibility. And next week another
00:23:12another version is released in cinemas. cinemas. It stars Daisy Edgar-Jones
00:23:16Edgar-Jones and Esmee Creed-Miles Creed-Miles as two of the Dashwood
00:23:19Dashwood sisters that have been speaking speaking to our culture correspondent
00:23:23correspondent Noor Nanji. I like
00:23:25like him I greatly esteem him. Elinor
00:23:31Elinor use those words again. I shall shall leave the room. Sense and sensibility
00:23:34sensibility follows the Dashwood Dashwood sisters as they navigate navigate their way through love,
00:23:38love, loss and societal expectations expectations following the death
00:23:42death of their father. It's father's father's well. This house will always
00:23:44always be home. We will find somewhere somewhere else. Just as nice with
00:23:47with the money father left us. What
00:23:50What money? The Jane Austen book
00:23:54book has been adapted for screen screen many times before, but Daisy
00:23:58Daisy Edgar-Jones, who stars in the the film, believes there is space
00:24:01space for another version. She was was writing 200 years ago, and yet
00:24:04yet her. Her stories are something something that fascinates us still
00:24:07still today, and I think I can't can't really get enough of Jane Austen
00:24:11Austen adaptations personally, but but I think there's something about
00:24:13about her. She's so character driven. driven. She has an incredible way
00:24:17way of articulating the female experience.
00:24:20experience. Daisy says that in her her personal life she really is like
00:24:24like Elinor, the rational elder sister.
00:24:25sister. When it comes to love. I
00:24:28I think I am. I think I'm very much much more Elinor in sort of every
00:24:32every way. Yeah definitely lead a
00:24:36a lot with my head and try and push
00:24:38push aside my bury my emotion and and actually like, I think that's
00:24:41that's the joy of the film is Elinor
00:24:44Elinor learns to enjoy that wilder, wilder, passionate side of herself.
00:24:46herself. And I feel like I learnt
00:24:48learnt to do that to. Her younger, younger, more romantic sister. Marianne
00:24:52Marianne is played by Esmee Creed-Miles.
00:24:54Creed-Miles. This film is about sisterhood sisterhood inasmuch as everything
00:24:57everything else. How did you guys guys build that sisterly rapport?
00:25:00rapport? It was awesome and the easiest easiest thing in the world I think. think. Yeah, I've heard a lot of
00:25:04of people say that after watching watching the film is it either makes makes them want a sister or to ring
00:25:08ring up their sister and say like, like, hey, I love you. And I think think that's really special. It's
00:25:11It's the part of the film I'm most
00:25:14most proud of. It's not handsome,
00:25:17handsome, is he? Yucca me. Jane Austen
00:25:21Austen is enjoying a revival more
00:25:24more than 250 years after her birth. birth. Both actors say it's because
00:25:28because she taps into the female female experience. These women are
00:25:30are very relatable and their experience experience is very relatable. I don't
00:25:33don't know that you know, seeing
00:25:36seeing a movie is gonna fix everything,
00:25:39everything, but it will might make make you feel a little bit less alone alone in some of the things you're
00:25:43you're feeling. Her ruminations on on love, on romance, on sisterly
00:25:45sisterly love, on family dynamics, dynamics, on interpersonal social
00:25:49social dynamics. She's just, you you know, she's such a talent. And
00:25:52And this won't be the last with more
00:25:54more remakes of Jane Austen's work
00:25:56work in the pipeline. Noor Nanji,
00:25:58Nanji, BBC News. From all of us here
00:26:01here in Washington, DC.. Have a very very good night. I'll see you soon.
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