The Queen Who Changed England | Queens, Kings and Dastardly Things

#RoyalFamily #EleanorofCastile #AliceLuxton #RobertHardman #KateWilliams #QueensKings #QKADT Queens, Kings, and Dastardly Things is the Mail's unmissable podcast, promising listeners a weekly dose of royal history and intrigue. Love. Loss, and a queen who deserves to be famous again. Listen now. This week, Kate is joined by historian and broadcaster Alice Luxton ‪@history_alice‬ , whose new book follows a wonderfully bonkers idea: walking 200 miles in December to retrace the funeral route of Eleanor of Castile, England’s “lost queen.” Eleanor was no mild medieval consort. She introduced carpets and forks, built dazzling Castilian-style gardens, amassed a property empire, travelled endlessly while almost constantly pregnant, and inspired her grief-stricken husband Edward I to build a string of spectacular monuments across the country. Alice and Kate plunge into Eleanor’s world of crusades, court politics, Arthurian myth, medieval plumbing, purgatory, poisoned daggers, and the unexpected origins of Charing Cross as a London landmark. New episodes released every Monday. Social Handles: Special Guest: Alice Luxton ‪@history_alice‬ IG:   / history_alice   TT:   / history_alice   Instagram:   / queenskingspod   TikTok:   / queenskingspod   A Daily Mail Podcast. Seriously Popular. 🎧Listen to us on these platforms: Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4PFRe3t...