Dr Lucy Worsley is passionate about making history engaging to the widest possible audience. By day, she is Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, the independent charity that welcomes more than three million visitors annually to the unoccupied royal palaces of London, including the Tower of London, Kensington Palace State Apartments and Hampton Court Palace. Somewhere in between she also finds the time to present TV series on a range of historical subjects. Lucy graduated from New College, Oxford with a first-class honours BA degree in Ancient and Modern History, and in 2001 she was awarded a PhD from the University of Sussex.
Her first paid employment after studying history at Oxford was at a minor stately home called Milton Manor, near Abingdon, where she fed the llamas. After that she became an Inspector of Ancient Monuments at English Heritage, doing historical research at Bolsover Castle in Derbyshire - this led to her first book, 'Cavalier', about a dissolute Royalist duke. Her work as a curator at Kensington Palace led to her book 'Courtiers', which was followed by 'If Walls Could Talk', 'A Very British Murder', and her first historical novel for young readers, 'Eliza Rose', which is set at the Tudor court.
Lucy has presented many shows for television including Lucy Worsley: Elizabeth I's Battle for God's Music (BBC 4), Lucy Worsley's Nights at the Opera (BBC 2), Jane Austen: Behind Closed Doors (BBC 2), British History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley (BBC 4), Six Wives With Lucy Worsley (BBC 1), Lucy Worsley: Mozart's London Odyssey (BBC 4), The Real Versailles (BBC 2), Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley (BBC 4) and many more. Lucy won the BAFTA for Specialist Factual for the documentary 'Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley' in 2019.
Lucy’s writing has been very well received and her history books include Courtiers: A Secret History of the Georgian Court (2010),If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of Your Home (2010), A Very British Murder (2013) and Jane Austen at Home (2017). In 2016 Lucy published her first novel for children Eliza Rose which she followed up with My Name is Victoria in 2017.
Books
Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow
Courtiers: The Secret History of the Georgian Court
If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home
A Very British Murder
Jane Austen at Home: A Biography
Lady Mary
The Austen Girls
Cavalier: The Story of a 17th Century Playboy
My Name is Victoria
Eliza Rose
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Official Feedback from In-Person & Virtual Events
Feedback from In-Person Events:
"Thank you to Lucy for making the day as successful as it was. Our members loved her and I don't think any other speaker has received a standing ovation as she did." - Leicestershire WI AGM
"Please can you thank Lucy for doing such a great job! She made 23 interviews seem effortless. Royal Mail have been so pleased with the campaign. They absolutely love Lucy and were delighted with her involvement." - Royal Mail Letters Campaign
"Lucy Worsley is an articulate and skilled communicator who presents with supreme personal confidence, charisma and style. Her passion for her subject and her ability to engage with an audience combines to create a truly memorable and enjoyable evening." - Southwold Arts Festival
- 2018 - Appointed OBE for Services to History & Heritage
- 2015 - Nominated for Best Presenter & Best History Programme (The First Georgians) at the Royal Television Society
- 2015 - Made an Honorary Doctor of Letters by the University of Sussex
- BAFTA winner for 'Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley'
