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Anita Anand explores memorable princesses from history and fiction.

Anita Anand and her guests explore princesses - delving into their favourite fictional, or historical, princess.

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 be a princess.

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Princess: Rachel Fairburn on Caroline of Brunswick

Rachel Fairburn on Caroline of Brunswick

BBC Radio 4 - Princess, Rachel Fairburn on Caroline of Brunswick

Comedian Rachel Fairburn and Flora Fraser discuss a scandalous 18th-century princess.

'Never mind the Spice Girls, here’s Caroline of Brunswick.' Anita discovers the scandalous princess of England who loathed her bigamist husband, King George IV.

Anita Anand in conversation with comedian Rachel Fairburn and historian and biographer Flora Fraser, on Caroline of Brunswick. The princess roped into a bigamous marriage with Prince George, a relationship that quickly dissolved into a very public feud. Scandal and affairs from all parties ensue, and Caroline is left hammering on the door of Westminster Abbey as her husband is crowned King.  

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Sound: Tom Rowbotham

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