Why did the House of Windsor refuse to save the Romanovs? And why, in 1919, did the British royals then launch a secret mission, headed by a dashing spy, to save the Emperor of Austria?
This episode is about a thrilling story from secret meetings at Buckingham Palace through war-torn Austria to a small hunting lodge where a fallen emperor lay trapped with his wife and children.
Featuring: Rebecca Lenaghan (Empress Zita), Paul Storrs (Lt.-Col. Edward Lisle Strutt)
Special Episode: The new royal play that everyone is talking about
Season's Farewells with the Tudor Songbook
The Marquess of Anglesey on his Tudor ancestor
Immortal Valor in World War Two
Elizabeth II's Coronation Ball
The Mysteries of Harvington Hall
Winston Churchill and the Muse of History
The Mongol Empire
Downton Abbey star Penelope Wilton on her new role as the Queen Mother
Dan Jones chats "Wolves of Winter"
The Lionheart's Queen
Henry VII at Hampton Court
The Sixtus Affair of 1917
The Irish rebellion that shook the Tudors
Brand Sussex, Brand Monarchy?: A Coronation chat with Bob Sheard
Matilda of Flanders: The Conquest's Queen
Canada's Titanic and the Queen Mother's cousin
Hatshepsut: Daughter of the Sun
Nine Tales from Victorian Belfast (pt 2)
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