The Royals
by The Times
Can King Charles apologise for Britain’s role in slavery?
About this podcast
The latest news on the drama that is the British royal family.
Providing the inside story on Charles and Camilla, William and Kate, Harry and Meghan (and more!), The Times and The Sunday Times's royal editors Kate Mansey and Roya Nikkhah bring you the untold stories of what's really going on behind the palace gates.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 138 episodes
- Can King Charles apologise for Britain’s role in slavery? · 26 minKing Charles’s Caribbean tour has reached its most politically sensitive moment, as Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda amid growing calls for Britain to apologise…
- Does the Thomas Markle scandal change how we see Meghan? · 29 minInvestigators in the Philippines are looking into Thomas Markle Sr, the father of the Duchess of Sussex, after his son told authorities he had found child sex abuse images at his…
- Should William forgive Harry? · 27 minPrince Harry has renewed his call to reconcile with King Charles and Prince William — but are his public interventions making a private resolution harder? And should William meet…
- Are Harry and Meghan building an alternative royal court? · 25 minHarry and Meghan are back in Britain and this week they’re stepping out together for a series of public appearances that look strikingly like royal engagements. In Nottingham…
- Why Andrew is taking the police to court · 21 minWhy is Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor taking the Thames Valley Police to court — and what could his legal challenge change? Ahead of this week's High Court hearing, Kate Mansey and…
- Is King Charles under siege? · 24 minFour years into his reign, is King Charles setting the royal agenda — or being forced to react to the people and problems around him? Earl Spencer has renewed his attack on the…
- Earl Spencer, King Charles and the battle for Diana's legacy · 27 minDid King Charles really tell Earl Spencer that Diana would soon be forgotten? In his new memoir, Swan Song, Diana’s brother makes a series of explosive claims about the King’s…
- Why Harry and Meghan face a school and security crisis · 29 minWhy have Harry and Meghan moved Archie and Lilibet from their new school after just two days? Roya Nikkhah and Kate Mansey reveal what prompted the decision, how security…
- Inside Prince George’s new life at Eton College · 26 minPrince George started at Eton College this week, following in his father's footsteps at Britain's most prestigious school. But what will his new life as a 13-year-old boarding…
- Can Harry and Meghan really be 'private' royals in the UK? · 26 minHarry and Meghan have returned to Britain with Archie and Lilibet, but their new life remains remarkably undefined. How long will they stay, what will they do here — and can two…
- Catherine, Meghan, Camilla, Diana — the price of marrying a prince · 29 minDiana, Camilla, Catherine and Meghan each made the life-changing choice to marry into the House of Windsor. On the surface, it looks like a fairy tale. But what is the true cost…
- Harry and Meghan are moving back to the UK – why now? · 28 minHarry and Meghan are reportedly moving back to Britain with Archie and Lilibet, more than six years after leaving royal life for California. But why now — and how will their…
- Can Charles reunite with Harry and keep William on side? · 29 minPrince Harry is expected to return to Britain in September, amid signs of a thaw in his relationship with King Charles. But where does that leave Prince William? And can the King…
- Inside the search for King Charles's most powerful aide · 30 minSir Clive Alderton, the King’s most senior aide, is preparing to step down after 20 years at Charles and Camilla’s side. But who will replace him as King Charles’s new right-hand…
- Who will pay for Harry's High Court defeat? · 27 minPrince Harry and six other high-profile claimants lost every claim in their privacy case against Associated Newspapers. Now the publisher of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday is…
- King Charles and Andy Burnham: what happens when politics meets the palace? · 28 minAs Andy Burnham becomes Britain’s new prime minister, King Charles invites his fourth leader in four years to form a government, raising fresh questions about the true extent of…
- Harry, Meghan and the King: was Highgrove a royal breakthrough? · 26 minPrince Harry and Meghan returned to Britain with Archie and Lilibet for a strictly private reunion with King Charles and Queen Camilla at Highgrove. There were no photographs…
- Harry's UK return — rows, rulings and palace psychodrama · 26 minPrince Harry is back in Britain for events linked to the Invictus Games — but what should have been a visit focused on his charity work has become a full blown Sussex-Palace…
- The man who prepared William, Harry and Catherine for royal duty · 35 minJamie Lowther-Pinkerton is a former SAS soldier who became one of the royal family’s most trusted insiders – serving the Queen Mother, guiding Princes William and Harry through…
- The Sovereign Grant — and the £100m question for the monarchy · 28 minKing Charles and Prince William have revealed their personal tax bills for the first time, in a historic moment for royal financial transparency. But the disclosures come as the…







