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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Episode 1
Lucy looks back to the monarchs who were reigning in the Tudor and Stuart dynasties.
Episode 2
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.
Episode 3
Lucy concludes her investigation into the medical histories of the royal family by taking a look at Queen Victoria and her descendants.
