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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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Season 1

  • Tudors to Stuarts: From Gods to Men
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    Tudors to Stuarts: From Gods to Men

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/8/2013

    Lucy looks back to the monarchs who were reigning in the Tudor and Stuart dynasties.

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  • Bad Blood: Stuarts to Hanoverians
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    Bad Blood: Stuarts to Hanoverians

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/15/2013

    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.

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  • Happy Families: Hanoverians to Windsors
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    Happy Families: Hanoverians to Windsors

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/22/2013

    Lucy concludes her investigation into the medical histories of the royal family by taking a look at Queen Victoria and her descendants.

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