He was a great man and a saint, which I found fascinating. That was a nice touch from the producers, although I realised later on that they had an ulterior motive…"ĭD: "Well it turns out I’m also related to 13th century French King, Louis IX. One of my favourite bits was getting a bag of coins with my face on, just like my ancestors. A coin with Danny Dyer on it - imagine it! We did a bit of jousting and then we went hunting in the forest and I wasn’t bad with a bow and arrow. I didn’t want to take myself too seriously and hopefully that comes across."ĭD: "I got to ride a horse for the first time ever, just like another of my royal ancestors, William the Conqueror. I’ve changed a bit as I’ve got older and I wanted to show a different side to me. But you have to commit to these things otherwise there’s no point. I had to eat a sheep’s tongue straight from the skull, which wasn’t great. They must have thought I was a bit odd and the name Danny Dyer probably meant nothing to them. But he must have been some geezer, because he rose from nothing to the top of Viking society, which wasn’t easy because they were a tough mob!"ĭid you enjoy living as Rollo did when you travelled to the Viking village in Sweden?ĭD: "I didn’t mind sailing about on the longboat and learning to scrap like a Viking, but I wasn’t a big fan of their food. We couldn’t go back any further than that because no one knows who his mum and dad were. My oldest known relative was Rollo the Viking, who came from Scandinavia to become the first Lord of Normandy in the 900s. Were you surprised by how far back your family tree went?ĭD: "Yeah that was a shock. He’s a clever bloke, but he’s very boring!"ĭanny Dyer in his day job as Mick Carter in EastEnders Hopefully you’ll learn a lot more from one of my shows than you would from a David Starkey series. It’s a history show that’s told through my eyes so I’m hoping it reaches out to a lot of people. I want to indulge in it, taste it and find out what their lives were actually like. Historians know all about my family, but I don’t and when you have a family tree like mine you have to go and explore it. I heard she always watches the Christmas special, which is nice I suppose!"ĭD: "Ever since I was told I had royal heritage I’ve been dying to find out more. I heard the Queen is a fan of EastEnders though. I don’t know it would be nice if they did want to acknowledge it. I’m clearly one of their embarrassing cousins they’ve got but don’t want to acknowledge. In this two-part series, EastEnders star Danny Dyer will be taking a trip through a thousand years of history to find out how far back his royal bloodline goes, before discovering how his regal relatives really lived…ĭid you get an invite to Prince Harry’s wedding? After all you’re family…ĭD: "I haven’t heard anything from the Royal family.
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