Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
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Oct 24, 2026
Darren MarlarHOST
Many more sightings would come in the decades and presidential administrations that followed.
Darren MarlarHOST
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands was sleeping in the Lincoln bedroom in 1942 when she reportedly heard a knock on her bedroom door, opened it to see the bearded President and fainted.
Darren MarlarHOST
Two years earlier, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, according to accounts, had just stepped out of a hot bath in that same room and was wearing nothing but a cigar when he encountered Lincoln by the fireplace.
Darren MarlarHOST
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Brian Mac GloinnNARRATOR
The crew of the Arranmore lifeboat were awarded medals for bravery from the RNLI, and went back to their lives on the island.
Brian Mac GloinnNARRATOR
Coxswain Jack Boyle was awarded a gold medal, as well as a medal from Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands.
Brian Mac GloinnNARRATOR
But the crew rarely spoke of the rescue again.
Patrick BoyleGUEST
My name is Patrick Boyle, and my grandfather was Phil Boyle, Philip Boyle, so he was on the lifeboat crew that went out to rescue the Stalwick.
KP BurkeHOST
Okay.
KP BurkeHOST
So Kaiser Wilhelm is welcomed to come be a part of the Dutch citizenry and enjoy a luxurious manor for the rest of his days, courtesy of Queen Wilhelmina.
KP BurkeHOST
Oh.
KP BurkeHOST
Yeah.
EricHOST
Yeah.
EricHOST
Well, this past weekend I was camping in Arkansas and, uh, just on the border of Oklahoma, Arkansas, and it was up in, um, I don't know how you say, Queen Wilhelmina or Queen Wilhelmina or something like that, State Park.
EricHOST
Uh, it- they named the entire place after a Denmark queen in hopes that she might show up one day and go to their cabin, which of course she didn't, 'cause she's like, "Why am I going to go to Arkansas?" You know, whatever.
EricHOST
I don't know.
speaker_2HOST
It's shocking.
speaker_3HOST
On May 10, 1940, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands literally flees to London.
speaker_3HOST
The monarch abandons the country, and within five days, the Nazis overtake the entire nation.
speaker_2HOST
Five days.