The royal family were just getting back into the swing of visits with King Charles returning to public duty after cancer treatment and Prince William at work again as Kate continues her cancer treatment. 

Then Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visited Buckingham Palace and then told the country he was calling a general election. 

Pod Save the King host Ann Gripper is joined by Daily Mirror royal editor Russell Myers to discuss politics’ impact on royal diaries, and the plans, including D-Day commemorations, which will be going ahead. 

They also catch up on Russell’s soggy visit to a Buckingham Palace garden party, where the Tindalls and Yorks kept Prince William company, the latest from the Princess of Wales’s Early Childhood Foundation and an imminent society wedding.

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