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Status
Released
Release
2023
Runtime
47m
The comedian takes a look back at the darker side of the royal family's 1000-year history, and wonders how generations of land-grabbing, child-murdering, wife-beheading, slave-trading, misogyny, violence and empire-building have shaped our royal family today.
14 Cast Members
Frankie Boyle
Self - Presenter
Zana Cousins Greenwood
Self - Horseback Combat Expert
Karl Greenwood
Self - Horseback Combat Expert
Eleanor Janega
Self - Medieval Historian
Guy Shrubsole
Self - Land Reform Activist
Gregory Doran
Self - Artistic Director, Royal Shakespeare Company
Turi King
Self - Professor of Genetics, Leicester University
Dana Schwartz
Self - Author and Royal Podcaster
Nicola Tallis
Self - Author & Historian
Kevin Boys
Self - Blacksmith
Kit Green
Self - Performance Artist
Emma Dabiri
Self - Author and Broadcaster
Julia Laite
Self - Victorian Historian
Kojo Koram
Self - Author
