Synopsis
Lucy Worsley explores how the health of monarchs has shaped the nation. She explores the family dynamics of Victoria and her descendants.
- Programme: Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History
- Episode: 03: Happy Families: Hanoverians to Windsors
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2013
- History
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