00:00Yeah, I mean, I think it is unlikely that the palace will return to be the preeminent
00:07residence of the monarch. It's been signalled clearly that that's not going to be the case
00:12with King Charles and Camilla, and so too with William and Catherine. I mean, I think
00:17the question will be, could it ever be again, really? You know, does the idea of the royal
00:24family, the monarch, living in a palace with such visible opulence, you know, there in
00:31the heart of London, does that now look sort of out of step with the times? And of course
00:39you could say, well, you know, the royal family are hugely wealthy, they have, you know, huge
00:45privilege and influence and power and, you know, the Buckingham Palace and them living
00:49there just simply reflects that. But I think there is a sense that the future of the monarchies
00:55signalled by William and Kate, and indeed the way that they're bringing up their children,
00:59it will be a less showy monarchy. And that in some ways now Buckingham Palace perhaps will
01:07be seen as a sort of living, breathing relic to the past sort of position of the monarchy
01:15in this country, post-Queen Victoria.
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