Sarah Wilson: Fake British Princess
Scoundrel: History's Forgotten Villains
KAST MEDIA | Jason and Carissa Weiser
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2022
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
You might have heard of Anna Delvey, or the Tinder Swindler but what if we told you, 250 years ago...a lowly English maid named Sarah Wilson made these modern imposters look like a bunch of amateurs. Throughout the 1770's, Sarah Wilson traveled the American colonies ripping off the ultra rich, even rubbing up against our Founding Fathers by pretending to be her royal highness Princess Sophia Carolina Augusta, sister to the Queen of England. The history books might have forgotten about this fascinating rapscallion, but we sure haven't.
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| 0:00.0 | The year is 1773 in the American colonies, and revolution is in the air. |
| 0:12.1 | From the cobblestone pathways of Boston to the grassy fields of Virginia, English subjects |
| 0:16.8 | are saying openly, and in writing, things they would never dream of uttering. |
| 0:21.6 | Because for centuries, the mere mention of it has guaranteed the hangman's news. |
| 0:26.6 | In provocative proclamations, we want freedom from the king, and we want it now. |
| 0:32.4 | Yet, in Charleston, South Carolina, as a wealthy tobacco planter hosts a dinner party at his grand mansion, |
| 0:39.4 | guests are willing to put their revolutionary fervor aside for the evening and enjoy the fineries. |
| 0:44.7 | Visitors are dressed to the nines in the latest 18th century fashions, powdered wigs, |
| 0:49.3 | who petty coats, and, depending on how rich you are, embroidered silk gowns. |
| 0:54.6 | You see, what kind of despise the monarchy? |
| 0:58.0 | They sure do enjoy looking the part. |
| 1:00.3 | But one young woman stands out from the crowd. |
| 1:03.1 | She's about 20 years old. |
| 1:05.2 | Her dress is decorated with a crown sewn in gold thread, and it's not just her outfit. |
| 1:10.8 | It's clear from her manner that she's a cut above the rest. |
| 1:14.2 | Who is she? |
| 1:15.5 | There's chatter, she might be the heir of a shipping fortune. |
| 1:18.8 | Others swear she must be related to the great George Washington himself. |
| 1:23.4 | Whoever she is, she sure looks rich. |
| 1:26.6 | She's thin and pale, almost way fish. |
| 1:29.8 | But what she lacks in size, she makes up for in charisma. |
| 1:33.7 | No longer leaving her origins in mystery, she holds everyone's attention with a tale of woe. |
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