Fit to rule: how royal illness changed history
In a new series on BBC Two, our Chief Curator Lucy Worsley, explores how the physical and mental health of our past monarchs has shaped the history of the nation.
Come and discover the palaces where kings and queens actually lived and died, fell ill and got better.
Explore Fit to rule at the palaces >
About Fit to rule
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Episode 1: Tudors to Stuarts
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Find out more about how successive monarchs lost political power.
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Episode 2: Bad blood
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The late seventeenth century saw a new type of ruler – monarchy by the consent of the people. Find out more.
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Fit to Rule - Podcast series
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Episode 3: Happy Families
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Find out more on the emphasis various monarchs placed on 'real domestic happiness'.
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