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Welcome to our Royal Romance season.


On this episode, we’ll be talking about Royal Pairs that never got together.

The couples in question were considered by the powers that be, or they took a fancy to each other, but they either weren’t allowed to follow through with their plans, or fate decided otherwise.


We’re looking at four such couples today, Richard III & Isabella of Castile,

George I & Queen Anne, Emperor Alexander II of Russia and Queen Victoria,

And finally, Prince Eddy a.k.a. Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale & Empress Alexandra.

It is always curious to ponder how different history would be if certain events had developed differently.


To talk of these would-be couples, as well as touch upon the alternative history that we never got to know, we have historians Chris Riley and Catherine Curzon.


Our Favourite Books by Catherine:

The Crown: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Royal-Family-vs-The-Crown-Hardback/p/51893/aid/1238

Georgian Queens: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Queens-of-Georgian-Britain-Hardback/p/14066/aid/1238

Georgian Kings: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Kings-of-Georgian-Britain-Hardback/p/12904/aid/1238


Wives of Prince Regent: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Wives-of-George-IV-Hardback/p/20127/aid/1238

Life in the Georgian Court: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Life-in-the-Georgian-Court-Hardback/p/12109/aid/1238

The Real Bridgerton: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Real-Bridgerton-Hardback/p/23199/aid/1238


Our fangirling over Catherine's first book:

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/post/life-in-the-georgian-court-the-long-18th-century


We are now on Patreon!

Join our Baroque Kingdom and become a peer of the realm:

https://patreon.com/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast


Join Natalie on her London walking tours:


Monarchy Anglo-Saxons to Stuarts: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/


Monarchy Stuarts to Windsors: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355


Naughty London: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/


and a new one Royal Love Stories:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-love-stories-walking-tour-t481358/


https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

Get bonus content on Patreon

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Welcome to our Royal Romance season.


On this episode, we’ll be talking about Royal Pairs that never got together.

The couples in question were considered by the powers that be, or they took a fancy to each other, but they either weren’t allowed to follow through with their plans, or fate decided otherwise.


We’re looking at four such couples today, Richard III & Isabella of Castile,

George I & Queen Anne, Emperor Alexander II of Russia and Queen Victoria,

And finally, Prince Eddy a.k.a. Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale & Empress Alexandra.

It is always curious to ponder how different history would be if certain events had developed differently.


To talk of these would-be couples, as well as touch upon the alternative history that we never got to know, we have historians Chris Riley and Catherine Curzon.


Our Favourite Books by Catherine:

The Crown: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Royal-Family-vs-The-Crown-Hardback/p/51893/aid/1238

Georgian Queens: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Queens-of-Georgian-Britain-Hardback/p/14066/aid/1238

Georgian Kings: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Kings-of-Georgian-Britain-Hardback/p/12904/aid/1238


Wives of Prince Regent: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Wives-of-George-IV-Hardback/p/20127/aid/1238

Life in the Georgian Court: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Life-in-the-Georgian-Court-Hardback/p/12109/aid/1238

The Real Bridgerton: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Real-Bridgerton-Hardback/p/23199/aid/1238


Our fangirling over Catherine's first book:

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/post/life-in-the-georgian-court-the-long-18th-century


We are now on Patreon!

Join our Baroque Kingdom and become a peer of the realm:

https://patreon.com/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast


Join Natalie on her London walking tours:


Monarchy Anglo-Saxons to Stuarts: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/


Monarchy Stuarts to Windsors: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355


Naughty London: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/


and a new one Royal Love Stories:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-love-stories-walking-tour-t481358/


https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

Get bonus content on Patreon

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  continue reading

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