DYNASTY: The Royal Family’s Most Challenging Year

After taking a few days to savor Prince Harry’s eye-opening memoir Spare, cohosts Katie Nicholl and Erin Vanderhoof sit down to explain the book’s revelations and debate whether Harry will come to regret his disclosures. Can the Firm weather more controversy? And will the royals ever make up with Harry and Meghan? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

All ten episodes of season 5 of The Crown are now on Netflix, and Dynasty's Erin Vanderhoof joins Vanity Fair reporter Julie Miller for a special Still Watching breaking down the first five episodes of the new season. Catching up with the royals in the 90s, the decades of Charles and Diana's bitter divorce and the Queen's "annus horribilis", the new season includes plenty of drama for every adult member of the royal family, plus the introduction of new key figures like Mohamed Al-Fayed and Hasnat Khan. Vanity Fair's royal correspondent and Dynasty cohost Katie Nicholl also joins for a conversation about how the real-life royals are feeling about the new season, and why the show may be much more than just an inconvenience for the newly crowned King Charles III. For more on The Crown, read all of Vanity Fair's coverage.Vanity Fair’s Still Watching podcast is also recapping this season of HBO’s The White Lotus every Monday - head over their page to hear the latest episode featuring an interview with Beatrice Granno. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

As the splintered family mourns its matriarch, Vanity Fair's DYNASTY examines how Charles, William, and Harry are planning for their respective futures.For more DYNASTY, visit VF.com/dynasty.For a transcript of this episode, please follow this link. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Vanity Fair royals experts Katie Nicholl and Erin Vanderhoof discuss the Queen's legacy, Operation London Bridge, and the challenges facing King Charles III in this special episode.For more DYNASTY, visit VF.com/dynasty.For a transcript of this episode, please follow this link. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

No one has ever waited longer to become monarch than Prince Charles. But who is Prince Charles, and how has his life in the shadows of nearly everyone close to him—his mother, his ex-wife, his sons—impacted who he is today? What can we even expect from King Charles? To understand these questions is to understand the man who has seemingly always played second fiddle in the Windsor P.R. machine. We’ll examine the ways in which Charles has reinvented his image and speculate on what his role and power within the firm mean for the future of the monarchy.For more DYNASTY, visit VF.com/dynasty."For a transcript of this episode, please follow this link. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The sovereign brand is a powerful thing—alluring to those outside, and even intoxicating to those inside. But when royals trade on the family business for personal gain, the whole family takes a hit. This episode will focus on how Prince Andrew’s alleged abuses affected the monarchy, and what the lasting repercussions may be.For more DYNASTY, visit VF.com/dynasty.For a transcript of this episode, please follow this link. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The British royal family is sometimes referred to as “The Firm” – the time-honored, drama-tested machinery that refines, defines and helps control the family’s public image. The inner forces are shadowy—perhaps that’s what led King George VI to coin the phrase in the first place even to the family’s highest-profile members. So how exactly does The Firm work, and who is in it?  For more Dynasty, visit VF.com/dynasty.For a transcript of this episode, please follow this link. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

When it comes to the Windsors and the press, who really holds the power? From Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson’s earth-shattering scandal to revealing TV confessions from Diana and, later, Prince Andrew, why has the royal family always been so afraid of, and prone to, scandal? We’ll investigate the ongoing tug-of-war between Fleet Street and its fetishized family, and how that has played out for the royals who dare try to reset the balance. For more DYNASTY, visit VF.com/dynasty.For a transcript of this episode, please follow this link. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

This episode will explore the role the Commonwealth plays in the monarchy—and how the perspective of its role in the world is quickly shifting. We’ll also examine the effect that the Sussexes’ departure had on the crown’s relationship with the other 53 Commonwealth countries, and how the royals may need to readjust if they want the Commonwealth to survive.For more DYNASTY, visit VF.com/dynasty.For a transcript of this episode, please follow this link. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Motherhood is far from simple, but motherhood within the context and confines of a monarchy comes with its own set of challenges. From the queen to Princess Diana to the Duchess of Sussex, royal mothers have had to balance their maternal instincts with centuries of tradition. This episode explores the disparate ways Meghan, Kate, and the generations before them have entered into and engaged with motherhood—and how the modern royals have begun to change the narrative.For more DYNASTY, visit VF.com/dynasty.For a transcript of this episode, please follow this link. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices