Even the Royals: Queen Charlotte Part 2: The Queen’s Gambit | 245

Even the Rich

Wondery

Society & Culture

4.3 • 11.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In part one, Queen Charlotte and King George III fell into the kind of love story you usually only see in movies. But when George's health takes a mysterious turn, Charlotte finds herself with more questions than answers. Now, George’s rivals – including his own son – are plotting to force him off the throne. Charlotte has to find the strength to take on these enemies and pull the love of her life back from the brink.

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0:00.0	Wundry Plus subscribers can binge the newest season of even the rich before anyone else.
0:04.4	Join Wundary Plus in the Wundery App or on Apple Podcasts.
0:07.8	A quick note about our show, we do a lot of research for our stories, but we also aren't
0:12.2	your boring high school history
0:13.4	class so some details and scenes are dramatized and today's episode may contain
0:18.2	language that could get you kicked out of Queen Charlotte's annual ball so
0:22.2	please be advised.
0:23.3	It's early December,
0:30.8	it's early December, 1788, and 44-year-old Queen Charlotte is carrying a pot of
0:36.0	Christmas roses to her husband's private room. Flowers have always made Charlotte
0:40.8	feel better when the world is getting her down.
0:43.2	And she hopes they'll work their magic on George, too.
0:46.6	George is still struggling with what we know today as mental illness.
0:50.7	Lately, he's lost his voice from all the non-stop ranting he's been doing.
0:54.8	Oh God.
0:55.8	I know.
0:56.8	Being around other people makes Georgia's symptoms worse, so the king has been isolated
1:01.8	in his room as part of this new treatment.
1:04.8	And I'm playing it fast and loose with the word treatment.
1:08.1	By modern day standards, it's absolutely brutal.
1:12.0	His new doctor, Dr. Willis, has been trying a new
1:15.2	regiment that involves George taking laxatives and applying leeches to his
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