About this season
Fiona Bruce fronts this eye-opening new three-part series on the stories behind Britain's official royal residences: Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and Palace of Holyroodhouse.
Episodes (3)
E1
1. Buckingham Palace
Aired 12 September 2011 • 60 min
Buckingham Palace, the British monarch's present principal official residence, in London, was originally built as a hunting lodge by Tudor King Henry VIII.
E2
2. Windsor Castle
Aired 19 September 2011 • 60 min
Windsor Castle was built not as a palace but retains the massive walls of a major military fortification, erected while Anglo-Norman England absorbed its Celtic neighbors
E3
3. Palace of Holyroodhouse
Aired 26 September 2011 • 60 min
The Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh is the British monarch's barely known official residence in Scotland.