Series

Secrets of the Royals: Births, Marriages and Deaths

2025 · 1 season · 10 episodes · Returning Series · 5

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Royal Births, Marriages, and Death is a captivating new ten-part documentary series featuring a dynamic and fresh cast of contributors with specialist expertise, extraordinary archive, ancient documents that reveal incredible insight. This stunning new series tells the story of a thousand years of monarchy through these powerful and pivotal moments.

Episodes

  • S01E01Episode 12025-11-2245m

    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.

  • S01E02Episode 22025-11-2945m

    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.

  • S01E03Episode 32025-12-0645m

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

  • S01E04Episode 42026-01-0345m

    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.

  • S01E05Episode 52026-01-1045m

    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.

  • S01E06Episode 62026-01-1745m

    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.

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  • S01E09Episode 945m

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  • S01E10Episode 1045m

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