Synopsis
On her deathbed Caroline refused to see her estranged son Frederick.
- Programme: Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History
- Episode: 02: Bad Blood: Stuarts to Hanoverians
- Channel: BBC Four
- Broadcast year: 2013
- History | Power: Monarchy and Democracy in Britain c.1000 to 2014 | Power: Monarchy and Democracy in Britain c.1000 to 2014 | c.1485-c.1800
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