Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History
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.
Cast: Lucy Worsley
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Season 1
3 episodes
1. Tudors to Stuarts: From Gods to MenLucy looks back to the monarchs who were reigning in the Tudor and Stuart dynasties.CC1 h 0 minApr 8, 2013
2. Bad Blood: Stuarts to HanoveriansLucy 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.CC1 h 0 minApr 15, 2013
3. Happy Families: Hanoverians to WindsorsLucy concludes her investigation into the medical histories of the royal family by taking a look at Queen Victoria and her descendants.CC1 h 0 minApr 22, 2013
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Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History
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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.
Creators and cast
- Directors
- Paul Berczeller, Nick Gillam-Smith, Eleanor Scoones
- Cast
- Lucy Worsley
- Studio
- Silver River Productions, BBC
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Audio languages
English
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