Sex & Scandal in Charles II's Court

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

History Hit

Society, Sex, Scandal, Education, History

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

There are many privileges that come with being a royal, but where do mistresses lay amongst these? If you'll excuse the pun.

Charles II was notorious for the women in his life, from his wife Catherine to infamous mistresses like the formidable Nell Gwynn.

What was in it for them? And how did they all get along? Joining Kate today is Linda Porter, author of Mistresses: Sex and Scandal at the Court of Charles II.

This episode was edited by Tom Delargy. The producer was Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.

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0:00.0	Hello my lovely betwixters it's me Kate Lister and you are you listening to this
0:05.9	podcast and I'm so pleased that you are here we do have fun together don't we I thoroughly enjoy myself but before we can continue I need to tell you that this
0:14.6	podcast contains language and content of an adult variety that's right you need a fair
0:20.6	dues warning and here it is. This is an adult
0:22.8	podcast broken by adults to other adults about adulty things in an
0:25.4	adult way covering a range of adult subject that you should be an adult too.
0:29.7	I don't know why you'd be listening to this if that wasn't the case anyway but on with the show
0:38.8	What do you look for me at? Oh money of course
0:41.8	You're supposed to rise when an adult speaks to you.
0:44.0	I make perfect copies of whatever my boss needs
0:47.0	by just turning enough and pushing the button.
0:50.0	He or right!
0:52.0	Now! He or right! Yes, social courtesy does make a difference.
0:57.0	Goodness, what beautiful times.
1:01.0	Goodness, there has nothing to do with it, Jerry. Hello and welcome back to betwixt the sheets the history.
1:07.0	Hello and welcome back to betwixt the sheets, the history of sex scandal in society with me, Kate Lister. It's no secret that Royals
1:15.1	through the ages have enjoyed certain privileges and Charles II was absolutely
1:22.3	no exception in fact he rather enjoyed his privileges, lots and lots of them.
1:29.4	More often than not there were privileges that headed straight to his boudoir as we will learn.
1:35.5	But who were the women? Both his wife and his mistresses. There's many many
1:42.0	mistresses.
1:43.0	And what was in it for them?
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