Lucy Worsley OBE (born 18 December 1973) is an English historian, author, curator and television presenter.

Of her teacher, Miss Beaumont, she later said: "At the time I was terrified of her but in retrospect she gave me a great gift of self-discipline and self-reliance.

"[5] Worsley began her career as a historic house curator at Milton Manor,[6] near Abingdon, in the summer of 1995,[7] before working for the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings.

During that time, she studied the life of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle and wrote the English Heritage guide to his home, Bolsover Castle in Derbyshire.

In 2001, she was awarded a DPhil degree from the University of Sussex for a thesis on The Architectural Patronage of William Cavendish, first Duke of Newcastle, 1593–1676.

[14] In October 2024, Worsley announced that she would be stepping down from her role at Historic Royal Palaces at the end of the year to focus on her Lady Killers podcast.

The one-hour programme investigates major events in British History, including The Black Death, The Madness of King George, and The Princes in the Tower.

[26] In April 2016, Worsley published her debut children's novel, Eliza Rose, about a young noble girl in a Tudor Court.

Worsley lives in Southwark[31] by the River Thames in south London with her husband, award-winning architect Mark Hines,[2] whom she married in November 2011.

"[2] With reference to having children, Worsley once said she has been "educated out of normal reproductive function";[33] however, she later said her statement had been "misinterpreted and sounded darker than I'd intended.