More Rosebud - Gyles's Diary episode 43
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What exciting events does Gyles share from his weekend?
Welcome to another episode of More Rosebud. This is, well, where you get more of me and you get some of my friend, my colleague, my producer, Harriet Jane. How are you, Harriet?
I'm fine, thanks, Charles.
I'm going to give people a little bit of a secret, give away something, because they're hearing this, if they're hearing it for the first time on the day it's dropped, on a Tuesday morning. But we're actually recording it a few days before, because they're going to be reading from my diary. Mm. And I was going to say, well, what a marvellous weekend I've just had, because among my many excitements this weekend was attending Trooping the Colour, which is the... So lucky. Yeah. And I sit in the commentary box with one of our wonderful previous guests, the amazing... Claire Balding.
How did Gyles's experience at Trooping the Colour unfold?
Claire Balding.
and a marvelous soldier who is from the grenadier guards who are this year trooping the color with the king and the queen and all the rest of the royal family and then i thought no i can't say how wonderful that was because it hasn't happened yet
Oh, I see.
Just in case, for some reason, I'm sure it wouldn't be, but just in case it was cancelled. Or, you know, I talked about, you might say, well, were you cold up there? What was it like? And it was a brilliant day. Or were there soldiers fainting? The reason I'm very careful about this is, as you know, I wrote a biography of the late Queen Elizabeth II. And she had, when she was a child, a sort of nanny, nursemaid, governess called Miss Crawford, known as Crawfy within the family.
What controversial book did Gyles publish about the Queen?
And Crawfey basically blotted her copybook by writing a book about her life with the little princesses because she looked after Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose and was dropped by the royal family. It was an act of betrayal, etc. And she was distressed that she'd done it, but she'd done it. It was too late. She'd taken the money. And then she went on to write magazine articles. And one year she, I think, wrote an article describing Royal Ascot or some annual event that always was the same. She wrote this article before it had happened. And that year it was cancelled. So the article still appeared in the newspaper or the magazine describing an event that that year hadn't taken place.
Why did Gyles decide to fire the nanny?
So one should never do that.
No. But you could just say, I'm going to do Trooping the Colour.
Well, I am saying that.
In a few days.
Yes, because we're recording this. But by the time people hear this on Tuesday, it will have been and gone.
Yeah, but people can get their heads around that concept, Giles, that this doesn't go out live. It's recorded a few days before it goes out.
And many people listen to it.
What insights do Gyles and Harriet share about love at first sight?
Can't you listeners? Do you know what, Giles, could I tell you something which may come as a surprise to you? The Rosebud listener is a person of above average intelligence. And I'm telling you that for a fact, because I can feel it through the airwaves coming to me.
We know that because we have advertising that surrounds us that helps pay for what we're doing. And we know that the advertisers know who's listening. And that's why the ads are all so sophisticated.
They're so classy, our ads.
They are. Some people are missing them because there are people who belong to our offering that includes a Sunday.
How does John Keats's poetry relate to instant attraction?
The ad-free. If you want an ad-free offering, it is there. It's called patreon.com forward slash rosebud. And you can just apply for that. family the rosebud family and you get us and you get extra things on a sunday but some people like me i listen like a real person yeah so i'll listen to this episode on tuesday evening in the bathroom and uh it's it's quite fun and so i listen to the ads as well though i have discovered you can press this little thing on my phone i could if i wanted to fast forward
Don't say that, Giles. Come on. No, you listen to the ads because they help to pay for the production team and all the people that we have helping us at the moment. And they are classy, our ads, aren't they? And you read them in a very classy way, I might just say, Giles.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What exciting events does Gyles share from his weekend?
0:21–1:08
2
How did Gyles's experience at Trooping the Colour unfold?
1:08–1:52
3
What controversial book did Gyles publish about the Queen?
1:52–2:33
4
Why did Gyles decide to fire the nanny?
2:33–2:58
5
What insights do Gyles and Harriet share about love at first sight?
2:58–3:37
6
How does John Keats's poetry relate to instant attraction?
3:37–4:23
7
What humorous anecdotes does Gyles share about his performance experiences?
4:23–4:45
8
What reflections does Gyles have on the state of modern entertainment?
4:45–50:50