Queens of England Podcast

The first episode of my new show, The Other Half. If you like what you hear, find the show on iTunes or your podcatcher of choice and SUBSCRIBE!

We round up the Tudor and Stuart Queens, and see how they match up against their Mediaeval forebears.

In the face of invasion, Mary fled with her son to France with her husband close behind. It was deja-vu for the Stuart dynasty, but could they regain the crown for a second time?

In June 1688, Mary gave birth to a son. Or did she?Enquiry of the Princess of Orange into the Birth of the Prince of Wales

A Catholic wife of a Catholic king in a virulently Protestant country, things were always going to be hard for England's first Italian queen.

MERCH! - Click here to check it all out!She had had a terrible start to her time as queen, but things were only about to get harder for Catherine of Braganza.

As a daughter of England's oldest ally, Catherine came to marry a king of a restored monarchy. Sadly, there were more than just two people in their marriage.

There are many ways to defend someone during a crisis. For Henrietta, it was to release a cookbookQueen's Closet Opened (first two parts)Queen's Closet Opened (third part)Sir Kenelm Digby's Closet Opened