Saturday Matinee: Even the Royals
History Daily
Airship | Noiser | Wondery
4.4 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2024
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
On today's Saturday Matinee, we forget everything we thought we knew about Marie Antoinette as we learn the complicated truth about one of the most infamous royals in history.
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| 0:00.0 | There are more ways than ever to listen to History Daily ad free. |
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| 0:06.0 | Or you can get all of History Daily, plus other fantastic history podcasts at |
| 0:10.5 | Into History. |
| 0:11.6 | com. It's good to be king as one of those phrases that on its face seems true. |
| 0:26.1 | But is it? |
| 0:27.1 | I mean Shakespeare didn't seem to think so. |
| 0:29.3 | Which of his kings or queens Princes are actually happy. |
| 0:33.0 | King Henry the 5th, maybe. |
| 0:35.0 | The others get killed by their family, consumed by guilt, or haunted by ghosts. |
| 0:40.0 | And if you've been watching the crown, they are all miserable. |
| 0:44.4 | So the truer aphorism might be, |
| 0:46.9 | Heavy is the head that wears the crown. |
| 0:49.5 | Or maybe even the head that wears the crown is missing. |
| 0:55.0 | On today's Saturday matinee, we bring you an episode from the new |
| 0:58.4 | Wundry podcast, Even the Royals. |
| 1:00.8 | A look at Royal Families Past and present from all over the world that makes the |
| 1:05.2 | case that all the glitters is not gold, and diamonds may not be a girl's best friend. |
| 1:10.7 | Marie Antoinette found that one out for sure, but as you're about to hear her story is more complicated than let them eat cake and a trip to the guillotine. |
| 1:19.0 | I hope you enjoy and while you're listening be sure to search for and follow even the Royals. |
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