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

5.0 / 10
2013
1 season
3 episodes
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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  • Tudors to Stuarts: From Gods to Men

    1.Tudors to Stuarts: From Gods to Men

    08-04-201360m

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

  • Bad Blood: Stuarts to Hanoverians

    2.Bad Blood: Stuarts to Hanoverians

    15-04-201360m

    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 Hanoveria...

  • Happy Families: Hanoverians to Windsors

    3.Happy Families: Hanoverians to Windsors

    22-04-201360m

    Lucy concludes her investigation into the medical histories of the royal family by taking a look at Queen Victoria and her descendants.

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