About Lucy Worsley
I’m Lucy Worsley. My work as a historian takes me to some old and beautiful places, and into some surprising corners of the past.
2025 was a bit of a turning point in my life. After 21 years as Chief Curator at the charity Historic Royal Palaces in London, I cleared out my office at Hampton Court to begin new adventures as a historian at large.
In 2026 I’ll be out and about making history shows for the BBC and PBS, and launching a book - QUEENS AND KINGS, AN UNUSUALLY PERSONAL HISTORY - sharing everything I learned over two decades as a royal palace curator.
Every day’s a school-day in my life, and the reason I like my job so much is because I’m endlessly learning new things about the past.