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Secrets of the Royal Palaces
Private Life
Season 5
Episode 502
Recounts the royal family’s desperate race to Balmoral Castle during Queen Elizabeth’s final hours, William I the Conqueror’s odorous burial in St. Stephen’s Abbey in Caen, France, and the quest to discern the full extent of the 1943 Greville Bequest—a remarkable collection of jewelry and personal items bequeathed by philanthropist Margaret Greville.
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Includes the controversy around Russian spy Anthony Blunt’s stay at the Palace in the '80s and more.
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Details the art scandal of the forged masterpieces in King Charles’ Dumfries House and more.
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Includes the “Squidgygate” phone recording of Princess Diana at Sandringham with James Gilbey.