and the biggest piano in the world is to be found in the battlefield. so the big news in britain on wednesday evening was the shock announcement released on instagram by prince harry and meghan the duchess of sussex that they want to step back from royal duty is to a certain extent and the notorious pritish tabloid press whose harsh headlines about the couple of no doubt contributed to this decision i've already given it a name meg's it's ok. how are you and meghan on their wedding day it was thought to be the start of a new chapter for the british royal family but it was not meant to read like this in an instagram post the couple explained he would step back a senior royals and would aim to become financially independent it seems the difficulty even the queen of our guard she's reported to be heart one commentator

said it was beyond belief last year was pretty dreadful for the royal family this has begun in a way that is not only completely unprecedented but potentially it's undoubtedly has a very serious consequences in a test statement the royal household said these were quote complicated issues that would require time to work through ever since they revealed their relationship to the world how he and meghan never looked all too comfortable with the rule when their son archie was born they kept the details under wrap much to the era taishan of britain's for racial top lloyd price after the african last summer their rift with the media widened when they said they were suing a newspaper over invasion of privacy and in december they said they would break from tradition to spend the christmas holidays not with the queen but in canada.

outside buckingham palace and the reaction to the bombshell news has been mixed i have. taken a step back from the media because i think they're in the media so much so if they want to live a private life then yeah it will probably maybe they. think they're. going to have an origin of these completely irresponsible things the rules that they should be ice coating with. it may be that such high expectations have brought about this rupture but that and we're it leads next only harry i'm a good no. american colleague david left it says here's a chat more about this and this can have been an easy decision for as well for a couple of really trying to get away from the press they must have known that this was going to cause another media storm and maybe that's why it seems they didn't

get the greens permission on this before they went ahead and now seeing the decision but you're british what do you think that this will mean to the brits. more is made to the brits i think it is going to be mixed we saw. i think some people are as fed up about the royals as they are about bricks that i think some will think they're even deserts is on the other hand i think some people will sympathize with the young couple who want to have some sort of normalcy in their lives but have they really thought this through because of course they're getting criticism about the fact that 2400000 pounds was spent on the house only windsor is state people criticizing salary even criticizing saying they should pay back the money that the wedding cost well you know if you let her go back to acting maybe she can rake it back and i think on the other side of the atlantic you know meghan is american i think the american media is going to be saying how awful was this princess fairy tale really for maggie and i mean how many little girls and boys for

that matter. around the world dream about marrying a prince or princess and becoming a royal she is the one who got to do it also this marriage was a huge p.r. coup for the royal family on both sides of the atlantic but here she is she's not happy he's not happy and the british press keep on hounding and i think that's the crux of the matter which i don't think harry has ever forgiven the british press and the power perhaps in general for what he things they did to his mom i think he still believes they were responsible for her death and who could forget the funeral seeing this young child i mean it was all for and for him the price is now threatening the happy happiness of his wife which i think we can we can all see that there's very much an old wound here that's a play i think though talking about diana's death the other thing about that episode that still looms over the monarchy is how much the queen's popularity took a dip based on the coldness of her reaction and i think this is another situation

where the monarchy is going to have to be very careful how they react they're going to have to show they're going to have to show humanity they're going to have to show that they do have feelings for their family members and also maybe that they're willing to make some changes as the tricky moment because we've just had the prince andrew de bronco who has just stepped down from his role because of his association with a convicted paedophile jeffrey stein the queen is 93 years old she's not going to be around forever as we all know is the the 2nd most popular rohloff and i bet you the rule family really don't want to lose him well they can't afford to lose the you know and what i would say if they want to survive this and if they want to survive through the 21st century as the british royal family this is going to sound brash and it's going to sound maybe to american but if she wants to go back to making t.v. and movies in the states letter if he wants to go if harry wants to go have

a love affair with the american prez they're going to be a lot nicer to him. in the british press was let him go take advantage of the good publicity and while you're at it maybe think about getting william on the throne a little sooner because i don't know if you've seen prince charles but i do not think that most people in britain or in commonwealth countries like canada or australia are eager to have them to have prince charles on their money when queen elizabeth does go well let's face it it's never going to happen we could talk about this forever but for now david thanks very much for your insights. the largest piano in the world most probably doesn't look like what you would imagine the keyboard is actually the normal size it's the frame that is enormous and it is this cabinet of frame that makes the tongue so naturally they spin on a 95 meters high as a really rich and summers type sound. world's

largest piano weighs over a tonne and stands 4.7 metres high. this touching course is one of latvia's most famous pianists. it's the 1st time he's played the model 470 i mean he's thrilled with the sound. on this piano and you can have the longest sound ever no other piano can produce such a long sound if you press the key. you can enjoy a quality sound. for a very very long time. piano was built in back hungry on the danube. vince and his international team of instrument builders make up rights in cottons workshop by hand. in his workshop

he and his team build pianos for clients the world over in ists composers concert houses and even for music lovers able and willing to pay for such an instrument. but the greatest challenge was to draw all the copper wire strings evenly. if you apply a little too much tension the strings thickness will vary and that inevitably causes it to develop unwanted vibrations later on and that means the tone won't be pure go . back to van spools like the the world's largest piano is thoroughly integrated into the architecture of the modern concert house. the sound of a conventional concert grand piano compared with a model for 70 i. is it's just not as rich as it sounds much thinner or more wooden so you can tell

that the strings are trying to make the tone but the soundboard doesn't play along . if you want to play it just a large happy. tech shirt on the spirit or it sounds just like a really nice symphony orchestra you know it's like. duffy clavin has many more ideas such as a piano that floats toward the audience or a piano inside a lotus blossom his future models will definitely be something to look forward to. salvador dali with the 2 greatest icons of the surrealist movement in the early 20th century for the very 1st time they've been brought face to face in a major exhibition currently at the fine arts museum in brussels they didn't like each other but did respect each other's work also both were very prolific over 100 works on show in the belgian capital. dreamlike artworks defying reality

the 2 grand masters of surrealism salvador dali and i could meet up brought together at brussels royal fine arts museum the exhibition shows their different interpretations of surrealist idea spanish artist dali is known for his subconscious imagery his depiction of morphing and melting bodies and objects his belgian counterpart painted realistic objects like doors or windows and arrange them in a fantastic and surreal manner. the exhibition highlights differences as well as parallels and mutual influences for example markets act of violence as referenced by dali in the temptation of antony dali my cleats iconic female torso and placed it inside a dome. the idea is grounds were very different they belong to different worlds but they should common ground the way they looked at things how

they patrol the infinite invents paintings and the deconstruction of language. there to painters met twice in 1929 but never became friends. there was a distance between them because they had different personalities the we've grown to make a great image of the little. simply with his wife georgette darley he has a bow rock personality he plays with madness and darling self promotion. it found insufferable just as you booked up. dolly and michael beat 2 great creative minds who shaped the surrealist movement after trying to get century and his artwork still fascinate today. finally today a new musical about frank sinatra had its world premiere here in berlin on wednesday 5 sly features time warner sinatra and here is me he may have pharo for

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