Queen Charlotte Part 2: The Queen’s Gambit | 27
Even The Royals
Wondery
4.4 • 844 Ratings
🗓️ 24 June 2024
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
In part one, Queen Charlotte and King George III fell into the kind of love story you usually only see in movies. But when George's health takes a mysterious turn, Charlotte finds herself with more questions than answers. Now, George’s rivals – including his own son – are plotting to force him off the throne. Charlotte has to find the strength to take on these enemies and pull the love of her life back from the brink.
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| 0:00.0 | Wonderie Plus subscribers can listen to Even the Royals early and ad-free right now. |
| 0:04.1 | Join Wonderly Plus in the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts. |
| 0:07.8 | A quick note about our show. |
| 0:09.3 | We do a lot of research for our stories, but we also aren't your boring high school history class, |
| 0:13.9 | so some details and scenes are dramatized. |
| 0:16.7 | And today's episode may contain language that could get you kicked out of Queen Charlotte's |
| 0:21.0 | annual ball. So please be advised. |
| 0:30.4 | It's early December, 1788, and 44-year-old Queen Charlotte is carrying a pot of Christmas roses to her |
| 0:37.3 | husband's private room. |
| 0:39.2 | Flowers have always made Charlotte feel better when the world is getting her down, and she hopes |
| 0:43.8 | they'll work their magic on George, too. George is still struggling with what we know today as |
| 0:49.3 | mental illness. Lately, he's lost his voice from all the non-stop ranting he's been doing. |
| 0:54.8 | Oh, God. |
| 0:55.7 | I know. |
| 0:56.7 | Being around other people makes Georgia's symptoms worse, |
| 0:59.8 | so the king has been isolated in his room as part of this new treatment. |
| 1:04.6 | And I'm playing it fast and loose with the word treatment. |
| 1:08.0 | By modern day standards, it's absolutely brutal. His new doctor, Dr. Willis, |
| 1:14.1 | has been trying a new regimen that involves George taking laxatives and applying leeches |
| 1:19.3 | to his face. Okay. Yeah, which is something I feel like I've heard about but didn't think was real, |
| 1:26.3 | maybe? Just like, anytime I do a deep dive into medicine, it's just everyone was playing fast and loose with everything. |
| 1:35.0 | Yeah, exactly. |
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