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…
161. Wassail Away With Me
It’s that time of year again, Good Nobles, so Alicia is taking us on a magical tour of (mostly) Tudor England’s holiday season. Think Advent, the 12 Days of Christmas, and a full on two-week break to eat, drink, and be as merry as you can be with Henry VIII as your king. Listen ad-free…
160. Cleopatra, Egypt’s Last Pharaoh
When Alexander the Great conquered Egypt bloodlessly in 332 BC, he was welcomed as a liberator after a period of Persian domination. Establishing cities like Alexandria and Philadelphia, his short life meant that the double-crown passed shortly to one of his most trusted generals, Ptolemy I Soter, kicking off a 300-year reign of Greek-Macedonian leadership…
159. Jennie Jerome Churchill
Decades after a band of British colonists in the new world gained independence from the Crown, a funny thing happened: wealthy American women began returning to the ancestral homeland to find impoverished but titled Englishmen needing wives – and cash. It was a match – actually, hundreds of them – made in heaven. Jeanette “Jennie”…
158. Andrew Morton is Back – Talking Fergie, Randy Andy, & More Windsor Scandals
We welcome back journalist and author Andrew Morton to spill some tea, past and present, on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson. The former Duke and Duchess of York are not the only Windsor family members in the lens – also included are Prince Phillip, King Charles III, Diana, Princess of Wales, Prince William and Princesses…