DYNASTY: The Royal Family’s Most Challenging Year
Episodes
Introducing Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Wally Amos. He founded the ubiquitous Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookies in 1975, turning the brand into an overnight sensation and himself into ...
From In The Dark: Blood Relatives Trailer
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Five family members, murdered. A sixth in prison for life. It’s one of Britain’s most infamous crimes. But did the justice system get it wrong? “...
Kate Middleton and the Future of the Monarchy
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This spring, Catherine, Princess of Wales, ended a long silence and rampant public speculation with a solemn video announcing her cancer diagnosis. In...
The Truth About Meghan, Harry, and Their California Dream
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been four years since Meghan Markle and Prince Harry walked away from their royal roles, sparking an endless stream of media attention and seco...
Has This Year Changed King Charles?
18 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When King Charles III announced his cancer diagnosis in February, there was an outpouring of emotion in the UK, along with some concern about what it ...
Prince William’s New Role In the Family
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After a year in which the British Royal Family has been forced to foreground its humanity and vulnerability, DYNASTY is returning for a special four-e...
Introducing: This is Uncomfortable
15 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At what point do you walk away from your dreams? Kashy gave himself a deadline: if he didn’t become a pop star by the time he turned 25, he’d gi...
From In the Dark: The Runaway Princesses
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The wives and daughters of Dubai’s ruler live in unbelievable luxury. So why do the women in Sheikh Mohammed’s family keep trying to run away? The...
The Rebranding of King Charles
16 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The king’s speech? That may mean far less than what has so far gone unsaid over the days of celebration and circumstance. What comes next for the ma...
The King, the Queen, and Their Country
08 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The DYNASTY hosts recap King Charles’s coronation, the highs and lows, and the Prince Harry of it all Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.or...
The Palace and the Press
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After Harry and Meghan’s royal exit, the royal family doubled down on “never complain, never explain,” but there are a few signs that the Buckin...
King Charles Ascends—For Better and Worse
25 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On a special episode of DYNASTY, cohosts Katie Nicholl and Erin Vanderhoof break down some of the king’s successes on the world stage and some of th...
Special Coverage: Will Prince Harry Have Regrets?
17 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After taking a few days to savor Prince Harry’s eye-opening memoir Spare, cohosts Katie Nicholl and Erin Vanderhoof sit down to explain the book’...
Still Watching: The Crown Season 5
09 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
All ten episodes of season 5 of The Crown are now on Netflix, and Dynasty's Erin Vanderhoof joins Vanity Fair reporter Julie Miller for a special...
King Charles on the Cusp
23 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As the splintered family mourns its matriarch, Vanity Fair's DYNASTY examines how Charles, William, and Harry are planning for their respective future...
The Future of the Crown
09 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Vanity Fair royals experts Katie Nicholl and Erin Vanderhoof discuss the Queen's legacy, Operation London Bridge, and the challenges facing King Charl...
Heavy Is the Head: Prince Charles’s Rocky Ascent
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
No one has ever waited longer to become monarch than Prince Charles. But who is Prince Charles, and how has his life in the shadows of nearly everyone...
How Prince Andrew’s Epstein Scandal Rocked the Monarchy
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The sovereign brand is a powerful thing—alluring to those outside, and even intoxicating to those inside. But when royals trade on the family busine...
The Firm’s Footsoldiers: Who Really Controls the Crown?
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The British royal family is sometimes referred to as “The Firm” – the time-honored, drama-tested machinery that refines, defines and helps contr...
Clash of the Titans: The Global Press vs. the Royals
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to the Windsors and the press, who really holds the power? From Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson’s earth-shattering scandal to revealing...
Imperial Guilt: The Royals Reckon With the Commonwealth's Colonial Past
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode will explore the role the Commonwealth plays in the monarchy—and how the perspective of its role in the world is quickly shifting. We’...
How Diana, Kate, and Meghan Revolutionized Royal Motherhood
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Motherhood is far from simple, but motherhood within the context and confines of a monarchy comes with its own set of challenges. From the queen to Pr...
Racism and the Royals: Meghan Markle Exposes an Ugly Truth
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Enter Meghan Markle: an activist and philanthropist, an American actress, and biracial woman—in short, an outsider to the Firm. Why did Meghan’s i...
The Spare: Prince Harry’s Struggle for Independence
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Prince Harry has never been a stranger to headlines, but nothing compares to the media firestorm in early 2020 when the future king’s younger son st...
Kate and Her King: How the Cambridge Romance Reenergized an Institution
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kate and William’s epic wedding on April 29, 2011, was just one more fairy-tale scene in one of the 21st century’s most famous love stories—a lo...
Never Complain, Never Explain: Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip & the Birth of a Tabloid Dynasty
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The current royal family, divided in so many ways, begins with a firmly unified front: Philip and Elizabeth. The couple’s steadfastness is as tradem...
Introducing Dynasty
12 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Unimaginable secrets. Unyielding power. Devastating rifts and shocking allegiances. With surprising new interviews as well as historic sound, Vanity F...