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Better Known

Royal Family

May 20, 2018
23:25

This week, Andy Smith, Katie Kitney, Duncan Baldwin, Ed Cook, Will Ward, Tom Bucher, Josie Whitworth, Jonny Forbes and Colin Cliff discuss with Ivan a series of things about the royal family which should be better known.

Ikea effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IKEA_effect Just world fallacy https://youarenotsosmart.com/2010/06/07/the-just-world-fallacy/ Desert Island Discs http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/59YrnYM0Tw8J7WJ0MGKVfh7/the-history-of-desert-island-discs Royal family qualifications www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1531553/The-family-qualifications.html The royal staff www.teatime-mag.com/magazines/140-de/ Are they good for tourism? www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/07/is-the-british-royal-family-worth-the-money/278052/ Maundy money www.royalmint.com/discover/uk-coins/maundy-money/ The assassination attempts on Queen Victoria http://www.thesocialhistorian.com/7-assassination-attempts-queen-victoria/ Henry III and the polar bear www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/history-and-stories/the-tower-of-london-menagerie/ Whales are the new swans www.travelandleisure.com/travel-tips/celebrity-travel/all-the-animals-queen-elizabeth-owns King John and Morocco http://mbarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2006/02/king-johns-plan-to-convert-england-to.html


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