Listen Now: Even the Royals

British Scandal

Wondery

Scandal, Alice Levine, Great Britain, Society & Culture, Exhibit C, British, England, History, Matt Forde, Documentary

4.5 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

For real life royals, the crown jewels can be more like shiny handcuffs. There are expectations and rules – and if you break them, the consequences are big, and very public. And no, we’re not just talking about Harry and Meghan. There are royal families and wild royal tales from around the world and throughout history that you have never heard before. From Wondery comes the latest from Even the Rich co-hosts Brooke Siffrinn and Aricia Skidmore-Williams. Even the Royals takes us inside the cloistered world of royal families, past and present, where wealth and status often come at the expense of your freedom – and maybe even your life. In these stories, very human emotions, like jealousy, love, disgust, have the power to reshape the world.

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0:00.0	Behind the throne, behind the crown, there's a darker side to royalty, and when you take a closer look,
0:06.7	you'll see that it comes at the expense of everything else, your freedom, your privacy, and sometimes even your head.
0:13.0	On Wundere's new podcast, even the Royals,
0:16.0	they pull back the curtain on royal families past and present from all over the world
0:20.0	and you can listen for free wherever you get your podcasts.
0:24.0	There's the story of one of the most infamous Royals in history, Marie Antoinette,
0:28.0	but everything you know about her is wrong.
0:30.0	After she became Queen at just 19 years old, she ended up in a battle with the French
0:35.4	press that started a series of impossible to believe events, its history's
0:39.7	greatest smear campaign, and it had deadly consequences. Or there's the tale of Catherine de Medi. a for one of the most devastating massacres in French history, but she was an orphan who spent
0:55.0	her life as a powerless hostage and her determination to rise to power led her to some dark
1:00.0	places and desperate measures.
1:02.0	You're about to hear a clip from Even The Royals.
1:04.4	Follow Even the Royals on the Wondery app or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:08.3	You can binge Even the Royals ad free right now on Wondery Plus.
1:12.3	A quick note about our show. ad free right now on Wundery Plus.
1:13.2	A quick note about our show, while some scenes are dramatized, we promise we did our homework
1:18.2	and everything is based on facts.
1:20.8	And a royal heads up, today's episode contains swearing that would have the royal court calling for our heads.
1:27.0	Please be advised. So Brooke, you and I have been friends for a long time.
1:38.4	Yeah, and you know what, honestly, not long enough.
1:41.2	Would love to have you a long time ago.
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