ABC is set to air a two-night, four-hour special documenting the lives of the British royal family, The Story of the Royals.
- Part one of The Story of the Royals will air Wednesday, August 22nd at 9 p.m. while part two will premiere Thursday, August 23rd.
- The presentation will “capture the mystique of the monarchy through its many loves, losses, extravagances, challenges, and charms.”
- The Story of the Royals is being produced in cooperation with People and Four M Studios.
- This team had previously produced The Story of Diana, which aired in reverence of the 20th anniversary of Princess Diana’s tragic passing.
The Story of the Royals will feature:
- Aaron Korsh, creator of Suits
- Alastair Bruce, Sky News correspondent
- Andrew Morton, author of Diana: Her True Story
- Anna Whitelock, author of The Queen’s Bed: An Intimate History of Elizabeth’s Court
- Arianne Chernock, author of Men and the Making of Modern British Feminism
- Bob Woodruff, ABC News anchor
- Cele Otnes, author of Royal Fever
- Charles Anson, former press secretary to The Queen
- Chris Connelly, ABC News contributor
- Christine Knudsen, theology department chair at Immaculate Heart High School
- Colleen Harris, former press secretary to Prince Charles
- Cornelia Guest, goddaughter of Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson
- Daniel Martin, Meghan Markle’s makeup artist
- David Wiseman, The Royal Foundation
- Dr. Harvey Young, Meghan Markle’s former theater professor
- Dr. Sue Varma, professor of psychiatry at NYU Langone
- Elizabeth Anson, cousin of Queen Elizabeth II
- Emma Bridgewater, royal ceramics manufacturer
- Gloria Allred, women’s rights attorney
- Harry Benson, celebrity photographer
- Hugo Vickers, royal biographer
- James Deutsch, folklorist, curator
- Jane Stevens, lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret
- Jess Cagle, editor-in-chief, PEOPLE
- Lady Jane Rayne, maid of honor at The Queen’s coronation
- Laura Mayhall, author of Women’s Suffrage in the British Empire
- Maria Pollia, theology teacher at Immaculate Heart High School
- Mark Stewart, royal photographer
- Myka Meier, etiquette instructor
- Patrick Jephson, former private secretary to Princess Diana
- Penny Junor, royal biographer
- Phillip Norman, author of Shout! The Beatles in Their Generation
- Rebecca Jarvis, ABC News correspondent
- Robert Lacey, author of Monarch: The Life and Reign of Elizabeth II
- Sarah Bradford, royal biographer
- Sarah Gristwood, author of Game of Queens
- Wynne Frankum, chair of the Bucklebury Parish Council
- Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, journalist