September 8, 2026 • 4 mins
King Charles has made it clear that Harry and Meghan will remain non-working royals.
The King recently authorised a letter to senior British officials claiming that the pair, who recently returned to the UK, will not use the titles His or Her Royal Highness.
UK correspondent Enda Brady says it's likely Charles felt the need to clarify that Harry and Meghan aren't representing him or the royals.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
14 away from seven, Enda Brady, UK correspondent is with us. Hello, Enda.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Heather, lovely to speak to you again.
Speaker 1 (00:06):
Okay, so thoughts on why it is that King Charles
decided to send out this letter?
Speaker 2 (00:12):
I think it's just dotting the I's and crossing the T's.
And he wants everyone to be under no assumptions that
Harry and Meghan are representing him or the royal family.
So he sent the letter out. basically to tell anyone
who will be involved in hosting them or anything they're
arranging this autumn that, you know, you don't have to
(00:33):
go full kind of royal family mode because guess what?
They're not in the royal family anymore. So when the
monarch or one of the royal family visit a county,
there is someone called the Lord Lieutenant and it's their
problem to arrange the visit, who's going to meet them,
what they're going to eat, what the timings. And I
think the king is just putting it on their radar
(00:54):
that guess what? My son does not represent me.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Ah, very interesting. Okay, now, how do you think Trump
is going to handle the fact? Let me rephrase that.
How do you think he handled it on the phone
call that Andy Burnham told him they're going to sanction
the illegal Israeli settlements?
Speaker 2 (01:11):
I would say the phone call was pretty brief and quiet,
but I think there will be fire and fury later
on today. Now, Ben Gavir is an Israeli security minister.
He is a settler himself. And he has taken to
social media in the past couple of hours calling on
the government of Argentina to go and take the Falklands.
(01:31):
He's basically said that Israel recognises Argentina's claim of sovereignty
to Las Malvinas, as they call the Falkland Islands. So
you're seeing the rhetoric ramp up. And could it be
that Trump then backs Israel over the Falkland Islands? I
think Andy Burnham is opening a can of worms here.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Yeah, might be right there. How do you think people
feel about the fact that these boats are now reaching
Portsmouth and not just Dover?
Speaker 2 (01:56):
They're angry and they're worried. So you've seen these masked men,
hundreds of them, turn up in Dover on Saturday and
then in Portsmouth the other night causing problems for the police.
The criminal gangs, the people traffickers, are changing their tactics.
So it would appear they're getting bigger dinghies. 120, 130
men can fit on some of these dinghies, if not more.
(02:19):
and they're launching 200 kilometres further south of Calais. So
this is an area where they've never set off from before.
It's basically the mouth of the River Seine, Bay de Seine,
they call it in France, and then pointing towards England.
And they know as soon as they get into British
territorial waters, a lifeboat will have to come and rescue
the people if they're in danger of capsizing. So it's
(02:41):
a complete mess. It's like whack-a-mole trying to solve the
problem in Calais, and they're popping up elsewhere.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
So, I mean, one of the things that happened, obviously,
with these protesters is that police cars, the windows were smashed.
They say they didn't do it and that they say
lefties did it to make them look bad. What do
you say?
Speaker 2 (03:01):
I would say who else was running around at 3am
in the morning wearing masks in the city of Portsmouth?
I would say A lot of people would have been
in bed getting ready to go to work in the morning.
You have to question who these guys are, who's firing
them up, and whose social media platforms are telling them
that people are being brought ashore in dinghies in Portsmouth.
(03:21):
It's a mess. It's very, very dangerous. And ultimately, we
saw police officers get injured here the other night because
of it.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
Yeah. How are people feeling about this robbery-themed bar?
Speaker 2 (03:34):
So the business community in Hatton Garden are very angry
about this. So if you go back, I think it's
14 years since that robbery. I was actually there the
very next morning. If memory serves me right, it was
an Easter bank holiday Monday. And it was one of
those weekends where Easter coincides with Jewish Passover and Eid
(03:55):
as well. So it was like a triple religious festival weekend.
Nobody was working or doing anything. And this gang of
elderly crooks somehow drilled their way into the basement and
stole all those safety deposit box. Now, about 30 million
NZ dollars went missing in a few hours. And now
someone has put in planning permission to turn that safety
(04:16):
vault into a robbery themed bar. A lot of people
didn't get their money back. And they're very, very cross
that someone else might think it's funny to go and
have a drink there and toast criminality.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
Yeah, that's fair enough, I suppose. Enda, thanks very much, man.
Look after yourself. It's good to talk to you. Enda Brady,
UK correspondent.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
For more from Heather Duplessy-Allen Drive, listen live to Newstalk
ZB from 4pm weekdays or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
14 away from seven, Enda Brady, UK correspondent is with us. Hello, Enda.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Heather, lovely to speak to you again.
Speaker 1 (00:06):
Okay, so thoughts on why it is that King Charles
decided to send out this letter?
Speaker 2 (00:12):
I think it's just dotting the I's and crossing the T's.
And he wants everyone to be under no assumptions that
Harry and Meghan are representing him or the royal family.
So he sent the letter out. basically to tell anyone
who will be involved in hosting them or anything they're
arranging this autumn that, you know, you don't have to
(00:33):
go full kind of royal family mode because guess what?
They're not in the royal family anymore. So when the
monarch or one of the royal family visit a county,
there is someone called the Lord Lieutenant and it's their
problem to arrange the visit, who's going to meet them,
what they're going to eat, what the timings. And I
think the king is just putting it on their radar
(00:54):
that guess what? My son does not represent me.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Ah, very interesting. Okay, now, how do you think Trump
is going to handle the fact? Let me rephrase that.
How do you think he handled it on the phone
call that Andy Burnham told him they're going to sanction
the illegal Israeli settlements?
Speaker 2 (01:11):
I would say the phone call was pretty brief and quiet,
but I think there will be fire and fury later
on today. Now, Ben Gavir is an Israeli security minister.
He is a settler himself. And he has taken to
social media in the past couple of hours calling on
the government of Argentina to go and take the Falklands.
(01:31):
He's basically said that Israel recognises Argentina's claim of sovereignty
to Las Malvinas, as they call the Falkland Islands. So
you're seeing the rhetoric ramp up. And could it be
that Trump then backs Israel over the Falkland Islands? I
think Andy Burnham is opening a can of worms here.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Yeah, might be right there. How do you think people
feel about the fact that these boats are now reaching
Portsmouth and not just Dover?
Speaker 2 (01:56):
They're angry and they're worried. So you've seen these masked men,
hundreds of them, turn up in Dover on Saturday and
then in Portsmouth the other night causing problems for the police.
The criminal gangs, the people traffickers, are changing their tactics.
So it would appear they're getting bigger dinghies. 120, 130
men can fit on some of these dinghies, if not more.
(02:19):
and they're launching 200 kilometres further south of Calais. So
this is an area where they've never set off from before.
It's basically the mouth of the River Seine, Bay de Seine,
they call it in France, and then pointing towards England.
And they know as soon as they get into British
territorial waters, a lifeboat will have to come and rescue
the people if they're in danger of capsizing. So it's
(02:41):
a complete mess. It's like whack-a-mole trying to solve the
problem in Calais, and they're popping up elsewhere.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
So, I mean, one of the things that happened, obviously,
with these protesters is that police cars, the windows were smashed.
They say they didn't do it and that they say
lefties did it to make them look bad. What do
you say?
Speaker 2 (03:01):
I would say who else was running around at 3am
in the morning wearing masks in the city of Portsmouth?
I would say A lot of people would have been
in bed getting ready to go to work in the morning.
You have to question who these guys are, who's firing
them up, and whose social media platforms are telling them
that people are being brought ashore in dinghies in Portsmouth.
(03:21):
It's a mess. It's very, very dangerous. And ultimately, we
saw police officers get injured here the other night because
of it.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
Yeah. How are people feeling about this robbery-themed bar?
Speaker 2 (03:34):
So the business community in Hatton Garden are very angry
about this. So if you go back, I think it's
14 years since that robbery. I was actually there the
very next morning. If memory serves me right, it was
an Easter bank holiday Monday. And it was one of
those weekends where Easter coincides with Jewish Passover and Eid
(03:55):
as well. So it was like a triple religious festival weekend.
Nobody was working or doing anything. And this gang of
elderly crooks somehow drilled their way into the basement and
stole all those safety deposit box. Now, about 30 million
NZ dollars went missing in a few hours. And now
someone has put in planning permission to turn that safety
(04:16):
vault into a robbery themed bar. A lot of people
didn't get their money back. And they're very, very cross
that someone else might think it's funny to go and
have a drink there and toast criminality.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
Yeah, that's fair enough, I suppose. Enda, thanks very much, man.
Look after yourself. It's good to talk to you. Enda Brady,
UK correspondent.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
For more from Heather Duplessy-Allen Drive, listen live to Newstalk
ZB from 4pm weekdays or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
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