S23E10: The Darmstadt Divorce | Ernest Louis and Princess Victoria Melita (Trashy Royals Crossover)

Trashy Divorces

Hemlock Creatives

Comedy, History

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2024

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

We've noticed a lack of royal divorce stories since we kicked off our sibling podcast Trashy Royals more than a year ago now (!). Today, Alicia is bridging that gap by bringing together - and busting apart - two of Queen Victoria's grandchildren. Yes, the long tradition of royal cousins getting hitched. These are Grand Duke Ernest Louis of Hesse and by Rhine (nickname: Ernie) and Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (nickname: Ducky). The two became the subject of intense royal meddling as Victoria, imagining herself a skilled matchmaker, pushed Ernie to propose to Ducky, not realizing Ernie was more of a man's man, if you get our drift. The whole thing, marriage and divorce, turned into a massive scandal that rocked Europe. Enjoy this crossover, and if you like what you hear, go check out Trashy Royals, wherever you're listening right now! Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to trashy divorces.
0:03.2	Everybody's favorite good podcast about bad relationships.
0:07.5	My name is Stacy.
0:08.8	Hey Alicia here, we are taking a little bit of a trashy Royals turn this week.
0:13.7	With our Trashy Royals podcast, Stacy, that's been going on over a year now.
0:18.2	Over a year now.
0:19.1	We just don't talk about Royals and their terrible divorces over here on trashy divorces too often.
0:25.0	There's so much content, but yeah, now we have buckets.
0:28.0	Today it is time to rectify that.
0:30.0	Y'all are about to hear a double episode.
0:32.0	This is a two-parter of one of my favorite divorce
0:35.2	sagas from the last year over from the trashy royal side, but today it's coming for
0:40.9	you with some Victorian trash candy in the land of trashy divorces.
0:46.9	Let's go, go.
0:47.9	Hello and welcome, friends, to the Court of the Trashy Royals, where we assemble each Thursday to reveal and
0:55.9	revel in the tales of our betters, behaving badly. My name is Stacy.
1:00.7	Hi friends, Alicia here.
1:02.5	Thanks for joining us for two naughty nobles this week,
1:06.1	Duckie and Ernie.
1:08.0	This is Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh.
1:11.4	She's Duckie and Grand Duke Ernest of Hesse and by Rhine, he's Ernie.
1:18.1	They are first cousins, they were married, they were divorced too. This story is a knockout. Whoa, let's give a little bit of a lead
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