Did you manage to guess 'Which Palace'? Was it too easy?! You can join me and 60,000+ fellow history lovers by subscribing to my weekly history newsletter, MY LIFE IN THE PAST. And there's a 🔥summer sale 🔥on! 25% off during July, to read everything for a whole year. lucyworsley.substack.com

What's your favourite period of history? Tell me in the comments! And follow 😃 so we can talk again 👋 I'm British historian Lucy Worsley! I believe the past is not dead. It is not even past. My job's to travel the world, researching history. (Yeah, I didn't know that was a job either 😉)

I spent yesterday at a hot but beautiful Hampton Court. When we reviewed this picture later, we noticed a man in the background, who definitely hadn't been there at the time. IS IT ... COULD IT BE...? Read about living & working at Hampton Court in my book QUEENS AND KINGS 😃 bio.to/QueensAndKings

Train treaser!! And if you've been thinking about subscribing, now is a good moment: 25% off annual subscriptions this month! lucyworsley.substack.com

I'm off on a day of pleasure today, and I hope I'm dressed right. Where do you think I'm going? (Clue: SW19)

Are you a #LadyKillers fan? Of course you are! Do you like sex? Of course you do! Today we recorded a special show with an audience - on the theme of women and sex. And, of course, there were three murders. Watch on @bbciplayer from Tuesday! & keep up with us here 😃 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

Happy 4th of July to all my American followers 🇺🇸 It was a real honour to play a small part in commemorating this 250th anniversary for PBS with Lucy Worsley Investigates: The American Revolution. Enjoy the fireworks, wherever you are! 🎆 www.pbs.org/about/about-...

Hello! Do you like learning about history? I'm historian Lucy Worsley. And there's a 🔥summer sale 🔥on at my weekly history newsletter MY LIFE IN THE PAST! 25% off during July, to read everything for a whole year. Come and join 60,000+ other history lovers! lucyworsley.substack.com

Who's in the dock this week in LADY ON TRIAL? It's my favourite Suffragette, Annie Kenney! And, to discuss her case, my favourite international human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson ❤️ Listen now on BBC Sounds 🙏 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

The hot weather in London means this week's edition of my history newsletter, MY LIFE IN THE PAST, is brought to you from (someone else's) garden. What's the topic going to be? Something good, I promise! You can find out by subscribing here 😃 lucyworsley.substack.com

Do you perfer to listen to, or to read a book? Well, I have narrated my new book, QUEENS AND KINGS, AN UNUSUALLY PERSONAL HISTORY OF THE MONARCHY for you myself. Have a peek into the studio as I was doing it! You're welcome to preorder  via my link! bio.to/QueensAndKings

Are you wondering what the American Revolution, 250 years ago, was all about? I've got just the series for you - LUCY WORSLEY INVESTIGATES THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. It's on BBC iPlayer or PBS and I have to say that The Times gave it the review of a lifetime! www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

In reality the worst thing I did was probably to eat seven out of eight onion rings before offering them to anyone else. FOLLOWERS! Do spill the beans. What's the worst thing you've ever done on a night out?

Which country am I visiting? (Did you find that easy?!?!?!?) (PS fulfilling every stereotype, one of our shots got ruined by about 30 people suddenly turning up dressed as leprechauns)

Today in BBC Radio 4's historical crime series LADY ON TRIAL, we look at the case of Elizabeth Chudleigh. Definitely guilty of wearing sexy outfits. But was she also guilty of bigamy? The only woman ever to be tried in the House of Lords! Listen on BBC Sounds 😃 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Is there anywhere more beautiful than Hampton Court's Rose Garden on a June afternoon?

Did you know the exiled King of France spent 5 years in Buckinghamshire, waiting around for Napoleon to give him his throne back? His luxurious home is now a hotel belonging to the National Trust. Thank you to Hartwell House for gifting me my stay! ❤️ #ad lucyworsley.substack.com/p/the-king-i...

Working away at something special for tomorrow's post on my weekly history newsletter, MY LIFE IN THE PAST. Join my 62,000 subscribers to make sure you don't miss it! lucyworsley.substack.com

Lady Killers is back! But with a difference: it's LADY ON TRIAL. First up, divorce campaigner Caroline Norton 3pm on Radio 4, or on BBC Sounds Pick of the week in the Times and Telegraph 😃 . www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m0016pq3  #LadyKillers #TrueCrime

'Lucy, where were you going with your big suitcase this morning?' 'Off to spend three weeks in the seventeenth century.

Gardening is such an emotional roller-coaster isn’t it? My lovely little oak tree I grew from an actual acorn is dead. EATEN by the blo*dy blo*dy squirrel. But LOOK at my monster tomato!

I'm happy to say that so many people wanted to come along to my theatre tour 👑 MY ROYAL LIFE 👑 that new dates have been added for 2027! Am I coming to your town? I hope I am! 🎟 Tickets go on sale FRIDAY Hoping to see you on the road next year 🙂 Warmest wishes,  Lucy x

Silence in court please! For the announcement of our BRAND NEW SERIES ... ... LADY ON TRIAL! Fresh from the #LadyKillers team, it's coming to @bbcradio4 and @bbcsounds next Tuesday. You won't want to miss it! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Mark your calendars! On Tuesday 16th June there's a new plot twist from the #LadyKillers team! A whole exciting new series is being released on @bbcsounds, and it'll also be on at 3pm on @BBCRadio4. Make sure you're subscribed to our #LadyKillers feed to be the first to hear it!

In or out? I've been playing this game with some of history's most extraordinary monarchs — & you might notice I look suspiciously familiar in a few of these pictures. Of course you're welcome to preorder QUEENS AND KINGS, AN UNUSUALLY PERSONAL HISTORY😃 bio.to/QueensAndKings

listen we have just finished week 8 of a massive 12-week TOP SECRET NEW PROJECT don't judge me

Helllo! I'm historian Lucy Worsley and quite often I have to take an early morning taxi to work at Kensington Palace. I take in quite a few London landmarks on the way - how many do you recognise? Join me for my weekly history newsletter MY LIFE IN THE PAST 😃 lucyworsley.substack.com

Hello everyone. Today I've been living my best life by hanging round in a rainy graveyard in a plague village 😍

Hello! I'm historian Lucy Worsley. What have I done so far in 2026? You can keep up to date with all my adventures in history by subscribing to my weekly newsletter, MY LIFE IN THE PAST, link here 😃 lucyworsley.substack.com

Come on holiday to Hampton Court with me this October! I’ll be taking a group to visit the palace where I once lived, and worked for twenty years. I’ll be giving my group a special private talk, and you’ll also get trips to Blenheim Palace and Windsor Castle😃 www.shearings.com/holidays/duk...