The Scandalous True History Behind "Mary & George"
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Published 2024-05-30
The new show "Mary & George" covers the lives of Mary Villiers and her son George Villiers as George seduces King James VI & I and becomes the royal favorite. A true story, but the real one is starkly different from what we see in the show. Come learn with me about a notoriously gay King and his scandalous boyfriends.
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Sources
George Villiers, First Duke of Buckingham. The Stanhope Essay for 1882 by W. Hudson Shaw
The life and times of George Villiers, duke of Buckingham, Volume 1 (of 3), by Katherine Thomson www.gutenberg.org/files/54286/54286-h/54286-h.htm
The Works of His Grace, George Villiers, Late Duke of Buckingham… By George Villiers Duke of Buckingham www.google.com/books/edition/The_Works_of_His_Grac…
King James and Letters of Homoerotic Desire by David M. Bergeron
The cradle king : the life of James VI & I, the first monarch of a United Great Britain by Alan Stewart archive.org/details/cradlekinglifeof0000stew
King James by J. Pauline Croft archive.org/details/kingjames00crof
Political writings by James I, King of England, 1566-1625 edited by Johann P. Sommerville archive.org/details/politicalwriting0000jame
The political works of James I, Harvard University Press archive.org/details/politicalworksj00igoog/page/n1…
All Comments (21)
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I hope, if I am remembered in history, that I, like King James, am referred to as 'notoriously gay'
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Shoutout to my high school AP european history teacher for not being afraid to teach a class of 10th graders in Utah that King James was gay
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The people getting concerned that James was in love with a older man because the man was french and catholic is funny as hell. They aren't homophobic, but accepting catholics and french people are too much. Edit: what I have learnt with this video? There is no bigger crime than being catholic and french.
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This makes me laugh SO hard, because the Baptist school I grew up in treated the KJV like it came straight from the mouth of God himself, but they were also so openly homophobic. The irony of this situation is DELICIOUS.
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i’d like to think being named “Gentleman of the bedchamber” was that era’s version of “Sexiest man alive”
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i'm obsessed with Nicholas Galitzine getting typecast as gay british nobility. the fact that he is actually descended from Russian nobility is just the icing on the cake.
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Have you ever considered doing a video on how you curate your outfits/looks for your videos? I love how you manage to always serve amazing looks while being on theme for the subject matter.
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In Queen's House In Greenwich, there is a small plaque that says it was built as 'a gift from James I to his wife Anne of Denmark as an apology for swearing at her after she accidentally shot his dog'
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Legitimately did a spittake at “Mary grieved her cringefail husband” 😂😂😂
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"George... Were you a top or a bottom?" THE WAY I SCREAMED 💀💀💀💀
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Kaz will singlehandedly bring these jacobean collars back into fashion
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'George what's your opinion on the new season of drag race' made me laugh out loud, love it
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My cat sat on my phone and sent me to this video its a sign from Opal today is a Kaz Video Day
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Whenever I think of James I think boy toys and witches which is honestly kind of an iconic legacy lol
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rip guy fawkes, you would've hated "mary & george"
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Fun fact: the "y" used in the "ye old" signs is actually the letter "thorn" which makes a "th" sound. So it's still pronounced "the old" The confusion comes from the script, and later the "type face" from the invention of the printing press. Early printing presses didn't bother to make thousands of "thorns" and instead used "y" as it was nearly indistinguishable from the thorn.
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Unsubstantiated Bisexuals is the name of my goth-punkabilly band!
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As someone from Edinburgh I like the acknowledgement that tickets to get in to Edinburgh Castle are way too expensive.
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love the subtle nod to the fashion of the time with the small and subtle collar of your shirt
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Cackling at the idea of going to a hotel and the worker being like ‘and later I’ll show you the knife that killed me’
