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5. Power and Influence

5. Power and Influence

FromThe Queen Remembered


5. Power and Influence

FromThe Queen Remembered

ratings:
Length:
16 minutes
Released:
Sep 9, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In the latest episode of Radio 4's new podcast on the life of Elizabeth II, James Naughtie looks at the Queen's relations with her prime ministers over the decades of her reign. Winston Churchill was in Downing Street when she came to the Throne; Tony Blair and Boris Johnson had not been born. Although she stood above the party political fray, in the intimate dealings with governments of different stripes the Queen learnt how best to deploy the Crown's influence, especially at moments of crisis. And over more than seventy years, the power relationships shifted subtly.
Released:
Sep 9, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (9)

Drawing on archive material, interviews with historians, friends and leading public figures, James Naughtie presents a special podcast marking the life of Her Majesty the Queen.