Secrets of the Royal Palaces

Season 2

2022 · 8 episodes

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Windsor Castle

   8 Jan 2022

   Kate Williams explores some of the more gruesome stories of Windsor Castle history, including the death of Princess Charlotte in 1817.

2. 2

   2. Hampton Court

   15 Jan 2022

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   3. Versailles

   22 Jan 2022

   Versailles is one of the most enormous and impressive palaces in the world. Louise XIV built it in 1634 as a way of controlling the French aristocracy.

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   4. Sandringham

   29 Jan 2022

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   5. Brighton Royal Pavilion

   5 Feb 2022

   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.

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   6. Kensington Palace

   12 Feb 2022

   Kensington Palace had always been a party palace but a gap in succession made way for foreign import George 1st of Hanover and his refurbishments.

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   7. Whitehall

   19 Feb 2022

   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.

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   8. Buckingham Palace

   26 Feb 2022

   Buckingham Palace is known throughout the world as the headquarters of the royal family, and is one of our most recognisable palaces.