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PRIVATE LIVES OF THE MONARCHS
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SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL UNCOVERS THE ILLICIT AFFAIRS AND SECRET SCANDALS HIDDEN IN THE PRIVATE LIVES OF THE MONARCHS
SEASON TWO PREMIERES SUNDAY, MAY 17 AT 8 PM ET/PT NEW YORK – April 13, 2020 – Historian Tracy Borman returns to host a second season of PRIVATE LIVES OF THE MONARCHS, giving viewers an inside look into more discreet dealings and hidden love affairs of the most controversial figures of European royalty. From the glamorized and sometimes shocking life of Queen Elizabeth’s sister, Princess Margaret, to the enigmatic Emperor of France, Napoleon Bonaparte, the new season unveils some of the more sordid events in royal lives that didn’t make it into history books. PRIVATE LIVES OF THE MONA...
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PRIVATE LIVES OF THE MONARCHS
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SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL GOES BENEATH THE ROBES AND UNDER THE WIGS OF EUROPEAN ROYALTY IN PRIVATE LIVES OF THE MONARCHS
NEW SERIES PREMIERES MONDAY, MAY 20 AT 8 PM ET/PT NEW YORK – April 22, 2019 – Smithsonian Channel slips into the bedchambers and back rooms of Britain and France’s royal palaces to discover the PRIVATE LIVES OF THE MONARCHS. Hosted by Tracy Borman, joint Chief Curator of the Royal Palaces, this five-part series uncovers the nitty-gritty, down and dirty and outright strange about the most iconic rulers of our history books – from the infamous Henry VIII to the “mad” King George III and up to Queen Victoria’s long-lasting reign. The series takes Borman through the royal palaces and castle...
