Secrets of the Royals: Births, Marriages and Deaths (2025)

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Secrets of the Royals: Births, Marriages and Deaths

20251 Season

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Genre: Documentary
Origin: GB

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Royal Births, Marriages, and Death is a captivating new ten-part documentary series featuring a dynamic and fresh cast of contributors with specialist expertise, extraordinary archive, ancient documents that reveal incredible insight. This stunning new series tells the story of a thousand years of monarchy through these powerful and pivotal moments.

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Director: Anna Cox
Status: Returning Series
First aired: Nov 22, 2025
Network: 5
Studio: Coming Up Roses, Objective Media Group

Time to finish

8 hrs

10 episodes. About 2 weeks at an hour a night.

Cast

Barbara Flynn

Narrator

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20251 Season

Documentary

Your rating

Genre: Documentary
Origin: GB

About

Where to watch

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Not available to stream in United States yet.

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E1 · Airs Nov 22, 2025 · 45m
Episode 1
The story of a thousand years of monarchy told through milestones of royal families through the ages, beginning by looking at the death and funeral of Queen Victoria, with biographer Shrabani Basu, author Stewart Richards and historian Lisa Hilton piecing together what went on behind palace walls. Historian Kate Williams tells the story of George IV, whose catastrophic wedding to Caroline of Brunswick went ahead even though he'd already illegally 'married' his mistress a decade before.
E2 · Airs Nov 29, 2025 · 45m
Episode 2
A look at the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip in 1947, which lifted spirits in bleak post-war Britain, with historian Lisa Hilton delving into the royal archives to dig out the wedding menu. Biographers Andrew Morton and Andrew Lownie take viewers through the birth and christening of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's son Prince Archie, while Kate Williams examines the life of Mary, Queen of Scots.
E3 · Airs Dec 6, 2025 · 45m
Episode 3
This time: the most diverse wedding in royal history and the shocking deat...
E4 · Airs Jan 3, 2026 · 45m
Episode 4
Including the funeral of Diana, with accounts detailing how the press had to wear crosses on their backs - or risk being a target for police snipers.
E5 · Airs Jan 10, 2026 · 45m
Episode 5
The love story of Edward VIll and Wallis Simpson - far from the greatest romance of the 20th century, and the Tudor version of Tinder as Henry VIll sought his fourth bride.
E6 · Airs Jan 17, 2026 · 45m
Episode 6
This time: the craftswomen behind Kate Middleton's wedding dress fabric, and how Princess Margaret broke protocol, insisting she was laid to rest with her beloved father.
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Director: Anna Cox
Status: Returning Series
First aired: Nov 22, 2025
Network: 5
Studio: Coming Up Roses, Objective Media Group

Time to finish

8 hrs

10 episodes. About 2 weeks at an hour a night.

Cast

Barbara Flynn

Narrator

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