Trashy Royals
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218. Catherine the Great | Russia's Unlikeliest Queen
October 1, 2026 · 55 minOne of history’s great ironies is that one of Russia’s most successful periods occurred under the leadership of a monarch with not a drop of Russian blood. Catherine II, better known as Catherine the Great, was a minor Prussian princess…
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217. Diana's Secret Keeper | Paul Burrell
September 24, 2026 · 57 minToday, with all the talk of Diana this week, we are taking a page out of the Done and Dunne podcast with a very reliable narrator for this particular trashy tale. Dominick Dunne went to London in 2002 to report in on the trial of Paul…
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216. Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer
September 20, 2026 · 1 hr 8 minThe world was captivated by the saga of Princess Diana when she married and divorced Prince Charles, but it turns out that marital trouble is a bit of a family matter for the Spencers. Alicia has the details on Diana’s brother, Charles…
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215. The Plantagenets | John Lackland and Isabella of Gloucester
September 17, 2026 · 48 minEngland's King John is truly one of a kind. He was a king so bad at the job that there's never been another British ruler willing to adopt the moniker. In the Robin Hood lore, Prince John is often depicted as a usurper while the rightful…
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214. The Plantagenets | Eleanor, Mother of Dynasties, featuring Richard the Lionheart and Berengaria of Navarre
September 10, 2026 · 43 minEleanor’s life was no less interesting following the death of Henry II. Rather than fade into the background, her son, King Richard I, instead made her his most powerful deputy in England while he went to the Holy Land on Crusade. In fact…
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213. The Plantagenets | Eleanor of Aquitaine featuring Henry II
September 7, 2026 · 55 minAfter Eleanor finally succeeded in ending her marriage to Louis VII of France, she had a brief turn of wedded bliss to the future Henry II of England. It’s not that the marriage was short, just her happiness. Henry II, it turns out, was a…
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212. The Plantagenets | Eleanor of Aquitaine Before Henry II
September 3, 2026 · 41 minThere are no Plantagenet kings after Henry II without Eleanor of Aquitaine. History is not without examples of powerful women, to be sure, but even in that pantheon, Eleanor of Aquitaine is a special case. In this first part of her…
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211. Royal Tea-Time | As the Windsors Turn and Listener Letters!
August 27, 2026 · 35 minIt's a sad week, friends, and we are distracted by the losses of Dolly Parton and Tim Curry. Today, we do a little Royals Round Up with chatter about Harry and Meghan, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Sarah Ferguson, and their daughter. Then…