Gyles Brandreth has amazing, untold stories of Queen Elizabeth II

A Right Royal Podcast

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3.8 • 773 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2026

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

As King Charles III prepares for a high-stakes visit to the United States, tensions behind the scenes are raising serious questions about diplomacy, media strategy, and the monarchy’s role on the global stage. Meanwhile, across the world, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are making headlines with their Australia tour mixing royal-style engagements with unexpected appearances, including a surprise turn on MasterChef. Then, in a fascinating conversation, Gyles Brandreth shares rare and deeply personal stories about the late Queen from her love of horses, dogs and even pigeons, to her hidden sense of humour, private shyness, deep Christian faith and extraordinary bond with Prince Philip. From the story of Emma the pony to the Queen waving at Concorde, this episode is filled with remarkable moments that reveal the woman behind the crown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.7	while stocks last. This is the queen now in her 80s, picked up an imaginary banjo and began
0:35.7	singing, wind I'm cleaning windows.
0:45.6	She was at her most relaxed and normal with grooms, with breeders of racehorses, with jockeys,
0:50.6	with stable lads and lasses, with pigeon fanciers.
0:53.7	These were the people that she felt easy with.
0:54.9	I did something very naughty that day. There was a race being started by Prince William. And there was a starting pistol
1:00.4	which he fired. Then he put it down. And I said to him, do you mind if I take that? It's got
1:05.6	your DNA on it.
1:15.8	Hello and welcome to the latest episode of a right role podcast with me, Andrea.
1:16.6	And me, Emily.
1:24.3	We are riding a real high after our incredible live podcast recording last week at Brown's Common Garden with Royal Author Robert Heiderman.
1:28.6	It was very special to be gathered with so many royal fans and listeners under one roof. Yes, there were so many fascinating insights about the late Queen Elizabeth
1:33.0	II and what she was really like. If you missed it, not to worry, or Hello VIP members can access
1:38.5	the full recording by signing up to Hello VIP via the Hello magazine website. I am so excited. You know, are you trying to get
1:47.3	cancelled? No, well no, I hope my accent is not that bad, but I'm very excited because America is
1:51.7	coming up, the tour, the visit. The state visit. Exactly. And I know you're flying out next week.
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