Series 2, Episode 2: This week on The Royal Beat - Back In Time, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen is joined by biographer Anne Sebba, former press spokesperson to Queen Elizabeth II Dickie Arbiter, and Royal Central’s Editor in Chief June Woolerton to discuss the royal family's tumultuous relationship wit...

Series 2, Episode 1: This week on The Royal Beat - Back In Time our fabulous new presenter Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen is joined by historians Professor Kate Williams, Gareth Russell and Lady Anne Somerset whose book ‘Queen Victoria and Her Prime Ministers’ casts a fresh light on Victoria's relations...

Series 1, Episode 10: What if the monarch's eldest daughters - instead of their sons - had been crowned throughout history? This week on The Royal Beat: Back in Time we ask exactly that. Kate Thornton is joined by historians Dr Fern Riddell, Kate McCaffrey and author of 'Regina, The Queens Who Co...

Series 1, Episode 9: On this week’s episode of The Royal Beat: Back In Time, we discuss royal figures around the world from their childhood up until their 18th birthday. From young Empress Matilda who shaped the fate of the nations, to Elizabeth I who exceeded all expectations, we explore the liv...

Series 1, Episode 8: Kate Thornton is joined by historians Alison Weir, Nicola Tallis and Sarah Gristwood to discuss the dramatic life of England's first ruling Queen, Mary I - often known as 'Bloody Mary'. From her father Henry VIII's multiple marriages, to England's break from the Catholic Chur...

Series 1, Episode 7: On this week's episode of The Royal Beat: Back in Time, we look at the Duke and Duchess of Windsor through a new lens, as we explore their love of all things opulent and expensive - especially jewels. But where exactly did their enviable collection of precious stones come fro...

Series 1, Episode 6: On this week's episode of The Royal Beat: Back In Time we discuss the ultimate survivor. The Queen of England who outlived her husband, Henry VIII, to become one of the most powerful figures in Tudor England. But in this show, we dissect the suspicions surrounding the death o...

Series 1, Episode 5: On this episode of The Royal Beat: Back in Time, we explore the fascinating history of the Tudor royal jewels. From the consort necklace which connects an entire dynasty, to the coded message in Princess Elizabeth's necklace from her mother Anne Boleyn, Kate Thornton brings y...

Series 1, Episode 4: On this episode, we discuss the often overlooked ‘Ladies in Waiting’ who have served the female monarchs of this country and beyond for centuries. We go all the way back to King Henry VIII’s reign to meet a myriad of women who rose through the ranks of society sometimes throu...

Series 1, Episode 1: The story of sex, love, politics and power that almost brought down the teenage Elizabeth Tudor, a decade before she came to the throne.

The young princess and her step-father, Thomas Seymour, were intertwined in a scandal that led to his downfall and shaped the Virgin Quee...

Series 1, Episode 2: Host Kate Thornton goes back in time to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s reign to analyse how they influenced modern day society. From the big white wedding to the Great Exhibition, discover the footprint that still exists in Britain and across the world today.

Series 1, Episode 3: Hosted by Kate Thornton, the show goes back in time to the years before World War II and looks at Edward VIII's abdication in 1936, his marriage to Wallis Simpson and his dealings with Nazi Germany. To unpack all the scandals are historians Alexander Larman, Dr Tessa Dunlop a...