A History Of Royal Scandals

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

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.

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?

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.