The Spectator Podcast: can the royal family survive its makeover?

A steady stream of royal scandals has put the monarchy firmly in the limelight this week. Prince Andrew’s suspicious friendship with the late Jeffery Epstein and the continued controversy over Meghan and Harry’s hypocritical bow to ‘woke’ causes have given the royal press office a lot to think about. But is this latest set of embarrassments indicative of a monarchy losing its grip? Why aren’t the younger royals toeing the line? And is there anything they could do that would risk compromising the Queen’s authority?

In this week’s cover article, Jan Moir argues that the younger royals are undermining the gold standard that the Queen has spent 67 years upholding. Whilst these transgressions are bad enough individually, together they create a ‘storm front of bad royal behaviour’. Jan joins us on the podcast, together with journalist and royal biographer Angela Levin. Angela talked with Prince Harry extensively in 2018, and expresses her surprise at Harry’s role in all this:

‘He was charismatic.