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 12	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, Jul 19	11:00 A.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, Jul 26	11:00 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.
Sun, Aug 2	11:00 A.M.	Henry Viii's Reformation NH Explore (11.2) Join Lucy for the inside story of the English Reformation.
Sun, Aug 9	11:00 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.
Sun, Aug 16	11:00 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.