Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History

Name: Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History
Director: Eleanor Scoones
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2013-04-08
Rating: 5.0
Cast: Lucy Worsley

201360m

★ 5.0

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Lucy Worsley, chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces, explores how the physical and mental health of our past monarchs has shaped the history of the nation.

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