Royals & The Law a Quick History

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Royal Historian explores all the cases of when Royal's have got in trouble with the law....

0:00 Introduction: Is the Monarch Above the Law?
0:44 Robert Curthose: The Brother Imprisoned for 28 Years
03:05 King Stephen: The Monarch Clapped in Chains
05:49 Eleanor of Aquitaine: Queen or Political Prisoner?
08:24 Richard the Lionheart: Held for a King’s Ransom
09:34 Arthur & Eleanor of Brittany: The Tragic Fate of John’s Nephew and Niece
11:46 Henry III & Prince Edward: Imprisoned by Simon de Montfort
14:01 Thomas, Earl of Lancaster: The Rebellious Cousin Executed
14:52 Edward II: Deposition and the Mystery of Berkeley Castle
16:49 Richard II: Starvation and Death at Pontefract
18:41 Edmund & Roger Mortimer: The Lost Boys in Protective Custody
20:06 Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester: Arrested for Treason
22:25 Henry VI: The Tragic "Re-adeption" and Murder in the Tower
25:15 George, Duke of Clarence: Drowned in a Vat of Wine?
27:32 The Princes in the Tower: Edward V & Richard, Duke of York
28:53 Anne Boleyn: The First Queen to Face the Axe
30:12 Catherine Howard: The Fifth Wife’s Imprisonment and Execution
31:18 Lady Jane Grey: The Nine (or Thirteen) Days Queen
33:20 Elizabeth I: Imprisoned in the Tower by Her Sister
35:15 Mary, Queen of Scots: 18 Years a Captive
37:48 Charles I: The King Put on Trial for Treason
40:31 James Scott, Duke of Monmouth: Captured in a Pea Field
42:08 WWI & The Titles Deprivation Act: Stripping German Royals of Rank
44:15 Edward VIII: The Duke of Windsor’s Effective Exile
45:07 Conclusion: Reflections on the Royal Arrest of 2026