Lucy Worsley, chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces, explores how the physical and mental health of our past monarchs has shaped the history of the nation.
Episode 1
Tudors to Stuarts: From Gods to Men
Lucy looks back to the monarchs who were reigning in the Tudor and Stuart dynasties.
Episode 2
Bad Blood: Stuarts to Hanoverians
Lucy takes a look at the medical histories of the later Stuarts, from the exile of James II and the succession of William and Mary to the beginnning of a new dynasty, the Hanoverians.
Episode 3
Happy Families: Hanoverians to Windsors
Lucy concludes her investigation into the medical histories of the royal family by taking a look at Queen Victoria and her descendants.
Lucy Worsley
Self - Presenter
1988 · ★ 6.5
2020 · ★ 7.4
1978 · ★ 8.0
2020 · ★ 7.1
2019 · ★ 8.0
2021 · ★ 8.0
2022 · ★ 8.1
2001 · ★ 7.7
2016 · ★ 6.5
1982 · ★ 7.9
2026 · ★ 8.1
2020 · ★ 7.7
2018 · ★ 6.4
2021 · ★ 7.4
2026 · ★ 7.1
2010 · ★ 8.8
1986 · ★ 7.0
2020 · ★ 7.0
2020 · ★ 6.7
1983 · ★ 7.4
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