👁️‍🗨️ Think of this as Game of Thrones—but real. And much messier.

👑 These women weren’t just queens—they were powerhouses in velvet gloves.

They orchestrated coups during carol services. They laced feasts with poison. They made mince pies fund armies and used Boxing Day to box up their enemies. Some were canonized. Others were buried in disgrace. But all of them understood one thing:

The most dangerous season for a king was Christmas.

This episode uncovers:

• The weaponized holiday feasts that ignited civil wars.

• The forbidden royal affairs that destroyed dynasties—sometimes uncovered by something as silly as… pillow embroidery.

• The wild, pagan-rooted traditions behind our modern Christmas—mistletoe, Yule logs, gift-giving—and how queens twisted each one into a political tool.

👁️‍🗨️ Think of this as Game of Thrones—but real. And much messier.

From Joanna of Naples’ infamous trapdoor seductions to Joanna of Castile’s love story that went from passionate to grotesque corpse obsession… these women redefined what it meant to rule, rebel, and romance.

And if you thought the origins of our modern holiday season were sweet and sentimental—prepare to have your festive illusions shattered.

You thought Christmas was about peace on Earth and goodwill to all?Think again.Behind every holly wreath and roasted goose hides a queen with a dagger, a political scheme, and a scandal that could burn down a kingdom.

In this episode, we're tearing down the stained-glass version of history and dragging out the glittering, blood-soaked truth—one royal scandal at a time.Christmas wasn’t always about gifts. For some queens, it was about getting even. For others, it was the perfect moment to start a war, poison a husband, or rewrite the royal succession. Welcome to the season of survival, where tinsel is traded for treason.

• 🎁 Why Eleanor of Aquitaine turned holiday courts into war councils… and made courtly love sexy AND deadly.

• 🔥 How Isabella of France used Christmas as a smokescreen to murder her husband, overthrow a king, and invade her own country.

• 💋 Why medieval mistletoe wasn’t just for kissing—it was for manipulation.

• 💀 Discover the queen who turned her bed into a trapdoor execution chamber (no, really).

• 🐦 And meet the “Saint” who burned a city down using pigeons.

🩸 This isn’t just history. This is medieval tabloid warfare.
Gossip. Betrayal. Massacre. Love affairs. Political assassinations at midnight mass. And the queens who danced through it all like Christmas was just another day to rewrite the rules of power.

🎧 So light a candle. Pour some mulled wine. And settle in.

Because you’re about to meet the queens who didn’t just deck the halls—
They set the whole damn castle on fire.

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🕯️ This is the most scandalous Christmas history never taught in school.
Hit play… and discover why medieval queens were the real reason for the season.