Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History Happy Families: Hanoverians to Windsors

Dr Lucy Worsley explores the medical histories and fraught family dynamics of Queen Victoria and her descendants. Victoria had no problem producing children, but rearing them proved more problematical. She and Bertie – the future Edward VII – whom she thought to be psychologically incapable of the job of King, shared a fractious bond, and the emotional strains the family faced trying to reconcile the competing demands of public duty and a private life also took a toll. Lucy also reveals how Victoria’s severe depression following Albert’s death almost cost her the crown, and explores the turmoil of Edward VIII’s abdication., Dr Lucy Worsley explores the medical histories and fraught family dynamics of Queen Victoria and her descendants. Victoria had no problem producing children, but rearing them proved more problematical. She and Bertie – the future Edward VII – whom she thought to be psychologically incapable of the job of king, shared a fractious bond, and the emotional strains the family faced trying to reconcile the competing demands of public duty and a private life also took a toll. Lucy also reveals how Victoria’s severe depression following Albert’s death almost cost her the crown, and explores the turmoil of Edward VIII’s abdication., Queen Victoria’s depression and the turmoil of Edward VIII’s abdication are explored in Lucy Worsley’s first-rate study of our royals’ health., Dr Lucy Worsley explores the medical histories and fraught family dynamics of Queen Victoria and her descendants.