1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 1: You're listening to an airwave media podcast. Hello delicious friends, 2 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:23,600 Speaker 1: and welcome to Hooded. What now the history podcast that's 3 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 1: not your history class with me your host Katie Charlewood, 4 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:33,720 Speaker 1: history harlote and reader of books, And oh my dearest Dvian's. 5 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:38,720 Speaker 1: I hope you had a wonderful Easter passover trans Day 6 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:43,640 Speaker 1: of Visibility yay, et cetera, et cetera. I feel like 7 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 1: it's there's a science a day as well that I missed. 8 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:50,159 Speaker 1: But I hope you had a great time. I went 9 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 1: out for lunch and I actually had really nice chicken wings, 10 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 1: like the hot sauce on. It was probably the first 11 00:00:56,480 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 1: time I've had actual hot sauce and donegal like served 12 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 1: somewhere like it's never been this good. It was so good, 13 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:12,759 Speaker 1: like genuinely delicious. And but now I've had my fun 14 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:16,120 Speaker 1: and that's my out. Time is done for most of 15 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 1: the month because now I get to get to brass tacks, 16 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:21,680 Speaker 1: I get a bit my nose to the groundstone and 17 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 1: other such metaphors because I've got the tour at the 18 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:27,959 Speaker 1: end of the month. It starts the history of Hardlet tour. 19 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:34,479 Speaker 1: So I'm in, like Dublin Brighton Manchester, then Glasgow and 20 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:37,959 Speaker 1: each of these shows have a different topic. So the 21 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:42,560 Speaker 1: Dublin show is with the Shittalk History Boys that they're 22 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:44,360 Speaker 1: so funny, they're so good. If you are in Dublin, 23 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:47,520 Speaker 1: come see us. It's amazing. And I have to do 24 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: slightly less work for that show, but I'm going to 25 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 1: wear a super cute outfits, so I think you should 26 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 1: come see me. In fact, I'm going to be wearing 27 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:59,320 Speaker 1: super cute outfits for every show. But yeah, the three 28 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:03,560 Speaker 1: gay that are in the UK, each one of them 29 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 1: has a different topic and I'm doing them night after night, 30 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 1: and I feel like, why do I do this to myself? 31 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 1: Like it's not so bad when you have the same 32 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 1: set and you're doing it like night after night, you know, 33 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:22,239 Speaker 1: But when you're doing a different thing every evening four 34 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 1: evenings in a row, and traveling and not really seeing 35 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:29,600 Speaker 1: any of the places you're traveling in. But it's fine 36 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 1: because I really pinched my time with this one. I 37 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 1: was like, I'm going to be as productive as possible. 38 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 1: I'm going to do as many different shows and as 39 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 1: short a time frame as I physically can because I'm 40 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 1: going to win it touring, which is something which is 41 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 1: both normal to want and possible to achieve. If you 42 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 1: haven't already got your tickets to come see me, please 43 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 1: do that. That will be wonderful. Tell your friends, tell 44 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:02,240 Speaker 1: your enemies, because you know, if this tour goes well, 45 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 1: then it makes another tour more viable. It gives me 46 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:08,240 Speaker 1: more options to actually come out and go to like 47 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 1: smaller areas and go out to where you are, maybe 48 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 1: not exactly like not your house, Like I'm not going 49 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 1: to be shouting in weird facts about lesbians through your 50 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 1: bedroom window. I feel like that's verging on inappropriate. But anyway, 51 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 1: I know what you're thinking. You're thinking, God your jibber 52 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:28,440 Speaker 1: jabber in fact me, in fact you, I will. But 53 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 1: first we've got to get our source on. Our sources 54 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 1: are The King's Assassin, The Fatal Affair of George Williers 55 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 1: and James the First by Benjamin Woolley. The Golden Edge 56 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 1: Restored the Culture of the Stuart Court by Graham Parry, 57 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:51,560 Speaker 1: The Popular Murderer by Jessica Man, Rumor and Common Fame, 58 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 1: The impagement of the Jig of Buckingham and public opinion 59 00:03:54,400 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 1: in early Stuart, England by David Coast. Charles the second, 60 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 1: The Duke of Buckingham by Charles C. Hanrahan, George Hilliers, 61 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 1: Duke of Buckingham by Samuel Rosson Gardner, King James and 62 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:16,840 Speaker 1: Letters of homo Erotic Desire by David M. Bergern, History 63 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 1: dot com, Biography dot com, and of course The Three 64 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:30,800 Speaker 1: Musketeers by Alexandra Duma. I'll sitting comfortably good. Then let's begin. Now, 65 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 1: before we get started, I have to talk about pronunciation. 66 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 1: Now it's going to come and bite me in the 67 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:42,480 Speaker 1: delier because I really want to go Villiers because it's 68 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:48,799 Speaker 1: French name Villiers, but it's Villiers. I've been told it's Villiers. 69 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 1: That's the British pronunciation, and that's what I'm supposed to follow. 70 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:54,719 Speaker 1: But it feels weird coming out of my mouth. So 71 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 1: I'm gonna apologize for that from the get go. But yeah, 72 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:04,440 Speaker 1: this is this is an interesting fellow whose life was 73 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 1: sort of chartered by his mother. I'm not saying he's 74 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:12,599 Speaker 1: a mummies boy, but I'm just saying that, like, clearly 75 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:15,920 Speaker 1: she had a favorite. George Williams was born on the 76 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 1: twenty eighth of August fifteen ninety two in Brooksby Leicester, 77 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 1: that's in England. We're in England for like most of 78 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 1: the story. He was born to Sir George Williams. That's right, 79 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 1: he's a junior and Mary Beaumont. Now Mary is George 80 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 1: Senior's second wife. So George senior, he was a minor gentleman, 81 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 1: started off as a sheep farmer who would did you know? 82 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:46,599 Speaker 1: Pretty well from himself, who becomes the High Sheriff of 83 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 1: Leicester and then gets knighted, so he has a knighthood 84 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 1: for like a week period of time. He's the Knight 85 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 1: of the Shire until his death, because knighthoods don't last 86 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 1: any longer than that technically, because you're only a knight 87 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 1: as long as you're alive. So there's really no reason 88 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 1: to like remove someone's knighthood once they're dead, because it 89 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:14,840 Speaker 1: technically doesn't exist anymore. It's not a thing. But that's 90 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 1: just the rule of it, you know. So, Yeah, George 91 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:24,839 Speaker 1: his first wife, Audrey, she passed away in fifteen eighty seven, 92 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 1: and then three years later he marries his beautiful but 93 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:36,719 Speaker 1: penniless cousin, Mary Beaumont. Now, from his first marriage, he 94 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:40,760 Speaker 1: had I think five kids, yeah, so he had three 95 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 1: boys and two girls. He then marries Mary and they 96 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 1: have three sons and a daughter. Now George Junior, he 97 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 1: is son number two. I know we talked about this 98 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:58,040 Speaker 1: before in the Dick Whittington episode Inheritance. You know, the 99 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:01,440 Speaker 1: oldest son, the eldest son, he gets the titles, he 100 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:04,239 Speaker 1: gets the land, and then a little bit is spread 101 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:07,000 Speaker 1: out amongst the rest. So by the time you get 102 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:11,480 Speaker 1: to George Junior, who's like the fifth son out of sex, 103 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 1: he's not going to be gaining anything. He's not gonna 104 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 1: get like the lands and the titles. It's not gonna 105 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 1: be great for him. He's gonna have to like make 106 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 1: his own way. And the thing is as well. When 107 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 1: Mary enters this marriage, she's basically destitute. She's penniless, she's 108 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 1: got no money. But somehow she finds a way to 109 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 1: send George to France. She's like, you need to be 110 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 1: a courtier. You have something about you, there's something special 111 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:51,240 Speaker 1: about you. We need to get you just bougied up. 112 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 1: So she sends him to France with John Elliott. Now 113 00:07:55,880 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 1: John Elliott was consistently getting arrested as he got older 114 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:02,680 Speaker 1: because he was very like pro parliament as opposed to 115 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:06,720 Speaker 1: being pro king. And yet got him in trouble quite 116 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 1: a bit. But out of these two, George was gonna 117 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:15,400 Speaker 1: make the bigger splash. So he goes to France to do. 118 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:17,600 Speaker 1: Them go to France and they learn the ways of 119 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 1: the court, much like Anne Boleyn. You know, they learn dancing, 120 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:27,080 Speaker 1: like it's very important that you know how to dance, 121 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 1: like in the Stuart court. So he learns dancing and 122 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:34,079 Speaker 1: fencing and some languages. He gets pretty decent at the 123 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:37,560 Speaker 1: old French, as one does when you live in France. 124 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 1: He very quickly adopts to courtly behavior and an absolutely 125 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 1: smashing sense of fashion, like this fella is just fabulous, 126 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 1: like he knows how to dress well and people know it, 127 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:58,440 Speaker 1: like everybody knows it. And on top of this as well, 128 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:02,240 Speaker 1: he has this like charisma in charm like he is 129 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:06,839 Speaker 1: he is the man's man, ladies man, man about town 130 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:10,960 Speaker 1: and he wasn't the only one to notice. So in 131 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:16,280 Speaker 1: a name that sounds completely made up, Godfrey Goodman, that's right, 132 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:20,640 Speaker 1: the Bishop of Gloucester. He sounds like like a superhero 133 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:24,080 Speaker 1: character just steps out the pages of Marvel, like now, 134 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 1: Godfrey Goodman. Is there more appropriate name for a bishop 135 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:35,840 Speaker 1: that like Godfrey goodman, like really anyway, he and a 136 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:41,960 Speaker 1: quote states that Georgevilliers was the handsomest bodied man in 137 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:46,720 Speaker 1: all of England. His limbs so well compacted, his conversation 138 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:53,240 Speaker 1: so pleasing, and his general disposition was so sweet. You 139 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:57,280 Speaker 1: know what, Actually that is a pretty elaborate compliment from 140 00:09:57,320 --> 00:10:00,600 Speaker 1: a bishop. It's like Roger Rabbit right in a love 141 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:06,360 Speaker 1: letter to Jessica one one thousand, two, one thousand. But yeah, 142 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:13,400 Speaker 1: it's it's pretty noticeable that he is fine, like he's 143 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:17,840 Speaker 1: he's clearly pretty easy on the eye. At some point 144 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:21,880 Speaker 1: during this his dad passes away. I'm sixteen oh six 145 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:27,520 Speaker 1: and he's like fourteen ish thirteen fourteen, and so this 146 00:10:27,559 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 1: is when his mum like really pushes him into this 147 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:35,360 Speaker 1: sort of courtely you know training and this pandas when 148 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 1: he's twenty one he becomes involved in basically an anti's 149 00:10:41,559 --> 00:10:45,600 Speaker 1: Scottish conspiracy. It's the mildest way I can put it, really. 150 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:49,840 Speaker 1: So when James the First is crowned James the First 151 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:52,560 Speaker 1: because he was James the Sex of Scotland, because he 152 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 1: was named Elizabeth I's you know, heir, which you know, 153 00:10:57,440 --> 00:10:59,439 Speaker 1: could have been Mary, Queen of Scott's if she hadn't 154 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 1: been a dick. But the apple doesn't fall far from 155 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:07,320 Speaker 1: the tree with this one, because James worse, actually worse, 156 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:11,440 Speaker 1: like he is a phill blown like combination of his 157 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:15,680 Speaker 1: mother and father combined. And that's not a good recipe 158 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:18,640 Speaker 1: for anything, right. That will be a bad taste in 159 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:22,280 Speaker 1: your mouth, which George will soon find out. So when 160 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:25,520 Speaker 1: James the First, I will do an episode on at 161 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 1: one point becomes King of the United Kingdom of England 162 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:34,360 Speaker 1: and Scotland. Right when he becomes king, he brings with 163 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:37,920 Speaker 1: him like a lot of Scottish court like a lot 164 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 1: of the courtiers are Scottish. So it is sixteen fourteen 165 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:45,440 Speaker 1: and there's this hunt going on in Aphtharp and George 166 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:50,240 Speaker 1: Williels is there and he catches the King's eye because 167 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:54,040 Speaker 1: of course he does, because he's a twenty one year old, strapping, 168 00:11:54,160 --> 00:12:01,280 Speaker 1: beautiful young man. And people noticed, especially a bunch of 169 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:05,240 Speaker 1: English courtails who really wanted to like balance the scales 170 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:07,520 Speaker 1: a wee bit or you know, tip them in their favor. 171 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:11,440 Speaker 1: So they saw him, and they saw that he was noticed, 172 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:14,840 Speaker 1: and they thought this is the perfect point where they 173 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:17,920 Speaker 1: can muse him. They wanted to, like maneuver him into 174 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:25,200 Speaker 1: position to become the King's favorite. Now, the favorite is 175 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:30,120 Speaker 1: actually a position which is a political role. You know. 176 00:12:30,760 --> 00:12:36,960 Speaker 1: It's the king's or queen's most intimate companion. Yeah, and 177 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:43,960 Speaker 1: the current favorite Robert Carr, the Earl of Somerset. People 178 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:47,320 Speaker 1: weren't too happy with him in general. They were not 179 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:49,760 Speaker 1: keen on the fela and they wanted to, you know, 180 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:54,520 Speaker 1: push him out. So being King James's favorite wasn't just 181 00:12:54,600 --> 00:13:00,640 Speaker 1: a political position in this situation. It was also an 182 00:13:00,679 --> 00:13:07,040 Speaker 1: actual position because James, although he was married and had 183 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:11,800 Speaker 1: his lineage and what not, his ales, ah, he wasn't 184 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:15,160 Speaker 1: too fond of the feral sex to be honest. You know, 185 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:18,440 Speaker 1: this is the king who you know, accused women of 186 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:22,000 Speaker 1: being witches, wrote a book on demonology, and was generating 187 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:28,520 Speaker 1: all around shit to women. Anyway, he liked to sleep 188 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:34,800 Speaker 1: with men, especially his favorite, which really puts the favorite 189 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:39,920 Speaker 1: in the perfect position to whisper in the King's ear, 190 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:43,640 Speaker 1: shall we say. And so this is kind of a 191 00:13:43,679 --> 00:13:47,560 Speaker 1: coveted position, and the other courtiers were like, we need 192 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:51,360 Speaker 1: to get in here now. Things weren't going well for 193 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:54,360 Speaker 1: the Earl of Somerset. He ends up having a falling 194 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:58,080 Speaker 1: out with the King because he's having an affair with 195 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:04,120 Speaker 1: the married fans Howard, Clearly, King James's pride is you know, 196 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:10,160 Speaker 1: bruised at this situation, and Robert Carr is out and well. 197 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:13,480 Speaker 1: News of this scandal made its way up to James's ears. 198 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:18,679 Speaker 1: Young George Villiers had been put in front of the 199 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:23,080 Speaker 1: King in several situations, like the courtiers are like lobbying 200 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:27,120 Speaker 1: to get him into this cup bearer's position. So being 201 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 1: the cup baiter basically meant that you would not only 202 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 1: just like fill his cup, you know what I mean, 203 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:36,640 Speaker 1: pouring his wine, but you would also keep the king company, 204 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:41,160 Speaker 1: amuse him during dinners events whatnot you like. So these 205 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:44,600 Speaker 1: duds go full on pretty women with Villiers. They raise 206 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 1: money to get him an entirely new wardrobe to make 207 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:51,800 Speaker 1: sure he is looking fabulous all the time, and they 208 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:55,600 Speaker 1: keep bringing him out in masks to dance in front 209 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:59,600 Speaker 1: of the King because he is such a graceful, beautiful dancer, 210 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:02,040 Speaker 1: and they want to keep putting him out there and 211 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:05,440 Speaker 1: just hunting him in every chance they get. And it 212 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:10,600 Speaker 1: fucking works, and Villiers he is rising through the ranks. Meanwhile, 213 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:16,640 Speaker 1: Robert Carr ends up in a massive murderer scandal. And 214 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:19,320 Speaker 1: what is the favor he does have with the king 215 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:22,680 Speaker 1: and basically seals his own fate with regards to that, 216 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:27,440 Speaker 1: And that is a whole other story. And I have 217 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:32,640 Speaker 1: to tell you about Francis Howard sometime. She is such 218 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 1: an interesting woman. But yeah, Villiers is moving up nobility. 219 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:44,280 Speaker 1: When he's twenty two, he is knighted Gentlemen of the Bedchamber. 220 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:47,360 Speaker 1: The year after he becomes king Masters of the Horse, 221 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:52,400 Speaker 1: and he gets moved up in sort of the peerage. 222 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:57,840 Speaker 1: He becomes Viscount Villiers. He's a Knight of the Garter, 223 00:15:58,680 --> 00:16:02,600 Speaker 1: and then he becomes an earl, and then he becomes 224 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:07,760 Speaker 1: a Marquess of Buckingham, and finally in sixteen twenty three, 225 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 1: when he is what twenty nine twenty eight, he is 226 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:19,800 Speaker 1: named the Duke of Buckingham. Now, the thing about dukedom 227 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:27,320 Speaker 1: is it's supposed to be limited to relatives of the 228 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:31,440 Speaker 1: royal family, the nobility, like the high nobility. It's supposed 229 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 1: to indicate a connection and a closeness there. Now, George 230 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:42,400 Speaker 1: Villiers is often referred to as the first Duke of Buckingham, 231 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:47,840 Speaker 1: and that's kind of true, but kind of not so. 232 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:50,920 Speaker 1: Back in the fourteen hundreds there was a Duke of 233 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 1: Buckingham and this lasted for a good will and then 234 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:59,480 Speaker 1: the title ends up being dissolved. And it's only when 235 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:04,600 Speaker 1: John Villiers gets moved up into the nobility, up the 236 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:10,119 Speaker 1: peerage that the King bestows this upon him, thus making 237 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:15,640 Speaker 1: him the new sort of first Duke of Buckingham. It's 238 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:19,520 Speaker 1: kind of like a reboot, you know, they've just rebooted 239 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:23,440 Speaker 1: the title. But that's not the only name that King 240 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:27,440 Speaker 1: James gives him. He calls him Steeney, right, and it's 241 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:30,240 Speaker 1: supposed to be like a sort of nickname based on 242 00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:35,760 Speaker 1: Saint Stephen, who, according to you know, hagiographies and whatnot, 243 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:40,400 Speaker 1: had the face of an angel. He's basically calling him 244 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:44,800 Speaker 1: like super gorgeous, So yeah, face of an angel and 245 00:17:44,840 --> 00:17:48,440 Speaker 1: a title that had been defunct for a whole century. 246 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:53,159 Speaker 1: Like this is actually a really really big deal because 247 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:57,760 Speaker 1: this was the first time, like this appointment was the 248 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:02,280 Speaker 1: first time in literally like one hundred years that the 249 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 1: king had elevated sort of one of the common people 250 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:12,679 Speaker 1: to dukedom. Like nobility and class in pairs. They're so 251 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:17,119 Speaker 1: they're so weird, Like the British class system is very peculiar, 252 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:20,800 Speaker 1: Like will Years is like one of the youngest sons 253 00:18:21,119 --> 00:18:24,720 Speaker 1: of a minor noble like, it's not it's not really 254 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:28,159 Speaker 1: that big of a deal. So he's like mainly noble 255 00:18:28,359 --> 00:18:32,760 Speaker 1: like compared to royalty. That's that's common. And so he 256 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:38,000 Speaker 1: gets moved up the ranks and this is unusual, unusual, 257 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:44,159 Speaker 1: but it's it was very more than unusual. Actually, it 258 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:46,240 Speaker 1: was absolutely shocking for a lot of people at the time, 259 00:18:47,119 --> 00:18:49,760 Speaker 1: and so many people had bandied together to try and 260 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:57,000 Speaker 1: push this to happen. They they had just really wanted 261 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,959 Speaker 1: to get him into this position. They wanted to elevate 262 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:04,920 Speaker 1: him to this role. And King James was clearly smitten 263 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:09,920 Speaker 1: with his new bow, so much so that when George 264 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:13,359 Speaker 1: moved up the ranks, so did his family. He like 265 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:18,320 Speaker 1: boosted his brothers and his sister and also his mom. 266 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:23,080 Speaker 1: So Mary, she ends up being sort of titled the 267 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:27,920 Speaker 1: Countess of Buckingham in like sixteen eighteen, so like three 268 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 1: years after himself becomes the cup Bear, like, she gets 269 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 1: this title in her own right, and then she goes 270 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:38,800 Speaker 1: and marri's more people, which is cool. Good for her. 271 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:41,399 Speaker 1: You're a lady in the past, you get a grab 272 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:46,080 Speaker 1: what you can get, you know. Villiers starts off in 273 00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:51,120 Speaker 1: this position, he becomes the King's favorite, put there by 274 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:55,439 Speaker 1: a bunch of people who just like really hated Robert Carr, 275 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:58,719 Speaker 1: the Earl of Somerset, and they really wanted to just 276 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:05,719 Speaker 1: use Valiols as this political poem, which which is funny 277 00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:10,760 Speaker 1: because because he was so much worse than they ever 278 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:16,200 Speaker 1: thought he could be. Like they I'm not saying they 279 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:20,159 Speaker 1: created a monster. No, no, I am saying that actually 280 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:29,879 Speaker 1: they created a fucking monster. It's actually pretty funny that 281 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:34,800 Speaker 1: when Villiels first arrived at court, he already had some 282 00:20:34,840 --> 00:20:38,360 Speaker 1: connections there because back when he was in school, when 283 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:45,600 Speaker 1: he was young, he was Prince Charles's dance tutor. So Charles, 284 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:49,760 Speaker 1: that King James's son, he taught him how to dance. 285 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:53,480 Speaker 1: Like there was already are we bond there? And now 286 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:57,800 Speaker 1: he shagg and his dad. I feel like that's a 287 00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:02,520 Speaker 1: weird one, you know. And Villiers he's got this like 288 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:06,879 Speaker 1: fantastic position. He's got all this money, he's got titles 289 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:12,199 Speaker 1: not bad for like the second last son of you know, 290 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:16,320 Speaker 1: a dead Night, and but he's still relatively young and 291 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:19,120 Speaker 1: he's got a lot to live up to, especially considering 292 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:23,280 Speaker 1: the fact that he's not exactly the fust of James's lovers. 293 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:26,920 Speaker 1: I mean, you had Robert Carr, you had Esmey Stewart, 294 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:30,879 Speaker 1: who converted religion to be with a king, like it 295 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:35,160 Speaker 1: was a whole, a whole thing. And if someone's changing 296 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:38,520 Speaker 1: the religion for you, which you know at this moment 297 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:42,400 Speaker 1: in time, is a big bloody deal. Like your religion 298 00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:47,719 Speaker 1: was more important than your race, Like race is very 299 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:53,520 Speaker 1: much a social construct because in this era, the color 300 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:59,680 Speaker 1: of your skin was less important than your religion. Because 301 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:02,359 Speaker 1: you were religion was supposed to be the most important 302 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:08,840 Speaker 1: like facet of your life. And so George Villiers, he's he's, 303 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:12,439 Speaker 1: you know, going uphill a wee bit. I mean it's uphill, 304 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:15,440 Speaker 1: but he's going a raarling to hold on to. Because 305 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:20,720 Speaker 1: as time goes on, King James becomes like super smitten. 306 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:25,119 Speaker 1: I mean, we've already got the cutesywee nickname, right, and 307 00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:29,520 Speaker 1: he's showering him with gifts and titles and money and 308 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:35,800 Speaker 1: all that shit. And he starts calling him he gets worse. 309 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:38,720 Speaker 1: So we've already got steeny because he's like super gorgeous. 310 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:42,520 Speaker 1: But he also refers to him as entire shit. You 311 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:48,720 Speaker 1: not my sweet child and wife. Now I don't care 312 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:52,159 Speaker 1: who you are, but if you try and tell me 313 00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 1: that King James the First and George Villiers, the Duke 314 00:22:55,800 --> 00:23:04,640 Speaker 1: of Buckingham, we're just best friends, roommates, best buds. You 315 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:09,399 Speaker 1: can get to fuck. No, my sweet child and wife, 316 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:16,080 Speaker 1: sweet child wife, I regret nothing like no. That is 317 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:20,919 Speaker 1: that is an intimate that's an intimate relationship. And it 318 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:26,040 Speaker 1: gets weirder because you know the religion thing. So he's 319 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:28,960 Speaker 1: talking to like the Privy Council and the advisors the 320 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:33,000 Speaker 1: king is and he starts saying that George is like 321 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:38,199 Speaker 1: John the Apostle, and King James is Jesus obviously in 322 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:41,800 Speaker 1: this analogy, because he centers himself on everything. I mean, 323 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:44,640 Speaker 1: this is a man who didn't get assassinated and we're 324 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:50,720 Speaker 1: still talking about it today, like the propaganda machine. Really amazing. 325 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:54,879 Speaker 1: Now you may be thinking to yourself, Queen Anne of Denmark, 326 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:58,600 Speaker 1: who's married to King James the First, does she have 327 00:23:58,680 --> 00:24:01,960 Speaker 1: any opinions on this while considering James as a generally 328 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:07,600 Speaker 1: shitty husband. And you know, previously queens have lost their heads. 329 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:11,800 Speaker 1: Probably haven't a we think about that. She writes a 330 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:14,320 Speaker 1: week letter to Villiers becomes his pal and it's like, hey, 331 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:19,239 Speaker 1: stay true to my husband, you know, probably because if 332 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:22,120 Speaker 1: he's happy then she has to deal with lest shit. 333 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:26,960 Speaker 1: So cool. Oh my goodness, I should have mentioned that 334 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:34,320 Speaker 1: in sixteen twenty George Villiers married Lady Catherine Manners, who 335 00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:36,919 Speaker 1: was the daughter of the Earl of Rutland and the 336 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:43,399 Speaker 1: richest woman in England. Now their marriage comes about because 337 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:47,320 Speaker 1: his mum is a sneaky bitch. On one hand, King 338 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:50,760 Speaker 1: James the first denying this marriage, which is weird because 339 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:54,720 Speaker 1: he denies this man nothing, so he is denying him, 340 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:58,560 Speaker 1: denying him, and Mary is trying to sort out like 341 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:03,800 Speaker 1: the dowry. She wants the dowry from Catherine, and the 342 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:07,440 Speaker 1: Earl of Rutford's like, no, absolutely not, this ain't happening. 343 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:15,800 Speaker 1: And then a situation occurs where Catherine, who's l or 344 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:21,720 Speaker 1: she becomes unwell and she's staying in an abode that 345 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:26,800 Speaker 1: George Williols also happens to be in. So this creates 346 00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:29,280 Speaker 1: like a wee bit of a scandal, and the Earl 347 00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:35,200 Speaker 1: of Rutford is just like you stayed unschaperoned with a dude. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, 348 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:38,800 Speaker 1: Like he refuses to have her back, and he demands 349 00:25:39,359 --> 00:25:42,600 Speaker 1: that they get married, and you know, it would have 350 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:46,200 Speaker 1: been scandalous for this not to go ahead, and so 351 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:49,679 Speaker 1: this marriage just has to go together, like it's a 352 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:53,120 Speaker 1: political alliance. But they're also pretty chill with each other. 353 00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:55,639 Speaker 1: They seem to be pretty good and they end up 354 00:25:55,680 --> 00:26:02,879 Speaker 1: having a decent few kids. Now, perhaps apps George Villiers 355 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:08,720 Speaker 1: is bisexual. I'm happy to assume that because they had 356 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:11,880 Speaker 1: a good number of kids, you know, considering there really 357 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:14,320 Speaker 1: isn't a reason after two like once you've got two 358 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:18,720 Speaker 1: year done, there's no reason to keep shagging, Meaning I 359 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:23,080 Speaker 1: think maybe there was something there. I'm just saying. Anyway, 360 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:27,680 Speaker 1: they get married and that's all fine and dandy. They 361 00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:33,200 Speaker 1: start popping out puppies back to the palace, see George 362 00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:37,440 Speaker 1: Villiers and Catherine Manners. They actually get married a year 363 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:43,399 Speaker 1: ish after Anne of Denmark passes away, and when the 364 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:48,720 Speaker 1: queen dies, King James is writing letters to Villiers like 365 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:52,560 Speaker 1: be my wife, Come be my wife, which is not 366 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:56,760 Speaker 1: something that's going to happen. You know, this is the 367 00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:59,879 Speaker 1: man who wrote the King James Bible, or commissioned the 368 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:04,240 Speaker 1: King James Bible and professed that homosexuality was a sin. 369 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:09,399 Speaker 1: And then it's like, marry me, George just saying the 370 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:13,480 Speaker 1: numbers don't add up and the points don't matter. And George, 371 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:17,240 Speaker 1: clearly the King's favorite. Things are going well for him. 372 00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:21,359 Speaker 1: He's got a marriage, he's got his place in court, 373 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:25,720 Speaker 1: he's got so much fucking money, like so much money. 374 00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:29,040 Speaker 2: And he he goes a bit mad with it, to 375 00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:33,879 Speaker 2: be honest, he just gets a bit wild, Like he 376 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:39,840 Speaker 2: has such influence over the kingdom and he's in this 377 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:41,120 Speaker 2: weird position. 378 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:44,600 Speaker 1: He's such a unique position that he's able to take 379 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:53,320 Speaker 1: advantage in really weird ways. Like they become wilder and 380 00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:58,600 Speaker 1: wilder that the public just start turning against him, you know. 381 00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:06,000 Speaker 1: So he becomes friends with Francis Bacon, Sir Francis Bacon, 382 00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:10,520 Speaker 1: and they become super close, and Villiers starts like helping 383 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:16,000 Speaker 1: Bacon's career advance, and he ends up basically making sure 384 00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:19,879 Speaker 1: the Bacon gets appointed as the Lord Chancellor. And this is, 385 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:24,199 Speaker 1: you know, a super cool fun time between them. But 386 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:29,000 Speaker 1: things things start getting a wee bit dodgy. I mean, 387 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:31,560 Speaker 1: apart from the fact he's going full on Nepple baby, 388 00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:36,680 Speaker 1: He's like using his position to get you know, bribes 389 00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:42,719 Speaker 1: and gifts. He starts taking public funds and using it 390 00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:47,480 Speaker 1: for his own his own benefit. Really, he tries to 391 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:51,280 Speaker 1: create like monopolies all over the shop, especially where it's 392 00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:54,520 Speaker 1: going to be like super beneficial to him. And he 393 00:28:54,720 --> 00:29:01,560 Speaker 1: gets Francis Bacon involved in all this because he got 394 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:04,440 Speaker 1: Baking the job, because he ensured he got the position. 395 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:13,200 Speaker 1: He starts expecting fables, and Williams, the Duke of Buckingham, 396 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:18,280 Speaker 1: gets the Lord Chancellor to basically pull these fables on 397 00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:23,160 Speaker 1: Buckingham's behalf, and so money slides under the table. Here 398 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:28,920 Speaker 1: a wee appointment happens there, and it's going well for 399 00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:33,320 Speaker 1: a wee while until Parliament actually notices that something is 400 00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:37,160 Speaker 1: a miss and so of course there is a massive 401 00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:42,760 Speaker 1: scandal and Sir Francis Bacon is just like forced to retire. 402 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:50,160 Speaker 1: Meanwhile himself, Buckingham gets off scot free, managing to escape 403 00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:56,800 Speaker 1: unscathed from his corruption scandal. And he's just like this 404 00:29:56,960 --> 00:30:02,400 Speaker 1: fucking puppetmaster. At this point, fingers in pies in King 405 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:09,240 Speaker 1: James is the King, but the Chuck of Buckingham. People 406 00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:15,120 Speaker 1: start said eyeing him and calling him the unchallenged ruler 407 00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:18,600 Speaker 1: of England, and so he is very much trying to 408 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:23,520 Speaker 1: protect his possession in Parliament, not really too happy with 409 00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:26,480 Speaker 1: this whole corruption situation, and they decide they're going to 410 00:30:26,560 --> 00:30:30,920 Speaker 1: investigate more, and so they start diving into it, and 411 00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:34,760 Speaker 1: Buckingham he's like, absolutely, you have my support one hundred percent, 412 00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:39,880 Speaker 1: you know, like in the initial stages, and then, like 413 00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:43,760 Speaker 1: most criminals, tries to like insert themselves in the investigation 414 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:47,840 Speaker 1: and then he just kind of there as a spanner 415 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:50,840 Speaker 1: in the works. He doesn't want, you know, the news 416 00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:55,560 Speaker 1: to get out, and so he causes like a bunch 417 00:30:55,600 --> 00:31:01,160 Speaker 1: of issues between the lawmakers over foreign and he just 418 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:05,640 Speaker 1: sort of sows the seats just to ensure that they 419 00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:09,240 Speaker 1: that they fight and that they are distracted from what 420 00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:12,280 Speaker 1: they're supposed to be fucking doing. And so this works 421 00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:15,520 Speaker 1: and Parliament ends up dissolved because they just can't sort 422 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:19,720 Speaker 1: themselves out and it's just gets away with it, falls 423 00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:24,600 Speaker 1: into shit and comes out smelling of roses. Hey, this dude, 424 00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:27,440 Speaker 1: he's gonta all his power and he's so fucking vain 425 00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:30,200 Speaker 1: by the way, Like he is so vain. He is 426 00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:34,680 Speaker 1: consistently like commissioning paintings for himself how he has the 427 00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:39,560 Speaker 1: time when he's constantly just like screwing around, like figuratively 428 00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:44,320 Speaker 1: and sometimes literally, like he's doing all this shit, but 429 00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:49,920 Speaker 1: he's having time to pose for paintings, like the man. 430 00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:53,560 Speaker 1: The man clearly liked his own face. I mean, I 431 00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:56,640 Speaker 1: can't say too much because I have taken so many selfies. 432 00:31:57,600 --> 00:32:02,040 Speaker 1: But still, though you're sitting for painting, that's that's not 433 00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:06,520 Speaker 1: exactly a short period of time. I mean, unless he 434 00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:09,000 Speaker 1: just sat down for like the face and then got 435 00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:12,600 Speaker 1: someone else to sit for the body maybe, But yeah, 436 00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:16,720 Speaker 1: the man loved attention. Like he was always putting on 437 00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:20,760 Speaker 1: like feasts and festivities and parties just so we could 438 00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:23,760 Speaker 1: go up and dance because you know, it was the 439 00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:27,600 Speaker 1: done thing you danced at court. And he wanted all 440 00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:31,080 Speaker 1: eyes upon him, because of course he did. The man 441 00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:35,040 Speaker 1: bloody loved himself and he thought he could do anything. 442 00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:37,760 Speaker 1: He thought he was like the Beasnys, the cock of 443 00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:41,680 Speaker 1: the walk, you know. And he has to go to 444 00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:46,560 Speaker 1: Spain with Prince Charles for like margin negotiations because King 445 00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:53,800 Speaker 1: James he wants, you know, Charles to marry a Spanish 446 00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:59,000 Speaker 1: dignitary in order to secure an allegiance with Spain. So 447 00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:01,960 Speaker 1: previously we had the whole situation with like the Spanish 448 00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:08,719 Speaker 1: armada and the constant warring between sort of Elizabeth and Spain, 449 00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:12,480 Speaker 1: and you know, James really didn't want to have to 450 00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:20,040 Speaker 1: deal with that, hence marriage negotiations. So Williels is there 451 00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:24,240 Speaker 1: trying to organize this see bucking At this point he 452 00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:31,360 Speaker 1: is an admiral lord admiral and not like an official 453 00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:34,080 Speaker 1: foreign minister, but he basically is like a foreign minister, 454 00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:38,600 Speaker 1: and so he's there trying to get this agreement hashed 455 00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:43,240 Speaker 1: out between the Infanta Maria and Charles. Right, that's the 456 00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:47,960 Speaker 1: whole point. The negotiations they hadn't really been go well anyway. 457 00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:55,720 Speaker 1: But Buckingham is such a dick, like he insults the 458 00:33:55,800 --> 00:34:00,520 Speaker 1: Spanish so much that not only did does the like 459 00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:04,560 Speaker 1: negotiations to come crashing down, like they completely disintegrate. Not 460 00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:13,919 Speaker 1: only that, but Spain contacts Parliament to execute the Duke 461 00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:17,400 Speaker 1: of Buckingham over his whole incident, like they want him dead, 462 00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:21,880 Speaker 1: like that is how much he insulted the Spanish. But 463 00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:28,520 Speaker 1: Williams he is such he's just such a chancer that 464 00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:31,759 Speaker 1: when he returns to England he makes this big song 465 00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:35,479 Speaker 1: and dance about how over in Madrid the Spaniards broke 466 00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:39,399 Speaker 1: down the negotiations and insulted England and it causes such 467 00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:42,480 Speaker 1: a ruckus that he gets all this public support for 468 00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:45,840 Speaker 1: them to go to war with Spain. He like really 469 00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:49,239 Speaker 1: leans into the patriotism and saves his ours. You know, 470 00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:54,520 Speaker 1: in the following year, having learned absolutely fucking nothing, they 471 00:34:54,680 --> 00:34:59,320 Speaker 1: sent him off again to do the negotiations with France. Granted, 472 00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:03,240 Speaker 1: this does turn out better because Henrietta Maria of France 473 00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:07,080 Speaker 1: they agree, they agree this marriage is going to go ahead. 474 00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:11,560 Speaker 1: Charles and Henriette to Maria like good to go fabulous, 475 00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:18,000 Speaker 1: So this is all agreed upon. It's good. Unfortunately, when 476 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:21,920 Speaker 1: they return, the British public are really unhappy, you know, 477 00:35:22,239 --> 00:35:30,200 Speaker 1: the patriotism mentioned previously, because Riet to Maria is Catholic 478 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:35,160 Speaker 1: and they're like, this is a Catholic conspiracy, which is 479 00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:38,920 Speaker 1: wild because the previous year they're trying to get a 480 00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:42,480 Speaker 1: marriage with Spain, Like, wouldn't the public have had the 481 00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:47,800 Speaker 1: same issue because being also a Catholic country, like it 482 00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:54,200 Speaker 1: would have been the same thing, the same problem. But yeah, yeah, 483 00:35:54,440 --> 00:36:03,480 Speaker 1: public public approval not going well, His popularity decreasing steadily, 484 00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:13,239 Speaker 1: for the next year and James the First, basically the 485 00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:17,840 Speaker 1: favorite was falling out of favor. But luckily for the 486 00:36:17,920 --> 00:36:23,879 Speaker 1: Chicica Buckingham, King James dies in sixteen twenty five, and 487 00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:27,799 Speaker 1: you'd think, shit, you know, stuff's gonna go really bad 488 00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:31,800 Speaker 1: for bugging out at this point, you'd be wrong. You'd 489 00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:37,520 Speaker 1: be absolutely wrong, because Charles is now King Charles the First. 490 00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:44,040 Speaker 1: He is the ruler and he keeps villagers around like 491 00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:47,879 Speaker 1: the Chicka Buckingham is basically his pal. You know, he 492 00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:51,680 Speaker 1: helped him get married, he helped him learn to dance. 493 00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:56,959 Speaker 1: It's a special kind of bond, that is. But yeah, 494 00:36:57,000 --> 00:37:01,600 Speaker 1: they are very close, like to the point that he 495 00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:03,879 Speaker 1: just becomes the Foreign Minister, like hey, that's his job now, 496 00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:09,480 Speaker 1: that's his thing. And he's the only member of the 497 00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:13,759 Speaker 1: previous court to keep his position sort of King James Court. 498 00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:17,520 Speaker 1: When he dies, it gets dissolved. The courtiers just get 499 00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:23,879 Speaker 1: you know, passed aside for whoever King Charles wants, and 500 00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:29,040 Speaker 1: the Duke of Buckingham is the only one to keep 501 00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:33,680 Speaker 1: his slot. Like, oh, I should mention he's kind of 502 00:37:33,719 --> 00:37:36,439 Speaker 1: doing well with France, like him and Franz are pretty chill, 503 00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:41,160 Speaker 1: to the point that somehow, somehow, you know, a couple 504 00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:45,120 Speaker 1: hundred years down the line he ends up. Is another 505 00:37:45,160 --> 00:37:49,840 Speaker 1: piece of historical fan fiction because the Duke of Buckingham, 506 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:58,000 Speaker 1: George Williams, shows up in The Three Musketeers by Alexander Duma, who, 507 00:37:58,080 --> 00:38:02,000 Speaker 1: if you remember, also wrote for fiction about Marit, the 508 00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:08,360 Speaker 1: Navarre Queen Margot, like like the Philippa Gregory of the 509 00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:13,280 Speaker 1: nineteenth century, really had a thing for it, like imagine, 510 00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:16,360 Speaker 1: imagine he must have had some kind of reputation, because 511 00:38:17,520 --> 00:38:23,320 Speaker 1: Duma has a very specific fondness for people, especially royalty 512 00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:30,320 Speaker 1: at this point. But Buckingham, he really was so charming, 513 00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:35,200 Speaker 1: like he was he had he had that something about 514 00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:43,200 Speaker 1: him because like he managed to enthrall like King James, 515 00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:45,840 Speaker 1: and I swear this dude is like part of Siren 516 00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:49,640 Speaker 1: because he also does the same for King Charles, like 517 00:38:49,719 --> 00:38:56,160 Speaker 1: they are so like Charles gives him more positions and 518 00:38:56,280 --> 00:39:03,200 Speaker 1: more titles, like he appoints him the Chancellor of cambrid 519 00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:07,640 Speaker 1: Dune because the previous chancellor had died, like he passed away, 520 00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:11,160 Speaker 1: and instead of you know, picking someone who was qualifying 521 00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:16,080 Speaker 1: for the position, he put his pal in there nepotism, 522 00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:19,600 Speaker 1: so basically in order to become the chancellor. There's like 523 00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:23,040 Speaker 1: a vote that has to happen, so he's up for it, 524 00:39:23,080 --> 00:39:25,920 Speaker 1: and then the son of the previous chancellor are also 525 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:28,480 Speaker 1: up for it. So there's a bunch of votes and 526 00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:34,799 Speaker 1: they tally them up and williels he wins by three votes, right, 527 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:40,960 Speaker 1: and they're thinking, ah, geez, that that's a bit suspicious. Ah, 528 00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:43,600 Speaker 1: And they thought they'd been tampered with. They thought it'd 529 00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:46,760 Speaker 1: be messed with. But you know, the King is standing 530 00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:49,160 Speaker 1: next to him, so he can't really accuse him of shit. 531 00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:53,760 Speaker 1: But yeah, the main theory is that he also cheated 532 00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:56,600 Speaker 1: his way into the role. Remember how I said he 533 00:39:56,640 --> 00:40:01,880 Speaker 1: was super chill with Franz. Well, effectively, he wants to 534 00:40:01,880 --> 00:40:05,000 Speaker 1: get his popularity back up because people not to go 535 00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:07,400 Speaker 1: with him, you know, with the stealing the job and 536 00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:10,719 Speaker 1: the whole Catholic bride thing and you know all the 537 00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:13,759 Speaker 1: other stuff. We need to get this sordid and so 538 00:40:13,840 --> 00:40:18,000 Speaker 1: what he does is he embroils himself in what is 539 00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:21,520 Speaker 1: often referred to as the Catholic conspiracy. And so he 540 00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:23,359 Speaker 1: wants to like fight. 541 00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:29,080 Speaker 3: Against the Catholics and stuff, and decides to fight against 542 00:40:29,080 --> 00:40:33,719 Speaker 3: his own fucking allies, the French and he thinks this 543 00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:36,080 Speaker 3: is a great idea because you. 544 00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:38,400 Speaker 1: Know, there's all of this like religious conflict happening in 545 00:40:38,440 --> 00:40:41,759 Speaker 1: France at the time, and he decides to back the 546 00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:48,600 Speaker 1: Protestant forces. This does not end well for anyone. I 547 00:40:48,640 --> 00:40:55,160 Speaker 1: mean it shouldn't because most conflicts don't. And heard about 548 00:40:55,160 --> 00:40:59,040 Speaker 1: this in ways that makes sense. He absolutely sucks at this. 549 00:40:59,719 --> 00:41:03,480 Speaker 1: So much shit happens under his watch, like so much 550 00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:08,520 Speaker 1: goes wrong. He buggers over them up, He fails to 551 00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:14,319 Speaker 1: achieve strategic objectives. He doesn't equip the soldiers properly for 552 00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:17,040 Speaker 1: any of their battles, e Bactically, they don't have enough 553 00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:24,200 Speaker 1: like ammunition weapons, Like at one point they were supposed 554 00:41:24,239 --> 00:41:28,960 Speaker 1: to get owner ship and sail away, but they were 555 00:41:28,960 --> 00:41:32,920 Speaker 1: waiting so long that they ate all the provisions aboard 556 00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:38,080 Speaker 1: the ship while they're waiting for musketballs. The man absolutely 557 00:41:38,160 --> 00:41:44,040 Speaker 1: sucked at military anything anything military No good, very bad. 558 00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:48,160 Speaker 1: He just he did so many things wrong. At one point, 559 00:41:49,280 --> 00:41:53,640 Speaker 1: he accidentally tips off the enemy about their tactics, about 560 00:41:53,640 --> 00:41:59,120 Speaker 1: their plans, about their strategies, Like, Sir, I feel like 561 00:41:59,239 --> 00:42:05,239 Speaker 1: that's you know, the first rule, you know, don't just 562 00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:11,480 Speaker 1: don't tell your enemies your plan of attack. Every single 563 00:42:11,560 --> 00:42:15,319 Speaker 1: military operation that the Duke of Buckingham is involved in. 564 00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:19,640 Speaker 1: Everyone he touches just turns to shit, and it was 565 00:42:19,680 --> 00:42:23,799 Speaker 1: not doing well for his public opinion. Like it gets 566 00:42:23,840 --> 00:42:26,640 Speaker 1: to the point that he's just sucking so much that 567 00:42:26,719 --> 00:42:30,680 Speaker 1: every battlefilure just builds up that not only is the 568 00:42:30,719 --> 00:42:34,040 Speaker 1: public against him, but so is Parliament, and they start 569 00:42:34,080 --> 00:42:40,239 Speaker 1: refusing all of these requests for taxes and funds, and 570 00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:45,560 Speaker 1: so he can't pay for these like excursions for his 571 00:42:45,600 --> 00:42:48,879 Speaker 1: attempt at warring, Like he just can't afford it because 572 00:42:48,920 --> 00:42:53,240 Speaker 1: they're just refusing to sign the check book and things. 573 00:42:54,080 --> 00:43:00,560 Speaker 1: Things aren't going well because the Parliament they're just cutting 574 00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:04,080 Speaker 1: him off, you know, they're ensuring that he doesn't have 575 00:43:04,200 --> 00:43:10,759 Speaker 1: access to public money. And yeah, yeah, he goes bankrupt 576 00:43:11,239 --> 00:43:16,239 Speaker 1: pretty quickly because the man clearly does not know how 577 00:43:16,280 --> 00:43:23,359 Speaker 1: to be fiscally responsible. He tries, he tries to sort 578 00:43:23,360 --> 00:43:27,879 Speaker 1: of get money in order to you know, do the war, 579 00:43:29,680 --> 00:43:35,280 Speaker 1: like spending his own money actually and makes himself personally 580 00:43:35,320 --> 00:43:40,040 Speaker 1: liable for paying off debts to several of his officers. 581 00:43:40,640 --> 00:43:46,080 Speaker 1: Now you're going to be shocked at this, surprised even 582 00:43:47,320 --> 00:43:50,200 Speaker 1: he could not manage to pay off said debts to 583 00:43:50,960 --> 00:43:56,320 Speaker 1: the officers, and they waited ten months because they were patient, 584 00:43:56,560 --> 00:44:00,400 Speaker 1: you know. And after that they thought, ah, this for 585 00:44:00,480 --> 00:44:04,160 Speaker 1: a game of soldiers, and they just stole money. They 586 00:44:04,200 --> 00:44:06,560 Speaker 1: just looted the King. They just looted it. They were like, 587 00:44:06,880 --> 00:44:09,200 Speaker 1: IM gonna go into the king stores and look all 588 00:44:09,239 --> 00:44:15,759 Speaker 1: the money were owed. Cool, good move their lads. How 589 00:44:15,800 --> 00:44:18,560 Speaker 1: that didn't sour him in the King's favor, I'll never 590 00:44:18,640 --> 00:44:22,080 Speaker 1: fucking know, because like people are coming in and stealing 591 00:44:22,120 --> 00:44:26,319 Speaker 1: your money because this dude didn't pay them. Because he's 592 00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:33,040 Speaker 1: just a consistent failure. Parliament is so sick and tired 593 00:44:33,080 --> 00:44:35,759 Speaker 1: of him that they try to get rid of him 594 00:44:35,880 --> 00:44:38,080 Speaker 1: and get him impeached and shit, they want to remove 595 00:44:38,160 --> 00:44:46,160 Speaker 1: him from office, and they try and do this twice. However, 596 00:44:47,360 --> 00:44:51,359 Speaker 1: both times they've tried to do this and steps the King. 597 00:44:53,719 --> 00:45:02,160 Speaker 1: He dissolves parliament. He dissolves parliament twice. He does it 598 00:45:02,200 --> 00:45:07,759 Speaker 1: twice before they have the opportunity, before they can fill 599 00:45:07,760 --> 00:45:10,160 Speaker 1: out other forms and crosser t's and dot their eyes, 600 00:45:10,400 --> 00:45:13,000 Speaker 1: before they can go through the full process in order 601 00:45:13,520 --> 00:45:16,120 Speaker 1: to get rid of him. The King comes in and 602 00:45:16,200 --> 00:45:20,840 Speaker 1: just saves us, which is not good because it showed 603 00:45:20,840 --> 00:45:26,560 Speaker 1: that Charles wasn't super you know, loyal to his parliament 604 00:45:26,560 --> 00:45:28,799 Speaker 1: in his country. He was more loyal to this one 605 00:45:28,880 --> 00:45:33,680 Speaker 1: dude who kept fucking things up for the country. So again, 606 00:45:33,920 --> 00:45:42,640 Speaker 1: popularity dwindling, very much, dwindling, so public opinion very much 607 00:45:43,280 --> 00:45:48,040 Speaker 1: in the Vitrio stages at this point, for Vilios, the 608 00:45:48,120 --> 00:45:53,239 Speaker 1: Duke of Buckingham is so awful, like he is so 609 00:45:53,440 --> 00:45:56,680 Speaker 1: bad in doing so many bad things consecutively, one after 610 00:45:56,719 --> 00:46:03,279 Speaker 1: another inner row that a conspiracy theory comes about that 611 00:46:03,400 --> 00:46:07,440 Speaker 1: he's doing all these things because his doctor is practicing 612 00:46:07,520 --> 00:46:13,080 Speaker 1: black magic on him. And you know, that's a completely 613 00:46:13,080 --> 00:46:17,360 Speaker 1: logical and reasonable explanation, not that there's one dud's just 614 00:46:18,120 --> 00:46:22,560 Speaker 1: an idiot and an arsehole. But yeah, things don't go 615 00:46:22,640 --> 00:46:28,759 Speaker 1: well because an angry mob gets together and they kill 616 00:46:28,800 --> 00:46:33,880 Speaker 1: the doctor. They kill George Villiers, the Duke of Buckingham, 617 00:46:34,360 --> 00:46:38,040 Speaker 1: his doctor. They're like, you're using magic on him, and 618 00:46:38,200 --> 00:46:44,319 Speaker 1: beat him to death. But Buckingham as always undeterred. He's 619 00:46:44,400 --> 00:46:46,839 Speaker 1: trying to get let Rochelle going on. He wants to 620 00:46:46,880 --> 00:46:52,279 Speaker 1: continue this war that he has instigated, you know, and 621 00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:55,000 Speaker 1: he's going down to Portsmouth to do it. And so 622 00:46:55,120 --> 00:46:58,960 Speaker 1: he's there just hanging about the Greyround Pub when suddenly 623 00:46:59,040 --> 00:47:03,560 Speaker 1: a man just lunges at him and stab stab stab 624 00:47:03,600 --> 00:47:08,920 Speaker 1: stab stab. He is like violently stabbed, George Villiers shouts. 625 00:47:09,600 --> 00:47:14,160 Speaker 1: Villon pulls the knife from his body, stumbles forward a 626 00:47:14,160 --> 00:47:18,320 Speaker 1: few steps before collapsing on the ground and bleeding to death. 627 00:47:20,120 --> 00:47:23,759 Speaker 1: And so on. The twenty third of August sixteen, twenty eight, 628 00:47:25,200 --> 00:47:29,880 Speaker 1: George Villiers, the Duke of Buckingham, dies five days short 629 00:47:30,040 --> 00:47:34,320 Speaker 1: of his thirty sixth birthday, after suffering a severe case 630 00:47:34,800 --> 00:47:39,400 Speaker 1: of the mrduls. But who assassinated him It was a 631 00:47:39,440 --> 00:47:42,719 Speaker 1: soldier called John Felton, So he had been on one 632 00:47:42,760 --> 00:47:47,280 Speaker 1: of the doomed military campaigns with him, got severely injured, 633 00:47:47,800 --> 00:47:51,920 Speaker 1: and then Buckingham passed him over for promotion, and Felton 634 00:47:51,920 --> 00:47:53,880 Speaker 1: felt like he was oh it, and this man had 635 00:47:53,920 --> 00:47:56,040 Speaker 1: fucked up his life and he was going to deal 636 00:47:56,080 --> 00:48:00,920 Speaker 1: with that, and he did. I mean for it wasn't 637 00:48:01,040 --> 00:48:04,520 Speaker 1: just like a personal situation. He felt like Billiers was 638 00:48:04,560 --> 00:48:08,440 Speaker 1: like a tumor to Britain and that he had to 639 00:48:08,440 --> 00:48:11,680 Speaker 1: be cut out, like he had to be removed in 640 00:48:11,880 --> 00:48:16,480 Speaker 1: order to protect the country. So not only was it 641 00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:21,560 Speaker 1: personal revenge, he believed he was doing it for the public, 642 00:48:21,640 --> 00:48:25,439 Speaker 1: for public interest, and in a move that surprised absolutely 643 00:48:25,480 --> 00:48:30,160 Speaker 1: no one. The British public they love John Felton. They 644 00:48:30,200 --> 00:48:33,480 Speaker 1: think he's a hero. They're like, you got rid of 645 00:48:33,520 --> 00:48:36,759 Speaker 1: the evil witch ding Dong, which is dead? Which which 646 00:48:36,800 --> 00:48:41,320 Speaker 1: are the wicked? Which like they're celebrating, like he actually 647 00:48:41,360 --> 00:48:44,440 Speaker 1: becomes a sort of folk hero in their eyes. So 648 00:48:44,480 --> 00:48:47,360 Speaker 1: the public's really happy, like they're out celebrating and stuff, 649 00:48:47,400 --> 00:48:52,000 Speaker 1: like they're having parties. And the King not so happy 650 00:48:52,000 --> 00:48:55,480 Speaker 1: about this. Also, Parliament are too cool with, you know, 651 00:48:56,400 --> 00:49:00,960 Speaker 1: for royalty and ability being stabbed in public because it's 652 00:49:00,960 --> 00:49:04,640 Speaker 1: not good for them, you know, And so they're doing 653 00:49:04,680 --> 00:49:09,120 Speaker 1: everything to like stop these celebrations happening. Like the son 654 00:49:09,320 --> 00:49:14,080 Speaker 1: of some scholar or whatever raises a toast to John Felton, 655 00:49:15,360 --> 00:49:20,080 Speaker 1: and the King finds him, you know, fine enough, that's grand, 656 00:49:20,360 --> 00:49:23,479 Speaker 1: and then orders both of his ears to be cut off. 657 00:49:25,200 --> 00:49:28,520 Speaker 1: Feels a bit extreme, but okay, So Felton he is 658 00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:33,280 Speaker 1: caught and he is hung right, they just execute him 659 00:49:33,440 --> 00:49:35,520 Speaker 1: and they're they're gonna put his body in display, so 660 00:49:35,640 --> 00:49:39,640 Speaker 1: like that'll detear the public. Ah, it actually had the 661 00:49:39,640 --> 00:49:43,000 Speaker 1: opposite effect. So instead of being like a warning the 662 00:49:43,080 --> 00:49:47,520 Speaker 1: assassin's corpse becomes like this public attraction and people are 663 00:49:47,600 --> 00:49:52,000 Speaker 1: venerating it, they're they praising it. It has the complete 664 00:49:52,000 --> 00:49:55,919 Speaker 1: opposite effect of what they wanted it to do. That's 665 00:49:55,960 --> 00:50:02,440 Speaker 1: how much they hated Filials, who ends up being buried 666 00:50:02,440 --> 00:50:07,480 Speaker 1: in Westminster Abbey along with the monarchs. Like he is 667 00:50:07,520 --> 00:50:09,560 Speaker 1: buried in a place that's supposed to be for royalty, 668 00:50:09,719 --> 00:50:13,240 Speaker 1: so to saying it's a bit bit weird, but clearly 669 00:50:14,320 --> 00:50:18,200 Speaker 1: they had opinions on this, and there he's buried in 670 00:50:18,239 --> 00:50:23,160 Speaker 1: a very fancy tom very lavish, very grand, and yeah, 671 00:50:23,880 --> 00:50:30,160 Speaker 1: so ends the story of Sir George Fillias, the first 672 00:50:30,239 --> 00:50:34,480 Speaker 1: Duke of Buckingham. If you liked my telling of this story, 673 00:50:34,760 --> 00:50:37,960 Speaker 1: feel free to rate and review five stars, give five stars. 674 00:50:38,000 --> 00:50:41,600 Speaker 1: Why not? You deserve it. I deserve it, and you 675 00:50:41,640 --> 00:50:44,600 Speaker 1: should do that. And you should also follow me on 676 00:50:44,680 --> 00:50:50,919 Speaker 1: my socials, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, why not, and threads and 677 00:50:51,560 --> 00:50:56,880 Speaker 1: whatever Twitter is called. Now that I'm on all the things, 678 00:50:57,280 --> 00:51:00,840 Speaker 1: message me, DM me, talk to me on threads. I'm everywhere, 679 00:51:01,320 --> 00:51:04,560 Speaker 1: oh and over on the Patreon. We are currently doing 680 00:51:04,600 --> 00:51:07,239 Speaker 1: who Done It What Now? Which is me reading a 681 00:51:07,440 --> 00:51:11,920 Speaker 1: chapter of currently the Murder of Roger Ratroid by Agatha Christie. 682 00:51:11,920 --> 00:51:15,120 Speaker 1: I'm doing that every day. That's been released every day. 683 00:51:15,719 --> 00:51:18,320 Speaker 1: I'm hoping to get a few like historical true crime 684 00:51:18,360 --> 00:51:22,839 Speaker 1: things up there and just some just some fun audio up. 685 00:51:23,200 --> 00:51:26,279 Speaker 1: Get some more content out for you. And all of 686 00:51:26,320 --> 00:51:28,279 Speaker 1: my live shows they're going to be recorded and put 687 00:51:28,280 --> 00:51:29,800 Speaker 1: on the Patreon as well, so they're going to be 688 00:51:29,840 --> 00:51:34,479 Speaker 1: there now. Of course before I go, can't forget recommendation time. 689 00:51:35,880 --> 00:51:41,600 Speaker 1: So for watching Mary and George, go watch Mary and George. 690 00:51:42,160 --> 00:51:44,880 Speaker 1: It's perfect. Listen to this and then go watch that. 691 00:51:45,400 --> 00:51:47,560 Speaker 1: I feel like it's a good it's a good show 692 00:51:48,600 --> 00:51:54,600 Speaker 1: for listening. I've really been enjoying Katie Baser's song I'm 693 00:51:54,640 --> 00:52:00,200 Speaker 1: a problem just hitting me right, you know. Also, if 694 00:52:00,200 --> 00:52:04,359 Speaker 1: you go onto TikTok and there's it's like pop cost 695 00:52:04,440 --> 00:52:06,919 Speaker 1: musical theater. They do a version of nineteen eighty five 696 00:52:06,960 --> 00:52:09,960 Speaker 1: by Bowling for Soup, which if you put your EarPods in, 697 00:52:10,360 --> 00:52:13,000 Speaker 1: if you're in your divergin, it might just scratch you 698 00:52:13,080 --> 00:52:15,680 Speaker 1: right at the back of your brain. It's so nice 699 00:52:16,680 --> 00:52:21,520 Speaker 1: for reading, so many options, which one will I choose? 700 00:52:22,200 --> 00:52:24,440 Speaker 1: Has actually been hard because I actually been reading again 701 00:52:24,520 --> 00:52:27,399 Speaker 1: this week. No, you know what I'm going to give 702 00:52:27,400 --> 00:52:30,919 Speaker 1: you a book recommendation based on something I want to read. 703 00:52:31,480 --> 00:52:34,799 Speaker 1: So there used to be this sort of group of 704 00:52:34,840 --> 00:52:39,160 Speaker 1: books called point horror, like point thriller and point romance 705 00:52:39,200 --> 00:52:41,600 Speaker 1: I think as well. And they were young adult books, 706 00:52:42,040 --> 00:52:47,320 Speaker 1: so you would go from Goosebumps to the point horror. 707 00:52:47,400 --> 00:52:51,160 Speaker 1: So that was like you'd go from childhood Goosebumps teenage 708 00:52:51,520 --> 00:52:55,440 Speaker 1: young adult point horror. And I loved those books. Ar 709 00:52:55,480 --> 00:52:58,799 Speaker 1: al Stein, who wrote goose Bumps, actually wrote some of these, 710 00:52:59,360 --> 00:53:05,080 Speaker 1: and I am more specifically the Boyfriend and the Girlfriend, 711 00:53:05,560 --> 00:53:11,200 Speaker 1: like the boyfriend was my favorite because every time I 712 00:53:11,280 --> 00:53:16,080 Speaker 1: smell soap, I think of the Boyfriend. It's just ingrained 713 00:53:16,080 --> 00:53:19,680 Speaker 1: in me now, and I would love to start rereading 714 00:53:19,800 --> 00:53:23,319 Speaker 1: those point horror books. I haven't seen them in any 715 00:53:23,360 --> 00:53:26,160 Speaker 1: bookstore in forever, so I don't know if they're just 716 00:53:26,320 --> 00:53:30,000 Speaker 1: out of print or whatever. I have a Kindle, I'm 717 00:53:30,000 --> 00:53:31,560 Speaker 1: sure I can find them, but I would love a 718 00:53:31,600 --> 00:53:34,600 Speaker 1: physical it's the physical point horror book like so much. 719 00:53:34,640 --> 00:53:38,799 Speaker 1: You have no idea, but anyway, that is my recommendation 720 00:53:38,920 --> 00:53:42,759 Speaker 1: for now, and I hope you have a great week. 721 00:53:43,920 --> 00:53:48,080 Speaker 1: Arios A wad as them my friends, A bye bye