With a new monarch and PM, Britain faces stark change. How will these incoming figureheads handle this? What will this mean for the future of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth? Historian Sir Anthony Seldon joins author and former BBC journalist Gavin Esler to discuss the turmoil we face.

• “The United Kingdom is actually a relatively new concept.”
• “The Monarchy, unlike Prime Ministers, embodies continuity.” 
• “If the call comes to become a republic, it will be hard for Australia to resist it.” 
• “The United Kingdom is actually a relatively new concept.” “We’ve lost a huge force which was holding the UK together.”
• “We’ve almost forgotten there’s a new prime minister, in the wall-to-wall reporting.”

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Presented by Gavin Esler. Producers: Jacob Archbold, Jelena Sofronijevic and Alex Rees. Assistant Producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production: Alex Rees. Lead Producer: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production

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