Introduction

Following the death of the queen, we thought you might like to listen to a series that we've been working on for some months. We're putting all six episodes here in the feed, and will be back to our normal programming soon with one investigation every week. The monarchy is the one institution at the centre of ucs public life that has gone largely unchallenged over the past 70 years. Serious politicians never discuss its role, and there's no momentum behind the idea of a republic. So the questions for to day are, why is that and how might things change with the passing of queen elizabeth? To discuss these and other issues, i am joined by professor vernon bog