“What is a Lady in Waiting?” According to Henry VIII; prime marriage material.

@flowermagnolia4551

2 жыл бұрын

Period

@jeffreycater5447

2 жыл бұрын

Literally trained by the former wife and her employees

@TaylorThings13_Fanpage

2 жыл бұрын

That was Henry VIII's line of next to marry

@agnes4428

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeffreycater5447 Technically Henry VIII is her employer.

@flowermagnolia4551

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeffreycater5447 They sprung from a lineage

Ohh so Kim K was Paris Hilton’s lady in waiting in the early 2000’s

@casandramacias7991

2 жыл бұрын

I'm dead.

@angelacooper8973

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly and she brought her sisters so they could STAY in fame.

@queenlegitimate5015

2 жыл бұрын

I guess you could say that! Lol

@user-qk3sm5sz2x

2 жыл бұрын

LMFAO lol yeah xD

@TakittyLove

2 жыл бұрын

Roasteeeed ! 🤣👍

In present day, when you write a letter to a royal you'll often get a response from a Lady in Waiting to thank you for writing and saying how touched the royal was to hear from you, but the royal won't reply herself.

@hirahiro2331

2 жыл бұрын

Eh, still kinda cool to get a response.

@mechanikalbull5626

2 жыл бұрын

@@hirahiro2331 its canned response lol what's cool about that

@SeiichirouUta

2 жыл бұрын

@@mechanikalbull5626 Well, compared to a lot of companies where you nervously send your well thought through cv because of a job ad: A canned response from a Lady in Waiting to your letter to a royal is still far cooler than no response at all to something that could be of real importance in your life.

@marleengevers

2 жыл бұрын

They do reply, what cannot be said of private companies ! For a school task (40 years ago) I wrote to Prince Phillip (UK) and Prince Bernard (NL) and I got responses in very nice and thick letterpaper with a crown in gold print on the envelope. The postman was very impressed !

@subliminallysilent222

2 жыл бұрын

@@marleengevers omg thats so sweet!

I always thought that it was INSANE that, in Versailles, it took 5ever for the Queen to get ready in the morning because there was like a pecking order for who handed what to whom when they were dressing the Queen. And when another lady in waiting showed up that was of a higher position than all the others… they all scattered and the process had to be redone to accomodate the woman that came in.

@Leno323

2 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing that movie Marie Antoinette and even though they got stuff wrong, the dressing scene of Queen Marie was illustrated perfectly especially when a higher ranking lady came into the room and they had to start alllllll over. That must have been incredibly annoying.

@agnes4428

2 жыл бұрын

@@Leno323 All I remember from that movie is that shot of a pair of baby blue high top Converse somehow making into the shot. ;)

@Leno323

2 жыл бұрын

@@agnes4428 LMAO no way- lol what scene was that? I have to know. And I’ll do you one better. Did you see in Game of Thrones when Daenerys’ *Starbucks cup* was on the table & somehow got left in the final shot? 😂🤣😭💀

@Leno323

2 жыл бұрын

@@agnes4428 kzread.info/dash/bejne/opyJza1mZ8uwopM.html

@CaitMcKi

2 жыл бұрын

@@Leno323 kzread.info/dash/bejne/nJqtrpqqcdvcgLg.html 0:28 (but they were a deliberately chosen to be in the shot) :)

Wow Catherine's friend still visited her after henry said no that's a true friend there 😞😞😞

"But ladies in waiting did a lot more than wait around for the monarch to invite them to bed." Oh how I love Lindsay's sly humour (o:

@pinkymermaid9967

Жыл бұрын

I used to be confused about the mistress and lady-in-waiting.

Princess Diana's grandmother, Lady Fermoy, was a lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth, the queen mother. Many assumed that the two women were the reason Diana and Charles got together, though Lady Fermoy her self denied this, and actully advised her grandaughter against it. Really interesting video! I always wondered what their purpose was!

@musanyathi2298

Жыл бұрын

Real modern toff aristocrats don't want to marry into the RF. It's considered a civil servant job under intense public scrutiny. Charles, William and Harry had several proposal refusals. Diana was naive and did not understand what an arranged marriage entailed..

@l.n.3372

Жыл бұрын

I've heard tho that Queen Elizabeth/Queen Mother did prefer the Spencer girls because of her familiarity with her lady in waiting. And that the Queen Mother was among those who did push for Charles to marry Diana instead of Camilla. So even if the lady in waiting didn't necessarily support it too, that's still a good reason why the Queen Mother preferred the Spencer girls.

I was wondering if you could do a video on the “most peaceful” or “easiest” rules of monarchy. Either rulers who were very lucky or rulers who were very skillful in avoiding conflict?

@mframedeye37

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@mrh8279

2 жыл бұрын

Great idea!

@Candlewick14

2 жыл бұрын

I'd love that....or "happy lives in the dark ages" there must have been some...

@falcons9659

2 жыл бұрын

That’s a great idea, but if I may be cheeky- that could very well be King henry viii. He was skillful in avoiding conflicts alright- if anyone dared argue with him,he chopped their heads off. Problem solved 💀

@lonelyronin2428

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah! Where are all the rulers that had their crap together?! All I know of is Victoria. I need to here about someone who wasn't a dumpster fire.

"What's a lady in waiting?" Henry VIII: *Opportunities for more marriages, of course!*

@carolined5923

14 күн бұрын

😄

The older I get, (I'm 32), the more interested in history I become. These videos are awesome and really bring history to life!

@amazinggrace5692

2 жыл бұрын

@Jordyn Dodge Thanks for the tips! I also love history, although at 64 I have lived through a bit more than Christina (OP). Lol 💕🐝💕

@AmalSaidi123

2 жыл бұрын

I’m 16 and have been extremely interested in history ever since I was around 7 or 8. I’m completely obsessed with it it’s actually embarrasing

@Christina.N.

2 жыл бұрын

@@AmalSaidi123 Don't be embarrassed about your passions, they are your fuel!! Just think of all the knowledge you've amassed already in your relatively short life!! A few more years and you'll be an expert 😃 When I was in school, I didn't really get the weight of history, it was like learning about fairy-tale people, but now I consider they were people just like me, I'm so much more interested 😁 Sounds silly but that's how I see it now 😅

@AmalSaidi123

2 жыл бұрын

@@Christina.N. Thank you so much!! That’s why I like history, it’s because it’s so interesting to see how people who had the same emotions, feelings and looks at us lived in a completely different yet completely similar environment :)

@TheMomohea

2 жыл бұрын

Some I'm all into these

Some of these stories are pretty heartbreaking. The way Catherine of Aragon was treated by Henry was appalling. I never knew her friend basically broke in to see her on her deathbed. That tugged on the heartstrings. And poor Marie Antoinette. I probably would have fainted if I saw a crowd parading my best friends head around too. How horrific!

So Marie Antoinette had to stand there with her bits freezing while the ladies passed her shift around from one rank to the next one? That''s nuts. 😂 It must have taken her at least half the morning just to get dressed.

@AstarionWifey

2 жыл бұрын

I would’ve lost my shit and just got myself dressed 🤣

@wallyjansen898

2 жыл бұрын

She had nothing else to do.

@timezone6610

2 жыл бұрын

@@wallyjansen898 ikr,she was 14 and did not know how to rule her husband spent so much more money and he was also 14 or something,they were kind, they both did Give food to the homeless and do charity work but they were Young and people next to them and around them were Only doing it for their own benefit they were taxing people a lot and othere bad stuff just for there own benefits

@notnek202

2 жыл бұрын

That’s why she fled to the Petite Trianon so she could escape from the etiquette.

@hirahiro2331

2 жыл бұрын

Right? Lol at that moment I would’ve just taken the shirt 😂

Fun fact. Katherine Willoughby, the one who was almost Henry's 7th wife was Maria Salinas' (Katherine of Aragon's best friend)daughter

@adrianazashen

2 жыл бұрын

Small world 😜

@lizzzylavender

2 жыл бұрын

Damn, why does Henry VIII like Katherine's so much lol. He married 3 and almost married a fourth

@tramlam9396

2 жыл бұрын

@Madison Hokstad ikr

@aliendxde

2 жыл бұрын

lotta katherines

@ardenalexa94

2 жыл бұрын

@@lizzzylavender and Anne’s. Since he married two.

Ive been waiting on this lesson! Thank you Lindsay, coming in clutch for a historical fiction writer

@bobsmith3291

2 жыл бұрын

What are you on about

@Leno323

2 жыл бұрын

@@bobsmith3291 Something that clearly you don’t get.

@nomiko_o

2 жыл бұрын

@@bobsmith3291 do you?? not know what an author is?? 😨😨

@rolyatyobillys4138

2 жыл бұрын

@@nomiko_o maybe he hasn’t heard the term “coming in clutch”. He could be elderly. I could see where his confusion is coming from if that was the case lol

@imonherenow3673

2 жыл бұрын

I've been waiting on this one. This was a great video. I'd love if Lindsay did a video about the four Mary's .

Queen Anne’s love triangle dramatized in The Favourite starring Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, and Emma Stone is excellent

@christines7270

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the recommendation. I just watched the trailer & now about to watch the movie.

@briangoodman8861

2 жыл бұрын

Full of historical rubbish

@mermaidtails4391

2 жыл бұрын

Ooooo thanks for the recommendation, now I wanna see it!

@thelmadickinson6811

Жыл бұрын

That show is a fabrication and not worth watching.

@jonnarobinson7541

Жыл бұрын

Most historians do not agree the queen annne was a lesbian. It is probably historically fantasy. She had a loving relationship with her husband and endured 16 pregnancies.

''Ladies in waiting did a lot more than wait around for the monarch to invite them to bed'', its the subtle shade for me 😂😂😂 Thank you Lindsay

Giving birth to fourteen children, because you needed a break…. Doesn’t sound like much of a break to me.

I’d really like to know more about Josephine’s ladies. Were they the wives of Napoleon’s Marshals or were they women she chose? I’d like to know more about the Napoleonic Imperial court.

@servraghgiorsal7382

2 жыл бұрын

You'd probably enjoy the novel ,DESIREE ABOUT. Desiree Clary, who was Napoleon s fiancee before he married Josephine. Sht later married Jean. Baptiste Bernadotte, one of his Marshall's, who was asked by the Swedes to become THEIR King. Their family is still important today. Google has some fairly good information about her.

@debcollins8231

2 жыл бұрын

@@servraghgiorsal7382 Wow. I read that in the late 1970s and remember it well. It was an extremely great read, and I learned so much.

In a documentary on the Last Dukes, the Spencer-Churchill woman who was the daughter of the Duke of Marlborough said that she was appointed to be a lady in waiting at the Queen's coronation solely because of her title, age and height, and she didn't know the Queen personally at all. I think she said she had either never met her before the coronation rehearsals or had only met her a handful of times.

@L-mo

2 жыл бұрын

Maid of honour - not really a Lady in Waiting by that time

I thought it was just a fancy word for the queen’s friends. I didn’t realize they actually work. Great video!

I’ve been writing a very historically inspired fantasy novel and these videos are so helpful 💕

@anrysse

2 жыл бұрын

Have you come up with a title yet? I want to be on the lookout for it.

@megb9700

2 жыл бұрын

Be careful if you are trying for some historical accuracy because the author messed up the Queen Mary I of Scotland with two other Mary of Scotlands. Queen Mary I was imprisoned by Queen Elizabeth I in the Tower of London and quietly disposed of. Later, her son James of Scotland became the English heir to the throne after Queen Elizabeth I.

@sanimsaosan9849

Жыл бұрын

hey what's the title? I'd like to read

I like how you shine a light onto people in history that have been forgotten or aren't really spoken about, like women and members of the LGBTQ community. It shows a more rounded picture of history.

*The English court back in the day is probably a nightmare for introverts…*

I've always wondered what a lady in waiting was. Very informative

@richardgrant2948

2 жыл бұрын

Hello Shannon, how are you doing today, how’s everything going over there 👉 Shannon?

Some royals forge strong relationships with their ladies-in-waiting. For example, Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother count the likes of Ruth, Baroness Fermoy and Cynthia, Countess Spencer as her ladies-in-waiting. It was even said that The Queen Mother plotted with Lady Fermoy to marry her grandson Charles to her friend's granddaughter Diana. As for Diana, her ladies-in-waiting included her childhood friend Alexandra Loyd - the daughter of Sir Julian St. John Loyd and granddaughter of the Earl of Midleton and her own sister The Lady Sarah McCorquodale. It was said that Diana initially wanted her good friend and fourth cousin Sarah Ferguson as her Lady-in-Waiting but it was vetoed by the palace saying that Sarah though part of the gentry, was not "posh" enough.

There is a story (true) told by Jonathan Swift. It concerns a lady in waiting. The young woman had been sent by her parents to court in the hopes that she'd make an advantages marriage. While there she meet a young squire who fell in love with her and asked for her hand in marriage but she refused. She had bigger fish to fry. She had become involved with an Earl and it wasn't long before she became pregnant with his child. She tells him that she's pregnant, but he dumps her. He said, "Do not try to palm off to me that which could easily be someone elses." The poor silly girl is very unhappy because there she was pregnant and alone and wondering what she will tell her parents. Fortunately, the young squire that she had turned down (because he wasn't of a high enough rank for her) returned (he knew about her problem) and asked her to marry him. This time she didn't turn him down, they married and the squire took his bride and her unborn child to his home in the North of England and she was never heard from again. According to Swift that silly girl was simply one of many many girls who were used like that by men more experienced in the ways of the world; only few of them had happy endings like the girl in this story. 😐

I did not know all the very interesting ranks of Ladies-in-Waiting. The dressing process must have been simply humiliating for poor Queen Marie Antoinette. Also, slight correction, Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville were married in 1464, not 1452.

I've been waiting for this one! I've always been fascinated by ladies in waiting, especially ones who changed history like Anne Boleyn! It's a shame that they are a footnote in history. ❤️

I'm writing a story with elements based of the courtly structures of Europe. I haven't done much research as it's still in the early phases, but I find it funny that so many things line of unintentionally! Like the highest lady in waiting being in charge of the queen's attire for example. Makes you think about how self explanatory, yet complex these women's roles were.

@sheilagravely5621

2 жыл бұрын

I think it's all alot of pompous bullshit, I can't imagine having to wait for someone else to dress me.

My mind BLOWN when you narrate that moment of Marie Antoniette's dressing, and the movie just did it like that :O

I think it's interesting how the English term 'lady-in-waiting' is centred around their purpose (i.e. to wait on the queen) whereas the Dutch, Swedish and German term 'hofdame/hovdam/Hofdame' simply mean "court lady" without specific duties attached to the title. Side note: English isn't my native language and it took me forever to realise the name refers to 'waiting' as in 'waiter/waitress'. I kept wondering what these women were waiting for. xD

@keileyk8507

Жыл бұрын

I was today years old when you blew my mind with this because I literally understood that right now while reading your comment and it never crossed my mind before xD

@SomethingStupide

Жыл бұрын

@@keileyk8507 you're welcome xD

Whenever my sisters and I watched Barbie Princess Charm School I always wondered what a Lady in Waiting was... thanks!

Also, Josephine's granddaughter married Crown Prince Oscar of Sweden and they ruled together. Apparently it was a love match.

Excellent video on an oft-overlooked but influential position. FYI: Catherine Willoughby, the Duchess of Suffolk who Henry considered as a possible 7th wife if he got rid of Catherine Parr, was not only the widow of his best friend Charles Brandon, and the successor as Duchess of Suffolk to Henry's sister Mary Tudor who was Brandon's previous wife, but Willoughby was also the daughter of Catherine of Aragon's BFF Maria de Salinas. Talk about keeping it in the family! I had not known Susan Clarencieux had retired to the court of Philip II. Interesting! Lettice Knollys had a son Robert Devereaux, Earl of Essex, who also became a favorite of Elizabeth but rebelled against and was beheaded. Mary Sydney was also the sister of Robert Dudley. Mary & Robert's father was the Duke of Northumberland who had tried to place his daughter-in-law Jane Grey on the throne in 1553, thus making his son Guilford at least the Queen's consort but with an eye to making him King. A couple of errors: • Marie Antoinette's friend, the Princess de Lamballe was not guillotined. As Lindsay later details, she was given to the mob. After a hasty trial in which she would not swear hatred of the king and queen she was released, "Let Madame be set at Liberty," i.e., throw her to the mob. She was escorted to the street where the mob promptly killed her. While details of her treatment are confused, she was decapitated. Just not with a guillotine. She wasn't even granted that much mercy. • Elizabeth Woodville married Edward IV in 1464, not 1452. In 1452 Edward was 10 years old, Elizabeth was busy marrying her 1st husband Sir John Grey, and Henry VI was on the throne. The marriage was a private one, not announced even to Edward's family until more than a year later. While witnessed by her mother and a couple of her mother's ladies, I don't think they can be described as Elizabeth's ladies-in-waiting. Elizabeth and her mother likely had a hand in the Burgundian influence on Edward's court, as the Duke of Burgundy was a family relation and Edward married his own sister Margaret to Charles the Bold in 1468. • Mary Boleyn was not married off when she became pregnant. She married William Carey in 1520. Her first child, Catherine was born in 1524; Henry may have been the father of both of Mary's children but if so he never acknowledged them as he did Henry Fitzroy (his son by Elizabeth Blount).

I get so excited on Tuesdays waiting for your video to come out!

Love this (and all of your videos, being an amateur historian who majored in European History myself) Just wanted to note that the painting of Marie Antoinette’s lady-in-waiting Gabrielle is actually a self-portrait of French painter Elisabeth Le Brun.

Had I of been a Queen of a European nation I'd been like "NO LADIES IS WAITING! NO THANK YOU!" LOL Especially if I'd of been King Henry VIII's wife. Get those ladies in waiting out of here, I'm keeping my head damn it🤣

Thank you so much for these videos!! I started growing an interest for history in high school when I watched Reign and have fallen more in love with history now thanks to you:)

SO much information and things I've learned from your videos! And the illustrations are terrific!

Oh thank god! I’ve always wondered what this was. Thank you for the video!

Thank you for this! I actually googled a while ago what they did but your videos always teach me more and in a great way 😊

Thanks for this lesson! I always assumed that lady’s in waiting were high ranking virgins waiting to be married, and they hung out with the queen because she was “pure” and taught them to be dutiful wives to whatever elite man they were eventually matched with.

@sarasamaletdin4574

2 жыл бұрын

Why you thought that? From some fantasy novel? I am always curious where people get some ideas from.

@user-bc5ns4wx1i

2 жыл бұрын

HA< HA!!!

@kellyhoover7750

2 жыл бұрын

@@sarasamaletdin4574 YOU ARE RUDE!

@silvermeasuringspoons6462

2 жыл бұрын

@@sarasamaletdin4574 No, that’s not rude. Sure, there might be a way to worded that sweeter, but definitely not rude.

@marleengevers

2 жыл бұрын

@@silvermeasuringspoons6462 It's not rude, it can be genuine interest. Maybe English is not Sara's first language - it's not mine either.

I legit was googling lady-in-waiting meaning btw I love your series so much!

This is excellent. I watched it twice. Can't wait for the next video

Hi, Lindsay - excellent video. Really interesting and detailed. Thank you!

This is so fascinating! Thanks for the amazing content.

I’ve always wondered!! Thank you!!

You have a way of making history interesting. Thank you so much for sharing

How many women do you need in one bedchamber? Henry VIII: "yes!"

@glen7318

2 жыл бұрын

???

The art in this episode is incredible. Do you have their titles at all?

I love your videos! I really appreciate that other people love history so much!

I love all your videos and your reading voice is so calming yet entertaining.. You really bring all these stories to life with the excitement your voice bringing intrigue to every line !

Thank you so much for this. Answered so many questions.

The content we signed up for , thank you Lindsay

I like how Princess Diana would refer to QEII as "Top Lady"

Obsessed with the idea of a historical fiction novel/movie/show about a queen and her lady in waiting falling in love

Wow that was one of the most interesting of all your videos! I love them all but this one was especially fascinating to me. I appreciated all the specific examples of the close relationships between the ladies and the queens. Thank you so much. 💗

Amazing recount of HISTORY! I LOVE IT!!! THANK YOU!

Really interesting video and a great job keeping so many names and connections straight and interesting. I did find the sing-song pattern of speech a little difficult to stick with at times, but until I do KZread I have no leg to stand on

I stumbled upon your channel today, and so happy I did. I enjoyed this and will definitely watch more. Thank you 👍🏼

I love this lesson so much! Thank you for your amazing and well researched videos, Lindsay! :)

The title made me laugh so hard 😂 thank you for explaining this topic!

Wow! another great video thank you!

Love these history lessons!

Bless you, Lindsay. Sincerely, A writer

Thank you so much for answering one of my most burning questions about Royalty and Nobility :)

Best history channel on KZread!

Thank You Lindsay!!💜💜

I always assumed 'waiting' mean waiting on someone like a waiter in a restaurant. Like a servant. Not waiting for something to happen.

@myriamickx7969

2 жыл бұрын

That's how they are called in English; in French it was "dames d’honneur". Nothing to do with waiting, be it at table or to get into the king’s bed. All these comments are full of misconceptions.

Great video! I always wanted to know more of what Ladies in Waiting did besides sleep with the King or Queen.

Try making a video about the late Duchess of Alba. I'm so fascinated to her 😊

I love your videos! Everytime I´m stressed I watch your chanel, it´s very informative. Keep up the good work and thank you for creating such good content

Kiss the lips of a severed head!? Omg!

I normally wouldn't watch something with this title but thru my ancestry research I knew my 17x great grandmother Maud Green Parr was a lady in waiting to Queen Catherine of Aragon. She was also a Lady in Waiting for her daughter Catherine Parr my 16x great aunt. Supposedly she was named after Queen Catherine of Aragon as she was her God mother as well. When Catherine Howard was mentioned I remember I also decend from her grandfather Lord Thomas Howard. The video mentioned the Carey family which I am also a decendant of and knew that Boleyns mother was Carey. I also a decendant of Elizabeth York via Margaret Tudor. I decend from her daughter Princess Catherine Stewart daughter of King James of IV of Scotland. King Henry is my 17x great uncle who married my 16x great aunt who had my distant cousin Catherine Howard beheaded. I also decend from Lord Thomas Audley Lord High Chancellor of England who administered the demise of Catherine of Arrogon and a witness against Cardinal Woolsey. 3 years ago I didn't know any of this information. Thanks for the video. Your videos are great. Most of all these people are decendants of Edward the III including Queen Catherine of Aragon thru her mother. Nobody ever mentions that.

Royalty 101: next episode the Most Honorable Food Taster. Just joshing. These videos are always a feast for the mind

The one who did the outfits and make up sounds like the funnest job of all. I would have loved the opportunity just to go through all the fabrics and help the queen pick an outfit :)

@nobodysbaby5048

Жыл бұрын

They used to keep ALL the British queens' dresses in a warehouse. Then there was a fire...😔 So much history lost.

thank u for this lesson ♡

My questions have finally been answered thanks Lindsay x❤ P.S. plz could you do a queen Alexandra vid? 🙏 cant wait for nex weeks vid

My first time here. I’ve asked Lady C several times to explain the different roles within the Royal households and I’ve been particularly interested in the Ladies in Waiting in the current day. I’ve got my cup of tea so here I go. Thank you in advance.

@cherrytraveller5915

2 жыл бұрын

Lady C wouldn't have any clue as she is to busy writing gossip novels

@WeeNessieMonster4085

2 жыл бұрын

Lady C is absolutely clueless, she makes up a majority of what she talks about and is not involved within the inner circle of the royals.

Thanks for this video! :D

Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

In Brazilian Portuguese lady in waiting is dama de companhia (lady of company) so I always thought they are just someone for the royals to hangout with

Hi lindsay, great video as usual! I know you made a video on pandemics already but if you haven’t done so, can you please do a video on illnesses that were prevalent in medieval Europe and ones that were especially common in royal families like haemophilia,porphyria, dysentery, etc. I often hear about these in your videos but considering I don’t really have any prior knowledge about medieval Europe/royalty until now, I often have to look them up. It would be nice to have them all compiled and explained in one video for reference. 😄

Incredibly interesting - well done! 🖒🖒

Omg this is so helpful when reading fantasy or historical fiction books. The book I'm reading doesn't explain the hierarchy of the queen's ladies so I was confused.

i wonder what it was like to be a lady-in-waiting, were they always scared? Or were they chill

@jeffreycater5447

2 жыл бұрын

Think it really would depend on their personal relations with other people as well. A lady-in-waiting probably had not much to fear unless they were to outspoken or got themselves into trouble. But I’m sure there was always reasons to be nervous. What if The King wanted to seduce you? What if the Queen didn’t like you or was even abusive? Then there is the fear of losing your position and such your power with that position.

I'm working on a series about a Princess and your videos have helped me understand things pertaining to royalty. Thanks!

I've watched this video 3 times. I really enjoy it.

Excellent as always.

This helps so much since I’m writing a story that’s a mix between fantasy and history and I didn’t really know what ladies in waiting did. Aside from being helpful, it’s also very interesting

@16:52 Damn, if only I lived in Queen Christina of Sweden's Court my hat-hair would've fit right in

I'd love a source for where you got the info that Marie Antoinette was *actually* forced to kiss Lamballe's severed head!? I know the mob wanted that to happen, but I've never seen a source that says that ever happened in reality. As far as I know, she never even saw the head of Lamballe. EDIT: I'm not trying to be mean, I'm genuinely curious if this really happened!

@ChibiProwl

2 жыл бұрын

As am I. If you find out if that’s true, please let me know. Thank you for your help.

@myriamickx7969

2 жыл бұрын

Same here. As it is, I strongly doubt this story.

Very cool and interesting video!!

Hi lindsay, love your content. I was wondering if you could do a video on what became of the royalty of abolished monarchys. What they did once no longer a sovereign, did they have to leave the country, did they have to get normal jobs etc and same for their descendants

@LindsayHoliday

2 жыл бұрын

That's on my short list! Probably later this year or next.

@DiscoTimelordASD

Жыл бұрын

I need this video

@vickywitton1008

Жыл бұрын

Not many of them survived as they were killed off. Those that did went to friends or relatives in other countries and lived in anonymity

Can you do the life of Cleopatra? I'd love to learn about her!

@unhiddenhistory

2 жыл бұрын

My very first KZread video was about Cleopatra's death. Now, that was quite interesting to research...

Catherine Howard wasn’t unfaithful, she had slept with someone before Henry. As far as we know, sue didn’t cheat on Henry.

@henryford2950

2 жыл бұрын

Not when she was married to him, as far as we are aware.

@nomahope3182

Жыл бұрын

Henry was a psychopath. What his wives did or didn't do. They didn't deserve such treatment.

So a personal assistant and companion... gotcha

So much fun! This vid just zipped by.

thank you for your research

Catherine Carey had 14 children! Great video, always wondered about Ladies in waiting!