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  3. time.com › 5468269The Favourite: The True Story Behind the Emma Stone Movie - TIME

    The acerbic Oscar contender depicts the bitter rivalry between Abigail Masham (Emma Stone) and Sarah Churchill (Rachel Weisz) as they compete to influence an increasingly unhinged Queen Anne ...

  4. www.historyvshollywood.com › reelfaces › the-favouriteThe Favourite vs the True Story of Queen Anne, Lady Sarah and ...

    Dec 4, 2018 · The Favourite true story reveals that Anne Stuart became Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland following the death of King William III in 1702. William's wife (who was also his first cousin), Queen Mary II, had died eight years earlier in 1694.

  5. www.mentalfloss.com › article › 570226The Favourite: 10 Facts About the Real History Behind the Movie

    • Lucas Reilly
    • Queen Anne was the queen of being awkward. Queen Anne—who ruled as Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland beginning in 1702, then became known as Queen of Great Britain and Ireland when two of her realms formed a sovereign state in 1707, and maintained that position until her death in 1714—is sometimes painted as an indecisive simpleton.
    • Queen Anne was also plagued by health problems and tragedy. Queen Anne was prone to uncontrollable eye-watering—called "defluxion”—and gout, as depicted in The Favourite.
    • Sarah Churchill and Queen Anne were girlhood friends ... In the early 1670s, an approximately 13-year-old Sarah Churchill (then Jenyns or Jennings) met an 8-year-old Anne in the court of King Charles II.
    • and Sarah controlled the Queen. Sarah Churchill (an ancestor of Winston Churchill) was remarkably blunt and refused to flatter Queen Anne, supposedly lobbing comments so hurtful they would reduce the royal to tears.

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  7. collider.com › the-favourite-movie-true-storyThe Deliciously Petty History Behind ‘The Favourite’

    Jan 27, 2024 · The Favourite tells the story of Queen Anne's battle between her two loyal maidens for the spot of her favorite. Olivia Colman brilliantly portrays Queen Anne as a volatile and manipulative...

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    • Yorgos Lanthimos

  8. screenrant.com › favourite-movie-true-story-endingThe Favourite: True Story & Ending Explained - Screen Rant

    Jan 11, 2019 · As such, it can be difficult to interpret The Favourite’s ending, and whether the film’s more colorful moments - such as duck racing and the central sexual relationships – actually happened. This Page: The Favourite's True Story (& Changes) Page 2: The Favourite's Ending Explained

  9. www.bbc.com › culture › articleIs The Favourite fact or fiction? - BBC

    Feb 20, 2019 · How accurate is the history in Yorgos Lanthimos' The Favourite? Two experts take a look at what the Oscar-tipped film gets right and wrong about the real history of Queen Anne and her favourites.

  10. www.history.com › news › true-story-queen-anne-sarahThe Real‑Life Rivalry That Inspired 'The Favourite' | HISTORY

    Jan 25, 2019 · In the Oscar-winning period piece The Favourite, two clever, ambitious ladies-in-waiting in early 18th-century England compete for the favor—and romantic affections—of a mercurial and unstable...