Lucy Worsley's Royal Myths & Secrets

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.

Sun, Aug 17 11:00 A.M. Elizabeth I: The Warrior Queen     NH Explore (11.2)

Join Lucy Worsley for an exploration of how Elizabeth I's image as a warrior queen, created by a series of myths and secrets about her victory over the Spanish Armada, shaped British national identity for centuries.

Sun, Aug 17 12:00 P.M. Queen Anne: The Mother of Great Britain     NH Explore (11.2)

Investigate why Queen Anne's powerful role in the forging of Great Britain has often been forgotten.

Sun, Aug 17 1:00 P.M. Marie Antoinette: The Doomed Queen     NH Explore (11.2)

Find out why Marie Antoinette is often blamed for causing the French Revolution by saying "let them eat cake" to her starving subjects.

Sun, Aug 17 2:00 P.M. Henry Viii's Reformation     NH Explore (11.2)

Join Lucy for the inside story of the English Reformation.

Sun, Aug 17 3:00 P.M. Kings George III and IV & The Napoleonic War     NH Explore (11.2)

Follow Lucy as she reveals how mental health problems forced King George III to relinquish power to his debauched and extravagant son.

Sun, Aug 17 4:00 P.M. The Romanovs & The Russian Revolution     NH Explore (11.2)

Join Lucy as she explores how the spontaneous February 1917 popular uprising was the real Russian revolution that swept the Czar from power, not the famed October event in the history books.

Mon, Aug 18 3:00 A.M. Kings George III and IV & The Napoleonic War     NH Explore (11.2)

Follow Lucy as she reveals how mental health problems forced King George III to relinquish power to his debauched and extravagant son.

Mon, Aug 18 4:00 A.M. The Romanovs & The Russian Revolution     NH Explore (11.2)

Join Lucy as she explores how the spontaneous February 1917 popular uprising was the real Russian revolution that swept the Czar from power, not the famed October event in the history books.

Wed, Aug 20 8:00 P.M. Kings George III and IV & The Napoleonic War     NH Explore (11.2)

Follow Lucy as she reveals how mental health problems forced King George III to relinquish power to his debauched and extravagant son.

Thu, Aug 21 12:00 A.M. Kings George III and IV & The Napoleonic War     NH Explore (11.2)

Follow Lucy as she reveals how mental health problems forced King George III to relinquish power to his debauched and extravagant son.

Thu, Aug 21 8:00 P.M. Elizabeth I: The Warrior Queen     NH Explore (11.2)

Join Lucy Worsley for an exploration of how Elizabeth I's image as a warrior queen, created by a series of myths and secrets about her victory over the Spanish Armada, shaped British national identity for centuries.

Thu, Aug 21 9:00 P.M. Marie Antoinette: The Doomed Queen     NH Explore (11.2)

Find out why Marie Antoinette is often blamed for causing the French Revolution by saying "let them eat cake" to her starving subjects.

Fri, Aug 22 12:00 A.M. Elizabeth I: The Warrior Queen     NH Explore (11.2)

Join Lucy Worsley for an exploration of how Elizabeth I's image as a warrior queen, created by a series of myths and secrets about her victory over the Spanish Armada, shaped British national identity for centuries.

Fri, Aug 22 1:00 A.M. Marie Antoinette: The Doomed Queen     NH Explore (11.2)

Find out why Marie Antoinette is often blamed for causing the French Revolution by saying "let them eat cake" to her starving subjects.

Fri, Aug 22 1:31 P.M. Elizabeth I: The Warrior Queen     NH Explore (11.2)

Join Lucy Worsley for an exploration of how Elizabeth I's image as a warrior queen, created by a series of myths and secrets about her victory over the Spanish Armada, shaped British national identity for centuries.

Fri, Aug 22 2:30 P.M. Marie Antoinette: The Doomed Queen     NH Explore (11.2)

Find out why Marie Antoinette is often blamed for causing the French Revolution by saying "let them eat cake" to her starving subjects.

Fri, Aug 22 3:30 P.M. Kings George III and IV & The Napoleonic War     NH Explore (11.2)

Follow Lucy as she reveals how mental health problems forced King George III to relinquish power to his debauched and extravagant son.

Sat, Aug 23 3:10 A.M. Kings George III and IV & The Napoleonic War     NH Explore (11.2)

Follow Lucy as she reveals how mental health problems forced King George III to relinquish power to his debauched and extravagant son.

Sun, Aug 31 1:00 P.M. The Romanovs & The Russian Revolution     NHPBS (11.1)

Join Lucy as she explores how the spontaneous February 1917 popular uprising was the real Russian revolution that swept the Czar from power, not the famed October event in the history books.


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