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How to Survive a Royal Academy When You're Not Even Royal

Lena Everhart

What if the most powerful girl at the Royal Academy... wasn’t royal at all? Twelve-year-old Coralie doesn’t have a title, a family crest, or even a clue why her name appeared on the royal admissions scroll. Surrounded by future queens and crown princes, all trained in charmcraft, diplomacy, and mag...

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This Wondery podcast hosted by Arisha Skidmore Williams and Brooke Ziffrin pulled back the curtain on royal families past and present, focusing on Henry VIII's wives and showing them as agents using tools to hold on to power.

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Divorced beheaded died divorced beheaded survived We know the six wives of Henry VIII as pawns in his hunt for a son But their lives were so much more than just being the king's wives

— Episode: Pump Rules: Cringy-ness Revealed!

Episode: Pump Rules: Cringy-ness Revealed!

This Wondery podcast hosted by Arisha Skidmore Williams and Brooke Ziffrin pulled back the curtain on royal families past and present, focusing on Henry VIII's wives and showing them as agents using tools to hold on to power.

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Divorced beheaded died divorced beheaded survived We know the six wives of Henry VIII as pawns in his hunt for a son But their lives were so much more than just being the king's wives

We rarely see Henry VIII's wives in their own light as women who use the tools available to them to hold on to power

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