Valentine Low Power and The Palace

The Royal commentator lifts the lid on the mysterious power dynamic at the heart of the British state: the secretive and little understood relationship between the monarchy and the government. He looks at the extraordinary political life of Queen Victoria, the effect that had on her son Edward VII, and the turbulent and fascinating political times of George V. Go behind the scenes of the wartime meetings between monarch and PM - including George VI and Winston Churchill, the Queen with Margaret Thatcher and Boris Johnson - and discover how personal chemistry has proved just as important as the constitutional relationship.

Talking to Julia Wheeler