A History Of Royal Scandals
Professor Suzannah Lipscomb looks at the roles the press, parliament and the public have played in generating outrage and spreading scandalous royal rumours.
Type: tv
Season: 1
Episode: 1
Duration: N/A
Release: 2023
Rating: 0.0
Season 1 - A History Of Royal Scandals
2023-01-30
"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"
2023-02-06
"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."
2023-02-13
"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?"
2023-02-20
"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"
Season 2 - A History Of Royal Scandals
2024-10-29
"Was the infamous disappearance of the Princes in the Tower a murder, or an attempt to discredit an overthrown king? And why was a bloody murder carried out in a Scottish royal palace?"
2024-11-12
"Suzannah explores the complex connection between British royalty and witchcraft. How did Elizabeth I try to predict the future? And why was a Scottish (and later British) king so terrified of sorcery?"
2024-11-19
"Suzannah delves deep into how members of the British royal family have been both victims and perpetrators of criminal acts. Did Henry VIII manipulate the law to convict two of his wives of treason?"
2024-11-26
"Suzannah explores some shocking incidents of epic royal spending. What made King George IV's coronation so expensive that it put an end to a 1000-year tradition?"
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