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, Jul 6	1:00 P.M.	Elizabeth I: The Warrior Queen NHPBS (11.1) 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, Jul 13	1:00 P.M.	Queen Anne: The Mother of Great Britain NHPBS (11.1) Investigate why Queen Anne's powerful role in the forging of Great Britain has often been forgotten.
Sun, Jul 20	1:00 P.M.	Marie Antoinette: The Doomed Queen NHPBS (11.1) Find out why Marie Antoinette is often blamed for causing the French Revolution by saying "let them eat cake" to her starving subjects.
Sun, Jul 27	1:00 P.M.	Henry Viii's Reformation NHPBS (11.1) Join Lucy for the inside story of the English Reformation.
Sun, Aug 3	1:00 P.M.	Kings George III and IV & The Napoleonic War NHPBS (11.1) Follow Lucy as she reveals how mental health problems forced King George III to relinquish power to his debauched and extravagant son.
Sun, Aug 10	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.