Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History

Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History

2013
Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History
Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History

Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History

7.6 | en | Documentary

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.

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Seasons & Episodes

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EP3  Happy Families: Hanoverians to Windsors
Apr. 22,2013
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.

EP2  Bad Blood: Stuarts to Hanoverians
Apr. 15,2013
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.

EP1  Tudors to Stuarts: From Gods to Men
Apr. 08,2013
Tudors to Stuarts: From Gods to Men

Lucy looks back to the monarchs who were reigning in the Tudor and Stuart dynasties.

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7.6 | en | Documentary
Synopsis

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.

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Cast

Lucy Worsley

Director

Producted By

BBC , Silver River Productions