Alice Loxton

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770 appearances 11 recordings 7 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 3 Sep

Alice Loxton’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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She's in an English fleet travelling from Portugal to England for a pretty big moment in her life.

She's going to marry King Charles II of England, who, by the way, at this point, she's never actually met.

So pretty full on for her.

The thing about Catherine, though, she's only 23 years old.

She grew up next to a nunnery.

She's basically had this life of seclusion and strict religious studies.

She's got this reputation for being pretty pious and quiet, kind of a mousy figure, you might say.

Absolutely.

And she's this diplomatic pawn in this great tangled web of European politics.

The marriage is a great strategic alliance arranged by her father, King John IV of Portugal.

And this is quite a common thing at the time for royal families to use marriage as a way to forge these partnerships.

Nonetheless, she lands in Portsmouth on the 14th of May.

1662.

It's been a terrible journey.

She's been thrown around, tossed about in the sea by the storms.

But finally, she steps off the boat, no doubt hugely relieved.

And what is the first thing she asks for on dry land?

Can you guess?

Not quite.

Catherine of Braganza asks for a cup of tea.

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