History Tea Time - Lindsay Holiday

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Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson Feb 21, 2023

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King Edward VIII gave up the throne to marry the woman he loved, Wallis Simpson. Their relationship has long been lauded as a royal fairytale. But there was a lot more going on. Wallis never really liked Edward but became trapped by her own ambition. And Edward, desperate to find any mode of escaping the insurmountable pressure of his birth rite, became obsessed with the woman who dominated him. And they were both Nazi sympathizers. The abdication of a King who wasn’t allowed by the church to marry a divorced woman was not nearly that simple. And the crisis that almost ended the British monarchy likely saved it in the end...

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Intro Music: Baroque Coffee House by Doug Maxwell

Music: Brandenburg Concerto No4-1 BWV1049 - Classical Whimsical by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100303 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

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Victoria & Albert: A Royal Love Story Feb 14, 2023

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Happy Valentine's Day! ❤️ The romance between Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert is one of the greatest love stories in history. After a long history of arranged and often miserable marriages this couple found solace and comfort in each other and prioritized their happy family and domestic bliss even over the power of the British Empire.

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Intro Music: Baroque Coffee House by Doug Maxwell

Music: Brandenburg Concerto No4-1 BWV1049 - Classical Whimsical by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100303 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

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Queen Nzinga of Ndongo & Matamba Feb 07, 2023

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Nzinga was the Queen regnant of the joint kingdoms of Ndongo and Matamba, in modern day Angola in Africa. She stood up to the Portuguese colonialists and defended her people from enslavement. Her brilliance, pride and perseverance forced the Portuguese to recognize her kingdoms and she remains a symbol of freedom and resistance to oppression to this day. She is one of the great Queens of African History.

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Intro Music: Baroque Coffee House by Doug Maxwell

Music: Djansa by The Mini Vandals featuring Mamadou Koita and Lasso

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How Many of Queen Victoria's Descendants had Hemophilia? Jan 31, 2023

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Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom was known as the grandmother of Europe. She and her husband Prince Albert had 9 children, 42 grandchildren, 85 great-grandchildren and 142 great-great-grandchildren. Many of her majesty’s estimated 1,239 total descendants married into royal families across Europe, from Russia to Spain, Norway to Romania and all over Germany. In addition to their royal mama’s short stature, beady eyes and haughty temperament, many of them carried another, more dangerous genetic legacy, hemophilia. This excruciatingly painful, often deadly disorder devastated royal families, caused the early deaths of at least 10 princes and contributed to the downfall of both the Russian and Spanish monarchies. Let’s trace the hemophilia gene along the royal family tree to find out where it came from and how many of the Queen’s descendant’s fell victim to what became known as the royal disease.

Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany

Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine

Leopold Battenberg

Maurice Battenberg

Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia

Rupert Cambridge

Alfonso, Prince of Asturias

Infante Gonzalo

Prince Waldemar of Prussia

Prince Heinrich of Prussia

and more?

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Intro Music: Baroque Coffee House by Doug Maxwell

Music: "Bellissimo" by Doug Maxwell

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4 Royal Assassinations Jan 24, 2023

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Assassination – the murder of a prominent person, often for political motives. These calamities shock the world and can change the course of history. But as we will learn from the following shocking accounts, violence can only beget more violence. And the aspirations of assassins have a tendency to backfire, sending political causes flailing backwards and provoking even more outrage, heartache and death. Let’s take at look at 4 royals whose lives were cut suddenly short by assassination:

King Henri III of France 1551-1589

Empress Myeongseong of Joseon Korea 1851-1895

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria 1863-1914

Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl of Burma 1900-1979

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Intro Music: Baroque Coffee House by Doug Maxwell

Music: Music: "Dream Of The Ancestor" by Asher Fulero

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The Sultanate of Women 3/3: Kösem & Turhan Jan 17, 2023

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Ottoman Sultans kept a harem of hundreds of enslaved concubines to bear their children. But from 1533 to 1656 a handful of remarkable women bent the harem system to their wills and exercised extraordinary political influence and power. This period is known as the The Sultanate of Women.

Hürrem Sultan

Mihrimah Sultan

Nurbanu Sultan

Safiye Sultan

Handan Sultan

Halime Sultan

Kösem Sultan

Turhan Sultan

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Intro Music: Baroque Coffee House by Doug Maxwell

Music: Desert Caravan by Aaron Kenny

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The Sultanate of Women 2/3: Nurbanu & Safiye Jan 10, 2023

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Hürrem Sultan

Mihrimah Sultan

Nurbanu Sultan

Safiye Sultan

Handan Sultan

Halime Sultan

Kösem Sultan

Turhan Sultan

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Intro Music: Baroque Coffee House by Doug Maxwell

Music: Desert Caravan by Aaron Kenny

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The Sultanate of Women 1/3: Hürrem Sultan Jan 03, 2023

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Hürrem Sultan

Mihrimah Sultan

Nurbanu Sultan

Safiye Sultan

Handan Sultan

Halime Sultan

Kösem Sultan

Turhan Sultan

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Intro Music: Baroque Coffee House by Doug Maxwell

Music: Desert Caravan by Aaron Kenny

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A History of Names Dec 27, 2022

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A double header about the history of first names and last names. “What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet” As Romeo pondered the significance of the moniker of his beloved we have to admit, names are something we take for granted but they are a huge part of human culture. Expectant parents agonize about what to call their new bundle of joy. Multiple studies have shown that your name affects how people perceive everything from our intelligence and personality to how we look. Lets take a look at the history of given names, where they came from, where they are coming from now and some interesting naming traditions from around the world…

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Intro Music: Baroque Coffee House by Doug Maxwell

Music: Dream Of The Ancestor by Asher Fulero

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Henry VIII's Christmas Feast Dec 20, 2022

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King Henry VIII liked to live large and luxurious 365. But especially at Christmas. He and his wife of the moment enjoyed decadent feasts including classics we know today like mince pie and gingerbread and more surprising fare like swan, brawn and boars head. All washed down with copious quantities of mead, gruit and wine. His majesty received gop-smackingly expensive and highly political Christmas presents. He partied, played games and generally made himself a very merry monarch indeed. So don your dashing doublet and pull up your hose or lace up your loveliest corset and gown - not too tight! And lets enjoy King Henry VIII’s Christmas feast!

Plum Pottage, Mince Pie, Plum pudding, Christmas pudding

Salad

Roasts: Peacock, partridge, swan, brawn and boars head

Banquet course (dessert) gingerbread, marzipan, sugar plate, royal icing.

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Intro Music: Baroque Coffee House by Doug Maxwell

Music: Music: Folk Round by Kevin MacLeod

Grene growith the holy by Henry VIII, recorded by GFDL-self

The Boar's Head Carol by U.S. Army Band

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