Amanda Holden talks ‘humanising royalty’ in TV present Sex: A Bonkers History
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manda Holden has mentioned that it was “amazing” to find out about Queen Victoria’s sexual behaviours in TV present Sex: A Bonkers History, and mentioned that “humanising royalty is a good thing”.
The new TV present follows Britain’s Got Talent choose Holden, 52, and creator and historian Dan Jones as they discover the sexual behaviours of the Ancients, the Tudors, the Georgians, the Victorians and people who lived within the twentieth century.
Jones, 42, mentioned that there are misconceptions round sexual behaviours of the previous, notably that the Victorians have been all the time “buttoned up and prudish”.
“They were in many ways, well certainly in public discourse”, he mentioned, “but then underneath it was this really… sexy side.”
Holden touted Queen Victoria for instance and mentioned: “What a girl… Isn’t it brilliant that you can see this woman, she is so austere and fierce looking and… you know that she had a passionate love affair with her husband and she literally chased him round the palace. It’s just fun isn’t it.
“I think humanising royalty is a good thing. I think the royal family would agree to that now. But just learning retrospectively about her (Queen Victoria) makes you go, wow, how amazing.”
Jones and Holden discover Queen Victoria’s sexual secrets and techniques in episode 4 of the sequence, the place Holden additionally finds out in regards to the Victorian BDSM scene, earlier than attempting out a number of the strategies on Jones.
In different elements of the sequence, Holden attire up as intercourse icon Marilyn Monroe and Jones travels to the Chelsea Physic Garden to make the traditional Egyptian equal of Viagra.
The historic sequence makes use of archive footage and drama reconstruction, and Jones says that its function is to supply a glimpse into totally different cultures.
He mentioned: “That’s what the show is about, is getting an insight into other cultures through this lens of sex which joins them all together.”
Sex: A Bonkers History begins on September 18 at 9pm on Sky History and can be out there to observe on Sky 123 and Virgin 131.