Podcast Corner: Royal reality show and a dream prince

Who could fall for something like this? That’s what the podcast sets out to investigate.

Tue, 30 Apr, 2024 - 08:08

Eoghan O’Sullivan

"Being in reality TV was always something I was interested in doing. I always thought that I would make great reality TV.” That’s what one of the contestants on 2014’s I Wanna Marry ‘Harry’ says on the latest podcast from Wondery, The Bachelor of Buckingham Palace.

The premise of the reality show is ridiculous: A group of 12 unsuspecting American women were flown to a sumptuous Elizabethan estate in the heart of the Berkshire countryside where they competed for a chance to win the affections of one of the world’s most eligible bachelors - or so they think. In fact it’s a lookalike who is “99% Prince Harry”. Who could fall for something like this? That’s what the podcast sets out to investigate.