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History Tea Time

Mary & George Villiers - The King’s Gay Lover & His Mom

History Tea Time

Lindsay Holiday

History

4.5566 Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The story of George Villiers and King James I & VI reads like a stylish, sexy and scandalous historic drama series. It probably hasn’t been made into one before because, until recently, Hollywood wasn’t too keen on portraying homosexual characters and relationships, authentically. However, the new Starz series, Mary and George promises to finally introduce the wider world to the dashing country commoner who won the heart of a king and was raised so high he had no where to go but plummeting back to earth. The series emphasises George’s relationship with his ambitions mother, Mary who encouraged and facilitated his royal seduction. So let’s travel back to the Stuart court of England and meet the real Mary and George Villiers. Get out your cups and saucers, because I will be spilling a lot of tea with this one.  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: Brandenburg Concerto No4-1 BWV1049 - Classical Whimsical by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ #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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0:49.3

Hello and welcome to History Tea Time. I'm Lindsay Holiday and I'm Spilling the Tea on History.

1:05.6

Mary and George Villiers, the King's gay lover, and his mom.

1:13.9

The story of George Villiers and King James I first and sixth reads like a stylish, sexy,

1:20.6

and scandalous historic drama series. It probably hasn't been made into one before,

1:25.9

because, until recently, Hollywood wasn't too keen on portraying homosexual characters and relationships authentically.

1:33.3

However, the new series, Mary and George, promises to finally introduce the wider world to the dashing country commoner,

1:42.3

who won the heart of a king and was raised so high he had

1:46.1

nowhere to go, but plummeting back to earth.

1:49.4

The series emphasizes George's relationship with his ambitious mother, Mary, who encouraged

1:55.7

and facilitated his royal seduction.

1:58.6

So let's travel back to the Stuart Court of England and meet the real

2:03.3

Mary and George Villiers. Get out your cups and saucers, because I will be spilling a lot of tea

2:11.1

with this one. Mary Beaumont was born in Leicestershire into a penniless family of minor gentry. The two traits which

2:19.8

snatched her from a life of obscurity were her beauty and her ambition. At 17, she caught the eye of her

2:27.6

recently widowed 43-year-old cousin, Sir George Villiers. He was a knight, a high sheriff of Leshyshire, a member of Parliament, and a significant step up for Mary.

2:39.9

The couple shared his country house and lived well on George's income from his successful sheep farm.

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