Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History — Season 1, Episode 2: Bad Blood: Stuarts to Hanoverians
Documentary • 60 min • 1 season, 3 episodes • ★ 5.0/10
Episode synopsis
Lucy takes a look at the medical histories of the later Stuarts, from the exile of James II and the succession of William and Mary to the beginnning of a new dynasty, the Hanoverians.
About Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History
Lucy Worsley, chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces, explores how the physical and mental health of our past monarchs has shaped the history of the nation.