King Charles III has the weight not just of his mother’s long reign behind him, but 1,200 years of history.

Pod Save the King host Ann Gripper is joined by writer, broadcaster and podcaster Iain Dale, editor of Kings and Queens featuring an essay on each of the English and British monarchs since Alfred the Great - and a few who come with an asterisk.

They discuss the past emotional year of royal history, why Charles’s reign has got off to a better start than expected, what makes a memorable monarch and the resilience and adaptability the monarchy has shown to survive this long.

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Pod Save the King is a Reach production. It is presented by Ann Gripper, and edited by Daniel J. McLaughlin.

Image: Ranald Mackechnie/Handout via REUTERS

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