2.29 Alix of Hesse (4) The acquaintance of a man of God
/In 1905, Gregory Rasputin was introduced to Alix and Nicky. Nothing would ever be the same afterwards.
2.28 Alix of Hesse (3) A terrible Damoclean uncertainty
/Alix settles into her position as Empress of Russia and has a bunch of kids. Unfortunately, she kept having daughters...
Supplemental - Anna Guerin: The Poppy Lady from France
/On Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day, millions of people pin a poppy to their clothing to remember the glorious dead. But who was it that made that happen? In this special episode, we discover the forgotten story of Anna Guerin.
SHOWNOTES
2.27 Alix of Hesse (2) The truly believing Alexandra Feodorovna
/Alix of Hesse had finally agreed to marry the love of her life. They thought that they had years ahead of them before Nicky would have to take the throne, but that was not to be.
SHOWNOTES
2.26 Alix of Hesse (1): Love, faith and conscience
/The story of the First World War has many characters, but almost all the key figures in your history books from this period are men. But there were some women behind the scenes that did exert a great deal of influence over proceedings - none more so than Alix of Hesse and by Rhine - the Tsarina of Russia.
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2.25 Ella (4) The darkness in the midst of a storm
/Up until now her life in Russia had been one of unimaginable luxury - but now, Ella decided to make a change.
2.24 Ella (3) The First Lady of Moscow
/Ella's worldview comes into conflict with that of Sergei’s as they moved from their home in St Petersburg to the ancient Russian metropolis of Moscow. Meanwhile, conflict at home and abroad causes Ella's world to change forever.
2.23 Ella (2) Coronation and Conversion
/Ella leaves her (relatively) simple upbringing in Darmstadt for the opulence and rampant excesses of life in St Petersburg as the wife of a Romanov.
2.22 Ella (1) Hesse's Helen
/No country was more profoundly changed by World War I than Russia, and at the centre of its revolutionary story are two Hessian princesses
2.21 Maud of Wales (2) The reluctant queen
/Maud of Wales became queen of a newly formed country in one of the most turbulent times in modern European history.
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2.20 Maud of Wales (1) Princess Harry
/Today we look at a woman who married into a kingdom that doesn’t get much coverage in mainstream history - Maud, a daughter of Bertie, the Prince of Wales and future King Edward VII.
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2.19 Sophia (4) Triumph and disaster
/We last left Sophia on a boat into exile. She would end up in Switzerland, but she wouldn't be there for long.
2.18 Sophia (3) Stabbed in the back
/Sophia became Queen of Greece at a great tipping point in its history. It would be a very turbulent reign.
2.17 Sophia (2) The Great Idea
/Sophia of Prussia settles into her kingdom, which was new in more ways than one.
2.16 Sophia (1) Fulfilling the prophecy
/The daughters of Queen Victoria grew up at the height of the Victorian era - their granddaughters would be left to pick up the pieces. Today, we begin the second half of this season with Princess Sophia of Prussia.
2.15 Helena and Louise: The other daughters
/A brief (well not really) telling of the lives of Victoria's other two daughters.
2.14 Beatrice (3) A long retirement
/Following the death of her husband, Beatrice began a long retirement that involved, amongst other things, a stunning act of historical vandalism.
Videos of Beatrice
MOVIE NIGHT: Mrs Brown
/In which we talk about the 1997 film Mrs Brown with My other half, Kaitlyn.
2.13 Beatrice (2) The Last Princess
/Today we will see Beatrice find love and get married, despite the obstacles that her mother placed in her path.
2.12 Beatrice (1) The Flower of the Flock
/In this third part of The Mothers of World War I, we are introduced to Princess Beatrice, Queen Victoria's youngest daughter and constant companion.