This is the 810 to Birmingham New Street.

Calling at Organize to-do list.

Call your PA.

Shoot off a few emails.

Close laptop.

Head to the shop.

Man behind the counter seems like a good egg.

Thinking of eggs. One breakfast butty, please.

Business travel by train is time well spent with Avanti West Coast.

Before we get going with today's episode, I just want to let you know about what's going to be going on with the last episodes of this podcast. This is going to be the penultimate one on Mary of Modner,

with the last one coming next week. After that, I'm planning on doing one final episode,

just looking back over the Tudor and Stuart Queens, comparing them to medieval ones,

and seeing if we can come to any broad conclusions.

I can't give you a date for that one. It depends when I can find time to get it all done during

the Christmas and New Year period. Just keep an eye on the Facebook page, Queen's of England

podcast for updates. After that, well, I'll be keeping you posted on that as well, that there will

be a podcast from me in the new year.

To all my new listeners, welcome to the rest of you. Welcome back.

Hello, and welcome to the Queens of England podcast.

Episode 66, Marriottner, the Warming Pan Baby.

Thank you. moderner, the warming pan baby. If you've been listening to this podcast for a while, you will know how important it was for a queen to give birth to a son. Queens have been abandoned, divorced, disgraced, and died, all on the altar

of providing an air for England. And, while that was hugely unfair on the women themselves,

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