Historic Royal Palaces Podcast
Historic Royal Palaces are a team of people who love and look after six of the most wonderful palaces in the world. This fortnightly podcast brings you the history and stories of those palaces.
You’ll hear from our experts and the people who bring our palaces to life, as we create space to explore how history moves us, telling stories about the monarchs you know, and uncovering the lives and histories of the people you don’t.
Just like our palaces, this podcast is a mix of old and new. Each episode will have a different feel, from previously recorded live talks, to exciting new discussions and discoveries. You’ll have every opportunity to share in the history we love.
Explore more history and stories from our six palaces hrp.org.uk
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 34 minutes
- Episodes
- 173
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
How royal illness changed history
In this talk with Historic Royal Palace’s Chief Curator Lucy Worsley and TV Executive Emma Hindley, we go behind the scenes of the BBC series Fit to Rule, and explore how royal illness influenced the…
George III and mental health
2020 marks the bicentenary of the death of George III, who has often been coined by history as the 'mad' king. In this episode historian Elaine Chalus explores the mental health of George III and how…
England's medieval queens
To celebrate women's history month, this series of talks from our archive explores stories of powerful women and how their legacies have been shaped by their gender.
In this final talk from …
What can we learn from the leaders of the past?
In this discussion a panel of experts explore the qualities of good leaders as they consider the question 'what can we learn from the great leaders of history?' Of course, most leaders of the past we…
Who was Henrietta Howard? With Tracy Borman
To celebrate women's history month, this mini series of talks from our archive explores stories of powerful women and how their legacies have been shaped by their gender. Join Historic Royal Palaces’…
The not so bloody Mary
To celebrate women's history month, this mini series of talks from our archive explores stories of powerful women and how their legacies have been shaped by their gender.
In this conversatio…
Elizabeth I and gossip with Anna Whitelock
In this talk historian Dr Anna Whitelock explores how Elizabeth I cleverly used gender and gossip to manipulate a court full of men. Discover how this remarkable female monarch changed the state of p…
Secrets of success with Jane Garvey
History has traditionally taken a negative view of women in power. This series of talks from our archive explores stories of powerful women and how their legacies have been shaped by their gender.
I…
How we used to talk about women
This series of talks from our archive explores stories of powerful women and how their legacies have been shaped by their gender.
In this episode we revisit a discussion from 2017 where a panel of e…
How we used to talk about LGBTQ+
To celebrate LGBT History Month, we are revisiting a discussion from 2017 where we gathered a panel of experts to explore historical views on LGBTQ+, and to question how far the language and rhetoric…
Make-up and monarchy
Throughout history the clothing of British royalty has influenced fashion tastes and trends.
This series complied from our archive explores contemporary royal fashion and its influence on what we wea…
Princess Diana and David Sassoon
Throughout history the clothing of British royalty has influenced fashion tastes and trends.
This series complied from our archive explores contemporary royal fashion and its influence on what we wea…
Royal women and power dressing
Throughout history the clothing of British royalty has influenced fashion tastes and trends.
This series complied from our archive explores contemporary royal fashion and its influence on what we wea…
The journey of a royal dress
Throughout history the clothing of British royalty has influenced fashion tastes and trends.
This series complied from our archive explores contemporary royal fashion and its influence on what we wea…
Contemporary fashion and royal inspiration
Throughout history the clothing of British royalty has influenced fashion tastes and trends.
This series complied from our archive explores contemporary royal fashion and its influence on what we wea…
The history of Christmas dinner
Tis the season to be jolly, so we've dipped into our stocking full of podcasts and pulled out three festive talks that explore Christmas traditions through the ages.
Join food historian Dr Annie Gra…
The history of Christmas traditions
Tis the season to be jolly, so we've dipped into our stocking full of podcasts and pulled out three festive talks that explore Christmas traditions through the ages.
In this talk, historian Dr Mark …
The history of Christmas performance
Tis the season to be jolly, so we've dipped into our stocking full of podcasts and pulled out three festive talks that explore Christmas traditions through the ages. In this episode, Kate Howard from…
Lucy Worsley's favourite queen
The Georgian era was marked by the arrival of the Hanoverian Kings. This series complied from our archive explores famous Georgians in all their glory.
Join Historic Royal Palaces’ Chief Curator Lucy…
The court of George II
The Georgian era was marked by the arrival of the Hanoverian Kings.
This series complied from our archive explores famous Georgians in all their glory.
In this talk we hear about Lord Hervey; a Geor…