A History Of Royal Scandals

Series 1

4 episodes · Jan 30, 2023

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  • S1E1

    Wealth and Opulence

    Jan 30, 202359m

    Professor Suzannah Lipscomb looks at stories of out-of-control spending, from Henry VIII's Field of Cloth of Gold to the extraordinary debt that George IV accrued

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  • S1E2

    Sex and Infidelity

    Feb 6, 202359m

    Professor Suzannah Lipscomb discovers the marriage scandal that put a royal in the witness box. She also investigates why Charles II was named 'the merry monarch' and uncovers a sex scandal involving a prince and a brothel.

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  • S1E3

    Suspicious Deaths

    Feb 13, 202359m

    Suzannah Lipscomb investigates some of the most notorious cold cases involving royals from the past. Did Queen Victoria's uncle murder his valet? And was our first Georgian king really involved in the mysterious disappearance of a Swedish count?

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  • S1E4

    Scandalous Marriages

    Feb 20, 202359m

    Dr Nicola Clark, Dr Katie Carpenter, Dr Alexandra Loske and journalist Stephen Bates help Suzannah Lipscomb unpack the stories of how royal marriages across the centuries have proved to be scandalous and intriguing. From the marriage that was deemed so wrong it caused George III to write a new law, to the first 'People's Princess' - Queen Caroline - who was put on trial by her husband George IV, and more recently Princess Margaret and her relationship with Peter Townsend

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