A History Of Royal Scandals
A History Of Royal Scandals
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A History Of Royal Scandals

2023
2 seasons
10 episodes
Documentary

Professor Suzannah Lipscomb looks at the roles the press, parliament and the public have played in generating outrage and spreading scandalous royal rumours.

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Seasons

  • Ep 1

    1.Wealth and Opulence

    30-01-202359m

    Professor Suzannah Lipscomb looks at stories of out-of-control spending, from Henry VIII's Field of Cloth of Gold to the extraordinary debt that George IV accrued

  • Ep 2

    2.Sex and Infidelity

    06-02-202359m

    Professor Suzannah Lipscomb discovers the marriage scandal that put a royal in the witness box. She also investigates why Charles II was named 'the merry monarch' and uncovers a se...

  • Ep 3

    3.Suspicious Deaths

    13-02-202359m

    Suzannah Lipscomb investigates some of the most notorious cold cases involving royals from the past. Did Queen Victoria's uncle murder his valet? And was our first Georgian king re...

  • Ep 4

    4.Scandalous Marriages

    20-02-202359m

    Dr Nicola Clark, Dr Katie Carpenter, Dr Alexandra Loske and journalist Stephen Bates help Suzannah Lipscomb unpack the stories of how royal marriages across the centuries have prov...

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