I have quite a few notices this week, so strap yourselves in.

First of all, as those of you on the Facebook page will already know,

I want to know who you're in Catherine Parr,

but I think you'll have got enough of a flavour of her by now to make a judgment.

I've been keen for a while to get more audience participation in the podcast,

as I firmly believe it is as much your show as it is mine. In my interview with

Elizabeth Norton, which I will be releasing soon, we both revealed who our favourite

Queen of Henry was. I know who I said, and whom Elizabeth said, but I would love to know what

you all think. To have your say, then go to the Facebook page, Queens of England podcast,

and you'll find the post containing the link to the poll, pinned to the top. For it for your

favourite, and then write down why in the comments. We've had some great comments so far,

so be sure to read what everyone else has written and continue the conversation. Secondly,

and rather more seriously, I need your help.

Normally at this point, I would thank all my latest patrons on Patreon,

give my current patrons some grandiose name, like Space Ninjas of Amazingness,

and ask you all to send some money my way. And of course, I would love you to do that,

but just not this week. As keen listeners

amongst you will have already gleamed, I am British, I know, shock reveal there. I'm sure all of you

will have noticed in the news over the past few months that my country has been hit by a number of

awful attacks by terrorist nutcases. From Manchester to my beloved home city of London,

many people have died and lots, lots more have been injured, both physically and psychologically.

So, I've decided to do something about it. On Sunday the 30th of July, I will be taking part in the

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