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Apr 5, 2024 · The real story behind the duo was in many ways even stranger than the new fictionalized retelling. James indeed lavished wealth and status on his much-younger male favorite, George Villiers ...
- Meilan Solly
Apr 5, 2024 · Not happy with her standing in society, Mary engineered a plot for her handsome son George to seduce King James - but it's not all fine and dandy in the land of complete power. Led by Julianne ...
Jan 30, 2024 · The daughter of Anthony Beaumont (a descendant of the 4th Earl of Buchan), Mary went on to wed three times in total – and her first husband (and George's father) was a sheep farmer and knight ...
- Amber.OConnor@hearst.co.uk
- 1 min
- Junior Features Writer
Apr 8, 2024 · James and George met at the estate of Apethorpe in Northamptonshire, during a visit by the king’s court in 1614, when George was introduced as a cupbearer to wait upon the king and his court. “ [George] could dance like the devil,” says Woolley. Over the course of the entertainments and dancing – as shown in the drama – he caught the ...
- Elinor Evans
- 3 min
Mar 4, 2024 · Historical spoiler alert, but the series is based on the non-fiction book The King's Assassin: The Fatal Affair of George Villiers and James I by writer and broadcaster Benjamin Woolley.
- Jessica Riga
Mar 4, 2024 · The story of a mother and son who rose from the fringes to the top of Jacobean society is now a lavish new drama ... Though this scene might not be true, George was indeed appointed the royal ...
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Mar 13, 2024 · Turns out our history teachers lied to us – the Gunpowder Plot wasn’t the most exciting thing to happen during the reign of James I. Happily, Sky Atlantic’s new period romp ‘Mary & George ...