Trashy Royals
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Whether it's the debauchery of ancient Roman emperors, the Tudor crime family, the shenanigans behind the Chair of St. Peter, or the Austrian elites’ attempts to save themselves by trading their daughters to other royal houses, it turns out that our betters have always been among our worst. Join Alicia and Stacie from Trashy Divorces as we turn our jaded eyes to a different kind of moral garbage fire: Trashy Royals! Thursdays. Brought to you by Hemlock Creatives.
Episodes 241
233. The Plantagenets | Louis, the Would-Be French King of England
King John was such a disaster as King of England that the barons of England went to war against him, inviting French Prince Louis, son of French King Philip II to cross the channel and take the reins in London …
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King John was such a disaster as King of England that the barons of England went to war against him, inviting French Prince Louis, son of French King Philip II to cross the channel and take the reins in London. Louis was married to John's sister, Blanche of Castile, which created a plausible claim to the throne if you squint. Arriving in May 1216, he quickly swept the country and was supported by both Wales and Scotland. Seriously, John was terrible.
And then John died, in October of 1216, leaving his nine-year-old son as a rival to Louis. Suddenly, the barons who'd invited him saw an opportunity to increase their own power, and enforce the terms of the Magna Carta, by backing the boy king over the French prince. In no time flat, everyone had always been against this.
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232. Dirty Digs | Notley Abbey
In this episode, we explore the history of Notley Abbey, a place with 1,000 years of history, in addition to being the martial home of Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier. All kinds of spiderwebs are hidden …
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In this episode, we explore the history of Notley Abbey, a place with 1,000 years of history, in addition to being the martial home of Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier. All kinds of spiderwebs are hidden within the walls of the place.
Also included, lots of silliness from the morning coffee and visits from some of our favorite kings and Tudor friends, and a few new characters too.
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231. The Curse of the Scottish Play
It is time to talk about The Scottish Play and the curse put upon it by some pretty angry witches in 1606. How did the legend start? How does it manifest? How do you rid yourself of the curse if you are doomed? …
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It is time to talk about The Scottish Play and the curse put upon it by some pretty angry witches in 1606. How did the legend start? How does it manifest? How do you rid yourself of the curse if you are doomed? This episode is going to fill you in on all the curse filled details!
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230. MacBeth (Shakespeare’s Version)
Alicia is truly obsessed with Shakespeare's Macbeth and what a better time to talk about this particular work? The Scottish Play truly has everything trashy you like - witches, treachery, fate, fortune, murder …
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Alicia is truly obsessed with Shakespeare's Macbeth and what a better time to talk about this particular work? The Scottish Play truly has everything trashy you like - witches, treachery, fate, fortune, murder and ultimate tragedy. None of it is historically accurate though. No matter – it is still an incredible tale that we will contract against the real-life figures soon in our Trashy Royals journey.
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229. Ya Basic Words and Phrases from The Bard
Present Alicia cannot even stop herself this week. In an extra-extra bonus from Past Alicia years ago on the Trashy Divorces side, it is to the whole silly spiral into the basic words and phrases that can be …
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Present Alicia cannot even stop herself this week. In an extra-extra bonus from Past Alicia years ago on the Trashy Divorces side, it is to the whole silly spiral into the basic words and phrases that can be attributed to the Bard, whoever they may be. Bless them. It is a lot - Stacie's wonderment at this whole surprise drop is really worth the listen.
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228. Scorpios Only | Princess Grace’s 40th Birthday Party
Talk about celebrating your birthday in high style. In this episode, we explore all the dishy details about the very exclusive 40th birthday party thrown by Her Serene Highness Princess Grace of Monaco for …
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Talk about celebrating your birthday in high style. In this episode, we explore all the dishy details about the very exclusive 40th birthday party thrown by Her Serene Highness Princess Grace of Monaco for herself and her Scorpio Only Friends. 1969 – what a time to be a scorpion!
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227. The Romance of Prince Rainier and Grace Kelly
The Grimaldi family was considered scandalous enough in Queen Victoria’s time that she forbade any of her close relatives to marry into it, leading Prince Albert I of Monaco to marry an American heiress in 1889 …
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The Grimaldi family was considered scandalous enough in Queen Victoria’s time that she forbade any of her close relatives to marry into it, leading Prince Albert I of Monaco to marry an American heiress in 1889 – a precedent that would matter decades later when Prince Rainier III, urged on by none other than shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis, began interviewing Hollywood A-listers for a very special role: Princess of Monaco.
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226. The Grimaldi Curse | François the Spiteful and Prince Albert I
The House of Grimaldi has ruled the tiny principality of Monaco since January 8, 1297, when Francois “The Spiteful” Grimaldi disguised himself as a monk and knocked on his uncle’s castle door, launching a coup …
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The House of Grimaldi has ruled the tiny principality of Monaco since January 8, 1297, when Francois “The Spiteful” Grimaldi disguised himself as a monk and knocked on his uncle’s castle door, launching a coup. In the violence that followed, according to legend, a woman – possibly a lover of Francois, possibly a witch he had wronged (can’t it be both?) – issued a curse that has resonated across the centuries: “Never will a Grimaldi find true happiness in marriage.”
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225. Lord Lucan | Act V
In this final episode of our series, we investigate what might have happened to Lord Lucan and the fates of our associated cast of characters in this season. Sponsors Find the fall pieces you’ll reach for most …
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In this final episode of our series, we investigate what might have happened to Lord Lucan and the fates of our associated cast of characters in this season.
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224. Lord Lucan | Act IV
Not only has Lord Lucan disappeared, causing an international manhunt, but Lucan’s friends are closing ranks. In this episode, we investigate the immediate aftermath of Lucan’s deeds and how one of the set …
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Not only has Lord Lucan disappeared, causing an international manhunt, but Lucan’s friends are closing ranks. In this episode, we investigate the immediate aftermath of Lucan’s deeds and how one of the set, Dominick Elwes, is destroyed by the Clermont set.
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223. Lord Lucan | Act III
In this episode, we investigate the events of that terrible night, November 7, 1974, where Lucky’s fate is sealed by miscalculating his hand, with the terrible cost of the life of the Lucan’s nanny, Sandra …
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In this episode, we investigate the events of that terrible night, November 7, 1974, where Lucky’s fate is sealed by miscalculating his hand, with the terrible cost of the life of the Lucan’s nanny, Sandra Rivett. Lord Lucan is now a murderer on the run.
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222. Lord Lucan | Act II
In this second episode, we investigate the marriage, separation and downright ugly court battle of Lord and Lady Lucan. Lord Lucan is very much down on his luck and makes some decisions about how to change his …
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In this second episode, we investigate the marriage, separation and downright ugly court battle of Lord and Lady Lucan. Lord Lucan is very much down on his luck and makes some decisions about how to change his fate.
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221. Lord Lucan | Act I
We begin our investigation into the mysterious vanishing of Richard John Bingham, the 7th Earl of Lucan, also known as Lucky. John Bingham certainly started life on a lucky streak. This episode delves into Lord …
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We begin our investigation into the mysterious vanishing of Richard John Bingham, the 7th Earl of Lucan, also known as Lucky.
John Bingham certainly started life on a lucky streak. This episode delves into Lord Lucan’s background, including his family, early childhood, and meeting his future wife, Veronica Duncan. We also introduce our wide cast of characters, all playing in the hot spot of swinging 1960s London, John Aspinall’s Clermont Club, and Mark Birley’s Annabel’s.
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220. The Plantagenets | King John and Isabella of Angoulême
As king, John Lackland no longer lacked lands, although as his reign stretched from 1199 to 1216, he lost plenty of land, as well as relatives, and eventually the support of England's nobles. A year before his …
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As king, John Lackland no longer lacked lands, although as his reign stretched from 1199 to 1216, he lost plenty of land, as well as relatives, and eventually the support of England's nobles. A year before his death, his conflicts abroad escalated at home with the First Barons' War, which the signing of the Magna Carta was intended to head off - but didn't.
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219. A Very Royal Dumpster Dive | As The Windsors Turn
Everybody's favorite monarchy has been very much in the news of late! The Windsors have had a minor book scandal, rumors of a scandalous book, Anglican priests catching strays about Advent Calendars, more …
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Everybody's favorite monarchy has been very much in the news of late! The Windsors have had a minor book scandal, rumors of a scandalous book, Anglican priests catching strays about Advent Calendars, more Andrew muck, and much, much more.
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218. Catherine the Great | Russia's Unlikeliest Queen
One of history’s great ironies is that one of Russia’s most successful periods occurred under the leadership of a monarch with not a drop of Russian blood. Catherine II, better known as Catherine the Great, was …
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One of history’s great ironies is that one of Russia’s most successful periods occurred under the leadership of a monarch with not a drop of Russian blood. Catherine II, better known as Catherine the Great, was a minor Prussian princess whose fairly horrible mother set her sights on achieving notoriety through her daughter.
Fortunately for young Catherine (who was born Sophie), Frederick the Great of Prussia had a political project to strengthen ties between his country and Russia, and Russia’s Empress Elizabeth needed her heir, the future Peter III, to find a wife, have babies, and continue the Romanov line. All eyes turned to the 16-year-old from Anhalt-Zerbst.
The marriage went poorly, but the real surprise occurred on the death of Empress Elizabeth in 1762. While crowned as Empress Consort to her husband, Peter III, it was only a matter of months before Catherine deposed her husband, forced him to sign an abdication, and became Russia’s sole ruler, and the longest-ruling Empress in Russia’s history.
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217. Diana's Secret Keeper | Paul Burrell
Today, with all the talk of Diana this week, we are taking a page out of the Done and Dunne podcast with a very reliable narrator for this particular trashy tale. Dominick Dunne went to London in 2002 to report …
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Today, with all the talk of Diana this week, we are taking a page out of the Done and Dunne podcast with a very reliable narrator for this particular trashy tale. Dominick Dunne went to London in 2002 to report in on the trial of Paul Burrell, the royal butler who knows all Diana’s secrets. The Diana in question is, of course, Princess of Wales. Dunne reports in on this trial of the most loyal servant ever, which is halted after 11 days, right before Paul’s appearance on the stand. Why the delay at The Old Bailey? Why, of course, Queen Elizabeth II steps in with late-breaking testimony about an important conversation from years before that will change the whole narrative in her Jubilee year.
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216. Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer
The world was captivated by the saga of Princess Diana when she married and divorced Prince Charles, but it turns out that marital trouble is a bit of a family matter for the Spencers. Alicia has the details on …
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The world was captivated by the saga of Princess Diana when she married and divorced Prince Charles, but it turns out that marital trouble is a bit of a family matter for the Spencers. Alicia has the details on Diana’s brother, Charles Spencer, whose three divorces and other romantic misadventures stand out even among the notoriously randy aristocracy.
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215. The Plantagenets | John Lackland and Isabella of Gloucester
England's King John is truly one of a kind. He was a king so bad at the job that there's never been another British ruler willing to adopt the moniker. In the Robin Hood lore, Prince John is often depicted as a …
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England's King John is truly one of a kind. He was a king so bad at the job that there's never been another British ruler willing to adopt the moniker. In the Robin Hood lore, Prince John is often depicted as a usurper while the rightful king, John's brother Richard, was away on crusade.
Indeed, that John became king at all is an accident of history. His father, King Henry II, had four sons with Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, and John was the baby. As a young man, he was known as John Lackland, because he lacked land. But his oldest brother died, then the brother closest in age to him. What was left was King Richard the Lionheart - away at Crusade - and a scheming John playing all the angles.
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214. The Plantagenets | Eleanor, Mother of Dynasties, featuring Richard the Lionheart and Berengaria of Navarre
Eleanor’s life was no less interesting following the death of Henry II. Rather than fade into the background, her son, King Richard I, instead made her his most powerful deputy in England while he went to the …
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Eleanor’s life was no less interesting following the death of Henry II. Rather than fade into the background, her son, King Richard I, instead made her his most powerful deputy in England while he went to the Holy Land on Crusade. In fact, Richard I was an extremely disinterested monarch and spent very little of his decade-long reign in the country. His brother, the future King John, at one point tried to raise and army and take the crown by force, but his mother put an end to that. Then there was the ransom of Richard the Lionheart, by Austrian Duke Leopold V. Eleanor personally traveled to negotiate with, and pay ransom to, Holy Roman emperor Henry VI.
Eleanor’s final years were spent in the reign of her youngest son, King John, during which she traveled among her children in Europe, arranging marriages for her granddaughters. By the time she died in 1204, at the age perhaps of 82, she had seeded her offspring among the royal houses of the continent, where they and their offspring would be players for generations to come.
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213. The Plantagenets | Eleanor of Aquitaine featuring Henry II
After Eleanor finally succeeded in ending her marriage to Louis VII of France, she had a brief turn of wedded bliss to the future Henry II of England. It’s not that the marriage was short, just her happiness …
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After Eleanor finally succeeded in ending her marriage to Louis VII of France, she had a brief turn of wedded bliss to the future Henry II of England. It’s not that the marriage was short, just her happiness. Henry II, it turns out, was a king of questionable judgment, as Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket would find out. He was also loathe to cede power to their children, and little was helped when Henry’s head was turned by a young noblewoman named Rosamund Clifford – an affair that contributed to Eleanor urging her sons to rise up against their father in England. For her treachery, Eleanor would spend more than a decade and a half confined; their sons were welcomed back into the fold in a “boys will be boys” way. But this was not the end for Eleanor. Upon the death of Henry II in 1189, she was the extremely involved Dowager Queen of England while her sons, Richard the Lionheart and King John, would take their turns on the throne.
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212. The Plantagenets | Eleanor of Aquitaine Before Henry II
There are no Plantagenet kings after Henry II without Eleanor of Aquitaine. History is not without examples of powerful women, to be sure, but even in that pantheon, Eleanor of Aquitaine is a special case. In …
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There are no Plantagenet kings after Henry II without Eleanor of Aquitaine.
History is not without examples of powerful women, to be sure, but even in that pantheon, Eleanor of Aquitaine is a special case. In this first part of her story, Alicia takes us through her early life in the French province of Aquitaine, where her father was the ruling Duke, and her first, disastrous marriage to the future (it turns out by a matter of days) Louis VII of France. A marriage that would, after many unhappy years, be annulled, allowing Eleanor to create one of history’s most audacious political romances: she married the future Henry II of England, son of Empress Matilda, paving the way for Eleanor to have been both Queen of France and Queen of England through separate marriages!
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211. Royal Tea-Time | As the Windsors Turn and Listener Letters!
It's a sad week, friends, and we are distracted by the losses of Dolly Parton and Tim Curry. Today, we do a little Royals Round Up with chatter about Harry and Meghan, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Sarah …
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It's a sad week, friends, and we are distracted by the losses of Dolly Parton and Tim Curry. Today, we do a little Royals Round Up with chatter about Harry and Meghan, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Sarah Ferguson, and their daughter. Then, we share some listener emails and answer their questions to the best of our distracted abilities.
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210. The Stormin' Normans | Matilda and Stephen
After the unfortunate incident with the boating accident that killed Heir Presumptive William in 1120, King Henry I had a choice to make when it came to succession planning. While he had nephews through his …
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After the unfortunate incident with the boating accident that killed Heir Presumptive William in 1120, King Henry I had a choice to make when it came to succession planning. While he had nephews through his sister and illegitimate children (galore), it was his daughter Matilda, Holy Roman Empress since her arranged marriage at the age of eight, that he tapped to take the throne when he shuffled off his mortal coil. There was a big gathering of nobles to mark the occasion, and in the presence of Henry and Matilda, they all swore fealty to their future lady king, presumably with their fingers crossed behind their backs.
Life went on for everyone for a few years yet. Matilda was re-married to Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, and had a couple of babies, and it was in Anjou that she learned in December of 1135 that her father the king was dead. Long live the lady king!
But not really. Matilda’s cousin Stephen acted with swiftness on the news of his uncle’s death and, despite having sworn fealty to Matilda in the presence of said uncle back in 1127, got himself crowned King of England, with the support of all those nobles who had also sworn fealty to Matilda back in 1127! And this is how the First Cousins’ War – better known as the Anarchy – began!
As you may know, there is no Queen Matilda in England’s royal history, but after a protracted and draining conflict, Stephen agreed to pass the crown to Matilda’s eldest son, Henry Plantagenet, launching a dynasty that would hold the English throne for centuries.
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209. The Stormin’ Normans | William the Conqueror, William II, and Henry I
Today we travel back nearly a millennia to investigate the House of Normandy, the beginning of the line of non-English Kings. William the Conqueror was the first Norman (French) king of England defeating King …
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Today we travel back nearly a millennia to investigate the House of Normandy, the beginning of the line of non-English Kings. William the Conqueror was the first Norman (French) king of England defeating King Harold at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
What follows is the wild ride of William, his wife Matilda of Flanders and their three sons, Robert, William Rufus and Henry. This is a true battle of brothers, with twists no one saw coming that will have repercussions for the rest of time. Also playing an enormous role in this saga, the wife and queen of Henry I, Matilda of Scotland.
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208. Put Up Your Dukes | Dukes and Duchesses
A few weeks ago, we ranked the royals in the UK system. Today, Alicia takes us into the peerage to talk their top of the heap, Dukes and Duchesses. Sponsors Upgrade your every day! Download the Quince app for …
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A few weeks ago, we ranked the royals in the UK system. Today, Alicia takes us into the peerage to talk their top of the heap, Dukes and Duchesses.
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207. Princess Margaret
When Queen Elizabeth II was born in 1926, there were years of her childhood that were, compared to other future monarchs, quite normal. After all, she was never supposed to be the Queen. Her father was a second …
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When Queen Elizabeth II was born in 1926, there were years of her childhood that were, compared to other future monarchs, quite normal. After all, she was never supposed to be the Queen. Her father was a second son; her Uncle David would succeed her grandfather, and certainly other male children would come along.
And then, in 1930, Elizabeth’s parents waited with anticipation to find out the gender of Elizabeth’s impending sibling. A boy would be in the line of succession. But the child who arrived was Princess Margaret, who was never supposed to be the daughter and sister of Queens herself, but for the fateful choice her Uncle David would make when Margaret was just six, when everything changed.
This episode follows Margaret through a tumultuous childhood, an early doomed romance, and her long, if ill-fated marriage to Antony Armstrong-Jones, eventually the Earl of Snowden. We visit Mustique, the Caribbean island where Margaret’s only personal land holdings resided, and meet some of the guests she entertained there. Plus, an assortment of stories about the social life of a notoriously difficult Princess – and why hanging with Margaret wasn’t everything it was cracked up to be.
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206. The Mad-Lib That is Roald Dahl's Grandson's Life - He Married, and Divorced, Jordan's Princess Raiya (A Trashy Divorces Crossover)
As she was idly scrolling Bluesky a few days ago, Alicia (@alicianwonderland.bsky.social) came across the ultimate Mad-Lib of a skeet: "roald dahl's grandson is a former london-based journalist who once …
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As she was idly scrolling Bluesky a few days ago, Alicia (@alicianwonderland.bsky.social) came across the ultimate Mad-Lib of a skeet: "roald dahl's grandson is a former london-based journalist who once freelanced for the daily dot and then married princess raiyah of jordan during covid but then got divorced and moved to the US where he became a cop in south carolina and just married an american tiktoker."
Ask and ye shall receive, as they say, and listeners, believe it or not, it kind of all makes sense.
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205. Sarah Ferguson's Windfall?
Alicia - at the prompting of a listener - started to deep dive into Andrew and Sarah's adult daughters when she learned that an old boyfriend of Sarah's, who has also been an ally and patron over the decades …
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Alicia - at the prompting of a listener - started to deep dive into Andrew and Sarah's adult daughters when she learned that an old boyfriend of Sarah's, who has also been an ally and patron over the decades, has died at the age of 88. Paddy McNally and Sarah dated for a few years beginning when she was 20 and he was 42. He also amassed a fortune of $800 million or so, and Royal watchers suspect that he intended to keep on taking care of Sarah Ferguson.
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Sources
The Man Who Made Fergie: What Paddy McNally's Death Tells Us About Sarah Ferguson (theroyalist.substack.com)
Will Fergie, the Royal Family's Great Houdini, Escape Yet Again? (andrewlownie.substack.com)
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204. Anne, Princess Royal
While we're ranking the Royals, Alicia thought it was worth taking a moment to appreciate the hardest working of the bunch, the current Princess Royal, Princess Anne. An Olympic-caliber equestrian, Anne has …
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While we're ranking the Royals, Alicia thought it was worth taking a moment to appreciate the hardest working of the bunch, the current Princess Royal, Princess Anne. An Olympic-caliber equestrian, Anne has attended more than 20,000 official engagements on behalf of the Crown, and is a patron or honorary president of more than 300 charitable organizations.
But even Anne has opinions when it comes to politicians, in-laws, and even the International Olympic Committee - of which she is a member.
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