Gyles Brandreth

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I'm coming to you backwards and forwards.

This is Rosebud.

I'm Giles Branforth.

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Hello again and welcome to Rosebud.

This week I happen to be in New York City.

I've come to New York to record episodes of Rosebud, but I've also come because this week coincides with the visit to the United States of America of King Charles III and Queen Camilla.

And yesterday I got together at the New York Public Library with Queen Camilla because I happen to be a trustee of a charity called the Queen's Reading Room.

This is the charity set up by Queen Camilla to spread the joy of reading.

So she was in New York at the New York Public Library and there was a fascinating panel of authors there, distinguished authors.

And one of them was Harlan Coburn.

who I know has supported the Queen's Reading Room in the past.

He is literally one of the world's best-selling authors.

I mean, his books have been translated into 46 languages, sold more than 90 million copies.

He's a Sunday Times number one bestseller, a New York Times number one bestseller.

He's a big international star on the writing scene, and now his books have been turned into very successful Netflix series.

So I thought, you're in New York, I'm in New York,

Let me grab you.

Let me bring you over to Essex House overlooking Central Park, where we have our Rosebud studio in New York.