The Royals: A History of Scandals
TV Show · Documentary · History

Professor Suzannah Lipscomb explores royal scandals and the roles the press, parliament and public have played over the centuries in generating the outrage that surrounds them.

2023 · 46m
Starring Suzannah Lipscomb
Director Kirsty Seger

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Wealth And Opulence
    Professor Suzannah Lipscomb explores the royal scandals that rose from excessive spending, from Henry VIII's Field of the Cloth of Gold to the extraordinary debt that George IV accrued.
    45m
  • EPISODE 2
    And Infidelity
    Professor Suzannah Lipscomb discovers the marriage scandal that put a royal in the witness box. She also investigates why Charles II was named `the merry monarch' and uncovers a sex scandal involving a prince and a brothel.
    46m
  • EPISODE 3
    Suspicious Deaths
    Suzannah Lipscomb investigates whether Queen Victoria's uncle killed his valet and whether the strange disappearance of a Swedish count had some involvement from the UK's first Georgian king.
    45m
  • EPISODE 4
    Scandalous Marriages
    Professor Suzannah Lipscomb reveals the most scandalous royal marriages from the past. From the marriage deemed so wrong that it led George III to write a new law, to Queen Caroline, who was put on trial by her husband George IV.
    45m
  • EPISODE 1
    Murder
    Suzannah Lipscomb examines four suspected royal murder cases spanning almost 1000 years, including the infamous disappearance of the Princes in the Tower, the story of Mary, Queen of Scots, and more.
    46m
  • EPISODE 2
    Sex
    Suzannah Lipscomb looks into four sex scandals that dragged reputations through the gutter, and investigates whether 13-year-old King James VI of Scotland was groomed by his uncle.
    46m

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Cast & Crew

  • Suzannah Lipscomb
    Host
  • K‌S
    Kirsty Seger
    Director
  • K‌S
    Kirsty Seger
    Producer
  • M‌B
    Mark Ball
    Producer
  • C‌H
    Clare Hollywood
    Producer
  • S‌R
    Steve Regan
    Producer

About

The Royals: A History of Scandals

Documentary

Professor Suzannah Lipscomb explores royal scandals and the roles the press, parliament and public have played over the centuries in generating the outrage that surrounds them.

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Studio
Hello Mary
Released
2023
Rated
PG
Region of Origin
United Kingdom
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