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British kings and queens podcast episodes

Aethelred II, known as Aethelred the Unready

Medieval kings and queens

Shakespeare didn't do the Norman Conquest, but the Bayeux Tapestry did, so where does that leave the BBC's King and Conqueror?.

A portrait of King George III, next to a shackle in the foreground of Buckingham palace.

Did the British royal family support slavery?

An illustration of a king dressed in a green and orange robe. He is wearing a crown and holding a sceptre

King Æthelstan: England's colossus.

India Amarteifio as Queen Charlotte and Corey Mylchreest as George III (Photo by Liam Daniel/Netflix © 2023)

The real history behind Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story

Beyond the podcastThe Gunpowder plot

Two green hearts are sideways, facing each other. In each there is an image: one has a painting of Elizabeth I and the other has a painting of the Duke of Anjou

The Virgin Queen? Elizabeth I's forbidden love.

A collage of four images, depicting four different kings against a blue background

1066: who was the rightful king?.

A graphic of Queen Elizabeth I, with a night sky graphic

The Bisley Boy: was Queen Elizabeth I replaced by a man? The real history that debunks the conspiracy

A woman dressed in a ruffled dress and spotted robe holds a young child in a white, lacy dress and cap

Maria of Modena: The queen who started a revolution.

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An illustration of Matilda of Flanders, queen consort of William the Conqueror. As queen after the Norman Conquest, Matilda played a key political role.

The conqueror’s queen: meet the real Matilda of Flanders

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Download your Kings and Queens of Britain poster

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Download your free Kings and Queen of Britain poster

Juliet Stevenson as Emma of Normandy in BBC drama King and Conqueror (Photo via BBC)

Emma of Normandy: not just a two-time queen consort of England

John Brown, here with Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria and John BrownThe controversial relationship between sovereign and servant

British royal family podcast episodes

Victorians podcast episodes

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What are the best history podcasts? These picks are the perfect way step into the past

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President Reagan laughs following a joke by Queen Elizabeth, who commented on the lousy California weather she had experienced since her arrival to the States. The British Queen is delivering a brief address during a state dinner held at the De Young Museum in San Francisco. (Picture by Bettmann/Getty Images)

Queen Elizabeth's relationships with US presidents

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Turning points in British history.

An illustration showing Queen Elizabeth I. Her body has been replaced with an egg timer and her facial expression is looking worried.

Master the art of procrastination, with the help of the Virgin Queen.

Aethelred II, known as Aethelred the Unready

Aethelred: why was the Anglo-Saxon king called ‘the Unready’?

The perimeter fence of the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz.

Holocaust podcast episodes

This painted portrait depicts Ranavalona I, who ruled the Merina Kingdom of Madagascar from 1828 to 1861. Her reign was marked by violent efforts to resist European influence and preserve Malagasy sovereignty.

Meet the blood-soaked African queen who killed her own people in the face of colonialism