Prince Harry is set to guest edit an episode of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, to be broadcast in the period between Christmas and New Year.
According to Kensington Palace, the prince is set to use this opportunity to highlight the issues that are closest to him, including mental health.
‘Prince Harry is grateful to have Today’s considerable reach to shine a spotlight on a number of issues that are close to his heart,’ a Palace spokesperson said a statement. ‘He is working closely with the Today team to produce segments on a range of topics, including youth violence, conservation and mental health.’
It’s the 14th year that the Today programme has handed over editorship to public figures over the Christmas period, and Prince Harry is not the first royal to turn journalist: Sarah Ferguson, the then Duchess of York, was a guest editor back in 2004.
Other guest editors for 2017’s festive editions include the Conservative peer Baroness Trumpington, Tamara Rojo, the artistic director of the English National Ballet, and Booker Prize-winning author Ben Okri. A special ‘robot’ edition of the show will, according to the BBC, ‘use Artificial Intelligence to conduct an interview through a journalist modelled on current presenter Mishal Husain.
Sarah Sands, editor of Today, said: ‘We are delighted by the range of guest editors this year. This Christmas tradition allows our listeners to benefit from the experiences and perspectives of remarkable public figures.’
‘We finish with a programme dedicated to AI which gives a glimpse of the future of Today,’ she added. The dates for the special editions of Today are yet to be confirmed, so watch this space.
Prince Harry follows in the footsteps of his older brother and sister-in-law: earlier this year, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge paid a visit to BBC Radio 1, where they joined Greg James for the broadcast of his Friday chart show to spread awareness of their Heads Together mental health campaign.
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Prince Harry surprises his mother, Princess Diana, by sticking his tongue out at the Trooping of the Colour, 1988
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Prince Harry at Eton College Drawing School, 2008
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Prince Harry during a visit to Lesotho to see the work of his charity Sentebale, 2014
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Prince Harry visits Touching Tiny Lives in Lesotho, an organisation supported by his charity Sentebale, 2008
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Prince Harry gets hands-on while volunteering for Team Rubicon UK in Nepal, 2016
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Prince Harry celebrates Christmas at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan, 2012
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Prince Harry races to fly his Apache helicopter in Afghanistan, 2012
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Prince Harry is presented with flowers as he visits an earthquake-damaged school in Nepal, 2016
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Prince Harry joins the team on the BBC's DIY SOS to help renovate homes for ex-service personnel, 2015
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Prince Harry with Kanye West and P Diddy at the Concert for Diana, 2007
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Prince Harry documents a visit to Lesotho, 2008
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Groomsman Prince Harry entertains bridesmaid Lady Louise Windsor at the wedding of his brother Prince William to Catherine Duchess of Cambridge, 2011
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Princes William and Harry play the piano at Kensington Palace, 1985
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Prince Harry with his shetland pony at Highgrove, 1987
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Prince Harry takes part in the Audi Polo Challenge, 2016
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Prince Harry joins the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in Harry Potter's Diagon Alley at the opening of Warner Bros. Studios, 2013
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Prince Harry with Veyron the puppy at the Canine Partners Training Centre, 2010
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Prince Harry salutes during a Remembrance Sunday service in Afghanistan, 2014
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Prince Harry shows off his skiing prowess in Austria, 1991
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Prince Harry visits the Star Wars film set with brother Prince William, 2016
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Prince Harry joins in with a game of sitting Volleyball at the launch of the Invictus Games, 2014
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Prince Harry waves to photographers before his first day at nursery school, 1987
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Prince Harry plays in the gardens of Highgrove, 1986
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Prince Harry joins in with a wheelchair rugby match during the Invictus Games, 2014
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Prince Harry gets a kiss from a fan outside Sydney Opera House, 2015
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When Prince Harry met RnB queen Rihanna in Barbados to mark the country's 50 years of independence.
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