🎧 Royal Sibling Rifts
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Just in case you haven’t heard, a certain prince has released a memoir recently detailing a challenging relationship between him and his brother, the heir to the throne.
But royal sibling rifts are nothing new, in fact we can trace it back centuries… and we’re going Betwixt the Sheets to find out more.
Kate is joined by Gone Medieval’s Matt Lewis to talk about royal siblings from the middle ages to the Tudor times, involving everything from chamber pot pranks to house arrests.
She’s also joined by biographer Anne Sebba to talk about more recent royal spats between the Duke of Windsor and King George VI, and a bit about Prince William and Harry.
*WARNING there are adult words and themes in this episode*
Produced by Charlotte Long and Sophie Gee. Mixed by Sophie Gee.
Betwixt the Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society. A podcast by History Hit.
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