Podcast Episodes

Help! The Royals are Coming for Tea - Part 1

Season 3 Episode 20

Royal visits gone wrong: the tantrums, the takings, and the tartest tongues in history.

This week, Queens, Kings & Dastardly Things throws open the palace doors to a line-up of monarchs and princes wh…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Dragons & The Royals - Part 2

Season 3 Episode 19

Pull up a velvet throne and grab your alchemy kit – in this episode of Queens, Kings and Dastardly Things, Robert Hardman and Professor Kate Williams swirl together Arthurian legends, royal superstit…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Dragons & The Royals - Part 1

Season 3 Episode 18

Welcome to the only podcast where royal scandal meets fire-breathing lizards. Listen Now!

In this hilarious and history-soaked episode of Queens, Kings and Dastardly Things, Daily Mail columnist Rober…

Published on 4 months, 4 weeks ago

Royal Family Blunders

Season 3 Episode 17

What’s the worst Royal blunder of the modern age? Listen to find out!

The Royal's public image is a delicate balance; attempts to entertain or appear modern can be seriously cringe.

Thumbs up for the l…

Published on 5 months ago

Royal Blind Dates - Part 2

Season 3 Episode 16

Which Royal blind date ended with the burning of six witches? Listen to find out!

In the second of two episodes, Royal historians Robert Hardman and Professor Kate Williams explore the often awkward a…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Royal Blind Dates - Part 1

Season 3 Episode 15

Which aristocratic lady ‘swiped left’ when Henry VIII went looking for a new wife? Listen to find out!

In the first of two episodes, Royal historians Robert Hardman and Professor Kate Williams look at…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

The Sex Life of Queen Victoria

Season 3 Episode 14

Revealing the surprising sex life of Queen Victoria. Listen Now!

A special edition of our podcast in collaboration with History Hit’s Betwixt the Sheets.

Robert Hardman and Professor Kate Williams te…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Royals in Crisis: Edward & Mrs Simpson - Part 3

Season 3 Episode 13

Find out how Edward and Mrs Simpson cosied up to Adolf Hitler. Listen now!

Learn about the fury of the Royal Family and how the couple were shunned, and we reveal that Edward may have advised Hitler t…

Published on 6 months ago

Royals in Crisis: Edward & Mrs Simpson - Part 2

Season 3 Episode 12

Find out the truth about Wallis Simpson and the rumours of her sex lessons in a Chinese brothel. Listen now!

Learn about one of the cast-aside lovers of Edward who devoted her life to spreading dark r…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Royals in Crisis: Edward & Mrs Simpson - Part 1

Season 3 Episode 11

Find out about King Edward VIII's cruel nanny and the courtesans who shaped his view of women.

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Learn how Edward scandalised the court and upset his father with a string of affairs with mar…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago