Name: Fit to Rule
Released: 2013-04-08T00:00:00.000Z

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Lucy Worsley, Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, delves into the health struggles of past monarchs. Covering Henry VIII to Edward VIII’s 1936 abdication, the series humanizes these rulers, revealing their battles with physical and mental health.

Documentary · 2013 · 59 min

EPISODE 1

Tudors to Stuarts: From Gods to Men

In this first episode, Lucy explores the medical histories of the Tudor and Stuart dynasties, beginning with the ascension of Henry VIII and tracing the changing fortunes of these two very different Royal families up to the execution of Charles I.

59 min · 8 Apr 2013
EPISODE 2

Bad Blood: Stuarts to Hanoverians

Dr Lucy Worsley explores the medical histories of the later Stuarts, from the exile of James II and the succession of William and Mary to the rise of a new dynasty – the Hanoverians.

59 min · 15 Apr 2013
EPISODE 3

Happy Families: Hanoverians to Windsors

Dr Lucy Worsley investigates the medical histories and fraught family dynamics of Queen Victoria and her descendants. She begins and ends with two events that challenge the very survival of the crown.

59 min · 22 Apr 2013

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