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Bloody Mary: Her earliest portrait

Season 2 Episode 4 | 4m 05s

Was England's first ruling queen a pioneer or a tyrant? Lucy investigates whether Mary I was really as "bloody" as history suggests or was she the victim of a smear campaign for being the first women in a man's world?

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