Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History (2013)
⭐ 5.01 seasonsDocumentary
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.
📺 Seasons & Episodes
Season 13 episodes
1. Tudors to Stuarts: From Gods to Men
⏱ 60 minLucy looks back to the monarchs who were reigning in the Tudor and Stuart dynasties.
2. Bad Blood: Stuarts to Hanoverians
⏱ 60 minLucy 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.
3. Happy Families: Hanoverians to Windsors
⏱ 60 minLucy concludes her investigation into the medical histories of the royal family by taking a look at Queen Victoria and her descendants.
