Even the Royals: Caroline of Brunswick Part 1: Sex, Lies & Letters | 246

Even the Rich

Wondery

Society & Culture

4.3 • 11.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Over a hundred years before Princess Diana and Prince Charles, there was another doomed British royal couple: Queen Caroline and King George IV. Caroline and George’s hatred for each other runs so deep that it leads to a war that snowballs into a full blown tabloid circus. (Imagine Johnny Depp and Amber Heard-level drama, but set in Jane Austen’s era.) Their fighting eventually ends in a trial about sexual double standards -- with the whole country waiting on the edge of their seats to see how it will all play out.

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0:00.0	Wundery Plus subscribers can
0:01.8	convince the newest season of even the rich before anyone else.
0:04.4	Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery App or on Apple Podcasts.
0:08.0	A quick note about our show.
0:09.5	We do a lot of research for our stories,
0:11.8	but we also aren't your boring high school
0:13.8	history class so some details and scenes are dramatized and the royal heads up to
0:18.6	you listeners out there we'll be exposing all kinds of family jewels today I I love a good coin purse. I know you do that,
0:25.8	plus swearing, infighting, and a little bit of incest. Please be advised. So when I say bad royal marriage, who comes to mind?
0:44.0	Literally anyone who's ever been married and royal, but I guess mostly.
0:49.0	I'm sure Princess Diana and Charles is the main one.
0:54.2	Yeah, good guess.
0:55.1	Yeah, totally see where your heads at.
0:57.4	But this week, we're going to talk about what may be the worst royal marriage
1:02.2	of all time.
1:03.2	Okay.
1:03.8	And it's not Diane and Charles.
1:06.8	It's a story that involves catfishing,
1:09.2	fake pregnancies, and a hangover
1:12.2	to end all hangovers.
1:14.0	It's also about a couple whose hatred for each other leads to a war that
1:18.7	snowballs into a literal tabloid circus.
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