690. A Murderous Affair: Death at Mayerling (Part 2)
7/22/20261 hr 19 min
What really happened at the Habsburgian hunting lodge, Mayerling? Did Crown Prince Rudolf and his mistress, Baroness Mary Vetsera, really commit a romantic murder suicide, or did the heir cold-heartedly murder the 17 year old girl? And, why did the Austrian royal family try to erase all traces of this tragic incident?
Join Dominic and Tom as they solve the mysterious tale of the Mayerling Incident.
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First 90 secondsTom Holland· Host0:00
This episode is brought to you by the Lloyds 5K House Deposit, and this is something that was last seen in 1996.
Dominic Sandbrook· Host0:10
Yeah, so the 1990s looks now like a lost golden age of prosperity and positivity, doesn't it? Think of the sort of the advent of the Blair administration in 1997, all the enthusiasm and excitement that surrounded that. Uh, the economic growth of the time, the technological developments, the sort of sense of a- an endless golden summer where everybody's listening to Blair and Oasis and looking forward to, to buying their first houses, and that of course takes us to mortgages. Now, the good news is that in a nod to the 1990s, Lloyds are offering 5K deposit mortgages to first-time buyers. So search 5K first-time buyer. 1996 average first-time buyer deposits are based on ONS data. Subject to status, your home may be repossessed if you don't keep up repayments and conditions apply.
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