Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History (Documentary, English)
Genres: History
Status: Ended
Premiered: 2013-04-08
Ended: 2013-04-22
Network: BBC Two
Country: GB
Airs on: Monday
Runtime: 59 minutes
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. From Henry VIII to Edward VIII's abdication in 1936, this three-part series re-introduces our past royals not just as powerful potentates, but as human beings, each with their own very personal problems of biology and psychology.