Willy Willy Harry Stee...

Charlie Higson's History of the Monarchy.


In each new weekly episode, Charlie and his friendly experts....(ie REAL historians)...learn all about one of our Kings or Queens and ask searching questions like:



  • Were they any good?

  • What did they actually do?

  • Why did so many die from an exploding stomach?


It's the story of families at war....literally!


New episodes every Friday.

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Recent Episodes
  • Jasper Tudor - The Good Duke
    Jun 12, 2025 – 54:13
  • George, Drowned in Wine
    Jun 5, 2025 – 59:20
  • Cecily Neville
    May 29, 2025 – 56:32
  • Margaret Of Anjou
    May 22, 2025 – 54:16
  • William Caxton
    May 15, 2025 – 54:28
  • Mayflower Monarchists
    May 8, 2025 – 46:31
  • John of Lancaster
    May 1, 2025 – 50:03
  • Saint Scholastica’s Day Riots
    Apr 24, 2025 – 33:04
  • The Shameless Plug!
    Apr 17, 2025 – 16:35
  • The Legacy Of Edward III
    Apr 10, 2025 – 1:01:05
  • John Wycliffe
    Apr 3, 2025 – 1:02:01
  • Geoffrey Chaucer
    Mar 28, 2025 – 1:16:55
  • Early English Music
    Mar 21, 2025 – 1:08:49
  • Isabella Of France
    Mar 14, 2025 – 50:53
  • Piers Gaveston & Hugh Despencer
    Mar 7, 2025 – 45:48
  • A Short History of Scotland
    Feb 28, 2025 – 57:12
  • Simon De Montfort
    Feb 21, 2025 – 1:17:20
  • The Birth of the Birth of the British Empire
    Feb 14, 2025 – 53:26
  • Eustace The Monk
    Feb 7, 2025 – 42:10
  • King Louis
    Jan 31, 2025 – 56:11
  • Empress Matilda
    Jan 24, 2025 – 1:07:05
  • William Marshall
    Jan 17, 2025 – 1:18:34
  • LIVE EVENT - How To Depose A Medieval Ruler
    Jan 10, 2025 – 1:08:23
  • Medieval Women: In Their Own Words
    Jan 3, 2025 – 36:14
  • Extraordinary Lives of Medieval Women
    Dec 27, 2024 – 50:58
  • Thomas Becket
    Dec 20, 2024 – 48:49
  • The Crusades
    Dec 13, 2024 – 55:03
  • NEW SERIES: Hereward The Wake
    Dec 6, 2024 – 41:06
  • The Anglo Saxon Period with Michael Wood OBE
    Nov 29, 2024 – 47:32
  • The Invention of British Art
    Nov 22, 2024 – 48:14
  • Harald Hardrada
    Nov 15, 2024 – 55:03
  • Edward The Confessor
    Nov 8, 2024 – 55:36
  • Cnut
    Nov 1, 2024 – 55:01
  • Edmund Ironside
    Oct 24, 2024 – 48:53
  • BONUS EPISODE 100 - The British Empire
    Oct 17, 2024 – 51:09
  • Æthelred the Unready
    Oct 10, 2024 – 1:06:52
  • The 5 Eds
    Oct 3, 2024 – 1:05:02
  • Æthelstan
    Sep 26, 2024 – 1:08:20
  • Edward & Æthelflæd
    Sep 19, 2024 – 48:46
  • Alfred The Great
    Sep 12, 2024 – 1:05:56
  • Series 2 - The Introduction
    Sep 5, 2024 – 24:22
  • BONUS EPISODE - Building Myth Busting
    Sep 3, 2024 – 43:24
  • The Willy Willy Pub Quiz!
    Aug 29, 2024 – 25:41
  • Willy Willy Shorts - The Origin Of Language
    Aug 29, 2024 – 22:52
  • Willy Willy Shorts - The alternative rhyme
    Aug 27, 2024 – 8:56
  • Willy Willy Shorts - Wars Of The Roses from a different perspective
    Aug 26, 2024 – 11:14
  • Willy Willy Shorts - Great Tales from English History
    Aug 25, 2024 – 5:05
  • Willy Willy Shorts - A Baptism of Saliva
    Aug 22, 2024 – 5:49
  • Willy Willy Shorts - Conservatism
    Aug 21, 2024 – 8:11
  • Willy Willy Shorts - The Churchills
    Aug 20, 2024 – 6:44
Recent Reviews
  • DJCPA
    Love It!
    Each episode informative, entertaining, on point with a smooth flow, and encapsulated within the subject, but transitional within the podcast series. Thank you for creating.
  • HystericalNightmare
    My new favorite podcast!
    I finally found a podcast that delivers fact based information about the Monarchy that is not in a boring singsong monotone OR a silly comedy format. Thank you Mr.Higson for this fabulous podcast!
  • SkeletalFamily
    Wonderful
    I’m loving this podcast - it’s already making me delve I to some areas of British history I don’t know enough about. The format - balancing Charlie’s storytelling with an expert historian - works really well. Looking forward to the rest of the series
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