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Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History

5.0 IMDb tt2968150 2013 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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Lucy Worsley

Tudors to Stuarts: From Gods to Men

Tudors to Stuarts: From Gods to Men 1h 0m Lucy looks back to the monarchs who were reigning in the Tudor and Stuart dynasties.

Bad Blood: Stuarts to Hanoverians

Bad Blood: Stuarts to Hanoverians 1h 0m Lucy takes a look at the medical histories of the later Stuarts, from the exile of James II…

Happy Families: Hanoverians to Windsors

Happy Families: Hanoverians to Windsors 1h 0m Lucy concludes her investigation into the medical histories of the royal family by taking a look at Queen…

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