Monarchy
Acts of Union and Disunion. Monarchy. Audio, 15 minutes
Linda Colley explores the patchwork of different kingdoms that existed throughout Britain.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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Acts of Union and Disunion. Acts of Union and Disunion: Omnibus, Episode 1. Audio, 58 minutes
Prof Colley explores the British notion of liberty and the place of monarchy.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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Beyond Belief. Monarchy. Audio, 30 minutes
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the religious foundations and function of monarchy.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Long View. Diamond Jubilee Celebrations. Audio, 30 minutes
Jonathan Freedland compares Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee with that of Queen Victoria.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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Good King George. Audio, 30 minutes
Simon Heffer re-evaluates the reign of George V.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
In Our Time. The Divine Right of Kings. Audio, 45 minutes
Melvyn Bragg discusses the idea that kingly authority derives from God.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
A Royal Recovery. Audio, 45 minutes
How the monarchy recovered after the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Thistle and the Rose. Audio, 30 minutes
The correspondence between James VI of Scotland and Elizabeth I.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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A History of Political Thought. Thomas Hobbes. Audio, 13 minutes
Thomas Hobbes, who believed that life without society is "nasty, brutish, and short."
- AttributionBBC World Service
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About Face. Queen Noor of Jordan. Audio, 29 minutes
Her Majesty Queen Noor the fourth wife of King Hussein of Jordan
- AttributionBBC World Service
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About Face. Ex-King Constantine of Hellenes. Audio, 29 minutes
In 1967 King Constantine of Hellenes fled Greece following a coup abolishing a Monarchy.
- AttributionBBC World Service
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The Coronation of Edward VII. Audio, 43 minutes
Why didn't Edward VII didn't want his queen at his coronation?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
William of Orange. Audio, 27 minutes
The story of the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and the rise of William III and Queen Mary
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
And Then The Queen Said... Audio, 28 minutes
A collection of anecdotes from 1977 by some ordinary people who met the Queen.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
