Urgh thought this was only a Facebook thing (and it’s bad enough that it happens over there). So frustrating to see it here too - hopefully Bluesky mods will do a better job of stamping it out than the ones over at Meta…

The scandalous life of Saxon queen Eadburh involved poisonings and sex in convents. She was so naughty, the Saxons decided she’d be their last ever queen… youtu.be/tHBCxsLog64?...#history

Eadburh, the wicked queen of Wessex

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Battle of #Waterloowww.theguardian.com/world/articl...#18thcentury

Battle of Waterloo dig uncovers horror of severed limbs and shot horses

Excavators in Belgium find 15 limbs and seven equine skeletons at site of decisive 1815 battle against Napoleon

Definitely number 6 today!

The scandalous life of Eadburh involved poisonings and sex in convents, which is why the rulers of Wessex decided none of their wives would be called “queen” again. #history

Eadburh, the wicked queen of Wessex

YouTube video by Scandalous History

Thought it was just my crappy wifi. Relieved to discover it wasn’t - for once!

(Many years before I attended, I must add!)

a close up of a man 's face with a hole in the wall behind him

ALT: a close up of a man 's face with a hole in the wall behind him

Despite the glamour, Kiki Preston’s life was ultimately an unhappy one. Her family went bankrupt, her husband and several of her friends died young (including Prince George), and Preston eventually took her own life by jumping from a window at the age of 48. /end #history

Preston’s other lovers included the film stars Rudolph Valentino and Kay Francis. Her hold over Prince George was so strong, his brother - the future Edward VIII - forced her to leave the UK to prevent George relapsing back into addiction. She allegedly had an illegitimate child with the doomed duke

Kiki Preston was the most hedonistic out of the Happy Valley set - which says a lot! Nicknamed ‘the girl with the silver syringe’ due to her flagrant drug use, she hooked Prince George, Duke of Kent, on coke and morphine. The pair allegedly had a threesome with an Argentinian called Jorge #history 🧵