Royal women, with Professor Kate Williams

Join Professor Kate Williams for a six-part HistoryExtra series uncovering the little-known stories behind some of history’s most famous queens.

You’ll meet Cleopatra, the brilliant strategist who fought Rome for Egypt’s survival – Marie Antoinette, the queen blamed for a revolution she couldn’t control – and Elizabeth II, whose image shaped modern royalty.

Across millennia, we’ll explore how royal women navigated power, politics, and expectation and how their legacies were shaped long after their deaths.