Britain's Most Scandalous Queen
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Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society
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Hello, my lovely Batwicksters. It's me, Kate Lister. Welcome back once again to Batwickster Sheets. Fancy seeing you round here. To be honest, I fully expected you. I know what you're after, you dirty little historical pervert. Well, like I can talk, that's why I'm here too. But before we can go any further together, I do have to tell you, this is an adult podcast, spoken by adults to other adults, about naughty things and naughty ways of covering away adult subjects, and you should be an adult too. Right, let's get on with it. It's July the 19th, 1821, and we are in London town. It's the party of the summer, and we are on the guest list. Well, I mean, obviously we are. What party is complete without us?
But more importantly than that, we are with the Queen herself. And we've all been primping and preening all morning, getting ready to show our best selves off to the crowds. Oh, it's going to be a fabulous day. Only it doesn't quite go the way that we think that it will go. Your fingers the Queen would get in, wouldn't you, to the King's coronation? No, you haven't been to a coronation of George IV before and his poor Queen, Queen Caroline, our mate. Well, we're going to be telling what happened to her today.
Thank you.
Hello and welcome back to Betwixt the Sheets, the history of sex, scandal and society with me, Kate Lister. Today we're talking about the marriage of George IV and Queen Caroline of Brunswick. It was not a happy pairing. He was unfaithful from the start and he wanted a divorce almost instantly. What better way to do that than to accuse her of cheating, the absolute cheek of it. But why did they hate each other so much? And they really, really, really did. How did they even end up married?
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–14:29
2
Who was Caroline of Brunswick and why is she called Britain’s scandalous queen?
14:29–24:28
3
What was Caroline’s childhood like and how did it shape her personality?
24:28–41:09
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Why did George IV (Prinny) marry Caroline and what was his background?
41:09–58:27