Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History

2013
Ended
Documentary
~1h / ep
1 season
5.0/10

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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E1. Tudors to Stuarts: From Gods to Men
Apr 8, 2013 · 60m
Lucy looks back to the monarchs who were reigning in the Tudor and Stuart dynasties.
E2. Bad Blood: Stuarts to Hanoverians
Apr 15, 2013 · 60m
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.
E3. Happy Families: Hanoverians to Windsors
Apr 22, 2013 · 60m
Lucy concludes her investigation into the medical histories of the royal family by taking a look at Queen Victoria and her descendants.