🎧 Coronation Fashion: Crowns, Orbs & Pubic Wigs
🎧 Betwixt the Sheets • 34m
From significantly sized cod-pieces to revenge dresses, the Royal family have used clothes to send a message to the public for centuries, and a coronation is one of the best opportunities to communicate what kind of king or queen you’re planning to be.
King Charles III's coronation will be at Westminster Abbey, a place where monarchs have been crowned since 1066 - everyone from Henry VIII to Victoria.
Today Kate is joined Betwixt the Sheets with Rosie Harte to talk coronations and royal fashion moments throughout history, including velvet robes and pubic hair wigs. Yes, you're reading that correctly.
WARNING: There is adult content and explicit words in this episode.
Senior producer: Charlotte Long. Mixed by Stuart Beckwith.
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