Coronation Fashion: Crowns, Orbs & Pubic Wigs

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

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Society, Sex, Scandal, Education, History

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🗓️ 5 May 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

From significantly sized cod-pieces to revenge dresses, the Royal family have used clothes to send a message to the public for centuries, and a coronation is one of the best opportunities to communicate what kind of king or queen you’re planning to be.

King Charles III's coronation will be at Westminster Abbey, a place where monarchs have been crowned since 1066 - everyone from Henry VIII to Victoria.

Today Kate is joined Betwixt the Sheets with Rosie Harte to talk coronations and royal fashion moments throughout history, including velvet robes and pubic hair wigs. Yes, you're reading that correctly.

WARNING: There is adult content and explicit words in this episode.

Senior producer: Charlotte Long. Mixed by Stuart Beckwith.

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0:00.0	Hello, my lovely betwixters, it's me, Kate Lister. I am here to protect you, to protect your ears,
0:06.1	to protect your virtue, to protect your moral core. This is your fair dues warning. Fair dues,
0:13.7	if you are going to continue listening to this podcast then you need to know this is an adult
0:17.9	podcast spoken by adults to other adults about adulty things and you need to be an adult as well.
0:23.4	So I don't actually think that we're being that rude today. We're talking about past
0:28.2	coronations and what they would wear to them. Coronation, fashion, coronation history. So I
0:33.2	don't think it's the rudeest one we've ever done but I will probably be swearing and you just
0:37.8	might not want to listen to that right now and if that's the case this is your chance to get out
0:41.5	now while you still can and if you stick around and you get offended then tough tips because you were
0:46.4	warned. Greetings my royal betwixters. That is my queen voice. I was going to do this whole
1:00.0	introduction thing in it but it's actually quite hard to maintain so I'm not going to do that.
1:04.6	I'm not sure it was that good anyway. But instead crack open the bookspheres,
1:10.0	bring out the coronation chicken of the coronation quiche. Is it that we're supposed to be in
1:16.6	God almighty. If you're under the age of 70 it's likely you're about to live through your very
1:22.4	first coronation in the UK. That of course is if we don't count all the winners who were crowned
1:28.4	king or queen of the jungle and I'm a celebrity get me out of here but this is a proper coronation
1:34.3	people. Charles will be crowned King Charles III in Westminster Abbey a place where monarchs have
1:40.7	been crowned since 1066 everyone from Henry the eighth to Victoria and Charlie will be following
1:47.2	in their regal footsteps nearly exactly 70 years to the day since his mother had her coronation.
1:55.0	It is sad that the queen didn't live to see her son be king isn't it? I think that that's sad.
2:00.0	She would have liked that. But stop talking nonsense Kate what will Charles be wearing?
2:08.4	What are you going to wear to a socially event? It's always a tricky question and if you're about
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