‘House of the Dragon’ Recap: Age Is Just a Number in King’s Landing

The Accidental Duchess. ‘As if I was fighting for breath… I knew that something life-changing had just happened.’  Born a farmer’s daughter on the Welsh borders, she had learnt how to be a duchess over the preceding decade, taking over the running of the castle, which has more than 200 rooms, and 16,000-acre estate, turning it into a thriving commercial enterprise.

Former TOWIE star Frankie Essex gave birth to her twins, whom she shares with boyfriend Luke Love, in May and has since revealed to the world that they’ve named their little bundles of joy Logan and Luella. In her exclusive column for OK!, Frankie’s discussed a range of topics in regards to motherhood – from her first social outing with the twins and a blackout at her home when they were just a few days old, to returning to the gym and moving in with cousin Chloe Sims while their family home is being renovated. This week, Frankie chats about how the Queen’s funeral reduced her to tears, as well as about a well-known A list celebrity being amongst those to sing her a happy birthday… Tom Cruise sang happy birthday to me! My birthday was lovely.

Opening up to someone can be difficult, but Russell Grant has inspired the signs to connect with others on a deeper level today - this may lead to some surprises for Capricorn. There are 12 zodiac signs - Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces - and the horoscopes for each can give you the lowdown on what your future holds, be it in work, your love life, your friends and family or more. These daily forecasts have been compiled by astrologer Russell Grant, who has been reading star signs for over 50 years.

Amal Clooney wraps an hand around husband George Clooney‘s arm while arriving at New York City’s Moynihan train station on Friday (September 23).

Shania Twain appeared as a live guest on ITV This Morning today (September 23), much to the delight of viewers and presenters – with Alison Hammond even sporting leopard print in her honour. Wearing a blue and black, leopard print all in one suit, Shania, 57 looked stunning with viewers on Twitter commenting that the singer appeared "frozen in time". After being introduced by Alison as the "icon who changed country music forever and made us all fall in love with head to toe leopard print," Shania discussed everything from her early career to her new single Waking Up Dreaming, which was released today.

Queen Elizabeth’s name has been inscribed on a black marble slab alongside those of her husband Prince Philip’s and her parents to mark the monarch’s final resting place. The first photograph of the simple memorial was passed to the Mail Online by a member of the public who took it inside the King George VI memorial chapel. A previous image of the black Belgian marble from 2002 only showed gold lettering for George VI and the Queen Mother along with the dates of their birth and deaths.

Rhaenyra Targaryen (Milly Alcock) refuses to marry and defies her father King Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine) in the third episode of House of the Dragon... which features another big time jump.Fans were surprised when the Game of Thrones prequel series - set 172 years before the events of GoT - jumped ahead six months from the series premiere to last week's second episode.The second episode ended with Viserys announcing he plans to marry Alicent Hightower (Emily Carey), with the third episode jumping ahead in time three years, with Viserys and Alicent now doting over Visery's first born son, Aegon Targaryen, the future heir to the Iron Throne.

Game of Thrones spin-off House of The Dragon are set to be replaced despite only being two episodes in.The show, which is set 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones, follows the trials and tribulations of the Targaryen house which will eventually lead to the infamous Targaryen civil war.Matt Smith has taken on the role of the cunning Daemon Targaryen, brother to Paddy Considine, the troubled King Viserys on the hunt for a new heir and Milly Alcock as fiery, dragon-riding Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen.READ MORE: Matt Smith winced over number of sex scenes in Game of Thrones spin-off showHowever, following a time leap, Alcock is set to be replaced by actress Emma D'Arcy, known for her appearances in Truth Seekers and Mothering Sunday.Emma will take on the role of the white-haired princess who is the current air following the quick death of her baby brother.Princess Rhaenyra's best pal and now-stepmother Alicent Hightower is played by Emily Carey at the moment but will be replaced by Olivia Cooke as the plot skips forward in time.The actors playing the young cousins of Rhaenyra, Laena Velaryon and Laenor Velaryon will be replaced by Nanna Blondell and John MacMillan by episode five.Co-creator Ryan Condal revealed the child cast shake-up was agreed early on and despite being a "conceit" it works for the show.He said: "It's a conceit but I think it does work, having watched it a bunch of times."The people that are truly children in this are the ones that get recast. And the people that are already adults when we meet them, we age them up through hair and makeup and sometimes the actors change their voice," Ryan continued.

House of the Dragon” vs. Amazon’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.” It’s such fun, isn’t it? Warner Bros. and Jeff Bezos ruthlessly vying for our attention and money like we’re the hottest girl in school.

With two episodes of the Game Of Thrones sequel ‘House Of The Dragon’ now airing on HBO Max, fans are wondering one thing. Where are the other great houses from Game Of Thrones? Where are the Starks, The Lannisters, and The Baratheons? The simple answer would be they are all just ruling their own territories. House Of The Dragon, at least the first two episodes have been focused on Kings Landing and the Targaryens.

House of the Dragon fans were left "disgusted" after tuning into episode two of the show on Monday (August 28) night.Nothing was off limits when it came to Game of Thrones, and the same can be said for its prequel as fans were truly shocked at scenes that aired during last night's episode.Six months after the death of his wife, Queen Aemma Arryn, and their infant son, King Viserys was considering his options and was feeling pressured to marry again.READ MORE: House of the Dragon fans gobsmacked as Matt Smith strips naked for X-rated sceneRealising the King is on the hunt for a new bride, Lord Corlys Velaryon took it upon himself to put his 12-year-old daughter, Laena in the running.Lord Corlys, who is married to the King's cousin, Princess Rhaenys, introduces the King to his pre-pubescent daughter and proposes that she would make an ideal candidate to take the spot next to him on the throne.And while Game of Thrones included harrowing scenes of rape, torture, incest, it seems Viserys considering this proposal also sparked outrage with fans as many took to social media expressing outrage over the notable age-gap between the pair.One wrote: "I know #HouseOfTheDragonHBO is based on a period of time centuries ago but this possibly arranged marriage with a child is disgusting.""I felt sick to my stomach watching that guy try to sell off his 12 year old daughter. #HouseoftheDragon," claimed another.A third stated: "This is getting disgusting with them marrying children.

famously loves its incest — and Sunday night’s episode of “House of the Dragon” set up the most extreme keep-it-in-the-family plot yet. The following contains spoilers for Episode 2 of HBO Max’s new smash hit. It also contains spoilers for where the story is heading, based on George R.R. Martin’s book “Fire & Blood.” Turn back now if you want to stay in the dark.[Warning: Spoilers below]The second episode of “HOTD” — which is set around 200 years before the events of “GoT” — shows the exiled Prince Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith) being a bad boy.

After making the shocking decision to name his daughter Princess Rhaenyra (Milly Alcock) the heir to the Iron Throne, King Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine) starts to prepare her for the throne in the second episode of House of the Dragon.King Viserys was originally planning to name his first son, who his wife Queen Aemma (Sian Brooke) was expecting, though the son arrived breech, leaving Viserys with the decision to sacrifice his wife for the life of his son, or risk losing both.He decided to sacrifice his wife, though he ultimately lost the child shortly after birth, leading Viserys to name Rhaenyra the first female heir to the Iron Throne in the history of Westeros at the end of last week's series premiere.

, maneuvering for the Iron Throne continues despite the fact that King Viserys (Paddy Considine) has named Princess Rhaenyra (Milly Alcock) his successor -- and that council pledged to honor the decision when the day comes for her to wear the crown. One of those people still positioning for the seat of power is Lord Corlys Velaryon, aka the Sea Snake, played by Steve Toussaint. The actor tells ET that his character is full of pride and resentment and still reeling from what happened to his wife, Princess Rhaenys Targaryen (Eve Best), many years prior. “He doesn’t hide the fact that it irks him that his wife is not on the throne,” Toussaint says, not hiding the fact that he thinks Rhaenys is a far more qualified ruler than her cousin, Viserys.

House of the Dragon has been renewed for a second season, HBO announced on Friday. This news comes as no surprise, considering debuted to record-breaking numbers for HBO, luring more than 20 million viewers across platforms—the largest audience for any new original series in network history.“We are beyond proud of what the entire House of the Dragon team has accomplished with season one,” Francesca Orsi, executive vice president of HBO programming, said in a statement. “Our phenomenal cast and crew undertook a massive challenge and exceeded all expectations, delivering a show that has already established itself as must-see TV.”The highly anticipated prequel series centers on the Targaryen family and takes place about 200 years before ’s Daenerys Targaryen ascended the iron throne.

Emma D’Arcy says there is only one incident of sexual violence in ‘Game of Thrones’ spin-off ‘House of the Dragon’. The actress, 30, said the new HBO series also focuses on “patriarchal structures from the point of view of women who have no control over those structures and for whom they were not made”. Emma, who plays Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen in the prequel series, which started Sunday (21.

HOUSE of the Dragon fans have been left 'sickened' by a twisted childbirth scene branded the 'most shocking Game of Thrones moment EVER'. The prequel series began on Sunday night in the US before premiering in the UK the day after.

Game of Thrones, which is known for it's incestuous storylines and gory depictions of graphic scenes.However, fans of the Westeros franchise could expect nothing less from the new series which made it's debut over the weekend which stars the likes of Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke and Rhys Ifans.READ MORE: Game Of Thrones' most horrific scenes - fan fury, 'worst day of career' and axed plotViewers tuned into the premiere episode of the medieval-style drama where they were greeted with a graphic birth scene that left fans reeling.Some fans said the first episode should even have come with a trigger warning because scenes were so realistic.One fan wrote: "House of the Dragon premiered last night. I won ruin for those who haven’t seen it yet, but I believe one of the scenes was the most painfully graphic , realistic, horrifying things I’ve ever seen at work or anywhere.

For the first time since Game of Thrones ended its run in 2019, fans returned to Westeros with the new prequel series House of the Dragon, which featured many controversial moments.One of them was a childbirth scene with Queen Aemma Targaryen (Sian Brooke) and King Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine) at her side.Series creator Ryan Condal and his co-showrunner/director Miguel Sapochnik revealed in a new interview with PopSugar that they showed the scene to a number of women to see if it was too violent, though none said it was. Controversial: For the first time since Game of Thrones ended its run in 2019, fans returned to Westeros with the new prequel series House of the Dragon, which featured many controversial moments Childbirth: One of them was a childbirth scene with Queen Aemma Targaryen (Sian Brooke) and King Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine) at her sideQueen Aemma had been trying for years to give King Viserys a son to serve as heir to the Iron Throne, though the only child that survived was Princess Rhaenyra (Milly Alcock).King Viserys is convinced this time that Aemma will finally give him the male heir to the throne he's always wanted...