Queens Podcast

Could you imagine being the Queen of England for a week and 2 days? Would it be worth losing your head over? Probably not, but unfortunately, Lady Jane Grey wasn’t given much choice, thanks to the folks she called family.  Perhaps doomed from the start because of her overly ambitious parents, at least they gave her a decent education before they married her off to Guildford Dudley in a plot for the throne.  After her cousin Edward dies, Jane is whisked away to the Tower of London to be made queen, only to be quickly condemned and sentenced to death when Mary Tudor steps in to reclaim the crown. Talk about drama! Listen in and make yourself a Greyhound, a tart yet simple combo of vodka and grapefruit juice, as we recall the not-so-happy life of the “Nine Days Queen,” Lady Jane Grey.   In this episode, you’ll also hear: Being royal adjacent with shitty parents  Poor Baby Jane vs. Mary Tudor  Dying a martyr at the Tower of London Must-listen moments:  [00:06:53] It's also worth noting that she was born aro