Princess

Princess

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Princess episodes

  • Kit De Waal on Sarah Forbes Bonetta

    Author Kit De Waal and TV presenter and journalist Zeinab Badawi explore the extraordinary story of Sarah Forbes Bonetta. The 6 year old West African girl, orphaned by King Dahomey and taken to his court, where a British Naval Captain bargained to take her back to England. There she was presented as a gift to Queen Victoria and entered high society, where she was called "the African princess".

    Produced by Audio Always

    Producer: Ailsa Rochester
    Editor: Jo Meek
    Sound: Tom Rowbotham

    32 min
  • Hello, Princess

    Who’s your favourite princess? That’s the question Anita is asking her guests as we dig into what it means to be a princess.

    2 min

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Anita Anand and her guests explore princesses - delving into their favourite fictional, or historical, princess. From She Ra to Mesopatamian high priestess Enheduanna we get into what it means to…