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Lucy Worsley travels across Britain and Europe visiting the incredible locations where Royal history was made. In beautiful palaces and castles and on dramatic battlefields she investigates how Royal history is a mixture of facts, exaggeration, manipulation and mythology.

Lucy Worsley reveals how a spontaneous popular uprising swept the Russian Czar from power.
Following the revolution, Nicholas II is forced to abdicate.
The Romanov family, Nicholas, Alexandra and their children, are brought to their prison.
Episodes
Explore how Elizabeth I’s iconic warrior image shaped British national identity.
See how Anne’s role in forging Great Britain was overshadowed by gossip of her love life.
Uncover the myths and secrets that led the doomed Marie Antoinette to the guillotine.
Lucy Worsley investigates the inside story of the English Reformation.
Lucy Worsley reveals how King George III was forced to relinquish power to his son.
Extras
Lucy Worsley reveals how a spontaneous popular uprising swept the Russian Czar from power.
Lucy Worsley reveals how King George III was forced to relinquish power to his son.
George, the Prince of Wales marries Maria Fitzherbert in a secret ceremony.
In 1788, King George's mild spells of mental illness turned severe.
Lucy Worsley investigates the inside story of the English Reformation.
Halloween 1517, Martin Luther nailed a document on a church door. Or did he?
Thirteen years into his marriage with Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII meets Anne Boleyn.
Uncover the myths and secrets that led the doomed Marie Antoinette to the guillotine.
Did Marie Antoinette ever say “Let them eat cake”?
During the revolution the royal family make a desperate attempt to flee Paris.