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b"The only Portuguese monarch to be assassinated, King Carlos I, was shot through the neck by Republican activists on 1st February, 1908, as his open carriage rode through Lisbon. His elder son Luis Filipe was also killed, leaving 18 year-old Manuel to become the last King of Portugal.\\nThe murder followed Portugal\\u2019s former colony Brazil deposing its emperor; a politically disastrous agreement with the British over African expansion; and the appointment of the dictatorial Jo\\xe3o Franco as Portuguese Prime Minister.\\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly pore over the gossip about Carlos\\u2019s lavish lifestyle and Parisian mistress; explain how the event was foreshadowed by the famous \\u2018Elevator Coup\\u2019; and reveal how Carlos\\u2019s sea-faring knowledge made for an ill-advised epithet\\u2026\\xa0\\nFurther Reading:\\n\\u2022 \\u2018Historical Dictionary of Portugal - By Douglas L. Wheeler & Walter C. Opello\\u2019 (Scarecrow Press, 2010): https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Historical_Dictionary_of_Portugal/e-3kxBySncsC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=king+carlos+i+february+1908&pg=PA71&printsec=frontcover\\n\\u2022 \\u2018The Portuguese: A Portrait of a People - By Barry Hatton (Signal Books, 2016): https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Portuguese/kL6_BAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=king+carlos+portugal+assassination&pg=PT118&printsec=frontcover\\n\\u2022 \\u2018O Regic\\xeddio\\u2019 (Dir. Fernando Vendrell, 2008): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gYphMUSvG4\\n#Portugal #Royals #Crime\\nLove the show? Join\\xa0\\U0001f334CLUB RETROSPECTORS\\xa0\\U0001f334 to DITCH THE ADS and get an additional full-length episode every SUNDAY!\\nPlus, get weekly bonus bits, unlock over 70 bits of extra content and support our independent podcast.\\nJoin now via\\xa0Apple Podcasts\\xa0or\\xa0Patreon.\\xa0Thanks!\\nWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:\\xa0podfollow.com/Retrospectors\\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Sophie King.\\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2023.\\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"