Princess Ka‘iulani of Hawai‘i's story is one of hope and betrayal, of deception and revolution, of surfing and painting and dancing, and of incredible tenacity and bravery.

In this first installment, we meet her parents, Archibald Scott Cleghorn and Princess Likelike of Hawai‘i. We see little Ka‘iulani grow up with full confidence in the role she was born to play a future sovereign of her country. And we see her face the first devastating tragedy of her young life.

But to set up what's about to happen to her, we have to take a step back in time and find out why Hawai‘i's political situation was so tense during the reign of her uncle, King Kalākaua.

Because once you understand how we got here, Ka‘iulani's story is even more poignant. Yes, this is the story of a little girl with a pony who asked her uncle for a diamond ring. But it's also the story of a country struggling to keep its culture and its independence. Of a country fighting enemies seen and unseen including death, disease, and infertility.

The stakes? Nothing less than the land and the soul of a nation.

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction
01:14 Meet the Parents
07:45 Meet Ka‘iulani
10:05 Home Sweet Home
14:47 Naturally Naughty
17:51 A Sacrifice Demanded
23:45 Breaking Kapu
30:31 Game of Thrones
39:52 Credits

Continue the Story

Part 2 is now available here:    • Part 2: Princess Ka‘iulani of Hawai‘i  

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Pronunciations

I studied for hours before recording and did my best to pronounce Hawaiian names and places. I even made an audio supercut cheatsheet of pronunciations to study clipped from interviews, broadcasts, podcasts, and more. I'm afraid I'll never get "Kalākaua" right, despite hours and hours of attempting it and rerecording. Out of respect for the Hawaiian language and what its native speakers have been through, I'm determined to keep trying. I apologize for anything I got terribly wrong.

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I tell stories about tiaras and the fascinating royal women who wore them. Join me as I follow these tiaras across generations and countries, through wars and revolutions and—sometimes—into darkness and disappearance and destruction.

This isn't the kind of history your professor lectured about. Instead, think of this as conversational history, like a mashup of Drunk History and The Crown. Yes, there's a little swearing. There's also humor and heart and a boatload of compassion for these amazing royal women.

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I never intended to start a channel or a website about tiaras and royal history. But a midlife crisis forced me to reexamine my life. I gave up fiction writing after selfpublishing 9 of the 10 books I'd written and earning next to nothing.

Instead of the misery of marketing books, I turned to my first love...royal history. So here I am, a 40something burnout, trying to start over by recapturing her love of history, royal women, and their jewels.