1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:04,240 Speaker 1: Devin Gray is a UK correspondent. Hey Gevin, good afternoon. 2 00:00:04,320 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: They're head the well. Okay, so we've we've got the 3 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:09,080 Speaker 1: old case of these guys who chop down the sycamore 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:12,639 Speaker 1: tree at Hadrian's Wall. Has the trial just started, has it? Yes? 5 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:14,600 Speaker 1: It has. It's likely to go on for a week. 6 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 1: But the opening submissions have been absolutely fascinating because it 7 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:22,920 Speaker 1: is being said by the prosecution that the pair kept 8 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:26,520 Speaker 1: a wedge of the tree as a trophy for felling it, 9 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 1: that they were described to be on a moronic mission 10 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:34,240 Speaker 1: to take this tree down. For those that can't remember, 11 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 1: the Sycamore Gap is a famous piece of north East England. 12 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 1: It's a heritage site. Hadrian's Wall runs through it, built 13 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:46,319 Speaker 1: by the Romans, and a tree while standing there for 14 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 1: more than one hundred and fifty years pictured between these 15 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:52,520 Speaker 1: inner dip between these two hills. It's featured in lots 16 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 1: of Hollywood films and so forth, and really is a 17 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 1: very very famous site. And then one night somebody chopped 18 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:01,640 Speaker 1: it down. And now two people are thirty nine and 19 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 1: a thirty two year old from Cumbria who traveled a 20 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 1: roughly forty or so minutes. It's been alleged in a 21 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:11,319 Speaker 1: range rover to chop it down. Have effectively just decided 22 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 1: that they are now going to be on trial for this. 23 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 1: The tree was planted in the late eighteen hundreds. The 24 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 1: prosecutors are absolutely convinced that they have their people. There 25 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 1: was even a forty second grainy video on one of 26 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 1: the mobile phones. It's alleged off the pair that they 27 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:33,280 Speaker 1: can be seen cutting this down. So the criminal act, 28 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 1: as it's been alluded to in court, was a moronic 29 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:41,400 Speaker 1: mission that the pair were reveling in, delighted that it 30 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 1: made international headlines. As I said, the trial continues and 31 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 1: they deny their involvement. Devin, is there a mode of here? 32 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 1: There has been just like why did they do it? 33 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 1: I think a little bit of notoriety they found it, 34 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 1: I dare say, funny. Those are the allegations that the 35 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 1: prosecutors are putting through. Oh such lolls. Hey, now, Meghan Michael, 36 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:08,520 Speaker 1: was she allowed to use the HRH or not? Well no, 37 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:12,399 Speaker 1: as part of an agreement with the Queen not in public. 38 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:14,920 Speaker 1: Now there's been the spit of a spat now because 39 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:20,519 Speaker 1: on a video accompanying a podcast from a UK cosmetics entrepreneur, 40 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:28,239 Speaker 1: Meghan has sent this entrepreneur some jam and goodies from 41 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 1: her collection, and it is attached with a card that 42 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:36,360 Speaker 1: is signed from her Royal Highness or HRH as that's known, 43 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 1: with the compliments of HRH, the Duchess of Sussex. The 44 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:43,640 Speaker 1: card says to this entrepreneur, Jamie Kern Lima. So all 45 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 1: of a sudden, people are like, ahhng on a minute, 46 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 1: because that was an agreement with the late Queen to 47 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:51,520 Speaker 1: say you can keep the title, but you really mustn't 48 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 1: use it. And what Meghan and her sources are saying 49 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 1: anyway is effectively no, I didn't use it in public. 50 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 1: This was a private gift a private friend. I must say. 51 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:05,919 Speaker 1: There's some dispute about exactly how friendly they are, and 52 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:09,960 Speaker 1: that therefore it's not breaking the tradition. However, of course, 53 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 1: when the pair left the UK and they stopped being 54 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 1: working roles back in twenty twenty, this was one of 55 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:19,440 Speaker 1: the conditions, and so plenty of people here absolutely furious 56 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:22,080 Speaker 1: and suggesting that the King go the full tilt now 57 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:26,640 Speaker 1: and remove the HIH titles as well. Interesting. Gavin, thanks 58 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 1: very much, do appreciate it. We'll talk to you in 59 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 1: a couple of Days Kevin Gray are UK correspondents. For 60 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:34,079 Speaker 1: more from Hither Duplessy Alan Drive, Listen live to news 61 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 1: talks it'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow the 62 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 1: podcast on iHeartRadio