The Royalist
Hosted by Tom Sykes · The Daily Beast
3.9from 114 ratings
- 29
- Episodes
- 20
- Transcribed
- 114
- 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
- 23 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
20 of 29 episodes have a transcript.
23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Charles' Plot to Smear Diana After Death Exposed
16 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Harry and Meghan's Dangerous Game Exposed
9 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why Harry is Already Dooming His Fresh Start
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Charles' Plot to Smear Diana After Death Exposed
Published 23 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It is laughable. It's ridiculous. Do they think we're stupid? Do they think we have no memories? Because what they've always done in that family, and of course what a lot of people close to the royals themselves have known, is that there was a full court press operation, as you say, very professionally run. I make no criticism of Mark Bolland. excellent spin doctor that he was i do make criticism of whoever briefed him and allowed him to go as far as he went and i'd say it was rather disreputable for a future king and head of the church of england to do that because what this boils down to is um an attitude towards speaking about diana that we've seen this week if you or i say something about diana we're exploiting her It's shameful. […]
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- Paula Froelich
- Phil Craig
- Alison Boshoff
- Charlotte Griffiths
- Plum Sykes
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