EPISODE · Sep 14, 2026 · 15 MIN

Queens in the Tower: How Royal Women Were Confined and Co‑opted

from The Proper British History Podcast: Kings, Queens, Wars, Empire, Politics, Revolutions, Royalty and the Historical Great Britain · host Podily

This episode looks at how Tudor queens—Anne Boleyn, Catherine Howard, Lady Jane Grey, Elizabeth I, Arbella Stuart, and Mary, Queen of Scots—were imprisoned at the Tower of London. It explores the differing conditions they endured, what contemporary records tell us about their treatment, and how later myth has coloured their legacies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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