ShortHand: Lady Jane Grey - The Nine-Day Queen

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In honour of King Charles III’s accession to the throne, H&S are taking you back to history class with this blood-soaked lesson on the terrible Tudors. How did a 15-year-old girl find herself crowned the Queen of England, before being usurped by her own family 9 days later?

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