'YOU'VE GOT TO BE TOUGH!' How Queen Elizabeth would handle today's Royals

What's it like to have tea with Trump?Which member of the Royal Family gave Robert the cold shoulder?What rumours about the Royals has Robert had to debunk?And is there genuine reason to be cheerful about the future of the Monarchy?In response to a flood of requests from our viewers – in this very special episode of Palace Confidential, Jo Elvin sits down with our very own award winning historian, author, journalist and presenter ROBERT HARDMAN to discuss his remarkable career as a Royal correspondent.For this unique episode we’re going to be putting YOUR questions to Robert, who has been reporting on the Royal family since he once ACCIDENTALLY bumped into Sarah Ferguson on the side of a Swiss mountain in 1992!SIGN UP to our FREE Palace Confidential Newsletter: https://bit.ly/palacenewsletter2Buy Robert's latest book, 'Elizabeth II: In Private. In Public. Her Inside Story' here: https://amzn.to/3O8oQiPBuy 'Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work': https://amzn.to/3YZC1FhBuy 'Charles III: The Inside Story': https://amzn.to/4bmvVGd#QueenElizabeth #KingCharles #PrinceWilliam #PrincePhilip #WindsorCastle #RoyalYacht #QueenCamilla #PresidentTrumpSign up to Palace Confidential, the FREE royals newsletter from the Mail's top experts. Delivered straight to your inbox every Thursday, it's the smartest way to stay in the royal inner circle. Just head to dailymail.co.uk/palaceconfidential to sign up today.Host: Jo ElvinProducer: Jordan SawardExecutive Producer: Luke BlackallA Daily Mail Production. Seriously Popular. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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