Secrets of the Royal Palaces

Whitehall

A look at the lost palace of Whitehall destroyed by fire in 1698, and the sole surviving building from the complex. Plus, the story of a couple who decided to invite the Queen to their wedding in 2012, while Kate Williams explores the narcissistic motivations behind one of the biggest Tudor parties in history.

Whitehall

43m 24s

  • Royal Duty: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Royal Duty

    S5 E504 - 43m 1s

    Includes the controversy around Russian spy Anthony Blunt’s long stay at the Palace in the '80s, the revelation that Blunt had performed a secret mission retrieving incriminating evidence linking Queen Elizabeth’s family with the Nazis, the tumultuous history of the Scottish Crown Jewels, and Diana’s ascent to fashion icon status with her “Black Sheep” jumper.

  • Royal Scandals: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Royal Scandals

    S5 E503 - 43m 49s

    Details the art scandal of the forged masterpieces in King Charles’ Dumfries House, the 1986 Charles and Diana vacation to Marivent Palace in Spain, a failed 2023 assassination attempt on Elizabeth II in Windsor Castle, and a 2021 theft of valuable items from Buckingham Palace by a member of staff.

  • Private Life: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Private Life

    S5 E502 - 43m 28s

    Recounts the royal family’s desperate race to Balmoral Castle during Queen Elizabeth’s final hours, William I the Conqueror’s odorous burial in St. Stephen’s Abbey in Caen, France, and the quest to discern the full extent of the 1943 Greville Bequest—a remarkable collection of jewelry and personal items bequeathed by philanthropist Margaret Greville.

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