Queens, Kings, and Dastardly Things

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Episodes 103

Avg. Duration 32m

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Apple Rating ★ 4.6 (140)

Since Oct 2023

Latest Episode Jun 2026

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About This Podcast

Expert history with a wicked twist: Queens, Kings and Dastardly Things is the podcast that goes behind palace doors and beyond the balcony smiles, to uncover the stories that the history books have politely skipped.

Queens, Kings & Dastardly Things reveals the schemers, lovers, plotters and even the pets who’ve made the British monarchy the world’s longest-running reality show.

Hosts, Royal biographers Robert Hardman and Professor Kate Williams trace how power, passion and paranoia have shaped every crown. There are queens who ruled better than their husbands, and princes who partied harder than their people. We meet saints, sinners and those hovering somewhere in between – from the man formerly known as Prince Andrew to the less-vilified Richard III.

Sometimes we get reflective: how monarchy survives scandal, how image-making began long before Instagram, and why royal women have always been the best crisis managers in the room. Other times we’re just here for the gossip: who wore what, who slept where, and who accidentally started a war over breakfast.

Think of it as history with its crown slightly askew. If you like your royal stories with equal parts grandeur and chaos, step into the world of Queens, Kings & Dastardly Things because behind every coronation lies a cover-up, behind every portrait a scandal, and behind every great monarch… a very patient servant wondering how to get the blood out of the carpet.

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Recent Episodes

S3E64 Secrets of a Stately Home

Jun 14, 2026 28m

Secrets hidden behind the walls of one of England's greatest country houses!In this special episode, Robert Hardman and Professor Kate Williams step inside Badminton House with its chatelaine, the…

S3E63 The Death of Queen Cleopatra

Jun 07, 2026 26m

Love and death: Queen Cleopatra, Mark Antony, and the truth about that asp.In this second episode on Cleopatra, Robert Hardman and Professor Kate Williams follow the Egyptian queen through the final…

S3E62 Queen Cleopatra: Her Rise to Power

Jun 01, 2026 24m

The Queen who captivated Rome and changed the course of ancient history: Cleopatra.In this episode, Robert Hardman and Professor Kate Williams begin a two-part exploration of Cleopatra, separating…

S3E61 The Fall of Roman Britain

May 24, 2026 26m

Celebrating the extraordinary Roman legacy that continues to shape Britain.In this episode, Robert Hardman and Professor Kate Williams explore the final centuries of Roman Britain, from the…

S3E60 Boudicca: Britain's Warrior Queen

May 17, 2026 31m

Celebrating Britain’s warrior queen who led a revolt against Rome.In this episode, Robert Hardman and Professor Kate Williams examine the uprising of Boudicca in AD 60–61 — why it began, how it…

S3E59 Julius Caesar's British Invasions

May 10, 2026 27m

Did Julius Caesar really conquer Britain — or did he simply say he did?In this opening chapter of our Romans in Britain trilogy, Robert Hardman and Professor Kate Williams step back to the edge of…

S3E58 Queen Catherine Howard: Vixen or Victim?

May 03, 2026 29m

Henry VIII’s fifth wife - was she a reckless flirt or a tragic pawn in Tudor history? In this episode of Queens, Kings and Dastardly Things, Professor Kate Williams is joined by the brilliant…

S3E57 Queen Elizabeth and Sir David Attenborough: Global Pioneers

Apr 26, 2026 24m

Frogs, foxes, fossils—and four generations of royalty.In part two of this special celebration, we continue our exploration of the remarkable parallel lives of Queen Elizabeth II and Sir David…

S3E56 Queen Elizabeth and Sir David Attenborough: A Royal Friendship

Apr 13, 2026 23m

What do Queen Elizabeth II and Sir David Attenborough have in common? More than you might imagine.In this third episode, celebrating the Centenary of Queen Elizabeth, we explore the remarkable…

S3E55 Elizabeth II: The Inside Story (Part 2)

Apr 12, 2026 25m

What made Queen Elizabeth II smile?In this special centenary episode, we look back at some of the happiest moments in the life of Queen Elizabeth II — the flashes of humour, the unexpected freedoms,…

S3E54 Elizabeth II: The Inside Story (Part 1)

Apr 05, 2026 29m

Celebrating Queen Elizabeth II’s life - her character, the scary look she gave those who displeased her, and what President Trump really thought about her majesty. It’s a packed first episode of a…

S3E53 Elizabeth I: Love & Death (Part 3)

Mar 29, 2026 30m

When you receive more than twenty-six proposals from Europe’s most powerful men, why should you refuse them all?In this final episode of our trilogy on Elizabeth I, we step into the most personal —…

S3E52 Elizabeth I: Warrior (Part 2)

Mar 23, 2026 36m

When the most powerful empire in Europe sends an Armada to invade your country, what do you do?In this episode of our trilogy on Elizabeth I, we reach the moment everyone associates with England’s…

S3E51 Elizabeth I: Survivor (Part 1)

Mar 16, 2026 28m

She was born a princess and declared a bastard before she could walk.In this episode, we go back to the beginning of Elizabeth I: a child of extraordinary promise, born into splendour, then cast into…

S3E50 Hamnet: The Truth Behind The Oscar-Winner

Mar 09, 2026 33m

Shakespeare, Hollywood, the Oscars, the plague, and a little boy called Hamnet.In this episode of Queens, Kings and Dastardly Things, Robert Hardman and Professor Kate Williams are joined by…

S3E49 The Kennedy Curse - Part 3

Mar 02, 2026 34m

The Kennedy Curse didn't end with the assassination of JFK - far from it!In this final episode of our Kennedy trilogy, we ask what happened after Camelot fell. With John F. Kennedy gone and Robert…

S3E48 The Kennedy Curse - Part 2

Feb 23, 2026 36m

The assassination of JFK - an unforgettable moment in a changing and volatile world: the Berlin Wall rising, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and then came the shocking events of Dallas.In this second of…

S3E47 The Kennedy Curse - Part 1

Feb 16, 2026 33m

JFK’s assassination, plane crashes, scandals, and untimely deaths. Is there really such a thing as a Kennedy curse?In this first of three special episodes, we go back to the beginning — to the making…

S3E46 Royal Love: The Gaveston Affair

Feb 09, 2026 25m

For Valentine’s Day, Queens, Kings & Dastardly Things goes full royal romance-with-a-body-count.Robert Hardman and Prof Kate Williams delve into the whispered love story of Edward II and his…

S3E45 The Royal Vampire

Feb 02, 2026 25m

Welcome to royal history with bite.In this episode of Queens, Kings & Dastardly Things, Robert Hardman and Professor Kate Williams head east to Transylvania to unravel one of the strangest…

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