In this episode of The Weekend T, Poppy Coburn and Michael Deacon discuss King Charles’s letter confirming Harry and Meghan as private citizens, Uganda pulling out of the Invictus Games,Prince George starting at Eton, and Andy Burnham’s proposal to let regional mayors introduce a hotel tourist tax.

They also review Donald Trump’s proposed $5,000 payment to Americans, Kelsey Grammer’s support for Trump, bus drivers being allowed to cut shifts in cold weather, Suella Braverman’s plans for national anthems in schools, overly polite Britons refusing to hang up on scammers, and an American Airlines passenger being restrained with duct tape.

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Highlights:

King Charles issues an intervention letter
Prince George starts at Eton
Andy Burnham launches tourist tax

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Andy Burnham, why not bring in a rucksack tax too?

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Andy Burnham, why not bring in a rucksack tax too?