{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6761256ff444544373f2f68a/690b1593b27ff20ceb0024fd?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Caroline of Ansbach - The Cleverest Queen Consort (Minisode)","description":"<p>Caroline of Ansbach, wife and queen of George 2nd, is one of the lesser known British Queens. Which is a shame, as she was one of the cleverest and most influential. Born in a small German state, she went on to wield enormous influence over her husband and his kingdom. The British First Minister would approach Caroline before her husband, and the public loved her for her style and loathed her for her influence. </p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Sources/Further Reading</p><p>Dennison, Matthew: The First Iron Lady</p><p>Dennison, Matthew: Caroline of Ansbach: why George II's remarkable queen was the first iron lady of British politics&nbsp;</p><p>https://www.historyextra.com/period/georgian/caroline-of-ansbach-queen-britain-george-ii-first-iron-lady-politics-sex-symbol/</p><p>Hadlow, Janice: The strangest family - the private lives of George 3rd, Queen Charlotte and the Hanoverians</p><p>Worsley, Lucy: Courtiers, the Secret History of Kensington Palace</p><p>Finch, Barbara Clay: Lives of the Princesses of Wales <a href=\"https://archive.org/details/livesofprincesse02finc/page/284/mode/2up\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://archive.org/details/livesofprincesse02finc/page/284/mode/2up</a></p><p>Williams-McIntosh, Leah: Queen Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach <a href=\"https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Queen-Caroline-Brandenburg-Ansbach/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Queen-Caroline-Brandenburg-Ansbach/</a></p><p>Wikipedia: <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_of_Mecklenburg-Strelitz\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_of_Mecklenburg-Strelitz</a></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Amanda Paterson"}