Overview
- Critics highlight a newly combative tone, with Dimbleby questioning the BBC’s historic caution toward scrutinising the Palace.
- Court-released correspondence shows Charles, as Prince of Wales, lobbying ministers on issues from farming to military helicopters.
- Contributors contend the monarchy’s practical authority is limited, pointing to the queen’s inability to stop the 2019 prorogation of parliament.
- The programme probes financial opacity, noting the lack of a public inventory for valuable royal assets and raising concerns about Crown Estate-linked funding.
- Interviews with Edward Young, Paul Richards, David Cameron and historians offer contrasting views on influence, as reviewers flag the notable omission of the Bashir–Diana interview footage.