Queens, Kings, and Dastardly Things
Expert history with a wicked twist: Queens, Kings and Dastardly Things is the podcast that goes behind palace doors and beyond the balcony smiles, to uncover the stories that the history books have politely skipped. Queens, Kings & Dastardly Things reveals the schemers, lovers, plotters and even the pets who’ve made the British monarchy the world’s longest-running reality show.Hosts, Royal biographers Robert Hardman and Professor Kate Williams trace how power, passion and paranoia have shaped ev...
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Episodes (117)
Spies & The Crown - Part 1
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Can Royals Be Jailed?
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Trump Royale
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Monstrous Royals: Bloody Mary v The Serpent Queen
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Monstrous Royals: King John v Richard III
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Monstrous Royals: Henry VIII v Louis XIV
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Help! The Royals are Coming for Tea - Part 2
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Help! The Royals are Coming for Tea - Part 1
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Dragons & The Royals - Part 2
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Dragons & The Royals - Part 1
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Royal Family Blunders
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Royal Blind Dates - Part 2
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Royal Blind Dates - Part 1
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The Sex Life of Queen Victoria
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Royals in Crisis: Edward & Mrs Simpson - Part 3
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Royals in Crisis: Edward & Mrs Simpson - Part 2
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Royals in Crisis: Edward & Mrs Simpson - Part 1
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Royals & Dastardly Thieves - Part 2
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Royals & Dastardly Thieves - Part 1
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Terror at the Palace - Part 3
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Terror at the Palace - Part 2
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Terror at the Palace - Part 1
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Royal House Guests from Hell - Part 2
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Royal House Guests from Hell - Part 1
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Worst Royal Wedding Nights
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The Whip and Royal Education
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Do Royals Have Magic Powers?
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Bonus Episode: Edward VII's Sex Chair
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Christmas Special: What was the Worst Royal Christmas Ever?
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10: The Princes in the Tower
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9: The Royal massacre you've never heard of
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8: The Duke of Cumberland and the slit throat mystery!
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7: Was Anne Boleyn unfaithful?
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6: Did Rasputin really cause the Russian Revolution?
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5: Charles II: Britain’s sex-mad monarch?
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4: Did a diamond necklace end the French monarchy?
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3: James II and his fake heir scandal!
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2: Did Queen Victoria secretly marry her servant?
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1: Did Mary Queen of Scots murder her husband?
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Coming Soon... Queens, Kings, and Dastardly Things
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25: Wolferton Splash (The Crown Season 1, Episode 1)
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24: Moondust (The Crown Season 3, Episode 7)
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23: Scoop with Sam McAlister
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22: Marionettes (The Crown Season 2, Episode 5)
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21: Aberfan (The Crown Series 3, Episode 3)
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20: Ipatiev House (The Crown Season 5, Episode 6)
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19: Dear Mrs Kennedy (The Crown Season 2, Episode 8)
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18: Bubbikins (The Crown Season 3 Episode 4)
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17: Gelignite (The Crown Season 1 Episode 6)
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16: 48:1 (The Crown Season 4, Episode 8)
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