Throughout history, kings and queens have commissioned buildings all around the world but just how much has their vision shaped the cities of today? We explore the new book, ‘Royalty and Architecture’, with its editor Clive Aslet. Plus: we visit a place that saw everything from coronations to royal funerals and check on the rebuilding efforts of Notre Dame five years on from a devastating fire.

Tall Stories 511: 50 years of London’s Undercroft Skate Space
04:57

How Sweden’s ‘fika’ mentality can improve city planning
30:22

Tall Stories 510: Exploring Taiwan’s flying-saucer ghost town
06:29