Guardian Books podcast: Royalty and the English folk song

Does royalty make for the best stories? According to historian Thomas Penn, who paints a dark portrait of Henry VII in Winter King, the continuing fascination with the royal family lies in the gap between the lofty conception of the institution and the imperfect reality of the human beings who embody it. German journalist, Peter Littger, joins the discussion to offer a continental perspective on the compact between subject and monarch.If royalty is essential to the British identity, another stra...

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