Scott here with another episode of the History on Plug Podcast.

The British Royal Family and the British Intelligence Community are two of the most

mysterious and mythologized actors of that state.

From the reign of Queen Victoria to the present, they shared a complicated relationship

with some monarchs working hand in glove with their spies, while others detested them.

Nevertheless, successive queens and kings have all played

an actor of role in steering British intelligence, sometimes against the wishes of prime ministers.

Even today, the monarch receives copy number one of every intelligence report. Today's guests are Richard Aldrich and Rory

Kormack, author of Crown, Cloke and Dagger, the British monarchy and secret intelligence from

Victoria to Elizabeth II. We explore attempted assassinations and kidnappings, the abdication crisis,

World Wars in the Cold War, the death of Princess Diana, and the complicated relationships

between monarchs and the intelligence services that are supposed to protect them

and sometimes arguably set out of their mandates

by protecting these monarchs from themselves.

Hope you enjoy this discussion with Aldrich and Cormac.

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The British Intelligence Office has existed formally or informally for centuries, but the Secret Service coalesces in the Victorian age.

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