The Royals

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July 17, 2024 Royal Goats, Happy Comebacks & Harry in Hot Water
A bumper week of royal news: The King met with Idris Elba, honoured goats in Guernsey then hotfooted it back to Westminster for the State Opening of Parliament. Harry caused controversy with an award in America. And there were welcome public returns for the Princess of Wales and Princess Anne.
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37 min
July 16, 2024 Your History: A new podcast from The Times
Today, we're sharing an episode of a new podcast from The Times.

It's called Your History, and each week it uses the obituary pages of The Times to tell the stories of important and fascinating lives. This week Anna Temkin, deputy obituaries editor at The Times, explores the lives of the sex therapist Dr Ruth Westheimer and Royal cake decorator Eddie Spence.

You can hear future episodes by following Your History wherever you listen to The Royals.
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22 min
July 11, 2024 It's coming home, to a refurbished Palace!
This week, Roya and Kate are both sports correspondents and property correspondents as England edge closer to Euros glory, Buckingham Palace gets a newly-spruced wing and and the Prince of Wales presses on with his homelessness campaign. The King has already sent his best wishes to the team, but will William be in Berlin for the final? And Roya explains what it's really like behind the most famous net curtains in the country.
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30 min
July 05, 2024 Monarchs, Prime Ministers and inside Balmoral
"I have just returned from Buckingham Palace, where I accepted an invitation from His Majesty the King to form the next government of this great nation" said Sir Keir Starmer, but what exactly is the relationship between monarch and Prime Minister? Plus, Roya returns from Scotland with revelations about royal life inside Balmoral Castle.
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35 min
June 27, 2024 Taylor Swift, the Prince, the Emperor and the Princess Royal
A week of pomp, pageantry and pop as the Prince of Wales dances along to Taylor Swift as if no one was watching (but Roya and Kate were). Japan's Emperor Naruhito begins his state visit with King Charles rekindling an old friendship with some new jokes, and we look at the impact of the Princess Royal's incident involving a horse at her Gatcombe Park estate.
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29 min
June 20, 2024 The Royals at Royal Ascot
Royal Ascot plays host to the 'The Roya and Kate Show'. This week, the podcast comes to you live from the edge of the Parade Ring as the Royal Parade ends and the racing begins. Joining Roya and Kate is Donal McCabe, formerly the Communications Secretary for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and Jamie Osborne who was reportedly the late Queen Mother's favourite jockey and now trainer, with horses running throughout the festival.
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33 min
June 18, 2024 Bonus: Kate at the King’s Birthday Parade
The King and Queen are at Ascot, and so are Roya and Kate for this bonus edition of 'The Royals' where they talk through the warmth of the reaction to Kate's appearance at last weekend's Trooping the Colour - and just how did Roya know she might be there?
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22 min
June 13, 2024 Trooping the Colour
Why being at Trooping of the Colour is so important to the Royal Family, and Kate and Roya discuss the possibilities of public appearances by the Princess of Wales. And why Kate was photographed with (football) royalty and Roya was suspiciously close to an attempt to deface a portrait of the King.
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31 min
June 06, 2024 The King, the Prince and the Presidents
The King honours the D-Day forces calling for goodness in every land, while the Prince of Wales joins world leaders. And Kate discusses her 'siege of Royal Lodge' scoop!
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30 min
May 30, 2024 The King and the Emperor
In April, the King's invitation to their Majesties The Emperor and Empress of Japan to pay a State Visit to the UK was accepted and scheduled for late June, with the King and Queen hosting at Buckingham Palace. But after the Prime Minister's surprise decision to call a snap election within weeks, what now happens to the soft power of a State Visit and why do they actually matter? And a look ahead to one of the summer season highlights - Royal Ascot.
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23 min