The Warring Queens | Rivals
4/29/202653 min
Mary Queen of Scots has everything: beauty, charm, royal blood and a claim to the most powerful throne in the world. There's just one tiny problem... Her cousin Elizabeth I.
This is the story of two queens, one throne, and a decades-long struggle. Protestant against Catholic, cousin against cousin.
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First 90 secondsAlice Levine· Host0:00
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Matt Ford· Host0:07
A warning that in this episode we say some terrible words like [beep], [beep], and [beep], so you may not want to listen with children. Okay, Alice, this series is uniquely challenging because it is effectively trilingual.
Alice Levine· Host0:19
Oh, wow. Okay.
Matt Ford· Host0:20
We've got English- Yep ... French- Yep ... and Scottish. So as well as all the accents, I've been brushing up on, uh, my vocab. So do you mind just testing me?
Alice Levine· Host0:31
Okay, so apple juice.
Matt Ford· Host0:33
Okay, the French would be, uh, jus de pomme.
Alice Levine· Host0:37
Perfect.
Matt Ford· Host0:38
Uh, the Scottish is ainm bru.
Alice Levine· Host0:41
Exactly. Great. One for one. Um, all right, let me think. Uh, feeling ill.
Matt Ford· Host0:47
Okay, um, French would be, uh, la nausée, and I think the Scottish is I pure giz me the boak, man.
Alice Levine· Host0:54
You really have been working hard. Yeah.
Matt Ford· Host0:56
Mm.
Alice Levine· Host0:56
Okay. And finally, a silly or stupid person.
Matt Ford· Host1:00
I think the French is, uh, buffon, and I think the Scottish is ya wee pleck, ye. [tense music] 8th of February 1587, Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, England. Mary Stuart halts at the top of the Grand Hall staircase. An icy chill cuts through her veins as she looks down at the wooden stage that rises two feet high