Listen Now: Even the Royals

Queens Podcast

Comedy, History

4.5 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Admit it: you’re obsessed with royal families – watching them, gossiping about them, wanting to be them. It’s the stuff of fantasy. But for real-life royals, the crown jewels can be more like shiny handcuffs. There are expectations and rules – and if you break them, the consequences are big, and very public. And no, we’re not just talking about Harry and Meghan. There are royal families and wild royal tales from around the world and throughout history that you have never heard before. From Wondery comes the latest from Even the Rich co-hosts Brooke Siffrinn and Aricia Skidmore-Williams, Even the Royals. They’ll take you inside the cloistered world of royal families, past and present, where wealth and status often come at the expense of your freedom – and maybe even your life. This is just a preview of Even the Royals. You can listen to the full episode exclusively on Wondery+. https://wondery.app.link/ETR_Tqueen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:04.1	Hey, Nathan.
0:05.4	Hey, Katie.
0:06.7	So today we have something special for our listeners.
0:11.5	How many times have you thought about what it's like to be a king or a queen?
0:17.0	Well, what if we told you that there's a darker side to royalty?
0:21.9	And then more often than not, life as a prince or princess is anything but a fairy tale.
0:28.3	From the creators of Even the Rich comes a new podcast called Even the Royals, where hosts
0:35.3	Brooke and Eresha pull back the curtain on royal families past and present from all over the world.
0:43.1	Yeah. Even the Royals covers everything from stories you thought you knew, like Marie Antoinette, who was actually a victim of a viral propaganda campaign.
0:53.2	What followed was a series of impossible to believe
0:56.1	events that led to her eventual beheading. Or Catherine de Medici history branded her as a cold
1:06.0	and a power-obsessed manipulator and assumed she was responsible for one of the most devastating
1:12.2	massacres in French history. But as an orphan, she spent her life as a powerless hostage,
1:18.6	and her determination to rise to power and preserve her dynasty led her to some dark places
1:26.6	and desperate measures.
1:28.6	Royal status might be bright and shiny,
1:31.5	but it comes at the expense of everything else,
1:34.2	like your freedom, your privacy,
1:36.3	and sometimes your head.
1:38.7	Hashtag poor baby Jane.
1:39.9	So I'm about to play a clip from Even the Royals.
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