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Royal Special

This month on Witness, Razia Iqbal introduces us to five people whose stories help illustrate the changing nature of royalty in the twentieth century.

This month on Witness, Razia Iqbal introduces us to five people whose stories help illustrate the changing nature of royalty in the twentieth century. We'll meet the great niece of the last Tsar of Russia, the Bulgarian King exiled by communists who returned as Prime Minister, the woman whose sister's marriage to an African monarch caused a scandal and we'll hear about the Japanese royal wedding that broke two thousand years of tradition plus the story of how Princess Diana changed the world's attitude to AIDS with a photograph.

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 1 Jun 201808:00GMT

Broadcasts

  • Sat 19 May 201817:30GMT
  • Sat 19 May 201822:30GMT
  • Sun 20 May 201804:30GMT
  • Sun 20 May 201810:30GMT
  • Thu 24 May 201809:30GMT
  • Fri 1 Jun 201808:00GMT