King Charles Iii Us Diplomacy

yeah well they Germans, are and and uh and they and if they if you trace the line back to the norman dynasty i suppose they're partly french but uh yeah uh i mean that took a lot of skill and it went down incredibly well with both of those parliaments but But the more personal experience I had the first time I, and I've met Charles, you know, as you do in a diplomatic lineup over the years when he's come to New Zealand or at other times. But it was about 2013, I think, I had three quarters of an hour with him in New Zealand at Government House together with David Shearer. And, you know, I've done a lot of bilateral meetings and you kind of make a judgment about the people that you're talking to and how good they are. And I. As a diplomat, I gave him 10 out of 10. He'd clearly read the briefs. He knew everything that he needed to know, both about myself and Shira. He asked us questions that pertained to our interests and then followed them up. He showed genuine interest. He was a good communicator. And at the end of it, you came away feeling really positive about this guy that he was interested in what you were interested in. He was a good representative of his country. He had particular warmth towards New Zealand. Now, you know, look, all of those things you'd expect a monarch or a diplomat to do, but he did it. particularly well.