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The Wedding to End All Weddings – 20 November 1947

The Wedding to End All Weddings – 20 November 1947

Historian Tessa Dunlop examines the world of the late 1940s, and what lessons there are for today’s royals.

The Wedding to End All Weddings – 20 November 1947 Big puffy fairytale nuptials that establish a new royal name overnight - Diana, Fergie, Kate, Meghan - are now considered standard fare but a large celebrity-style wedding is a relatively recent confection. Pomp and...

Empire on the Mind: Mary Beard interviewed

Empire on the Mind: Mary Beard interviewed

One of Britain’s most prominent classicists met with historian Tessa Dunlop to discuss Emperor of Rome and more.

Empire on the Mind: Mary Beard interviewed Parliament Square in London bristles with so many statues it is like a free version of Madame Tussauds. If you’ve ever wondered why, look no further than Mary Beard’s latest book – Emperor of Rome. Yup it was the hubris and...

The House of Windsor in the Modern World

The House of Windsor in the Modern World

The bestselling historian and author paints a picture of the monarchy today that is very different to the one in 1953.

The House of Windsor in the Modern World It transpires that prior to her death, our late Queen had been ill for some time. Bone marrow cancer by all accounts. The end is rarely easy irrespective of privilege and position; even divine right and executive religious...

Elizabeth and Philip, by Tessa Dunlop

Elizabeth and Philip, by Tessa Dunlop

This splendid book provides a fresh perspective on a well-known story.

As Tessa Dunlop says in her introduction, when she began to write Elizabeth and Philip, she did not expect the story to end so definitively with Queen Elizabeth’s death, despite her great age. The monarch had lost her husband of seventy-three years in 2021; he had...

Monarchy Then & Now with Tessa Dunlop

Episode 65

Elizabeth II, Philip and Monarchy with Dr Tessa Dunlop | RSS.com

Monarchy Then & Now with Tessa Dunlop

Episode 52

The Death of the Queen with Dr Tessa Dunlop | RSS.com

Coronation, by Hugo Vickers

Gentle time-travel, with a side hustle in liturgies, hierarchies, monarchies and television rights.

Coronation is the ultimate pocket-sized companion to what has become an exclusively British preoccupation, (the last European crowning was in 1922). There is no better guide to Elizabeth's 1953 bonanza than royal biographer Hugo Vickers whose up close and personal...

Monarchy Then & Now with Tessa Dunlop

Episode 35

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Monarchy Then & Now with Tessa Dunlop

Episodes 8 & 9

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