The Grand Knockout Tournament (also known as It’s a Royal Knockout) was a one-off charity event first shown on BBC1 on 19th June 1987, to an audience of 18 million gobsmacked viewers.
The brainchild of the then 23 year old Prince Edward, the slapstick spectacle featured the Princess Royal and the Duke and Duchess of York captaining rival teams in a series o ... Show More
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Comstock's War On Obscenity
Sending rude mail was dealt a devastating blow on 3rd March, 1873, when the campaign against pornography, reproductive health, birth control, and abortion led by self-appointed ‘Special Agent’ of the US Postal Service Anthony Comstock went all the way to Washington. After the ‘Co ... Show More
11m 58s
Jul 2022
Prince George Turns Nine | BBC Award Damages to Former Royal Nanny | Episode 74
In this week’s Royal Family podcast, we talk all about: The adorable photo that was released to mark Prince George’s 9th birthday by Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge The damages awarded to William and Harry’s former nanny, Tiggy Legge Bourke from the BBC Amazing engagements from T ... Show More
15m 53s
Nov 2022
I’m a Royal, Get Me Out Of Here! | Mike Tindall Is Going To The Jungle | Harry’s Memoir, ’Spare’ Details Released | Episode 88
Coming up in today's Royal episode... The King appearing on The Repair Shop - yeah! Prince William attends the Tusk Awards Earl of Wessex gets a new patronage Shocker - Mike Tindall is going to be on reality tv! And, we talk all things SPARE and our first thoughts of Harry’s book ... Show More
30m 10s
Sep 2023
Remembering Queen Elizabeth II: One Year On | Royal Summer Series | Episode 134
On the 8th September 2022 at 3:10 pm, Queen Elizabeth II passed away at her Balmoral home surrounded by members of her family. She was 96 years old. Two days previous, She welcomed in her 15th UK Prime Minister as her last official public duty as Monarch. Over the past year, we h ... Show More
29m 26s
Aug 2023
Should Princess Beatrice Become A Working Royal? | Royals in Scotland | Royal Birthdays | Episode 130
Should Beatrice become a working Royal? If Princess Beatrice become a working Royal, what would that look like? And, is it fair that other members should be working Royals, and not Princess Beatrice? What about Zara, Peter, Lady Louise and Princess Eugenie? We discuss all in toda ... Show More
20m 12s
Jul 2024
Listen Now: Even the Royals
Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived. We know the six wives of Henry the eighth as pawns in his hunt for a son. But their lives were so much more than just being the king’s wives.
Each episode of Wondery’s podcast Even the Royals pulls back the curtain on royal ... Show More
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