Name: A History Of Royal Scandals
Rating: 2.0

Synopsis

Professor Suzannah Lipscomb looks at the roles the press, parliament and the public have played in generating outrage and spreading scandalous royal rumours.

First Air Date: 2023-01-30

Last Air Date: 2024-12-03

Number of Seasons: 2

Number of Episodes: 10

Networks: Channel 4, More4

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Top Cast

Suzannah Lipscomb as Self

Seasons

Series 1 (2023)

In a four-part series for More4, historian Professor Suzannah Lipscomb investigates the royal family's long history of scandal — from suspicious deaths and sexual indiscretions to reckless spending and disastrous marriages — examining the role the press, Parliament and the public have played in generating outrage across the centuries.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Wealth and Opulence (2023-01-30)

Professor Suzannah Lipscomb looks at stories of out-of-control spending, from Henry VIII's Field of Cloth of Gold to the extraordinary debt that George IV accrued
Ep. 2: Sex and Infidelity (2023-02-06)

Suzannah discovers the marriage scandal that put a royal in the witness box, explores what made Charles II "the merry monarch," and uncovers a sex scandal involving a brothel and a royal prince.
Ep. 3: Suspicious Deaths (2023-02-13)

Suzannah investigates some of the most notorious royal cold cases: did Elizabeth I's favourite murder his wife? Did Queen Victoria's uncle murder his valet? And was Britain's first Georgian king involved in the mysterious disappearance of a Swedish count?
Ep. 4: Scandalous Marriages (2023-02-20)

Suzannah unpacks royal marriages that proved scandalous across the centuries — from a marriage deemed so wrong it led George III to have a new law written, to the trial of the first "People's Princess," Queen Caroline, and, more recently, Princess Margaret's relationship with Peter Townsend.