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British kings and queens podcast episodes
From Henry VIII and his wives to Elizabeth I and Queen Victoria, the monarchy is an ever-popular area of British history. Browse our archive of HistoryExtra podcasts on kings and queens...
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MembershipaudioHidden labs, sex gardens & torture attics: secrets of British royal palaces. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Professor Kate Williams shares some of the tawdry, gory and often discomforting stories witnessed by Britain's beloved royal palaces
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David Mitchell on England's monarchy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
David Mitchell talks to Matt Elton about his debut history book, chronicling centuries of England’s monarchy – and offering a wry look at how it has forged the nation’s identity
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MembershipaudioThe fall and rise of Henry III. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
David Carpenter charts a tumultuous year in the mid-13th century when one of England’s longest reigning monarchs was removed from power
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MembershipaudioRobert Harris on the manhunt for Charles I’s killers. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Historical novelist Robert Harris discusses his new book, which follows Charles II’s hunt for the men who killed his father
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MembershipaudioJane Seymour: Henry VIII’s favourite queen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Alison Weir discusses the life and tragic death of the Tudor king’s third wife, who bore him his long-awaited male heir
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MembershipaudioElizabeth I’s greatest rival?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Estelle Paranque untangles the complex relationship between Elizabeth I and Catherine de Medici, two 16th-century queens who wielded huge power - and frequently locked horns over religion, marriage and more
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Elizabeth I and Anne Boleyn: the Tudor queen’s undying love for her mother
The Virgin Queen lionised her “dearest father” in public, despite a childhood in which she was made illegitimate and neglected by Henry VIII. Yet, writes Tracy Borman, examine what Elizabeth did – as opposed to what she said – and it’s evident that her sympathies lay with her mother, Anne Boleyn...
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MembershipaudioThe pretenders who threatened Henry VII’s crown. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Nathen Amin discusses the plots and conspiracies that threatened to unseat Henry VII from his throne
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MembershipaudioHenry III: inside the mind of a medieval king. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
David Carpenter, author of a major new biography of Henry III, explains how we know more about his inner mind than any other English king of the period
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MembershipaudioEdward I’s letters. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Dr Kathleen Neal explains what we can learn about Edward I, the famously militaristic “Hammer of the Scots”, from his letters
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MembershipaudioThe man who made King Alfred great. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Robert Gallagher brings to light newly discovered evidence about Asser, the biographer of King Alfred
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MembershipaudioQueens in the Age of Chivalry. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Bestselling historical author Alison Weir shares the dramatic stories of five 14th-century queen consorts – from Marguerite of France to Isabella of Valois
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MembershipaudioMary, Queen of Scots: The Scottish years. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Rosemary Goring explores the ill-fated years Mary, Queen of Scots spent in her home country, revealing her connections to Scotland’s grand palaces and dank battlefields
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MembershipaudioQueen Charlotte: real history behind the new Bridgerton series. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Polly Putnam, historical advisor on Netflix’s new series, delves into the real royal history that inspired Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
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MembershipaudioQueen Victoria’s spy network. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Richard J Aldrich and Rory Cormac discuss Queen Victoria’s love of espionage and her network of royal intelligence agents
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MembershipaudioQueen Victoria by Lucy Worsley. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Lucy Worsley explores the life of Queen Victoria, who is the subject of her new biography
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