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    • stars  When asked about having children, she claimed to have been "educated out of normal reproductive function", but later claimed those statements had been misconstrued and were "darker" than she had intended.
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    • stars  Former Inspector of Historic Buildings for English Heritage (1996-2002), concentrating on the East Midlands region.
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    • stars  The first documentarian to be allowed, in the series "Six Wives with Lucy Worsley" (2016), to film a collection of love letters between Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn that have been preserved by the Vatican in Rome.
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    • stars  Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces.
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    • stars  Alumnus of New College, Oxford (BA, 1995), and University of Sussex (PhD, 2001).
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Age50
Birthday 18 December, 1973
Birthplace Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
Height 5' 7" (170 cm)
Eye Color Blue
Hair Color Blonde
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Nationality British
Occupation Historian
Claim to Fame Presenting various BBC TV history programmes
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Dr Lucy Worsley OBE TV Historian, Author & Curator

Lucy Worsley (born 18 December, 1973 in Reading, Berkshire, England) is a British historian, author, curator, and television presenter.

She is Joint Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces but is best known as a presenter of BBC Television series on historical topics.

Her father was a geologist who worked where there were glaciers and so, Lucy was brought up in various countries such as Canada, Iceland and Norway. She studied Ancient and Modern History at New College, Oxford, before completing a PhD in art history at the University of Sussex.

After leaving University, Lucy Worsley worked at Mlton Manor in Oxfordshire, where her role included giving guided tours. Subsequently, she worked for the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, English Heritage and Glasgow Museums.

● In 2003, she was appointed Chief Curator at the Historic Royal Palaces. She has gained widespread public attention through presenting numerous historical documentaries on the BBC including Six Wives with Lucy Worsley, Mozart's London Odyssey, Empire of the Tzars - Romanov Russia, A Very British Murder, The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain, and A Very British Romance.

She also co-presented Dancing Cheek to Cheek: An Intimate History of Of Dance with Strictly Come Dancing judge Len Goodman.

Her husband Mark Hines is an architect.

According to Lucy Worsley, quoted in The Standard, Mark Hines insisted on an unusual pre-nup clause that she would never compete in Strictly: "My husband was worried that all those celebrities seem to run off with their partners — and he thinks there’s quite enough of me on TV already.”

● In June 2017, BBC Four announced that it had commissoned Fizz Bang Wallop - A Tudor Firework Spectacular, co-presented by Lucy Worsley and Zoe Laughlin.

● In October 2017, it was announced that Lucy Worsley would present a 90 minute documentary on BBC One, How Women Won The Vote.

● In 2018 Lucy Worsley was appointed an OBE.

● In 2019, she presented A Merry Tudor Christmas with Lucy Worsley on BBC Two.

● In December 2020, it was announced that BBC One had commissioned a special 90 minute documentary exploring the Blitz, entitled Blitz Spirit with Lucy Worsley.

● In 2022, the BBC announced that it had commissioned a series presented by Lucy Worsley with the working title Agatha Christie: Mystery Queen.

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She is frightened of heights.

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Lucy has admitted it was her mother who first inspired her love of the past. The historian explained:

"Mum encouraged my love of history. She was always dragging me off to visit historic properties, and then I reached an age when I suddenly appreciated it. We have a big overlap in interests and often work together. She did the picture research for my last book."

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