Royal Autopsy investigates the cause of death of two of Britain’s most famous monarchs: Queen Elizabeth I and King Cha | dHNfZ0doQlpZdzBfQmc
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00:00King Charles II, the Merry Monarch.
00:11He restored the glory of Britain's monarchy, brought fun and frivolity back to court and
00:16reigned for 25 years.
00:19But on Friday, the 6th of February, 1685, Charles II was dead.
00:26The cause of death has been hotly debated ever since.
00:30A post-mortem was carried out at the time, but it was hurried and inconclusive.
00:35Now I'm going to launch a new investigation with a royal autopsy.
00:44I'm Professor Alice Roberts and I'm joined by Dr. Brett Lockyer, one of the country's
00:49leading forensic pathologists, to reinvestigate the death of King Charles II.
00:55They look to be burns.
00:58It's getting worse.
01:01What about poisoning?
01:02I think so, yes.
01:04This was a time when infection was rampant with no accurate diagnosis of disease.
01:10I'm going to seek out eyewitness accounts of the King's death and work with a crack
01:14team of experts to provide in-depth medical and historical analysis.
01:1917th century England was definitely not the time or place to get sick.
01:24This sparked rumours of foul play.
01:27He'd seemed in very robust health until then.
01:30God, I'm starving.
01:32How could this monarch die?
01:33I mean, it must have been poison.
01:36Charles's pastime included the experimentation with chemicals.
01:43I want to uncover the truth about the final dying days of England's merry monarch.
01:49I want to find out who or what killed Charles II.