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S5 Ep504 |Includes the controversy around Russian spy Anthony Blunt’s stay at the Palace in the '80s and more.
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Windsor Castle
S4 Ep403 |Windsor Castle is the largest permanently lived-in castle in the world. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Westminster
S4 Ep402 |Secrets of Westminster, including a secret tunnel and hologram portrait of the Queen. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Buckingham Palace
S4 Ep401 |Historian Kate Williams reveals the accidental origins of Buckingham Palace. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Buckingham
S3 Ep308 |The current incarnation of Buckingham Palace is only a century or so old. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Whitehall
S3 Ep307 |London's lost royal palace Whitehall is destroyed, but the remnants remain. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Kensington
S3 Ep306 |A gap in succession made way for George I of Hanover to refurbish Kensington Palace. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Brighton Pavilion
S3 Ep305 |Brighton's Royal Pavilion was originally a beach house transformed into a wonder palace. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Sandringham
S3 Ep304 |Britain's royal palaces are rich in untold history, incredible artworks, and many tales.
About Secrets of the Royal Palaces
Historian Kate Williams (Prince Philip: For Queen and Country; The Stuarts: A Bloody Reign) explores more stories about the residences of the British monarchy. Guiding the viewer through the art, architecture and recent events are specialist historians, royal commentators and ex-royal staff members who share the behind-the-scenes palace stories that have shaped the modern royal family.
