Madness, miscarriages and incest: Real-life royal families have seen it all throughout history

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Madness, miscarriages and incest: Real-life royal families have seen it all throughout history

14 September 2022

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Wednesday 14 September 2022, 12:00 AM

The Duke and Duchess of York with their daughters, Anne (centre) and Mary (left) – later Queen Mary II and Queen Anne – painted by Peter Lely and Benedetto Gennari II, circa 1668–1685; Queen Anne gave birth to 18 children

Events in fictional dramas often reflect happenings in real life, with royal history being filled with tales of ill-health and concerns about their dynasty, as discussed by Kristie Patricia Flannery and Sarah Bendall

Television show House of the Dragon chronicles the fall of the fictional Targaryen dynasty some two centuries before life on the continent of Westeros, St Michael's Mount Cornwall CR Todd Wood Unsplash, St Michael’s Mount in Cornwall, UK, an island castle, was one of the filming locations for fantasy series House of the Dragon [image: Todd Wood on Uns

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Duke and Duchess with their two daughters [image: Wikimedia Commons public domain]

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