Why did Mehmet bring his eunuchs to Malta, rather than his wives? How did they become so powerful in the Ottoman court? And what do the honourifics bequeathed on the Caliphs tell us about their character? 

In this bonus four minutes of content, cut-for-time from today's edition of The Retrospectors, Arion, Rebecca and Olly reveal all...

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