Queen Elizabeth II (TRIH eps 231-232)
1952 · Resource
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the life and reign of Queen Elizabeth II in the second of a two-part set of episodes produced after her death and the accession of King Charles III. They trace the early smooth years of her reign, her role in facilitating decolonization and reshaping the empire into the Commonwealth, and the image-management that made the royal family seem like a model 'first family.' The hosts examine major crises: the populist tabloid culture of the 1970s, Princess...
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