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8 Episodes 2022 - 2022
Episode 1
44 mins
Kate Williams explores some of the more gruesome stories of Windsor Castle history, including the death of Princess Charlotte in 1817.
Episode 2
44 mins
How a war with Louis XIV of France prevented William III from knocking down Hampton Court. How St. James Palace's doctors killed their queen. Why a young African prince was buried in Windsor. How Queen Anne had two close confidantes fighting over her.
Episode 3
44 mins
Versailles is one of the most enormous and impressive palaces in the world. King Louis XIV built it in 1634 as a way of controlling the French aristocracy.
Episode 4
44 mins
A network of tunnels is built by George IV underneath Brighton's Royal Pavilion to shield his appearance from cruel critics; how the Princess Diana statue in Kensington Palace demonstrates the fractured relationship of her sons
Episode 5
43 mins
Brighton's Royal Pavilion was built by Prince Regent, George IV in 1787. He took a small beach house and turned it into a flamboyant multi-domino-Saracenic wonder palace.
Episode 6
44 mins
Kensington Palace had always been a party palace but a gap in the line of succession made way for foreign import George I of Hanover and his refurbishments.
Episode 7
44 mins
London's lost royal palace Whitehall is destroyed, but if you know where to look, it is still possible to find the remnants of what was once the largest palace in Europe.
Episode 8
44 mins
Buckingham Palace is known throughout the world as the headquarters of the royal family, and is one of our most recognisable palaces.