Palace Confidential is weekly royal podcast on the British royal family. Host Jo Elvin, editor of You magazine, speaks to a mix of the Mail's royal experts, celebrity columnists and former palace staff for a mix of exclusive news, sharp analysis and a look back at some fascinating moments in the House of Windsor's history.
It's been a busy week for the Sussexes, as they announce that baby number 2 is on the way, AND they've recorded an all-access interview with Hollywood royalty, Oprah! Join the experts on Palace Confidential as they speculate what the future has in store for our transatlantic couple. Plus, biographer Ian Lloyd talks us through Prince Philip's life in pictures. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Controversy over the Queen's Consent has filled front pages this week - but is the tradition fair or a case of the Firm taking the law into their own hands? We have more legal news with the latest on Meghan's court case. PLUS a royal baby update AND our experts cast their eye over Princess Anne's living room. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
After a small discrepancy on baby Archie's birth certificate turned into another right royal transatlantic row this week, royal biographer Hugo Vickers questions why Harry and Meghan are again challenging Buckingham Palace. It leaves Harry fighting battles on multiple fronts - says Royal Editor Rebecca English - as he's now arguing to keep his military titles. And the Palace and the BBC are at it again, this time over the banning of a famous old royal documentary, Editor at Large Richard Kay loo...
A controversial new biography of Her Majesty blasts "autocrat" Charles and says that the Firm are heading towards a cliff edge, but our Royal Editor Rebecca English doesn't think that is a fair assessment. AND the Mail on Sunday's Emily Andrews has revealed that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have a new puppy, but why are they being so secretive about it? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
As Meghan's legal case comes back to the High Court, it emerged this week that Prince Harry is "heartbroken" over Megxit. What with William revealing his own painful emotions and Prince Charles' facing a tenants revolt it's been a challenging week for the Firm. BUT it's not all bad news - as our expert panel discuss the Queen's secret Wessex weapon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A year on from the announcement that they'd be leaving the Firm, Harry & Meghan are still struggling to navigate the royal social minefield - the latest, will they fly over for the Queen's 95th birthday party? Plus rumours persist that the pair have quit social media, we look at the royal family's tricky relationship with modern media. But ultimately could ANYTHING be more awkward than Fergie's new steamy novel for Mills & Boon? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
The Palace are tight-lipped as to whether the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have been vaccinated against Covid-19, so why does one royal expert think Prince Philip won't bother? And on the first anniversary of Harry and Meghan's bombshell announcement that they were quitting the Firm, our experts discuss what's next for the not-quite-so-royal pair. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Plus, as Meghan and Harry launch the most right-on podcast ever, listen to the cringe-inducing clip - and hear what our experts have to say. And ahead of Christmas week, we take a look back at the history of the UK... as narrated through the Queen's Speech. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Our expert royal team look at a week where William and Kate travelled high-speed into a political row north of the border, another royal baby was announced AND Camilla deployed a crafty sausage to get a dog to perform its first royal engagement. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Roles were reversed this week as former party animal Harry made a speech on the environment, while his dad and stepmum promoted the country's nightlife industry. Meanwhile the Queen has cancelled her annual present-giving ceremony and the government is now involved in the growing row over hit Netflix series The Crown. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
SUB What do the new COVID restrictions mean for a big family like the Windsors? Who gets a seat at the table and who will get left out in the cold? Host Jo Elvin guides our panel Rebecca English (the Daily Mail's Royal Editor), Richard Eden and Julia Hartley-Brewer through all the big royal talking points from Meghan Markle's moving revelation of her recent miscarriage, Prince Harry lending his house to his cousin Princess Eugenie and the renovations at Buckingham Palace. See omnystudio.com/list...
This week saw an extraordinary intervention from the Duke of Cambridge who praised the inquiry into the behaviour of Martin Bashir and the BBC when his mother gave an interview to Panorama in 1995. 10 years on from his engagement to Catherine, we look at how far William has come in his royal role. But their decade pales in comparison to the 73 YEAR anniversary of the Queen and Prince Phillip - we take a look at the new portrait released to celebrate the occasion. Join host Jo Elvin, Royal Editor...
Remembrance week is hugely important to Her Majesty and this year was more important than ever with her return to public life after isolating. But all that was overshadowed by the scandal engulfing the BBC's over it's Princess Diana interview in 1995 - as Richard Kay, who covered the story 25 years ago explains. Meanwhile Prince Harry - angry at being excluded from events here - didn't make things easier by posing for cameras at a self-organised memorial service in California. Join host Jo Elvin...
Should the public have been told when Prince William tested positive for COVID-19 in April? Especially given that his father Prince Charles was recovering from the virus? And what to make of Earl Spencer's claims about the BBC and Martin Bashir? Host Jo Elvin speaks to the Mail's Royal Editor Rebecca English, diarist Richard Eden and writer Guy Adams about all the latest royal news. Plus the Queen's former Press Secretary Dickie Arbiter shares a fascinating insight about life with Princess Diana...
As Prince Andrew edges his way back into Royal life this week, but our peerless panel ponder whether he'll ever escape the whiff of scandal. PLUS just in time for Halloween, Dr Tessa Dunlop reveals the surprising link between Prince Charles... and a certain Vlad the Impaler. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The late Princess of Wales' remark that "there were three of us in this marriage" was watched by 23 million people and inspired the Queen to tell Prince Charles to file for divorce. The Mail's Editor at Large Richard Kay, a royal correspondent at the time, who KNEW Diana, talks us through the build up and the fall out to the interview. Watch analysis from royal editor Rebecca English, Sarah Vine and Richard Eden in a new, must-watch episode of Palace Confidential. See omnystudio.com/listener for...
Discover the truth behind the princes’ dramatic row in a special episode of Palace Confidential. In an exclusive interview, bestselling author Robert Lacey talks about his new book Battle Of Brothers, which tells the astonishing tale of how the once-inseparable pair found themselves no longer friends and on either side of the Atlantic See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In the first episode of the new podcast version of the unmissable Mail+ royal show, our Royal Editor Rebecca English joins us from an engagement with the Duchess of Cornwall, visiting elderly people at a lunch club run by the Royal Voluntary Service. Plus: Her Majesty donning the marigolds! Dickie Arbiter tells an extraordinary tale from his life behind Palace doors as the Queen’s press secretary, when she joined him to wash the dishes! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Welcome to Palace Confidential, the weekly podcast all about the royal family, we assemble some of Britain most fabulous experts and commentators and delve into the news coming out of the palaces to keep you royally clued up. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
