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1. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › the-real-storyThe Real Story Behind ‘Mary & George’ - Smithsonian Magazine

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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 ...

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2. www.radiotimes.com › tv › dramaMary & George true story: Was King James really gay?

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   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 ...

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4. www.cosmopolitan.com › uk › reportsMary & George: The true story behind the shocking period drama

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   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 ...

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5. www.historyextra.com › period › stuartMary & George True Story: The Real History Behind The Drama ...

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   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 ...

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6. www.abc.net.au › news › 2024/03/05How true to life is Mary & George, the period drama full of ...

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   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.

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7. www.standard.co.uk › culture › tvfilmMary & George: what’s true and what's false – fact checking ...

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   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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   Is Mary & George based on a true story?

   • And if you think it's too good to be true, Mary & George is actually based on real-life historical events - derived from Benjamin Woolley's The Fatal Affair of George Villiers and James I. For a full account, you can purchase the book on Amazon or from a local bookseller of your choosing.

   Mary & George true story: Was King James really gay?

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   Is the King's Assassin based on a true story?

   • While George's rise through the ranks is based on fact, the extent of Mary's meddlesome ways may have been emphasised with a bit of creative licence. 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.

   How true to life is Mary & George, the period drama full of sex

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   Is George's rise through the ranks based on a true story?

   • In short, yes. While George's rise through the ranks is based on fact, the extent of Mary's meddlesome ways may have been emphasised with a bit of creative licence.

   How true to life is Mary & George, the period drama full of sex

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   What is Mary & George about?

   • Sex, scandal and social climbing, this steamy new period drama has it all. Enter: Mary & George, your new obsession. A seven-episode Sky Original, " Mary & George is an audacious historical psychodrama about a treacherous mother and son who schemed, seduced and killed to conquer the Court of England and the bed of its King."

   Mary & George: The true story behind the shocking period drama

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   Who plays King James in Mary & George?

   • Tony Curran as King James in Mary & George. Sky During the last years of his life, King James VI of Scotland and I of England suffered from various medical conditions and was frequently unwell with teeth loss, arthritis, gout, and kidney stones - all likely worsened by alcoholism.

   Mary & George true story: Was King James really gay?

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   Did Mary & George plan a 'tragedy' for King James?

   • 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 Moore and Nicholas Galitzine (Red, White & Royal Blue) as the mother and son, the pair chatted exclusively to RadioTimes.com and teased "tragedy" to come.

   Mary & George true story: Was King James really gay?

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9. www.timeout.com › uk › newsIs ‘Mary & George’ a true story? The surprising history ...

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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 ...