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Noble Blood

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

Society & Culture, History

4.7 • 13.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2019

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

The same day Queen Liliuokalani proposed a new constitution for Hawaii that would restore power to the monarchy and grant native Hawaiians the right to vote in elections, a group of white businessmen met at a law office in Honolulu, and hatched a plan that would change the course of nations.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Noble Blood, a production of I Heart Radio and Aaron Minky.
0:05.2	Listener discretion advised.
0:09.4	In 1887, Queen Victoria invited 54 in princes and monarchs from around the world to celebrate
0:17.5	her golden Jubilee.
0:19.8	The Jubilee marked 50 years for Victoria as the Queen of England.
0:24.2	Her silver Jubilee, 25 years earlier, was barely commemorated at all.
0:30.4	Just months before that, her beloved husband, Prince Albert, had died young of typhoid
0:35.1	fever.
0:36.1	Victoria had been bereft.
0:38.6	She remained cloaked in black and shielded from the public life in mourning for decades.
0:46.0	But now for her golden Jubilee, she was re-emerging for the first time, a newly minted Empress of
0:52.8	India, a global Queen and one who deserved a celebration that exalted her in all of her
0:59.3	international imperial glory.
1:03.1	Among her foreign royal guests were crowned princess Lilió Colani of Hawaii, the sister
1:09.5	of the King and next in line for the throne.
1:13.0	Lilió Colani traveled with the King's wife and to their surprise when their ship arrived
1:18.4	in Liverpool.
1:19.4	They were met with all of the royal pump and fanfare that England had to offer.
1:25.7	Banner's flapped happily, streamers danced in the wind, rows of soldiers saluted in perfect
1:32.4	unison.
1:33.4	A military band played God save the Queen.
1:37.2	They were greeted by the Lord Mayor of Liverpool himself.
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