Can the royal family and King Charles adapt to the modern age and stay relevant? Will Harry be able to rejoin The Firm? And what will the next generation of royalty be like?
These and more questions from our audience were answered in The Independent’s virtual event on the future of the royal family.
Hosted by assistant editor Victoria Harper, the panel features bestselling authors Anna Pasternak and Tessa Dunlop, plus royal historian Jonathan Spangler. Read More
Bunny is in the seaside garden of Anna Pasternak. Anna had the privilege of growing up in a Gertrude Jekyll garden as a child, and loves gardens with different spaces or rooms within them. Read More
Natalie and Vanessa chat with Anna Pasternak and look at the complex relationship between the press and the monarchy in Great Britain. Read More
Anna speaks to Tom Leeman about Edward VIII who reigned as King of the United Kingdom for 325 days in 1936. Read More
Edward VIII, the king never crowned, abandoned his throne for the woman he loved. Read More
Wallis Simpson was an American socialite who had been married twice when she met Edward, Duke of Windsor at a party. Read More
This episode covers Russian Author and Poet Boris Pasternak. In her book Lara: The Untold Love Story that Inspired Dr Zhivago, Anna Pasternak blows the doors of history wide open and changes the way we remember Boris, both for good and for ill. Read More
Anna Pasternak speaks to Rachel Johnson about her writing career and the court case surrounding her book, Lara: The Untold Story and the Inspiration for Doctor Zhivago... Read More
The former King Edward VIII and his wife Wallis Simpson remain a source of fascination Read More
Believing that she had been plagiarised, the great-niece of Boris Pasternak went to court. The case may cost her £2 million. Read More
