The Execution of Charles I – The Day England Killed Its King

The episode follows the events leading to Charles I’s beheading at Whitehall, exploring how Parliament tried and executed a reigning monarch and why that moment reshaped notions of sovereign power in early modern Britain. It examines contemporary sources, the legal argument that the king was subject to law, the political aftermath across England, Scotland and Ireland, and how later memory has mythologised the scene. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices