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Secrets of the Royal Palaces
Hampton Court
Season 3
Episode 302
An expensive nine-year war with Louis XIV of France prevents William III from knocking down Hampton Court. Kate Williams explores how St. James's Palace doctors killed their queen, why a young African prince is buried in Windsor, and how Queen Anne had two close confidantes fighting over her.
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