Curated playlist
Wives of knights
- Anne HooAnne Hoo was the great-grandmother of the Anne who married Henry VIII.
- Lady Margaret ButlerFrom around 1519, Lady Margaret Boleyn was declared unable to manage her own estates.
- Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of WiltshireElizabeth Boleyn outlived two of her children by barely two years. Both were executed in one week of May 1536.
- Vivien LeighWhen Vivien Leigh died in 1967, every central London theater went dark for an hour.
- Elizabeth Somerset, Countess of Worcester (1502–1565)Elizabeth Somerset secretly borrowed one hundred pounds from Anne Boleyn, then testified against her in 1536.
- Agatha ChristieAgatha Christie vanished for 11 days in 1926, and a nationwide manhunt followed. She was found at a Harrogate hotel.
- Catherine ParrCatherine Parr avoided arrest by telling Henry VIII she argued religion to distract him from his leg pain.
- Elizabeth Cheney (1422–1473)Three of Henry VIII's six wives descended from Elizabeth Cheney, a gentrywoman who died in 1473.
- Elizabeth Tilney, Countess of SurreyTwo of Elizabeth Tilney's granddaughters became queens of England, but she died in 1497 before seeing it.
- Linda McCartneyLinda McCartney was the first woman to put a photograph on the cover of Rolling Stone.
- Victoria BeckhamOn the 8th of July 2000, Victoria Beckham performed alone in public for the first time. The setting was London's Hyde Park, where a crowd of 100,000 had gathered for a Prince's Trust charity concert. She sang "Out of Your Mind", her first…
- Lady MountbattenEdwina Cynthia Annette Mountbatten died in her sleep on the 21st of February 1960, aged 58, while on an inspection tour in Jesselton, North Borneo. She was not at a palace or a country estate. She was on the road, working for the St John…