Greg Jenner
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Yeah.
Yeah, he does feel very medieval.
Yeah, he does feel very medieval.
Yeah, but he's banging around at the French court for some reason.
Yeah, but he's banging around at the French court for some reason.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Nobby. In 1555, Nobby Nostradamus prophesies to his queen. He says, the young lion will overcome the old. In a field of combat, in a single fight, he will pierce his eyes in a golden cage, two wounds in one. He then dies a cruel death. Now, what do you think that sounds like, Shappi?
Nobby. In 1555, Nobby Nostradamus prophesies to his queen. He says, the young lion will overcome the old. In a field of combat, in a single fight, he will pierce his eyes in a golden cage, two wounds in one. He then dies a cruel death. Now, what do you think that sounds like, Shappi?
It does. It's a jousting injury. And that literally happens. Now, I'm not saying Nostradamus is true. He might have just, you know, cold reading, whatever. But supposedly Catherine also dreamed of it. So supposedly she has a nightmare vision that her husband's going to die in a joust. And she begs him not to go in the joust.
It does. It's a jousting injury. And that literally happens. Now, I'm not saying Nostradamus is true. He might have just, you know, cold reading, whatever. But supposedly Catherine also dreamed of it. So supposedly she has a nightmare vision that her husband's going to die in a joust. And she begs him not to go in the joust.
He goes in the joust against Montgomery, who injures the king in the first joust.
He goes in the joust against Montgomery, who injures the king in the first joust.
Yeah, the lance goes through his visor, through his face, through his eye, splinters into the brain, and he... He died in ten days. Henri, her husband, is dead, which means Diane de Poitiers... Out?
Yeah, the lance goes through his visor, through his face, through his eye, splinters into the brain, and he... He died in ten days. Henri, her husband, is dead, which means Diane de Poitiers... Out?
Yeah.
Yeah.
So Henri is dead, the king is dead, long live the king. Her son is now king.
So Henri is dead, the king is dead, long live the king. Her son is now king.
Right, so Mary, queen of Scots, is now queen of France. Francois is king of France, but he's only 15. Shappi, you've got a teenage boy.