Historical Homos20 Nov 2025

King Christina of Sweden: Lesbian? Catholic? Insane? B*tch? (feat. Veronica Buckley)

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Why should anyone care about a queen who lived 400 years ago and did nothing but party, spend money, and sponsor musical theatre?

If I have to answer that question for you, you're in the wrong place.

This week, we cover the fabulously insane world of King Christina of Sweden, the lesbian (?), trans (?), or possibly intersex (?) sovereign who abdicated her Scandi throne to move down South and party with the art-loving, wine-guzzling, loose-moraled Catholics.

My guest, Veronica Buckley, wrote the book on Christina, and has another one coming out on European royals next year. I am obsessed with her.

King Christina was a scandal in her own time: a difficult, frustrating figure, but also a brilliant strategist and profound thinker who wrote, 400 years ago, that the soul has no gender.

Her magnificent ego got her into plenty of trouble, but while she abandoned the crown and burned through all her cash, she never stopped making bold plans for her own life.

Selfish, rich, insane, and living in a Roman palazzo? It's giving White Lotus Season 2 but #MakeItBaroque.

So get ready to dive in, because the Swedish meatball water is a tantalising...human temperature.

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Episode Credits

Written and hosted by Bash

Edited by Alex Toskas

Produced by Dani Henion

Guest: Veronica Buckley

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