In this special trashy crossover episode, Vulgar History’s Ann Foster joins Alicia to talk about her new book, Rebel of the Regency: The Scandalous Saga of Caroline of Brunswick, Britain’s Queen Without a Crown. Caroline’s life was pretty incredible and she should be remembered much more in history. This one has everything – a plucky…
170. Charles II in Exile | Jane Roberts, Elizabeth Killigrew, and Catherine Pegge
This week, we follow Charles II across Europe with 3 more ladies and 3 more babies – all before he finds himself back on the throne of his kingdom! Listen ad-free at patreon.com/trashyroyalspodcast. To advertise on this podcast, reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com.
169. Frances Howard and The Murder of Thomas Overbury
In this wild Trashy Divorces crossover episode, Stacie takes us back to the court of King James I of England, where a young noblewoman, Frances Howard, was desperate to escape her arranged marriage to marry another – and found her paramour’s best friend to be a highly problematic obstacle. What to do, what to do?…
168. Charles II in Exile | Lucy Walter and a First Son
As the English Civil War ground on and the tides began to turn against the Royalist forces, Charles II decamped to Europe for his own safety. His mother was in Paris, but he also spent a lot of time in The Hague, where his sister Mary was the wife of William II, Prince of Orange….
167. Charles II | His Merry Beginnings
History includes a lot of highs and lows, but England’s Interregnum period was a particularly low low. King Charles I had been defeated in the English Civil War and was tried and beheaded in January 1649. For the next eleven years, various flavors of religious extremists, mostly under the sway of Oliver Cromwell, governed the…
166. Princess Haya of Jordan, Sheikh Mohammed of Dubai, and The #FreeLatifa Movement
Stacie has the gobsmacking escape of Princess Haya of Jordan, whose decade and a half of marriage to Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, was heading south by the time he became embroiled in yet another scandal for kidnapping one of his 26 children. Again. Listen ad-free at patreon.com/trashyroyalspodcast. To advertise on this…
165. Dido of Carthage
The city-state of Carthage, on the coast of modern Tunisia, was the product of a flight from tyranny. Dissidents from Tyre fled by ship and ended up building something enduring – for seven centuries, anyway. Slightly older than the city of Rome, Carthage’s wealth came from a broad trade network that encompassed the entire Mediterranean…
164. Zenobia and the Palmyrene Empire
Between the years 235 and 280 AD, the Roman Empire was a basket case. Emperors were dropping like flies, succession fights were common, pretenders routinely declared themselves Emperor, and whole regions broke away. It was not the most prestigious period for Rome. In Roman-controlled Syria, a fully Romanized city-state called Palmyra had become a wealthy…
163. The Dowager Lady Glenconner, Anne Tennant | The Merry Widow, Part Two
Today is second part of the incredible story of Lady Anne Glenconner. This episode is full of the stories and spiderwebs of Anne’s third act, having incredible success with her memoirs. So many people show up in this one – with stories and a little tea-spilling too – including Princess Margaret, Lord Snowden, King Charles…
162. The Dowager Lady Glenconner, Anne Tennant | The Merry Widow, Part One
In this special crossover episode of Done and Dunne and Trashy Royals, Alicia introduces you to The Right Honourable The Dowager Lady Glenconner, Anne Tennant. Lady Anne’s life is truly incredible – from a privileged childhood to being a lady-in-waiting attending Queen Elizabeth II through her coronation, these are only Anne’s early years. Marriage and…