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Nov 2, 2026

Robert HardmanHOST
3:56
So, here we are today.
Robert HardmanHOST
3:57
I'm joined, as ever, by my colleague and co-presenter, Professor Kate Williams.
Robert HardmanHOST
4:02
Kate, hello.
Robert HardmanHOST
4:03
Hello, Robert.

32 MINS LATER

Robert HardmanHOST
36:14
That's all one word, by the way.
Robert HardmanHOST
36:16
But until next time, from me, Robert Hardman,
Kate WilliamsHOST
36:19
And me, Kate Williams.
Robert HardmanHOST
36:20
Goodbye.
speaker_3UNKNOWN
2:58
Who tries to seize all of her power.
speaker_3UNKNOWN
3:00
There's a lot of Mary's, aren't there? But of course you're right, Kate.
speaker_3UNKNOWN
3:03
She saw it with her sister, Mary I, who marries Philip of Spain, who then becomes his power-hungry player and treats her very badly.
speaker_3UNKNOWN
3:11
So Elizabeth has had a father who executed her mother, and then this stepfather who abuses her and then tries to marry her.
Robert HardmanHOST
1:21
Hello and welcome to another episode of Queens, Kings and Dastardly Things.
Robert HardmanHOST
1:26
I'm Daily Mail columnist and royal biographer Robert Hardman and I'm joined as ever by my colleague Professor Kate Williams, historian, biographer, many other things.
Robert HardmanHOST
1:35
Hello Kate.
Robert HardmanHOST
1:36
Hello Robert.

33 MINS LATER

Kate WilliamsHOST
34:58
What an ending.
Kate WilliamsHOST
34:59
Well, sadly, that's all we've got time for.
Kate WilliamsHOST
35:01
So from me, Kate Williams, goodbye.
Robert HardmanHOST
35:03
And from me, Robert Hardman, goodbye.
Natalie GrueningerGUEST
41:58
I'm just sort of using Anne as an example because she's the person that I work on because it is important for us today, for us as women today to challenge the sort of ideas and the misogyny behind a lot of what we say about Anne Boleyn.
Ann FosterHOST
42:13
Well, and that just reminds me of, so in this series, I've spoken with Tracy Borman and Kate Williams about their recent books, and both of them have a similar point of view.
Ann FosterHOST
42:22
And I'm curious what your point of view is.
Ann FosterHOST
42:24
about the time period where Henry is pursuing Anne and she retreats to Heber.
Robert HardmanHOST
2:19
I'm Robert Hardman, Daily Mail columnist, royal biographer, author of Elizabeth II.
Robert HardmanHOST
2:24
I'm joined as ever by my co-host, Professor Kate Williams, a royal biographer of many royal biographies, most recently the fabulous book Regina.
Robert HardmanHOST
2:33
Hello, Kate.
Robert HardmanHOST
2:34
Hello,

26 MINS LATER

Robert HardmanHOST
28:41
Victoria's...
Kate WilliamsHOST
28:43
impact on women I think can't be underestimated and it's a great irony isn't it that Victoria who was very much against votes for women said it was a mad wicked folly but she was actually she became this symbol one of the most powerful arguments of the suffragettes for votes for women because they said well you men say that we don't understand political systems and political questions so how come we've got a queen on the throne listening to all these points so victoria became a symbol of something she might never have wanted
Robert HardmanHOST
29:15
votes for women so uh it just remains to say uh for me robert hardman and me kate williams goodbye
Brooke DeVardADVERTISER
29:30
Brooke showed her friend Aisha CIBC Investor's Edge while at the carnival.
DavidNARRATOR
60:49
Hello, this is David, and here are some radio highlights for this coming week that I hope you will enjoy listening to in the days ahead.
DavidNARRATOR
60:59
Saturday, the 17th of October, in Radio 3's Essential History of Classical Music, historian Kate Williams explores how composers seek ways to express national identity through music.
DavidNARRATOR
61:14
That's on Radio 3 at 1pm.
DavidNARRATOR
61:18
And continuing the celebration of 100 years since Winnie the Pooh was first published, Save the Hundred Acre Wood is on Radio 4 at 3pm.
Robert HardmanHOST
1:48
I'm Robert Hardman, Daily Mail columnist and Royal Biographer, author of the new book Elizabeth II.
Robert HardmanHOST
1:54
I'm joined as ever by my co-host Professor Kate Williams, Royal Biographer, author of the new book Regina.
Robert HardmanHOST
2:01
Hello Kate.
Kate WilliamsHOST
2:01
Hello Robert.

28 MINS LATER

Robert HardmanHOST
30:00
But for now, I'm afraid that's all we have time for.
Robert HardmanHOST
30:02
So from me, Robert Hardman.
Robert HardmanHOST
30:04
And from me, Kate Williams.
Robert HardmanHOST
30:05
Goodbye.
Ann FosterHOST
24:40
But so he starts pursuing her.
Ann FosterHOST
24:42
And this is where some of the historians I've talked to on the podcast so far this season, Tracy Borman and Kate Williams, I think both say this in their books.
Ann FosterHOST
24:50
She was not into it.
Ann FosterHOST
24:52
She did not she didn't want to be Thomas Wyatt's or was that his name? Yeah.

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