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Today we are going to talk about queens who misbehaved through English history.

So throughout English history, queens were expected to embody virtue, loyalty, and submission, but not every queen fit that mold. So we're going to talk about that.

All right. So some queens defied the expectations of their time, becoming legendary for their boldness or their ambition or their

scandalous behavior. From rebellion to witchcraft accusations, these queens left their mark

in ways that shocked their contemporaries and still captivate us today.

So we're going to go over some of the stories of England's most famous misbehaving queens.

We're going to start with Eleanor of Aquitaine.

She was no ordinary queen.

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