Ann Foster

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Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society · Britain's Most Scandalous Queen · 24 Jul 2026 podcast

And so I should mention one of the actually where I start my book and one of the more notorious things that she did as a teenager.

At one point, she was fed up with not being allowed to go to the balls, not being able to do anything.

And she hatches this scheme.

I think that the sort of scheme you come up with when you're sort of a homeschool kid who reads a lot of novels where you think it's a good idea, but it

So what she did is she pretends to be giving birth when she's 15 years old.

She gets stage makeup.

She puts makeup on.

She had a big bump.

And she's screaming.

And there's a ball happening at the time.

And so the servants go and get her mother from downstairs at the ball.

And she's just like, I'm having a baby.

And her mother is thinking, but I never let you see anyone.

What is going on here?

What else is going on there is that she pretends she's having a baby.

And then at the final minute, she's like, ha ha, I'm not having a baby.

And won't you think twice before keeping me from a ball, mother?

Yeah.

So she's just kind of.

No, it's a move.

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