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A portrait of Queen Victoria in front of an image of Buckingham Palace.

Buckingham Palace was the height of royal power – so why did Queen Victoria and Albert hate it?

General History

Royal residences: secrets and scandals

Hever Castle.

Five shocking tales from Britain’s royal palaces.

Painted in 1540 by Hans Holbein the Younger, this iconic portrait shows Henry VIII at the height of his power. The king’s imposing stance and lavish dress project authority and magnificence, reflecting a reign that transformed England’s religion, politics, and monarchy.

Henry VIII wanted a giant Tudor tomb. So why didn’t he get it?

This posthumous portrait of William I, known as the Conqueror, was painted c.1590–1610 and is held by the National Portrait Gallery, London. Though created centuries after his death, it reflects early modern interest in the legacy of England’s first Norman monarch. (Photo by Getty Images)

Meet the real William the Conqueror, the Duke of Normandy who reshaped England

View of Windsor Castle's East Terrace

Fit for a queenElizabeth II's royal residences.

Star witness: how the Royal Observatory transformed our understanding of astronomy and time.

A scene from the Bayeux Tapestry shows a group of men sitting at a high

Why you should avoid hair-pulling, and cannibalism, at royal banquets.

Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana in season 5 of The Crown.

The Crown S5 E7 real history: the introduction of Martin Bashir, and a royal education

Statue of William Tell, with a crossbow over one shoulder and a boy at his hip

William Tell: was the legendary Swiss hero a real person?

An engraving showing a young woman in a pale blue dress, wearing a frilly bonnet on her head

Sex, slavery and royal scandal: how Jane Austen's novels exposed a darker side of Georgian Britain.

A portrait of King George III, next to a shackle in the foreground of Buckingham palace.

Did the British royal family support slavery?

Illustrations of Harold Godwinson and William the Conqueror

How well did Harold Godwinson and William the Conqueror know each other prior to the battle of Hastings?

Martin Shaw and William Shakespeare

My history heroMartin Shaw chooses William Shakespeare.

A man in a grey T shirt and blue jeans sits with his arms crossed, facing the camera. He has dark curly hair and wears glasses

Jonathan Healey: “A connection was made between the rarefied world of the royal court and the politics of the street”.

A photograph of Prince Harry as a teenager playing rugby.

Off to school: how do the royal family educate their children?.

An illustration of the future King Edward VI of England with his whipping boy (Photo by Chronicle/Alamy Stock Photo)

“Literally whipped”: the boys who took the beatings meant for royal bottoms

General History

Royal women podcast episodes

Sarah Biffin: the brilliant artist who found fame and royal favour – despite having no arms or legs.

Portraits of William and Ellen Craft

A “desperate leap for liberty”: how Ellen and William Craft made a daring escape from slavery.

Elizabeth Debicki as Diana, Princess of Wales in 'The Crown' (left) and Princess Diana touring an

The Crown S6: the real history in the royal drama

A photo a two men riding horses, all dressed in jousting gear.

My life in historyJouster at the Royal Armouries.

Charles III, whose coronation on 6 May “will be significant for the kind of king that emerges”, says Alice Hunt (Photo by Hannah McKay / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

CoronationsThe soft power of royal pomp and pageantry.

The river Brathay finding its way to Elder Water lake during a sunny Autumn morning (Photo by Daniel Bosma/Getty)

The second Norman conquest: how William Rufus captured a forgotten kingdom.

A painted portrait of William Blake

William BlakeRomantic visionary

The Royal Pavilion in Brighton

Visiting Brighton Royal Pavilion, the Prince Regent's decadent getaway.

Picture of Owen Horsley

My life in historyDirector at the Royal Shakespeare Company.

A woman in period dress sits on a couch

Five outrageous moments in royal fashion history.

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