The Royalist

The Royalist

Hosted by Tom Sykes and Tom · The Daily Beast

3.9from 180 ratings

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60
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51
Transcribed
180
Ratings
Daily
Cadence
2026
First episode

About The Royalist

They have glittering palaces, unreal fortunes, medieval crowns, and weird traditions. But what really makes the British royal family tick? Hidden secrets, unreal scandals, bitter feuds, wild rivalries, fantastic fashion… and, of course, corgis. Now Tom Sykes, the royal correspondent whose fearless reporting has delivered scoop after scoop on the Windsors is cracking open all the family’s secrets in an unmissable podcast: The Royalist. Nothing is off limits as Tom and his best-connected experts spill every drop of royal tea. From paranoid princes and disgraced dukes to haunted palaces and diva designers, this is insight into the royals people used to lose their heads to get. Make a royal appointment to join Tom in the throne room for The Royalist, every Wednesday.

Publisher
The Daily Beast
Category
society & culture
Language
en
Explicit
No
First episode
13 Mar 2026
Latest episode
4 Nov 2026
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51 of 60 episodes have a transcript.

  1. 4 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT

    LIVE: Bursaries, Tailcoats and a Chequebook at 13| The Royalist at Eton; Episode 1

  2. 4 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Meghan's New Victim Strategy Exposed

  3. 1 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT

    LIVE: Exclusive Special! TOM BOWER'S Withering Analysis of The Markle Debacle

Inside a recent episode

LIVE: Bursaries, Tailcoats and a Chequebook at 13| The Royalist at Eton; Episode 1

Published 4 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] It may even have included kind of the Boer War or the Fashoda, who knows? But as far as I know, it was the War Memorial Bursary was open to boys who were descended from old Etonians who had been in the war. […]

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  • Robert Jobson
  • Paula Froelich
  • Tom Bower
  • Molly Mulshine

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Apple Podcasts (US)
4.0 / 5
125 ratings
Spotify
3.6 / 5
55 ratings

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Tom Sykes and Tom host the show. Published by The Daily Beast.

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