Royal Romance: Love, Actually, Genuinely | 63

Even The Royals

Wondery

Society & Culture

4.4 • 844 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, we’re bringing you three stories of modern royals who, against the odds, found their OTL. There’s Aussie Mary and Prince Frederik of Denmark, whose unlikely love story hinges on the approval of the Danish people accepting a foreigner as their future queen. Then American college-grad Ariana, who meets a mystery man at a nightclub, only to find out months into their relationship that the man she’s fallen in love with is an Ethiopian prince. And finally, small-town Daniel and Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, whose journey from friends to lovers faces harsh backlash from the press and public.

Be the first to know about Wondery’s newest podcasts, curated recommendations, and more! Sign up now at https://wondery.fm/wonderynewsletter

Listen to Even The Royals on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. You can listen early and ad-free on Wondery+. Join Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Start your free trial by visiting wondery.com/links/even-the-royals/ now.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Wonderie Plus subscribers can listen to Even the Royals early and ad-free right now.
0:04.1	Join Wonderly Plus in the Wonderry app or on Apple Podcasts.
0:08.2	A quick note about our show.
0:10.0	We do a lot of research for our stories, but we also aren't your high school history class,
0:14.0	so some details and scenes are dramatized.
0:16.8	And a royal heads up, today's episode contains some cursing and discussions of eating disorders, so please be advised.
0:28.8	So, Risha, this is wild because we were literally just talking about this yesterday.
0:32.9	Yeah?
0:33.6	I'm pretty sure I know the answer, but do you believe in soulmates? Oh, that is so weird. I know. Do I believe in
0:41.1	soulmates? No. I figured that. Yeah. I figured that. Well, I've always thought of soulmates as like you have
0:47.7	that one person. It's only one person. And that's what I don't agree with. But I do agree that there are people where you
0:53.0	just have this like
0:54.3	chemistry that just exists. And so there's really another way to explain it other than like
0:59.4	soulmate. So that's what I do believe in, but not like there's only one person in the world for you
1:04.6	that I don't believe in. Sure. Well, I have to say today's episode does make a case that they do exist.
1:12.5	Okay.
1:13.2	So in honor of Valentine's Day, we're talking about three stories of modern royals falling in love.
1:19.8	And the love wins all theme is so strong.
1:22.0	We should probably consider rewatching The Prince and Me as a documentary because that movie was actually loosely based on our first
1:29.7	story.
1:31.1	Thank God I know that movie by heart.
1:33.4	Yeah.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Wondery, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Wondery and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.