Last month, Prince William and Kate Middleton completed their first official overseas Royal Tour since before the pandemic, but a number of hiccups along the way led some media outlets to describe it as a "disaster".

But was it really all that bad? What's the point of a Royal Tour in the Queen's Jubilee year anyway? And are other Commonwealth countries really thinking about following Barbados and becoming Republics?

To find out what really went down, and whether what happens on a Royal tour stays on a Royal tour, The Quicky speaks to an expert in Europe's royal families to consider whether this has done lasting damage, or if their popularity will endure.

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Host: Claire Murphy

With thanks to:

Maddalena Mastrostefano - Europe Correspondent for Royal Central

Producer: Claire Murphy

Executive Producer: Siobhán Moran-McFarlane

Audio Producer: Jacob Round

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