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We arrive in 1987, the year butler Paul Burrell left Queen Elizabeth II’s service to work for Charles and Diana at their country home Highgrove. But before setting off, Paul receives a mysterious warning from the Queen’s lady-in-waiting Lady Susan Hussey, who told him “all is not as it seems” with the Prince and Princess of Wales. What on earth did that mean? Paul soon learned all was not well with the Waleses, especially when a certain name started popping up on the Highgrove guest list with regularity. As Camilla Parker Bowles comes onto the scene, Paul moves with Diana, William, and Harry back to London… to assume his role at the center of her new, independent world.
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Princess Diana’s longtime butler Paul Burrell was there for the big royal moments of the ‘80s and ‘90s, from Diana and Charles’s wedding to the births of William and Harry, the breakdown of the Wales marriage, and Diana’s transformation into a global celebrity. He became known as “Diana's rock" (a moniker he may, actually, have given himself) and claimed to know many of her darkest secrets. He was also, tragically, the man who selected her outfit and accompanied her back from Paris on her final journey home. But the story of Paul Burrell took on a life of its own after his boss’s death. He was arrested for stealing hundreds of Diana's private belongings. And although he was later exonerated by Queen Elizabeth II herself, his legacy is far from the platonic ideal of a butler who sees all — and never tells. In episode one of our series on Paul Burrell, we explore his rags-to-riches tale, starting with his early years as servant-in-training and time as QEII’s personal butler.
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Windsors & Losers Weekly is up-to-date on the latest antics from the house of Windsor, starting with a staff party at Buckingham Palace which saw one housemaid end the night in a holding cell. Plus, the latest from Prince Andrew and Fergie's long string of questionable decisions, Princess's Anne's connection to the Milan runways, and Princess Diana's baby brother reflects happily and unhappily on their childhood holidays. Merry-ish Christmas to all!
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We’re back from our one-week mini-break with your regular punishment of Windsors & Losers WEEKLY, the show that brings you all the latest news from BuckyPa (aka Buckingham Palace). This week, our fearless hosts confront Kate & William's forays at Westminster Abbey and Notre Dame. Meanwhile the Parker Bowles clan (specifically Tom, Camilla, and Andrew) go hard on resting, evenings-only drinking, and launching a new podcast.
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Oh, what a week it was! In this edition of Windsors & Losers: Weekly! we delve into the history of royal break-ins after a robbery near William and Kate's Adelaide Cottage. Plus, King Charles and Queen Camilla mourn their Jack Russell, and royal nephew Peter Phillips (son of Anne) has a new romance with someone unusually sensible.
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King Charles celebrates his birthday the only way he knows how. Another young royal also has a birthday — and a new boyfriend with the right number of surplus last names. Meanwhile, Prince William debuts a new sustainable wardrobe and Prince Andrew's “Game of Homes” saga takes a new, thrilling turn.
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There's never a dull moment across the pond with the Windsors. You'd almost think it's by design! This week, excerpts from a newly-extended royal biography are generating headlines about Princess Kate, "evolving global stateman" Prince William, and the latest in the saga of Prince Andrew's would-be eviction. Plus, Camilla and Charles make a pit stop at their favorite holistic health retreat! All this — and more — in today's Windsors & Losers Weekly.
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Prince William mentions his brother, Prince Harry, by name for the first time since 2018. Meanwhile, he and Kate Middleton plan a revamp of the stodgy usual royal Christmas. King Charles plans his 2025 travel, and our favorite of the royal-adjacent bunch, Tom Parker Bowles, tells all about his mother Queen Camilla's spare and dusty old spice cabinet. All this and more in today's Windsors & Losers WEEKLY!
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It's Windsors & Losers WEEKLY!, the weekly look at new news from Windsors & Losers, the podcast that usually tells you old news about the British royal family in every episode. This week, we recap the goings on of a bakers dozen of miscellaneous royals who happened to do vaguely interesting things, including Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's new Portuguese bolthole, William's dazzlingly white shoes, and King Charles's voyage Down Under.
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In today's Windsors & Losers Weekly, the once-a-week look at new royal news with a dash of history, our hosts travel along as Edward and Sophie head to Malta, home of Queen Elizabeth II's most treasured royal memories from back before she was saddled with four kids and a country. Plus, another royal Edward marks a big milestone, Prince William gets a catchy nickname from his cousin Zara's husband, and we finally find out what, exactly, was in the Queen Mother's handbag.
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WINDSORS & LOSERS WEEKLY: King Charles eats lunch for the first time in 30 years — and you'll never guess what he eats! (Or maybe you will.) Spend a Saturday with James Middleton and Tom Parker Bowles. (And why we think Tom should be King.) What does Prince Harry's solo tour really mean for the future of his life with Meghan Markle? Your fearless hosts Eva and Allie are back, in a new format, ready to tackle the week's most non-pressing royal news.
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As far as rock bottoms go, Sarah "Fergie" Ferguson has hit a few. In this final episode of the Fergie season, hosts Allie and Eva revisit the aftermath of two of Fergie's biggest scandals and her subsequent efforts at redemption (or, should we say re-branding) with the assistance of none other than Oprah and Dr. Phil. Fergie's road from "second-tier Sloane" to Duchess, to exiled royal and back again, has been a winding one. And yet, with steady and cheerful determination, she's reemerged once more as a palace player at the highest levels.
Our story ends with Fergie's soft relaunch as a royal, and an examination of the ways in which the Fergie of today can be called a survivor — even as her legacy remains tainted. -
Can one ever truly be friends with a reigning monarch? According to Sarah "Fergie" Ferguson, she and the late Queen were the best of pals.
At the end of her reign, Elizabeth granted Fergie a royal funeral at St. George's Chapel, Windsor and a place in the family plot. The Queen also invited Fergie to what would be her final family Christmas. Was this evidence of a deep and enduring friendship?
Perhaps. After all, Fergie and QE2 had so much in common: horses, dogs, and also, horses. It was Fergie who inherited the Queen's beloved corgis, Sandy and Muick. And, surely, that tells us something about their relationship? In this penultimate episode of the "Finding Fergie" season, hosts Allie and Eva go looking for what that "something" is.
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Sarah "Fergie" Ferguson divorced "her prince" in 1996, a decade after she (metaphorically) stumbled down the aisle at Westminster Abbey and (metaphorically) fell into Andrew's (literal) giant pile of teddy bears. Her life as an official working royal was marred by money troubles, tabloid scandals, and oh-so-brief moments of rebirth. The same can be said for her life as a single working mom.
In episode five of "Finding Fergie," hosts Allie and Eva pick up where they left off: on Fergie's journey for self-discovery, redemption, and... cash. Adrift from the royals after a duo of photo scandals involving Texan men, Fergie set off to find herself in America. There she found a more forgiving public — and Oprah. But just as Fergie seemed to be rising from the ashes as a self-actualized working gal with brand partnerships, another scandal was lurking just 'round the corner. -
Sarah "Fergie" Ferguson and Princess Diana were cousins, sisters-in-law, and co-conspirators against the royal family. Their relationship, and their centrality in the royal family during the late twentieth-century, was the stuff of legends — and tabloid headlines.
Friends since adolescence, they fell out sometime in the mid '90s... and never spoke again.
In the latest episode of Windsors & Losers's Fergie season — dubbed "Finding Fergie" — our hosts Eva and Allie look back at Fergie’s unique and tumultuous friendship with Princess Diana. -
After there was young Fergie, there was... teen Fergie and young adult Fergie. And then, finally, Sarah Ferguson metamorphosed into her fully-realized self: royal Fergie. In this episode of the "Finding Fergie" season, Allie and Eva revisit the Duchess of York's late teens and early twenties. These were crucial, vital years in Fergie's life, where she lived with a girlfriend South of the river in London, went traveling without a credit card, borrowed her stepmother's clothes, and dated an older man with a massive Swiss chalet and a wine collection bought at Sotheby's.
But Fergie's life path took a hard left when her friend (and cousin) Princess Diana reintroduced her to the the Queen's second son. From there, Fergie's path to duchess-hood was set.
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Windsors & Losers is back! This season is about Sarah "Fergie" Ferguson, who is perhaps the most maligned modern royal. But in 1986 when Fergie married into the Windsor clan, she was hailed as the future of the monarchy: a confident, smiling, and up-for-anything country lass. She was just the sort to endear herself to the Queen — and the tabloids! But of course, the party didn't last long...
In episode one of this season — which we are calling "Finding Fergie" — Eva and Allie go back to Fergie's formative years and dive into her seemingly cookie-cutter country upbringing (complete with ponies), her cad-ish and clueless polo playing dad, and her beautiful mother, who bolted from their home, and England, to marry an Argentine hunk.
Editors' note: This episode was recorded before recent breaking royal news, including King Charles's cancer diagnosis.
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When Sarah "Fergie" Ferguson joined the British royal family in 1986 she was hailed as the future of the monarchy and "a breath of fresh air." A decade later she was divorced, broke, and exiled to the land of misfit (and embarrassing) royals, leaving a trail of scandal in her wake. Poking fun at her clothes and weight became a national bloodsport. Prince Philip apparently couldn't even stand to be in the same room as her. And let’s be honest: it’s never been easy to be a Windsor Wife, as Diana and Meghan both have shown.
But now, Fergie is somewhat back in the royal fold. She did, after all, inherit the late queen's corgis. Is Sarah, the Duchess of York, proof that by sticking around long enough, the disruptor becomes the establishment? In a new season of Windsors & Losers, coming early 2024, we're reassessing the life and times of the one-named royal wonder, Fergie. - Laat meer zien
