Princess or Pretender? The Curious Story of Princess Olive of Cumberland

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Olivia Serres was an accomplished British landscape painter and published writer. She was also an imposter, pretending to be the legitimate daughter of Prince Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland. She insisted on being addressed as Princess Olive of Cumberland, and claimed to be of royal birth. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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There is one true thing that we know about Olivia Serres: She was born Olivia Wilmot, on April 3, 1772. The rest, she made up to claim royal blood.

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