HE Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s trip to Europe next month will be about ‘having their cake and eating it’, believes Sarah Vine. The Mail columnist told our royal talkshow Palace Confidential that the trip will be a chance for the pair to fulfil their dream of picking and choosing their duties. ‘The working royals are on quite a punishing schedule of day-to-day stuff, most of which doesn’t get any coverage, most of which isn’t very glamorous, most of which doesn’t involve wearing very expensive e...
Aug 18, 2022•20 min•Season 1Ep. 95
AS he fought in vain to hold together his Cabinet, Boris Johnson managed to find time for his weekly audience with HM the Queen – we asked our panel of royal experts how that conversation would have gone down. The Daily Mail’s Diary Editor Richard Eden says that if the Queen had an opinion, she would have got it across. ‘We certainly know that they do listen to her. Prime Ministers including Tony Blair have said that she has a very persistent way with them, and she asks probing questions, diffic...
Jul 07, 2022•22 min•Season 1Ep. 89
BUCKINGHAM Palace’s decision to bury a report into allegations of bullying by the Duchess of Sussex could be down to a desire not to ‘poke the bear that is Harry and Meghan’, says the Daily Mail’s Royal Editor Rebecca English. Officials announced this week that the result of the investigation into the allegations – firmly denied by lawyers for Meghan – will never be made public ‘There’s been a suggestion made to me that the palace have really done this because they don’t want to poke the bear th...
Jun 30, 2022•20 min•Season 1Ep. 88
Prince William’s speech about racism in Britain will have been in part inspired by the fact that he is still ‘smarting’ about the comments that Harry and Meghan made last year, believes commentator Sarah Vine. The Sussexes’ claims about racism in the Royal Family in a 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey made headlines worldwide. ‘I think it’s an issue that [William] feels that he has to address head-on and I think that’s a good way of addressing it,’ she tells Palace Confidential. ‘Maybe he would ...
Jun 23, 2022•25 min•Season 1Ep. 87
Will commercial pressures force Harry to break his promise to the Queen? And will Andrew face boos at the Jubilee? We discuss all this and more in our must-watch royal talk show. Reports this week suggest that Prince Harry’s long-awaited memoirs could be delayed. This follows news that the pair are under pressure from Netflix and Spotify to deliver on their multimillion-dollar commitments. The Daily Mail’s Royal Editor Rebecca English says that since signing their big deals the media companies h...
May 26, 2022•27 min•Season 1Ep. 83
The Royal Family will use events around the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee to bring Harry and Meghan closer to the rest of the family, according to one expert. After years of bad blood, Kate Mansey, assistant editor at the Mail on Sunday says she believes that the Queen wants a rapprochement with the Sussexes who quit royal working life in 2020. ‘There is generally a sense that they want to bring the Sussexes in, I think. They will be invited to lots of family occasions, just not the big, official num...
May 12, 2022•28 min•Season 1Ep. 80
‘Her celebrity is fading!’ Royal expert says Meghan’s Netflix dramas signal fall from grace for the ‘woke warrior Queen’ – we discuss the latest royal stories in our unrivalled royal talk show Netflix’s decision to ditch Meghan’s animation Pearl before it was even made shows that the duchess’ star power is waning, according to one royal expert. Andrew Pierce, consultant editor of the Daily Mail, tells Palace Confidential that the streaming giant is working out that the royal pair ‘are not the in...
May 05, 2022•22 min•Season 1Ep. 79
For all the stunning scenery, diving trips and staged photo opportunities, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s trip to the Caribbean has attracted its fair share of negative headlines. Behind the smiles, Prince William will be furious at how things have gone – that’s the view of the Mail on Sunday’s Editor at Large, Charlotte Griffiths. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Mar 25, 2022•24 min•Season 1Ep. 74
A new paper produced by the Houses of Commons library has laid out the process around changing the Counsellors of State – the members of the Royal Family who could step in for the Queen should she be unable to carry out her official duties. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 26, 2022•23 min•Season 1Ep. 70
The shadow of Prince Andrew’s friendship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has been hovering over the Royal Family for years now, but came to a head this week as he reached an out-of-court settlement with Virginia Giuffre. Mutterings of the exact amount of the settlement, and who would be funding it, have been on the lips of the nation ever since. Also, as news pages at home are filled with the bad judgment and connections of Princes Andrew and Charles, over in the US it’s their children putting...
Feb 18, 2022•27 min•Season 1Ep. 69
In a message to mark the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne, Her Majesty expressed her wish that the Duchess of Cornwall be known as Queen Consort when Prince Charles takes the throne. But what do other members of the family make of it? In particular Camilla’s stepsons, William and Harry. PLUS, we look at the Daily Mail’s exclusive poll on the public’s view of the Royal Family, including who is up and who is down in the nation’s affections, plus how the senior royals could be planni...
Feb 11, 2022•28 min•Season 1Ep. 68
A row over broadcaster Joe Rogan hosting Covid-19 conspiracists on his Spotify show engulfed fellow podcasters the Duke and Duchess of Sussex this week. The situation is, ‘a nightmare for Harry and Meghan’, says the Daily Mail’s Diary Editor Richard Eden, who dismisses their statement calling for Spotify to ‘meet this moment’ as ‘mealy-mouthed.’ Another of Harry’s money-making schemes is a new autobiography due out later this year. Given his previous comments about his family in an interview wit...
Feb 04, 2022•27 min•Season 1Ep. 67
This week it was revealed that, after a long period of radio silence, Spotify was taking things into its own hands when it comes to making Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s delayed podcast. Meanwhile, his uncle Prince Andrew remains under pressure over his ongoing legal battles in New York. This week his lawyers said that the Duke wants a trial by jury over claims by Virginia Giuffre that he sexually abused her when she was 17. Something he has consistently denied. PLUS from the Queen’s poignant ...
Jan 27, 2022•23 min•Season 1Ep. 66
Prince Harry’s decision to try to get his lawyers to overturn the Home Office’s decision not to offer him police protection in the UK has, says Rebecca English, created ‘another legal drama involving the Sussexes and another unwelcome situation for the Royal Family’. PLUS After the extraordinary events that saw Boris Johnson apologise to the Queen after parties were held in Downing Street the night before the funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh, Daily Mail columnist Robert Hardman looks at the curi...
Jan 21, 2022•34 min•Season 1Ep. 65
The news that Prince Andrew is set to face trial in America over a civil claim that he abused a sex-trafficked 17-year-old is ‘the Royal Family’s worst nightmare and there’s no easy way out’. That’s the view of the Daily Mail’s Diary Editor Richard Eden, who says that enough is enough: it’s time for the Firm to take decisive action to put ‘clear water’ between them and Andrew, who denies all the allegations against him. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jan 13, 2022•23 min•Season 1Ep. 64
In an essay on the environment published this week, Prince Charles praised not only his late father but both of his sons for their commitment to green issues. It might seem like a small thing, but the Daily Mail’s Royal Editor Rebecca English says it is ‘very notable’, adding: ‘I don’t think that’s a coincidence. Relationships with Harry are still really poor [but] I do think this is an olive branch to his younger son to show that he is still loved and he is still valued. How that will be receiv...
Jan 06, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 63
Despite stepping back from his official royal role in 2019, Prince Andrew's ability to dominate the headlines throughout 2021 has given our panel on Palace Confidential plenty to talk about all year long. In this special episode, we’ve put together some of the biggest talking points and most jaw-dropping moments from the story of Prince Andrew over the past year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 30, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 62
2020 was a seismic year for the Royal Family as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced plans to leave Britain and to relinquish royal duties, so much so that few thought 2021 would provide as much drama. However, the fallout from Megxit has continued to be drawn out, providing a series of unexpected twists that have proved incredibly uncomfortable for the Royal Family. Each week Palace Confidential has asked our experts to dissect all the developments: from the accusations and recriminations a...
Dec 23, 2021•19 min•Season 1Ep. 61
Earlier this year, Buckingham Palace announced an investigation into accusations of bullying by the Duchess of Sussex against members of staff. Fast forward nine months and, as the Mail’s Rebecca English reveals, just ‘a tiny handful’ of staff have been interviewed and she believes the whole process is ‘being kicked into the long grass’. The panel also discuss a moving Christmas event hosted by the Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Charles taking on the anti-vaxxers and Prince William’s battle with th...
Dec 16, 2021•26 min•Season 1Ep. 60
What is Prince Harry’s motivation – self-preservation or trying to create more distance from his family in advance of his memoirs being released? That’s the question being asked by our panel in the latest edition of Palace Confidential. As connections between Prince Charles and a Saudi businessman are called into question, Harry has appeared to criticise his father, referring to the affair as the ‘CBE scandal’. Richard Kay believes the move is a calculated one from the Duke of Sussex, who’s keen...
Dec 10, 2021•23 min•Season 1Ep. 59
The Prince of Wales found himself dragged back into the royal racism row after a new book made claims – denied by Charles – that he was the so-called ‘royal racist’, writes Richard Eden. The Prince of Wales was also in the spotlight as he travelled to Barbados this week as the nation declared itself a republic. At one evening event, jetlag appeared to get the better of him, and he appeared to briefly nod off. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Dec 02, 2021•23 min•Season 1Ep. 58
A BBC documentary that set out to examine the relationship between a Royal Family in crisis and the media has ended up exposing the Corporation’s rapidly deteriorating relations with the Firm. That’s the view of royal experts interviewed on this week’s Palace Confidential, who tackle the controversial documentary, The Princes And The Press. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 25, 2021•26 min•Season 1Ep. 57
News that Meghan Markle has given another high-profile interview on US television will cause ‘a real sense of trepidation’ among royals, says Daily Mail Diary Editor Richard Eden, because the last big TV interview ‘set off explosions all around the world and caused a long long headache for the Royal Family’. So far, however, the revelations seem to be more lighthearted than the controversial sit-down with Oprah Winfrey. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Nov 18, 2021•27 min•Season 1Ep. 56
This week, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s battle with the media, both traditional and social, was laid bare in the starkest of terms. The Court of Appeal heard new evidence from a senior royal aide after the Mail on Sunday began an appeal against a High Court ruling earlier this year which found the newspaper had unlawfully breached Meghan’s privacy by publishing extracts from a letter she had sent her estranged father. Meanwhile, Prince Harry accused British journalists of ‘amplifying’ the vo...
Nov 11, 2021•29 min•Season 1Ep. 55
Moves by Prince Andrew’s lawyers this week to have a civil case against him dismissed show that ‘the gloves are off’ says Richard Kay the Daily Mail’s Editor at Large. Andrew denies all claims made against him, but it was revealed that he will still have to give evidence under oath to the court sometime next year. Meanwhile the Mail on Sunday’s Assistant Editor Kate Mansey explains that the rest of the Firm have a constitutional challenge of their own to overcome. Namely that the Queen is lookin...
Nov 05, 2021•23 min•Season 1Ep. 54
Are the palace deceiving the public over the Queen’s health? And how can ‘rockstar’ Prince William avoid getting too political over climate change? Join Jess King and her panel of experts, for all of the latest Royal news. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 28, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 53
There was shock when it was announced that the Queen’s planned trip to Northern Ireland had been cancelled on the advice of doctors. But for our panellist Richard Eden, it is a sign that Her Majesty should be allowed to retired gracefully and make way for her grandson William to take the throne. Meanwhile the Duchess of Sussex’s letter to US political leaders arguing for paid parental leave has had royal watchers speculating that it marks the start of her political ambitions. Meghan has come und...
Oct 21, 2021•29 min•Season 1Ep. 52
Is Prince William right to criticise billionaire space invaders like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk? That’s one of the questions for this week’s panel on our royal show Palace Confidential. The Daily Mail’s diary editor Richard Eden believes he shouldn’t be following his father Charles’ eco-zealotry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 14, 2021•30 min•Season 1Ep. 51
When Prince Harry and Meghan left the UK it was said that they were going it alone, but the late Princess Diana has been a constant presence, playing ‘third wheel’ in their relationship. That’s the view of the princess’ biographer Andrew Morton, in an interview with Palace Confidential. AND we discuss Prince Charles’ plans to shuffle the Windsors around their royal palaces, a move which will see him ‘living above the shop’ at Buckingham Palace. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information...
Oct 07, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 50
After the Sussexes stopped traffic in New York last week, it was the turn of the Cambridges to grab the headlines, with Kate’s incredibly glamorous look at the Bond premiere setting the fashion agenda. The panel also discuss the latest revelations in the updated version of The Meghan Paradox by Andrew Morton, which is being serialised in the Mail on Sunday , including the claim that Harry was the driving force behind Megxit and the suggestion that he was ‘bullied’ by his older brother. See omnys...
Oct 01, 2021•27 min•Season 1Ep. 49
