Marie Antoinette: The Doomed Queen
Find out why Marie Antoinette is often blamed for causing the French Revolution by saying “let them eat cake” to her starving subjects. Lucy Worsley uncovers the myths and secrets that led the doomed queen to the guillotine.
Sunday, June 21 at 8PM
Lucy Worsley travels across Britain and Europe visiting the incredible locations where Royal history was made. In beautiful palaces and castles and on dramatic battlefields she investigates how Royal history is a mixture of facts, exaggeration, manipulation and mythology.
Lucy Worsley's Royal Myths & Secrets Episodes


Queen Anne: The Mother of Great Britain
S1 Ep2 | 54m 32s
See how Anne’s role in forging Great Britain was overshadowed by gossip of her love life.


Elizabeth I: The Warrior Queen
S1 Ep1 | 54m 5s
Explore how Elizabeth I’s iconic warrior image shaped British national identity.


Marie Antoinette: The Doomed Queen
S1 Ep3 | 54m 36s
Uncover the myths and secrets that led the doomed Marie Antoinette to the guillotine.


Queen Anne: The Mother of Great Britain
S1 Ep2 | 54m 32s
See how Anne’s role in forging Great Britain was overshadowed by gossip of her love life.


Elizabeth I: The Warrior Queen
S1 Ep1 | 54m 5s
Explore how Elizabeth I’s iconic warrior image shaped British national identity.
Lucy Worsley's Royal Myths & Secrets Extras

Episode 3 Preview | Marie Antoinette: The Doomed Queen
S1 Ep3 | 30s
Uncover the myths and secrets that led the doomed Marie Antoinette to the guillotine.

Episode 2 Preview | Queen Anne: The Mother of Great Britain
S1 Ep2 | 30s
See how Anne’s role in forging Great Britain was overshadowed by gossip of her love life.

Queen Elizabeth I's Speech at Tilbury
S1 Ep1 | 3m
Lucy takes us to Tilbury where Queen Elizabeth delivered her most famous speech to troops.

S1 Ep1 | 3m 12s
We see Lucy as Queen Elizabeth I on her victory procession through the streets of London.