Can royal pomp and pageantry hold its power?
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Can royal pomp and pageantry hold its power?

From Trooping the Colour to Garter Day and Royal Ascot, this was the week the royal family put on their grandest annual display of glamour and spectacle. This week on The Royals, Roya Nikkhah and Kate Mansey are joined by the historian and author A.N. Wilson to ask whether these massive public events still have a place in modern Britain.


They look beyond the carriages, uniforms and hats to discuss what these public ceremonies are designed to achieve for the monarchy and the country. At a time of protests, scandal, a smaller working royal family and growing scrutiny over royal wealth, is pageantry still the monarchy’s best way of proving its value, or does the institution now have to work harder to justify the show?


Do the royals justify the pageantry? Get in touch: theroyals@thetimes.co.uk


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Image: Getty


Producer: Robert Wallace, Shabnam Grewal


Executive Producer: Priyanka Deladia


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