February 22, 2023 - 11:13 GMT Andrea Caamano A Right Royal Podcast's latest episode is here and this week, HELLO!'s Andrea Caamano and Emmy Griffiths take a deep dive into what really goes on during royal tours.
We've chatted to three incredible guests: former press secretary to the Queen Dickie Arbiter, What Kate Wore founder Susan E. Kelley and our very own royal editor, Emily Nash, who have given listeners a real insight into the months of preparation,"reccies" and what goes on to make the royals' trips abroad as successful as they can be.
"There's never any guarantee you are going to get the right type of blood at your destination," he adds. Despite all the incredible hard work that goes on behind the scenes, some royal tours can be faced with unexpected mishaps, as Dickie recalls of the then-Prince and Princess of Wales' 1992 tour of South Korea.
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