Series 1

A History Of Royal Scandals

4 Episodes Premiered January 30, 2023

Season Overview

In a four-part series for More4, historian Professor Suzannah Lipscomb investigates the royal family's long history of scandal — from suspicious deaths and sexual indiscretions to reckless spending and disastrous marriages — examining the role the press, Parliament and the public have played in generating outrage across the centuries.

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Episodes

Wealth and Opulence
EP 1

Wealth and Opulence

Jan 30, 2023

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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Sex and Infidelity
EP 2

Sex and Infidelity

Feb 6, 2023

Suzannah discovers the marriage scandal that put a royal in the witness box, explores what made Charles II "the merry monarch," and uncovers a sex scandal involving a brothel and a royal prince.

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Suspicious Deaths
EP 3

Suspicious Deaths

Feb 13, 2023

Suzannah investigates some of the most notorious royal cold cases: did Elizabeth I's favourite murder his wife? Did Queen Victoria's uncle murder his valet? And was Britain's first Georgian king involved in the mysterious disappearance of a Swedish count?

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Scandalous Marriages
EP 4

Scandalous Marriages

Feb 20, 2023

Suzannah unpacks royal marriages that proved scandalous across the centuries — from a marriage deemed so wrong it led George III to have a new law written, to the trial of the first "People's Princess," Queen Caroline, and, more recently, Princess Margaret's relationship with Peter Townsend.

View Details 47 MIN