What's the Monarchy For?

  • Premiered: Dec 2025
  • Episodes: 3
  • Followers: 1
  • Running
  • BBC One
  • Tuesday at 21
  • Documentary

Seasons:

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Season 1
1x1
Power
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 02, 2025
With access to political players and royal insiders, broadcaster David Dimbleby asks: how much power does the monarch really have – and is it more than we tend to think?
1x2
Money
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 09, 2025
Over the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, the Windsors amassed extraordinary private wealth without us noticing. How did they do it? David Dimbleby shines a light on the secrets of royal money.
1x3 Season finale
Survival
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 16, 2025
In an episode featuring shocking scandals and startling interviews, David Dimbleby asks how far the royals will go to maintain public support – and can they succeed?

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