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Bloody Mary: The first woman to be crowned Queen

Season 2 Episode 4 | 2m 55s

Mary had a very difficult line to tread as the first queen; she had to blur the genders, but what she did set the pattern for all the queens to follow. Lucy investigates if the real Queen Mary has been lost to history. She is now reduced to a mere two words "Bloody Mary," but was she the victim of a smear campaign because she was the first women in a man's world?

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  • Lucy Worsley Investigates Season 2
  • Lucy Worsley Investigates Season 1
Lucy investigates Queen Mary I - was she really as bloody as history suggests?
Lucy works with experts to uncover this extraordinary moment in history.
Lucy investigates William the Conqueror.
Lucy investigates the world’s most infamous serial killer, Jack the Ripper.
Discover how the trial of one "witch" sparked Britain's witch-hunt craze.
Find out how the Black Death changed Britain.
Take a closer look at George III and how a tale of mental illness changed Britain.
Come along as Lucy Worsley uncovers what really happened to the Princes in the Tower.