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Done & Dunne

224. Hever Castle | Two English Queens and an Astor Brat

Done & Dunne

Hemlock Creatives

True Crime, History

4.7630 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

In celebration of all things Anne Boleyn this week on the 489th commemoration of her death, this episode has you traveling with Alicia on a tour of Hever Castle in the Kent countryside. Its double-moated history begins long before Anne Boleyn and continues long after, and includes Anne of Cleves and William Waldorf Astor too! Everything connects in this encore episode this week - back next week with bran new Nick, and more in the meantime on Patreon! Continue your investigation with ad-free and bonus episodes on Patreon! To advertise on Done & Dunne, please reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to Dun & Dunn. I'm Alicia, your hostess on this podcast journey, All Things, Dominic Dunn.

0:07.9

This week, between my podcasts, there really has been only one subject on my mind, that of Anne Boleyn.

0:17.5

This week, we commemorate the 489th anniversary of her beheading by her monster of a husband, Henry

0:24.8

the 8th. If you were looking for the historical lowdown on any of Anne Boleyn's story, please go see

0:32.2

trashy royals from this past week. I am dropping history like it is hot over there this week, but here

0:39.2

on Dun & Dunn today, we're going to take a little trip connecting it all through to Anne Boleyn's

0:45.1

ancestral home, Heaver Castle, and Hever Castle was then the home of Henry the 8th's fourth wife,

0:53.0

Anne of Cleves. In this episode, we will trace the history

0:57.1

of Heaver and its eventual end with an aster, all of which connects back into our investigation.

1:05.5

This one is from out of the vault from a very long time ago, but it seemed to fit this week with the theme of

1:12.3

all things and Bolin.

1:14.7

Meanwhile, friends, I am hard at work getting through every Patreon episode, still left on

1:20.1

the floor this week, and getting a brand new episode done for you as well.

1:25.5

I can't wait to see you back next Monday here on the main feed for that one

1:29.3

and sooner on Patreon before that. Without any further woo, it is time for our tour of the history

1:37.7

and the people of Hever Castle. Let's investigate.

1:42.5

Music Castle. Let's investigate.

2:06.6

Hey, y'all, welcome to another episode of Not Done Yet. This time we're going to take a little trip across the pond and go to Hever Castle.

2:13.5

This story is called Two Queens of England and an Astor Brat, too. Oh my gosh, this is a fun one.

2:18.7

So in this Not Done Yet, we're going to get into some sticky spiderwebs going from Tudor England to the Astor family. We're going to take a little ride out to Hever Castle in the

2:25.5

Kent Countryside. Hever Castle throughout time has been owned by many families throughout the years.

2:33.4

It's rented by a number of other families,

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