On Royalty

What is the point of Kings and Queens? What do they do all day? And what does it mean to be one of them? The days are long gone when monarchs claimed that God had given them the right to rule. And yet they are still here. Why? The intellectual argument for the abolition of the monarchy is strong and many claim that royalty is irrelevant in a modern British democracy. Yet royal jubilees, weddings and funerals bring huundreds of thousands onto the streets. Jeremy Paxman seeks to find out how the role of our head of state has changed over the years and what the implications have been. With characteristic intelligence and humour, he looks at every aspect of the monarchy and how it has related to politics, religion, the military and the law. With a mixture of popular history, direct reportage and hilarious anecdote, the master of investigative journalism seeks to find out just how important the Royal Family is to our national identity...