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History Tea Time

Historic Royals with Tattoos

History Tea Time

Lindsay Holiday

History

4.5566 Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Tattoos have a long and colorful history across the world, and are an important part of many cultures. While 1 in 3 Americans have at least 1 tattoo today, western culture still sees the art form as counter culture, risque and rebellious. You might be shocked if you learned that your grandma was inked. And you certainly wouldn’t expect that prim and proper royals of the Victorian era were concealing covert tattoos under their stiff dress uniforms and frilly gowns. But in fact, a handful of trend setting Princes in the late 19th century started an aristocratic craze for secret ink. Let’s take a journey through the history of tattoo, learn how it flourished on other continents, but passed Europe by, and was then enthusiastically reintroduced. Along the way, we’ll meet several royals from history who were secretly tatted up! King Edward VII of the UK King George V of the UK Grand Duke Alexis of Russia Alfonso XIII of Spain Frederik IX of Denmark Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany King Oscar II of Sweden King Ferdinand I of Romania King George II of Greece Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria King Alexander of Yugoslavia Empress Elisabeth of Austria Princess Marie of Orléans Join me every Tuesday when I'm Spilling the Tea on History! Check out my Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/lindsayholiday Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091781568503 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyteatimelindsayholiday/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@historyteatime Please consider supporting me at https://www.patreon.com/LindsayHoliday and help me make more fascinating episodes! Intro Music: Baroque Coffee House by Doug Maxwell Music: Dreams of the ancestors by Asher Fulero #HistoryTeaTime #LindsayHoliday Please contact ⁠⁠⁠advertising@airwavemedia.com⁠⁠⁠ if you would like to advertise on this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:05.8

Hello and welcome to History Tea Time. I'm Lindsay Holiday and I'm spilling the tea on history.

1:18.0

Historic Royals with secret tattoos. Tattoos have a long and colorful history across the world, and are an important part of many cultures,

1:30.3

while one in three Americans today has at least one tattoo. In the West, the art form is still largely

1:37.5

seen as counterculture, risque, and rebellious. You might be shocked to learn that your grandma was inked, and you certainly wouldn't

1:46.6

expect that the prim and proper royals of the Victorian era were concealing covert tattoos

1:52.7

under their stiff dress uniforms and frilly gowns. But in fact, a handful of trend-setting princes

1:59.9

in the late 19th century started an aristocratic craze for secret ink.

2:05.9

Let's take a journey through the history of tattoo, learn how it flourished on other continents but

2:11.9

passed year by, and was then enthusiastically reintroduced. Along the way, we'll meet several royals from history,

2:19.8

who were secretly tatted up. Tattooing has been practiced by many cultures across the world since

2:27.3

the Neolithic times. Early tattoos were created by cutting open the skin with a sharp stone

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