Mary & George Villiers - The King’s Gay Lover & His Mom

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The story of George Villiers and King James I & VI reads like a stylish, sexy and scandalous historic drama series. It probably hasn’t been made into one before because, until recently, Hollywood wasn’t too keen on portraying homosexual characters and relationships, authentically. However, the new Starz series, Mary and George promises to finally introduce the wider world to the dashing country commoner who won the heart of a king and was raised so high he had no where to go but plummeting back to earth. The series emphasizes George’s relationship with his ambitions mother, Mary Beaumont who encouraged and facilitated his royal seduction. So let’s travel back to the Stuart court of England and meet the real Mary and George Villiers. Get out your cups and saucers, because I will be spilling a lot of tea with this one.
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[@lovestar915]

Mary was the Kris Kardashian of her time

[@lucillejerome5511]

So King James was bi-sexual.

[@J_24]

kris jenner u mean?

[@user-bn6ht5eg4q]

@@J_24she used to be a Kardashian

[@J_24]

@@user-bn6ht5eg4q true, just the “kardashian” just caught me off guard and also bc that ain’t her last name anymore. but it’s fine, imma just not comment anymore bc i rlly don’t wanna make a big deal out of it. thank u for the reply tho

[@tomsmith2013]

Kris who?

[@tay9843]

I swear they only had like 10 names during this time. Mary, Elizabeth, Henry, Edward, Anne, Thomas, George , James , Katherine, and Richard 😂

[@TheeBrooklyn]

And Charles lol

[@tay9843]

@@TheeBrooklyn My bad and Charles🤣😂

[@successfulOn3]

Charles, Louise, Francis, Patrick, Agnes, Victoria.... so many more

[@mississippimud7046]

At least there were no Karen's 😂😂😂😂😂

[@vanessamartz7596]

In the 70s, those names were still the most popular.

[@CarlDillynson]

“Elizabeth had been a King and NOW they have a queen.” Ahahahahahahaha

[@PHSDM104]

GAGGED! 🤣🤣🤣

[@karenharper4318]

I know right. I LOVED that. Thank you for all your hard work on creating content and making historical ppl come alive again!

[@stukale9979]

LOL

[@armazu3]

I find this correct.

[@jeromesullivan4015]

😐 You kills you…

[@emilybarclay8831]

Mary and George are interesting, but MAN George’s wife was a badass. She was like ‘dad won’t let me marry the man I love? Ok bet’. For a woman to do that in that era was a POWER MOVE

[@bcnmanhattan50]

My thought exactly

[@ilariaciccarelli8775]

It's a nice change 'cause IRL it was 100 way worse ( and rape may be included )

[@veronica_._._._]

... "power move" to sloppy seconds.

[@rhonwenbaker2448]

Can we ghear a gatekeep, gasslight, girlboss in here?

[@veronica_._._._]

@@rhonwenbaker2448 OP is a-historical shall we say.

[@Gikendasso]

"She didn't necessarily intend to pimp him out." 💀

[@fizzy_buzz]

REAL

[@lfgifu296]

“but, I mean… come on” LMFAO LINDSAY😭

[@DaisyLutu]

FRRR

[@CassieReynolds-se7rh]

I spat out my water, all over the floor

[@Marie-Antoniette]

​@@DaisyLutulove ur pfp

[@DaisyLutu]

@@Marie-Antoniette TYSM! 💖💖

[@Marie-Antoniette]

@@DaisyLutu of course :)

[@andrewDaMack]

Had no idea King James went both ways. Shout out to Mary, she went from nothing and now she’s buried in Westminster Abbey.

[@chrisgeenadriver1631]

He's one of the more prominent bisexual kings. 🤷

[@lilymarinovic1644]

No evidence that he was at all sexually attracted to women. Or that he even had sex with any woman apart from his wife and apart from for purposes of procreation. As many gay men did both then and now without it meaning they were even slightly bi.

[@TheNester.]

The royals didn't care who they were with, siblings, cousins as long as the "Royal" lineage stayed "pure" 🤦 At least the male bedfellows didn't have to worry about having children with birth defects 🤷‍♂️

[@andrewDaMack]

@@chrisgeenadriver1631 how many were there? I only know of the Roman Emperors.

[@ritamargherita]

​@@andrewDaMack not bi, but very much into men and only men was King Frederick the Great of Prussia. Apparently when Casanova visited him to sell him on the idea of lottery, Casanova was very annoyed when the King only tried to get in his pants...

[@ourovermelho23]

It’s so bizarre cause King James’ mother, Queen Mary Stuart of Scotts, lost her throne for the controversies of her choices whereas her son had a gay lover and nobody said a word. That’s sad

[@pwp8737]

what's bizarre about men doing what they please, while women were burned at the stake for being "uppity".

[@toparadise9641]

It's far less harmful having a male lover compared to plotting to kill the Queen of England.

[@galadrielwoods2332]

The woman narrating the video uses her modern day corrupted mind to perceive historical characters and accuses them of things as if they are factual.

[@ilariaciccarelli8775]

well... when the king decide to grant perdon to the arcibishop of Cantebury 'cause he killed a man during a royal hunt, the church was so glad about that... they decided to not judge the king for his male lovers

[@patrickchoque7720]

@@galadrielwoods2332we have the evidence… letters… it’s hardly that unbelievable that there’d be a couple monarchs with homosexual tendencies in thousands of years of history

[@Stargeek06]

“Limbs so we’ll compacted” Elizabethan way of saying he had a tight surfer bod

[@loopy-lm9kd]

Thanks, bc I was trying to understand what the hell that meant 😂😂😂

[@Topmember]

😆

[@iluop3623]

And a BWC

[@areiaaphrodite]

Lindsey: I'm going to be spilling a lot of tea with this one. Me: Girl, that's why I'm here, let's go 😏☕️

[@andrewDaMack]

Ha ha! We love royal tea, especially medieval royal tea. 😂

[@nataliapanfichi9933]

​George Villiers duke of Buckingham wasn't gay , in my opinion he was bisexual because I heard that he had a way with woman as well as men and according to dumas in the three musketeers (historical fiction with a few real events mentioned) he may have had an affair with Anne of Austria. The wife of the king of France (he gets stabbed to death in that book).

[@Sacration]

Same😂🎉

[@auntlynnie]

Sounds like George Villiers was the beneficiary of the first GoFundMe.

[@ledam2654]

Most men were. As well as the first gold diggers, but women will get the blame.

[@greatboniwanker]

Yes folks, this is *the King James* of the King James Bible.

[@melissacritell3291]

This is insane information!!! Game Changer!

[@ylpitts1]

Wait what! Are you serious? 😮

[@elizabeth1stofenglandirela901]

@@ylpitts1 Yeah, the KJV Bible was released in 1611.

[@amac2573]

"Word of God"....no Bible was written, then repeatedly altered by humans to suit their own agendas.

[@TamaraSaad]

Right? I was given this KJ bible as a gift, never looking at it again the same! 🤣

[@xiomara5147]

Imagine having a personality so bad that you _incite_ a conspiracy complete with a crowd funded wardrobe!! 😬😂

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Your narration is second to none Lindsay! Could hear you talking about paint drying and have a lovely time! Please consider doing a video on princess Charlotte (daughter lf george IV) and her husband Leopold (the first king of belgium) 🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@bunnygirl2448]

Definitely better than all of those AI narrated videos out there! A pleasure to listen to❤

[@JacinthKageDagoy]

She already did “Queens who did of childbirth”

[@LindsayHoliday]

Princess Charlotte will be coming out on April 23rd!

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

@@LindsayHoliday YOU'RE AMAZING! You're a treasure to listen to! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@stukale9979]

IKR such a soothing, bedtime story voice!

[@elizabethmclean5145]

If that portrait portrays her beauty, then i must be a super model

[@mbod2gigi]

Different beauty standards and their portraiture might be off the mark.

[@kerimarthaanderson2859]

​@@mbod2gigi😅😅😅😅 don't lie to urself

[@elizabethmclean5145]

My comment was meant to be funny... you know... a joke 😃

[@laken1804]

I was wondering why she was even called a beauty.

[@user-zp9bf4hs5m]

Right?!!!

[@janeyrevanescence12]

Fun Fact: It wasn’t just the fact the seas were stormy that made James decide to burn her. It was the fact that he and his bride, Anne, were sailing home on the seas when the storms hit and nearly killed both of them and their entourage that got her into trouble.

[@withintheshyness]

Special note to that too: Agnes came to James directly and claimed she and other witches caused the storm too.

[@cedarmoss7173]

You’re right, that makes it better

[@LindyMia-ft9md]

​@@withintheshynessWhy would Agnes make that claim to King James?

[@withintheshyness]

@@LindyMia-ft9md it’s not known why

[@OsamasStory]

They always end up with a horrendous ending don’t they?!

[@sharonkaczorowski8690]

That’s human history for you!

[@janpercell-ph3ig]

English history sexual or non sexual is disgusting!

[@sharonkaczorowski8690]

@@janpercell-ph3ig That pretty much covers human history.

[@kyl7425]

Yes

[@kashiavang2088]

“But I mean, c’mon.” 😂😂😂

[@maddiee96]

Mary and George is such a good series. Nicholas, Tony, and Julianne absolutely killed it. 🔥

[@CassieReynolds-se7rh]

Nicholas is Fr the sassiest king that is an amazing actor

[@pbohearn]

Anything with Julianne Moore is going to be impressive and occasionally over the top

[@dannil9878]

Where can I watch this outside US?

[@patrickchoque7720]

@@dannil9878 sky/now tv in uk

[@melodiefrances3898]

​@@pbohearnI worship her 😂❤

[@allisonnorfolk5188]

Pretty sure George is the same Duke of Buckingham who is often one of the villains in The Three Musketeers.

[@ilariaciccarelli8775]

Yes, same person but his attempted rape is romanticized as "love"

[@nicolemeiner6903]

I have read Daemonologie - I remember when Spare came out and people were making fun of the talk about the frostbite, and a couple of my historian friends were like "okay but the actual weirdest book ever written by a royal was written by King James I & VI 😂

[@spagirl8490]

I LOVE getting the historical "tea" from you. Your story telling skills are incredible. British history always seems so much more interesting than American history. Keep the tea flowing. I'm here for it. 😊

[@jessicahawks3223]

Oh the irony of the Bible thumpers using a Bible rewritten by a gay man

[@mjbelle23]

God can use anyone to get is message out there

[@bcnmanhattan50]

@@mjbelle23 😂😂😂😂

[@mjbelle23]

@@bcnmanhattan50 🤷🏿‍♀️ that’s how the gospel spread unlikely people

[@shannon890]

They just say they were good friends 😂 which is denial if I ever heard it

[@user-bn6ht5eg4q]

@@mjbelle23James was pulling shit out of his ass

[@mrstinkabell123]

George's portrait in red with strings of pearls, makes him look positively devilish, as opposed to handsome.

[@B_addie]

Agreed

[@anonymous00651]

The title slays

[@solmae]

I died when Lindsey said "Oh come on?!"😂 like even you are done with that 😂

[@HideYourKarmaChameleon]

Well this was a huge pot of tea served! Had no idea the English courts were that spicy. Thank you for this brilliant video.

[@haneyletpajo2922]

Powerful people at court were tired of arrogant Robert and were eager to place George in the king's bed instead 😂😂😂. They were desperate!

[@abbiew4234]

The pub on the street he was assassinated in Portsmouth is named the Duke of Buckingham, as well as the names of many building surrounding it also referencing the murder.

[@susanadams-wauro6716]

"but I mean, c'mon"....love your narration, and your sly quips. Delightful as usual. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦

[@karastraza9097]

I kinda dig their idea of sexuality not being an identity per se. That it's all just personal experiences. It would cure modern day biphobia and other common misconceptions.

[@NinaRossBusiness]

A real life soap opera! Love the narration!

[@princ3sstofu]

Honestly the existance of Mary and George really brings about so many cross over i really have not anticipated abfore. This is one of them. I'm so so happy at this video and thank you so much for putting this vid together.

[@Elizabeth-tq7qw]

Lindsay understands that the best way to tell history is with sass.

[@tek5692]

13:34 - "but I mean, come on..." ROTFL!!!!! I love your combination of good scholarship and modern commentary. 💞

[@Natalie_11188]

SQUEE!! Julianne Moore is playing the hell out of this part. Only on the first episode but the acting is great.

[@lfgifu296]

omg! The actor playing King James is the same who played King Stephen (👹) on the Pillars of The Earth show!!

[@PoserAddictsLLC]

And he played Vincent Van Gogh in a brilliant episode of Doctor Who. Brought me to tears. I could listen to Tony Curran's cadences all day and night. ❤

[@tashadent150]

He was Marcus Corvinus in Underworld Evolution

[@lfgifu296]

@@PoserAddictsLLC I’m picturing him as Van Gogh and it works marvellously!

[@PoserAddictsLLC]

@@lfgifu296 kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5O3e3yVitWbhs0si=tEVzLBO0mLq_Ghg_

[@amyball3342]

Wow can you tell me where to watch that show? I read the book and absolutely LOVED IT. Isn't it the best, how the evil rich guy still wanted Alana when she was married to the red head guy I cant remember all the names in the story but boy I loved the book

[@autumnrose1998]

You make mundane English history soooooo fascinating. Dont get me wrong i *love* English history its my special interest. But you make it feel new again no matter how well i know the story. Thank you for being my escape in this crazy ole world

[@jaciboughter6762]

Wow I found this so interesting! Didn’t know we had that much detail from way back then! Also I personally prefer a King James Bible but now his extreme hypocrisy has me double thinking continuing to use that translation! Thank you so much for all your work! Hope your upcoming trip goes really well!

[@kimlarso]

Right?!…

[@foxywhitetip7387]

Watch zeitgeist before you decide on any “translation”

[@TheBuddyShowWorldwide]

Rumor at the time was that Sir Walter Raleigh was executed for making an importune joke about "King Elizabeth and Queen James" while in his cups.

[@andijonesgrif]

History is often funny but this is the most hilarious and fantastic story of all. If it was fiction you wouldn't believe it. Thank you. Loved this video.

[@laurenwilliber5632]

Yes!!! I was waiting for this video cause I just finished Mary and George. I was utterly obsessed

[@trixiemattel7245]

Been watching your videos for 7 years now. Cant believe its been this long but thank you for making amazing videos for years💟💟💟

[@cronavirus_ragnareich]

The idea that George himself (with the help of Mary) assassinated James by poisoning was ridiculous..

[@blissfullyfemininetv1862]

This was one of the best ones yet!!

[@Z3nHolEminD]

Mary sure was ambitious, to place the young manger child into a castle .

[@jamielouisejmn]

THANK YOU!!! IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR SO LONG!!!

[@Stephano_v_Bove__]

Lindsay, your absolutely realist human narration is spot on! 👏 “but really who were they kidding” was brilliant! 👏 😂 👏. I love your videos! I learn so much.

[@ronattamurray142]

Lindsay holiday you mention Guyana my home🇬🇾 Love your video Great job I am watching from st Lucia 🇱🇨

[@fernking9586]

I'm watching from Trinidad! Happy to see another Caribbean person here!!!

[@ronattamurray142]

@@fernking9586 nice meeting you

[@fernking9586]

@@ronattamurray142 you as well, my friend in history!

[@ronattamurray142]

@@fernking9586 🙏

[@albertsaintcarlo]

Marvelously made. Thank you

[@godisgracious8105]

Your videos are always so captivating Lindsay! Getting a notification from this channel literally brings me joy!😊 Thank you for your hard work, Queen of KZbin :D

[@purplevelociraptors3255]

I look forward to your videos every week!

[@ohemajosefine]

Thank you so much for giving me that little bit of shade and sassiness 😂😂😂 I love your work

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Early! Your videos are amazing Lindsay! Never miss one! 🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊😊

[@bobl4419]

THAT WAS EXTRAORINARILY WELL DONE ! THANK YOU ! BOB L.

[@Itzduhhistorygirl]

Lindsay I love your videos so much and I love learning history from you. 🥰

[@JLB0880]

Julianne Moore is so incredibly gorgeous. This looks like an interesting show.

[@JJW77]

Lindsey, you do great researches and narration on your subjects. Thank you for your wonderful storytelling.

[@amystuckey5900]

History telling

[@poisonouscouscous]

I've never heard my home county of Leicestershire pronounced that way lol. It's pronounced less-ster-sheer.

[@nessuno1984]

The weird thing is she tries to get the French pronunciations right but then doesn't care about her butchering the English names. lol

[@mbod2gigi]

American, truly awful annunciation and such an annoying voice.

[@agathacccc2710]

The Mary and George show is amazing, and I was curious to learn more about the historical background. Thank you!

[@peggywoods4327]

It's so amazing to see you approaching 1M subscribers!

[@roodbennett]

Fantastic video!!❤❤

[@judithglasser3072]

Wonderfully well documented and narrated. Loved the podcast! Looking forward to the next one!

[@galadrielwoods2332]

It is mostly lies. The woman narrating the video uses her modern day corrupted mind to perceive historical characters and accuses them of things as if they are factual.

[@FriendshipandPonies]

Love your content Linsday! You're one of my favorite KZbinrs!

[@rc.czarii]

13:27 They're really trying to pull out the "roommates" narrative as if it isn't already obvious, LMFAO. 😭💀

[@luislozano6073]

Now this was Tea time, best breakfast in a long time

[@joshuakampamba9061]

Wow 😍 what a story thank you very much. You tell the history so well

[@neilbuckley1613]

This guy's son, George 2nd Duke of Buckingham was an "interesting" character at the court of Charles II, as part of the CABAL government he ironically represented puritan interests, though he was anything but. He married the daughter of Sir Thoma Fairfax, commander of the Parliament army in the Civil war. He features in John Dryden's poem "Absalom and Achitophel" as Zimri. He himself was a writer one of his works was the comic play "The Rehearsal".

[@richardlippincott8881]

Fascinating story. Thank you.

[@amystuckey5900]

History

[@dajanae1216]

"But I mean....come on" LINDSAY OMG I LOVE YOUR CONTENT SO MUCH 😭😭😭

[@ruthhaywood3473]

Plz. Keep up your wonderful works. 🎉

[@llouie4999]

That was fascinating! I knew "of" but not much beyond that King James I had a particular favorite gentleman. Thanks for introducing us to him, his mother, and many other folks whose own lives and interests brought them together

[@Tekirai]

That record scratch had me cracking up 🤣🤣

[@williamWD4220]

love your videos lindsay❤️

[@ayeshah331]

Oh, this was so good!

[@Snuggelbubs1]

Fabulous. The insinuating tone is never inappropriate in these stories.

[@jenny_of_oldstones3523]

You don't always see how good looking these historical guys are and of course paintings are made to look even better - he was pretty good looking in all the art of him....

[@historyismyplayground1827]

What a fabulous tale! Thank you for sharing this

[@amystuckey5900]

You mean history

[@historyismyplayground1827]

@@amystuckey5900 same thing. History is stories. Not dry lists of facts to memorize.

[@galadrielwoods2332]

@@amystuckey5900 Well, history should be factually presented. The woman in the video is lying about most things. The woman narrating the video uses her modern day corrupted mind to perceive historical characters and accuses them of things as if they are factual.

[@michaeljohnangel6359]

An excellent video. Thank you!! You have made a very complicated period understandable.

[@boyroyboy226]

Great summary. Thank you.

[@thelestrangelair]

I think experiences and preferences is better than an identity for anything, makes far more sense. Well done video, always so interesting.

[@galadrielwoods2332]

The woman narrating the video uses her modern day corrupted mind to perceive historical characters and accuses them of things as if they are factual.

[@loopy-lm9kd]

@@galadrielwoods2332you don’t think gay people existed back then? Oh honey, you’ve got a big storm coming…

[@galadrielwoods2332]

@@loopy-lm9kd Quote me saying that. Oh sweetie, you should carefully read and actually comprehend...

[@doreensika837]

I love juicy history gossip 😂. Do tell me more Lindsay I’m all ears! 😂

[@travelingtherapist740]

Great video! Thank you!

[@gospelofthomas77thpearl22]

Fascinating. Thank you 🙏🏼

[@avalonkerr8332]

"Anything but that" 😂😂 The kinky among us would say, "amateur". I've....you know...heard....

[@autumnrose1998]

I was not about to Google this so thanks😂

[@avalonkerr8332]

@@autumnrose1998 😆😆 I live to serve.

[@mjarmes]

Lindsay, I think I have literally watched every history video on your channel now, I keep going to all the playlists and ordering videos by oldest to try and find something I haven't watched and it's almost impossible now 😂❤ If I could have a new video every day it might not be enough still haha 😊

[@1minigrem]

That was one of the best potted histories I have ever seen on You Tube, I am now a subscriber. ❤

[@kerstin.jitschin5861]

Thanks, great presentation,interesting pictures ❣️

[@richardarmstrong9770]

Ah yes I have gotten thousands of men killed due to my gross incompetence. I know what I'll do, I'll try a third time and redeem myself! (Door gets kicked in) Oh my God why, what have i done to deserve this?!

[@avalonkerr8332]

I kinda admire his perseverance. I mean, he might have been dumb as a post, but he wasn't a quitter 😄

[@crystalschweitzer7625]

I legit just read a chapter in the book I'm reading about this topic. I hadn't heard of it before that.

[@MegCazalet]

Well, now I gotta know - which book? I’m a book nerd like that 🤓

[@sallyramirez8938]

I swear I could listen to you for hours! ✌️

[@Hereannow]

This was was really interesting stuff, great job! ❤️

[@senorfernando3803]

We should call you a bad server, cause you spilled all the tea 🫖

[@susieschlotzhauer9924]

There’s great stories and then there’s Lindsey’s history 😅best tea in the game … pinkies UP! ❤

[@twiley3530]

Great video!

[@Ladydanbury]

George was a good looking man! No wonder James was hooked

[@ankhpom9296]

And George became a beautiful corpse.

[@bluetick4816]

​@@ankhpom9296you will be a corpse too one day

[@SomePerson_Online]

10:08 oh yeah he def had a type 😭😭 thought i was staring at twins

[@LadybugPrinzess]

What a wonderfully scandalous history 😊

[@voryoung]

honestly, George's life sounds like a lesson on how you can succeed beyond your wildest dreams if you play to your strengths...and fail miserably if you continue to commit the same mistake expecting it to work THIS time

[@obierichard]

I have been watching lindsay since 2019. Because of her, i have learn about many History