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Season 1 | 30s

Join Lucy Worsley on a journey across Europe to visit the incredible locations where royal history was made. From the Spanish Armada to the French Revolution, learn how royal history is a mixture of facts, exaggeration, manipulation and mythology.

Extras
The Romanov family, Nicholas, Alexandra and their children, are brought to their prison.
Lucy Worsley reveals how a spontaneous popular uprising swept the Russian Czar from power.
Following the revolution, Nicholas II is forced to abdicate.
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.
Lucy Worsley reveals how King George III was forced to relinquish power to his son.
In 1788, King George's mild spells of mental illness turned severe.
George, the Prince of Wales marries Maria Fitzherbert in a secret ceremony.
Lucy Worsley investigates the inside story of the English Reformation.
Halloween 1517, Martin Luther nailed a document on a church door. Or did he?
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.
Lucy Worsley investigates the inside story of the English Reformation.
Uncover the myths and secrets that led the doomed Marie Antoinette to the guillotine.
See how Anne’s role in forging Great Britain was overshadowed by gossip of her love life.
Explore how Elizabeth I’s iconic warrior image shaped British national identity.