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Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History

Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History

★ 5.0/10•2013•1h 0m•Documentary
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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.

Eleanor Scoones · Director

Paul Berczeller · Director

Nick Gillam-Smith · Director

StatusEnded
Runtime1h 0m
LanguageEN
First Air DateApr 8, 2013

Episodes

Episode 1 - Tudors to Stuarts: From Gods to MenE160m

Tudors to Stuarts: From Gods to Men

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

Apr 8, 2013

Episode 2 - Bad Blood: Stuarts to HanoveriansE260m

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.

Apr 15, 2013

Episode 3 - Happy Families: Hanoverians to WindsorsE360m

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.

Apr 22, 2013

Actors

Lucy Worsley

Lucy Worsley

Self - Presenter

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