Professor Kate Williams

Professor Kate Williams is a historian, author, and broadcaster, and professor of Modern History at Reading University. Her books include Rival Queens: The Betrayal of Mary, Queen of Scots (Hutchinson, 2018), Becoming Queen (Cornerstone, 2012), and an acclaimed biography of Emma Hamilton.

Episode 7Whitehall Palace. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 6Caernarfon Castle. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 5Buckingham Palace. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 4Hampton Court Palace. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 3Conwy Castle. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 2Holyrood Palace. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 1Hever Castle. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hever Castle.

Five shocking tales from Britain’s royal palaces. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Video podcastHidden labs, sex gardens & torture attics: secrets of British royal palaces. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of young Queen Victoria wearing a tiara

The young Queen Victoria’s struggle to gain the throne

Mary Stuart, shown here in a painting after Nicholas Hilliard, might have been a good queen, says Kate Williams, but the odds were stacked against her. (Image by Superstock)

Who betrayed Mary, Queen Of Scots?

Princess Elizabeth 1939

The young Elizabeth II: life before she was Queen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Mary Queen of Scots, after Nicholas Hilliard, 16th century, National Portrait Gallery, London. (Photo by SuperStock)

Mary, Queen of Scots’ tragic life. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.