Brazen Weekender: Royals, Oligarchs, and a CIA Traitor

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Brazen Weekender. I'm Bradley, and today I'll be bringing you the best of what the team has been reading, watching and listening to. This week, I've got some incredible investigative journalism to share — including a story that touches on our favourite subjects: royals, oligarchs, and the world of offshore finance — plus a returning period drama from the creator of Peaky Blinders, some timely intelligence podcasts, and a farewell to one of the most notorious spies in American history.

So, what's caught our eye this week?

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📖 What we've been reading

I'm going to jump straight into what we've been reading this week, because there's been some truly excellent investigative work.

The Royal and the Oligarch

First up, from the world of royals and oligarchs, we have a bombshell BBC investigation that reveals Prince Andrew received £15 million from a Kazakh billionaire using funds from a company implicated in a bribery scheme.