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Dr. Estelle Paranque

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288 total appearances

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You're Dead to Me
Catherine de’ Medici: the real Serpent Queen of France

Henri III of France. He was elected king of Poland. And when Charles died, he had to smuggle out of Poland to go back to the French crown, which was awful because... Can you imagine being ditched by your king? No, but it was a massive diplomatic problem here because he was like, oh my... Catherine was like... Come back here. And he's like, they're not going to be happy.

You're Dead to Me
Catherine de’ Medici: the real Serpent Queen of France

Henri III of France. He was elected king of Poland. And when Charles died, he had to smuggle out of Poland to go back to the French crown, which was awful because... Can you imagine being ditched by your king? No, but it was a massive diplomatic problem here because he was like, oh my... Catherine was like... Come back here. And he's like, they're not going to be happy.

You're Dead to Me
Catherine de’ Medici: the real Serpent Queen of France

I'd just be a king for a year. Is that like when you've applied for a new job and not told your... And now you have a better opportunity that you were not supposed to have. Right? It's like France is better, right? Sorry, guys. But that's how they felt at that time. So he had to hide. He went down a window and he roared at night. And it's just such a fascinating story.

You're Dead to Me
Catherine de’ Medici: the real Serpent Queen of France

I'd just be a king for a year. Is that like when you've applied for a new job and not told your... And now you have a better opportunity that you were not supposed to have. Right? It's like France is better, right? Sorry, guys. But that's how they felt at that time. So he had to hide. He went down a window and he roared at night. And it's just such a fascinating story.

You're Dead to Me
Catherine de’ Medici: the real Serpent Queen of France

First of all, he was absolutely... Gorgeous. I think that helps. I mean, people are like, oh, yeah, you don't know when your kid is friendly. A Polish friend of mine told me that he's gorgeous.

You're Dead to Me
Catherine de’ Medici: the real Serpent Queen of France

First of all, he was absolutely... Gorgeous. I think that helps. I mean, people are like, oh, yeah, you don't know when your kid is friendly. A Polish friend of mine told me that he's gorgeous.

You're Dead to Me
Catherine de’ Medici: the real Serpent Queen of France

They still talk about it.

You're Dead to Me
Catherine de’ Medici: the real Serpent Queen of France

They still talk about it.

You're Dead to Me
Catherine de’ Medici: the real Serpent Queen of France

He's dashing. He's absolutely dashing. Even Elizabeth I. He's dashing off.

You're Dead to Me
Catherine de’ Medici: the real Serpent Queen of France

He's dashing. He's absolutely dashing. Even Elizabeth I. He's dashing off.

You're Dead to Me
Catherine de’ Medici: the real Serpent Queen of France

What's very interesting is that there were rumors that he was a homosexual. He slept with his mignon, his favorite, with his men. There is no evidence whatsoever of this. If at all, it's the contrary. And I'm going to tell you two reasons why there are these rumors about him. And why they're not true. The first one is he had lots of mistresses.

You're Dead to Me
Catherine de’ Medici: the real Serpent Queen of France

What's very interesting is that there were rumors that he was a homosexual. He slept with his mignon, his favorite, with his men. There is no evidence whatsoever of this. If at all, it's the contrary. And I'm going to tell you two reasons why there are these rumors about him. And why they're not true. The first one is he had lots of mistresses.

You're Dead to Me
Catherine de’ Medici: the real Serpent Queen of France

But because it's the only love story we're going to have here. He loved his wife. It was a love match. He chose Louise de Lorraine Vaudemont, who was a guise. And her allegiance is going to go to him, not her family. And then you have all this. I love that Sharpie is taking notes.

You're Dead to Me
Catherine de’ Medici: the real Serpent Queen of France

But because it's the only love story we're going to have here. He loved his wife. It was a love match. He chose Louise de Lorraine Vaudemont, who was a guise. And her allegiance is going to go to him, not her family. And then you have all this. I love that Sharpie is taking notes.

You're Dead to Me
Catherine de’ Medici: the real Serpent Queen of France

And then the reason why as well, I know for sure that he didn't have any things with his mignon is because I've read hundreds, if not thousands of his letters. And he described his poo in his letters. So if he had had sex with one of his men, he would have said, oh, my God, having you inside me last night was so. Amazing. He never did. He never did. All he did is like, I kiss your hands and feet.

You're Dead to Me
Catherine de’ Medici: the real Serpent Queen of France

And then the reason why as well, I know for sure that he didn't have any things with his mignon is because I've read hundreds, if not thousands of his letters. And he described his poo in his letters. So if he had had sex with one of his men, he would have said, oh, my God, having you inside me last night was so. Amazing. He never did. He never did. All he did is like, I kiss your hands and feet.

You're Dead to Me
Catherine de’ Medici: the real Serpent Queen of France

And it's just a mark of allegiance. People say because he said that to a man, I kiss your hand and feet. It's because he had sex with him. But his mother did the same. She wrote to him, I kiss your hand and feet. It was actually a mark of allegiance, a total loyalty.

You're Dead to Me
Catherine de’ Medici: the real Serpent Queen of France

And it's just a mark of allegiance. People say because he said that to a man, I kiss your hand and feet. It's because he had sex with him. But his mother did the same. She wrote to him, I kiss your hand and feet. It was actually a mark of allegiance, a total loyalty.

You're Dead to Me
Catherine de’ Medici: the real Serpent Queen of France

What did he say about his poo? It was green and smelly. And he reported that to his... I'm sorry, guys. He reported that to his advisor. Can you imagine the Privy Councillor receiving the letter? My king had a green poo today and it was very smelly.

You're Dead to Me
Catherine de’ Medici: the real Serpent Queen of France

What did he say about his poo? It was green and smelly. And he reported that to his... I'm sorry, guys. He reported that to his advisor. Can you imagine the Privy Councillor receiving the letter? My king had a green poo today and it was very smelly.