On our very first episode of the new series, we're looking back at the first 12 months without our late Queen Elizabeth II ahead of the first anniversary of her death. We're joined by esteemed royal photographer Julian Calder - who has taken some of the late Queen's most iconic portraits and goes into detail about what Her Majesty was really like behind the lens. He also reveals the cheeky sex book that the late Prince Philip had in his private office at Buckingham Palace and nearly made an appearance in one of his official portraits. Also joining hosts Andrea Caamano, Emily Nash and Emmy Griffiths is writer and broadcaster Gyles Brandreth, who considers himself "lucky" to have spent a lot of time with Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip and the new King and Queen. He fondly remembers some fantastic anecdotes told to him by the Queen which make for an incredibly entertaining listen.

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