Ready for a Night In? Join the girls as they talk about why the Harry and Meghan drama should hardly count as drama when juxtaposed to the drama that was the English Reformation and subsequent battles over religious denomination during the reign of the House of Tudor and the House of Stuart.
Episode Guide
00:30 Fox News tabloids are so dumb...
1:15 Queen's Statement
02:50 Edward VIII marries socialite and meets Hitler
03:00 Charles and Camilla
03:08 Bookmakers closed when the Queen Mother passed away
03:13 Margret could really drink, smoke, and swear
03:50 The reign of Henry VIII raised the bar for royal scandals
05:00 The Protestant Reformation challenges the Catholic Church
06:45 Edward VI, son of Henry VIII, doesn't last long... Mary becomes the first Queen in power. After her comes Elizabeth. The Tudor name dies with Elizabeth and the House of Stuart then begins with James I of England.
09:20 Charles I as a Catholic sympathizer
10:15 Charles II is a Protestant
10:22 But James II is Catholic and really leans into it
12:45 William of Orange is married to his first cousin, who happens to be James II daughter Mary. They are also super Protestant.
13:30 More succession drama
14:05 The Glorious Revolution leads to the British Bill of Rights which states that the monarch rules only by the consent of Parliament and not by divine right.
15:15 Follow us @tylerandfrantz leave us a message and we will give you a shout out on the show.
15:40 BLOOPERS
For your convenience, a list of the monarchs:
William the Conqueror
William II
Henry I
Stephen
Henry II
Richard I
John
Henry III
Edward I
Edward II
Edward III
Richard II
Henry IV
Henry V
Henry VI
Edward IV
Edward V
Richcard III
Henry VII
Henry VIII
Edward VI
Mary I
Elizabeth I
James I
Charles I
Charles II
James II
William III and Mary II
Anne
George I
George II
George III
George IV
William IV
Victoria
Edward VII
George V
Edward VIII
George VI
Elizabeth II