{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6369d309e71f4a00118fa224/6ad39c6d937a3c900f322ce1?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"DIANA CHRONICLES: A Compromised Courtship? + Political Satirist - Intel Lady | Ep.153 | The Scandal Mongers Podcast ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6369d309e71f4a00118fa224/1792252318267-2c0b0b74-ab61-40ba-8af7-c358361c5086.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In the build up to the 30th anniversary of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, Phil is continuing his new regular feature - his Diana Chronicles.</p><p>Based on his unique published - and unpublished - work on her life, he&#39;s going to re-examine all of the most important things you THINK you know about his remarkable and controversial woman in real detail. In this episode he delves into Diana and Charles’ courtship.</p><p><br></p><p>Many call this effectively ‘an arranged marriage’ but was it? What forces drove this couple together, and what always threatened to derail them? How did Diana’s instant rapport with the media affect things, how much did she really know about Charles and his pre-existing girlfriends and mistresses, and did she really try to call the whole thing off? Including some never-before-published details from his secret briefings with courtiers who were ‘in the room’ as the marriage grew closer, then suddenly seemed to be threatened, Phil reveals all!</p><p><br></p><p>Then Phil interviews the first ever comedian to appear on the podcast: &#39;Intel Lady&#39; (aka Jenny) who had become an internet sensation with her parodies of leading politicians. In and amongst some very funny jokes, Phil and Jenny explore the realities of media bias and the double standard applied to entertainers depending on their political views.</p><p><br></p><p>INTEL LADY’s channel is here...</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmdP6DK_gBvx-RzkKkj1JGw</p><p><br></p><p>Phil’s TV biography of Diana begins here...</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U--XrOrNgNE&amp;t=641s</p><p><br></p><p>There’s information and extracts from Phil’s recent WW2 book here, now published in paperback...</p><p>https://sites.google.com/view/1945thereckoning/home</p><p><br></p><p>You can order his book on Amazon UK and Amazon Australia, India and NZ - and it is available all around the world as an e-book and an audio book...</p><p>https://www.amazon.co.uk/1945-Reckoning-Empire-Struggle-World/dp/139971449X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=#</p><p><br></p><p>***We now have a Thank You button (next to the ’three dots’) for small donations that help support our work***</p><p><br></p><p>Looking for the perfect gift for a special scandalous someone - or someone you’d like to get scandalous with? We’re here to help...</p><p>https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ScandalMongers</p><p><br></p><p>If you enjoy our work please consider clicking the YouTube subscribe button, even if you listen to us on an audio app. It will help our brand to grow and our content to reach new ears.</p><p><br></p><p>THE SCANDAL MONGERS PODCAST is also available to watch on YouTube...</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-1syXZANC0&amp;t=191s</p><p><br></p><p>Please follow the Podcast (and Phil) below...</p><p><br></p><p>The Scandal Mongers...</p><p>https://x.com/MongersPodcast</p><p><br></p><p>Phil Craig...</p><p>https://x.com/philmcraig</p><p><br></p><p>You can get in touch with the show via...</p><p>team@podcastworld.org</p><p>(place &#39;Scandal Mongers&#39; in the heading)</p><p><br></p><p>Show Produced by Podcast World Soho, London W1</p>","author_name":"The Scandal Mongers Podcast"}