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A History Of Royal Scandals

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Professor Suzannah Lipscomb looks at the roles the press, parliament and the public have played in generating outrage and spreading scandalous royal rumours.

Jan 30, 20232 seasons10 episodesReturning SeriesEN

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Seasons

Series 1

4 episodes

Premiered Jan 30, 2023

Series 2

6 episodes

Premiered Oct 29, 2024

Episodes

1–4 of 4

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Ep 1

Wealth and Opulence

Jan 30, 2023

59m

Professor Suzannah Lipscomb looks at stories of out-of-control spending, from Henry VIII's Field of Cloth of Gold to the extraordinary debt that George IV accrued

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Ep 2

Sex and Infidelity

Feb 6, 2023

59m

Professor Suzannah Lipscomb discovers the marriage scandal that put a royal in the witness box. She also investigates why Charles II was named 'the merry monarch' and uncovers a sex scandal involving a prince and a brothel.

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Ep 3

Suspicious Deaths

Feb 13, 2023

59m

Suzannah Lipscomb investigates some of the most notorious cold cases involving royals from the past. Did Queen Victoria's uncle murder his valet? And was our first Georgian king really involved in the mysterious disappearance of a Swedish count?

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Ep 4

Scandalous Marriages

Feb 20, 2023

59m

Dr Nicola Clark, Dr Katie Carpenter, Dr Alexandra Loske and journalist Stephen Bates help Suzannah Lipscomb unpack the stories of how royal marriages across the centuries have proved to be scandalous and intriguing. From the marriage that was deemed so wrong it caused George III to write a new law, to the first 'People's Princess' - Queen Caroline - who was put on trial by her husband George IV, and more recently Princess Margaret and her relationship with Peter Townsend