Is there a chance that the end of Queen Elizabeth II is thus the end of her royal family? That's something that people have been talking about for a really long time here. I'm hesitant on the basis that if you look around Europe, there are quite a few extant royal families. A lot of them have had their own share of scandals. There are some much more scandal played royal families than the British royal family who are nonetheless kind of staggering on.
Long live the king.
This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy and Hady Mawajdeh, fact-checked by Serena Solin and Amina Al-Sadi with help from Amanda Lewellyn, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram, who also edited.
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