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The Favouriteis not a movie thats super-concerned with historical accuracy.
So, talk about Anne.Okay!
Recent writers have been somewhat more kind.
His death in 1700 at age 11 kicked off a crisis.
Everyone was waiting for the clock to run out, monarchy-wise.
And her close relationship with Sarah Churchill, duchess of Marlborough meant a heavy Whig influence in her court.
(Winston Churchill and Princess Diana are among their descendants.)
It still stands today; you may remember it froma recent controversy over the lastTransformersmovie.
Thats enough about the Whigs and religion.
I want to hear about the steamyAll About Evestuff.
Once there, she started urging Anne to follow her natural Tory inclinations, and a rivalry was born.
(As far as anyone knows, Abigail never poisoned Sarah.)
But other aspects come from real life, including Sarahs threat to leak certainpersonalletters from the queen.
And while we dont know whether Anne and Abigail were lovers, Sarah definitely spread rumors that they were.
Instead, it only made Anne turn further against her.
So, was there really a sexy love triangle between the three women?Its hard to say!
Somerset, the person I trust most on this issue, doesnt think so.
To Sarah, lesbianism was a disgusting vice, with which she had never been tainted, Somerset writes.
As historianLaura Gowinghas noted, the eroticization of female friendship shifted the way in which lesbianism was represented …
In a sense, they made the world ready for the coming of the soft butch.
One more thing: Were the bunnies real?Unfortunately, no.
Silly rabbits, they werent a stand-in for kids.
