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Season 1

Season 1

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22 novembre 2025·6/10 diffusés·7h 30min
Épisodes · 10
E1

Episode 1

The story of a thousand years of monarchy told through milestones of royal families through the ages, beginning by looking at the death and funeral of Queen Victoria, with biographer Shrabani Basu, author Stewart Richards and historian Lisa Hilton piecing together what went on behind palace walls. Historian Kate Williams tells the story of George IV, whose catastrophic wedding to Caroline of Brunswick went ahead even though he'd already illegally 'married' his mistress a decade before.

45min·22 nov. 2025
E2

Episode 2

A look at the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip in 1947, which lifted spirits in bleak post-war Britain, with historian Lisa Hilton delving into the royal archives to dig out the wedding menu. Biographers Andrew Morton and Andrew Lownie take viewers through the birth and christening of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's son Prince Archie, while Kate Williams examines the life of Mary, Queen of Scots.

45min·29 nov. 2025
E3

Episode 3

This time: the most diverse wedding in royal history and the shocking deat...

45min·6 déc. 2025
E4

Episode 4

Including the funeral of Diana, with accounts detailing how the press had to wear crosses on their backs - or risk being a target for police snipers.

45min·3 janv. 2026
E5

Episode 5

The love story of Edward VIll and Wallis Simpson - far from the greatest romance of the 20th century, and the Tudor version of Tinder as Henry VIll sought his fourth bride.

45min·10 janv. 2026
E6

Episode 6

This time: the craftswomen behind Kate Middleton's wedding dress fabric, and how Princess Margaret broke protocol, insisting she was laid to rest with her beloved father.

45min·17 janv. 2026
E7

Episode 7

TBC

45min
E8

Episode 8

TBC

45min
E9

Episode 9

TBC

45min
E10

Episode 10

TBC

45min