Dinner with Empress Sisi of Austria

About this episode

Fatou and Maz discuss the life of Empress Elisabeth 'Sisi' of Austria, exploring her struggles and controversies.

Major TW for eating disorders! Was Empress Sisi really the Princess Diana of her time? Did she really hate her kids? Did she really wash her hair with cognac and eggs?? Fatou and Maz discuss Empress Elisabeth "Sisi" of Austria and her interesting life!

People in this episode

Hosts: Fatou, Maz

Topics covered

• Empress Sisi
• Austrian history
• eating disorders
• royalty
• feminism
• 19th century

Keywords

• Empress Sisi
• eating disorders
• Austrian history
• Princess Diana
• royalty
• 19th century

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Austria

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