The King found himself in the middle of a scrum as he hosted the Black Ferns, the New Zealand women’s rugby union team, at Buckingham Palace. The squad was invited for an audience with His Majesty ahead of their match against England’s Red Roses on Saturday, 14th September. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00I'm not too bad, am I?
00:30Hello.
00:32Nice to meet you.
00:34Who's who?
00:36Scrum Lord.
00:38Really?
00:40What position did you play?
00:42I lived with Scrum.
00:44Then I moved to Canada.
00:46Where did you go to Germany?
00:48Germany.
00:54Sir, this is my Joseph.
00:56Nice to meet you.
00:59And you don't know yet
01:01whether you've been selected
01:03for Saturday night.
01:05Pretty soon.
01:07Well, I did at school.
01:09Oh, my God.
01:12Oh, wow.
01:26Your Majesty,
01:28I'd just like to say a few words.
01:30In the last two weeks back home,
01:32our people have been mourning
01:36with the passing of our Maori monarch,
01:38Kingi Tuheitia VII.
01:44Thank you for your condolences.
01:46We really appreciate it.
01:48I've already said
01:50I hope that you'll have great success.
01:52I'm split in my loyalties,
01:54so I have to be as careful as possible.
01:56But can I also say
01:58that I feel deeply
02:00for the loss of Kingi
02:02so suddenly,
02:04having spoken to him
02:06on the telephone only recently,
02:08and then suddenly to hear
02:10that he died
02:12was a real shock.
02:14And I have such happy memories
02:16of seeing him in New Zealand,
02:18but also here
02:20at the time of the coronation
02:22when he so kindly came
02:24all the way for that.
02:26So I can imagine
02:28just what an impact
02:30his departure has had
02:32in New Zealand
02:34and on Maoridom.
02:36So again, my deepest condolences.
02:38A gift on behalf of the Blackfriars.
02:40That's very kind.
02:42I don't think I deserve that at all.
02:44It's owned by everybody.
02:46It's owned by everybody.
02:48Brilliant.
02:50Fantastic.
02:52I hope they don't fade this evening.
02:54Do we want to fade?
03:02Your Majesty, ladies,
03:04thank you very much.
03:06Take care of yourselves.