{"podcast":{"title":"The Royals","slug":"the-royals-6903914","podcast_index_feed_id":6903914,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/662f8689e9f4880011c29f68","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-royals","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/662f8689e9f4880011c29f68/1777061125426-3db3ab8b-6b51-477a-a6e1-723abedd091b.jpeg","author":"The Times","episode_count":122,"summary":"The latest news on the drama that is the British royal family. Providing the inside story on Charles and Camilla, William and Kate, Harry and Meghan (and more!), The Times and The Sunday Times's royal editors Kate Mansey and Roya Nikkhah bring you the untold stories of what's really going on during the reign of King Charles III. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T10:21:01.156402+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-royals-6903914"},"episode":{"title":"King's state visit could be “problematic” warns former US ambassador","slug":"king-s-state-visit-could-be-problematic-warns-former-us-ambassador","published_at":"2026-03-14T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-royals-6903914/king-s-state-visit-could-be-problematic-warns-former-us-ambassador","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-royals-6903914","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-royals/episodes/royal-diplomacy-sir-peter-westmacott","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/662f8689e9f4880011c29f68/e/69b1666a94cfbd3a45427a4e/media.mp3","summary":"As King Charles and senior royals gathered for Commonwealth Day, the monarchy faced pressure on two fronts: domestic protests over Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, and MPs questioning whether the King’s US state visit should still go ahead amid Donald Trump’s war in Iran. Roya Nikkhah and Kate Mansey are joined by Sir Peter Westmacott, former British ambassador to the US and former deputy private secretary to King Charles, to discuss how the Palace manages crises on the world stage and why he believes the state visit next month is “problematic” if the war is still ongoing. Image: Getty Producer: Robert Wallace Executive Producer: Priyanka Deladia Should the King's US state visit go ahead? Get in touch: theroyals@thetimes.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"As King Charles and senior royals gathered for Commonwealth Day, the monarchy faced pressure on two fronts: domestic protests over Andrew Mountbatten-Wind…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1747,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-royals-6903914/episodes/king-s-state-visit-could-be-problematic-warns-former-us-ambassador/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-royals-6903914/king-s-state-visit-could-be-problematic-warns-former-us-ambassador.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}