
Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History
2013•1h 0m•5.0/10
Documentary
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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.
Production
Silver River Productions, BBC
Language
EN
Status
Ended
First Aired
April 8, 2013
Last Aired
April 22, 2013
Networks
BBC Two
Where to Watch
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season

E1
Tudors to Stuarts: From Gods to Men
Air date: 2013-04-08
Lucy looks back to the monarchs who were reigning in the Tudor and Stuart dynasties.

E2
Bad Blood: Stuarts to Hanoverians
Air date: 2013-04-15
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.

E3
Happy Families: Hanoverians to Windsors
Air date: 2013-04-22
Lucy concludes her investigation into the medical histories of the royal family by taking a look at Queen Victoria and her descendants.
























