Welcome to the British History Podcast. My name is Jamie and this is episode 260.

King Edwards Forgotten Love Life.

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Next month, Z and I are coming back to London for her graduation ceremony. We're quite

excited, but not half as excited as her parents are as they're coming with us. And when I

ask Z's mum, Julia, what she'd like to do, she immediately asked for a meetup. Seriously,

she's never been to the UK, but the first thing that she wants to do is hang out in a pub

with a bunch of history fans. So, what do you think? Shall we do it?

Being that the Parliament room at the Georgian on Burah High Street has kind of become the

unofficial meetup spot, I thought we could do that again. So how about we get together

there at the Georgian on Burah High Street at 2 p.m. on Sunday, December 10th? We can have

a pint, chat about history, and other nerdy things, and you can also meet my new in-laws.

Sound good? Okay, let's get to the show.

Sometimes life just comes at you fast. So much happens in such a short space of time that

you barely have a chance to take note of where you're at. And only after it's all passed,

only then do you have a chance to say, oh my god, what was all that? And I wonder if that's

what Edward's life was like in late 902. The death of his father, the push for the crown,

his elevation, and the rebellion that followed, the fight with the Danes of East Anglia and

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