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Greg Jenner

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

Sorry, chaps. Loved being king of Poland. Gotta go.

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

But he describes his poo. He keeps a poo diary.

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

But he describes his poo. He keeps a poo diary.

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

So, Henri is now ruling. Catherine is still sort of reigning a bit because she's still mother of the king. But she still finds time to meddle in the love life of her fourth remaining son, Hercule, who gets renamed François, Duke of Anonçon.

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

So, Henri is now ruling. Catherine is still sort of reigning a bit because she's still mother of the king. But she still finds time to meddle in the love life of her fourth remaining son, Hercule, who gets renamed François, Duke of Anonçon.

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

And he's being dangled in front. In fact, Catherine is doing the dangling. She's dangling him in front of someone for marriage. Do you know who that would be?

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

And he's being dangled in front. In fact, Catherine is doing the dangling. She's dangling him in front of someone for marriage. Do you know who that would be?

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

Who's single and ready to mingle on the marriage market?

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

Who's single and ready to mingle on the marriage market?

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

It is.

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

It is.

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

Yeah. So he's a young lad. Lizzie, Lizzie, Lizzie. And he's being sort of pushed in front of Queen Elizabeth, who's much older.

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

Yeah. So he's a young lad. Lizzie, Lizzie, Lizzie. And he's being sort of pushed in front of Queen Elizabeth, who's much older.

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

Her nickname for him is Frog.

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

Her nickname for him is Frog.

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

She nicknames him Frog.

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

She nicknames him Frog.

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

Yeah, yeah. Yeah, she was. Yeah, he's in his late teens.

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

Yeah, yeah. Yeah, she was. Yeah, he's in his late teens.

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

Well, he doesn't marry her, of course, because she remains the Virgin Queen. But Francis Hercule sadly dies aged 29 in 1584 after a bungled military campaign in the Netherlands. So Catherine is marrying off the daughters as well, which means she's sort of the grandmother of Europe.