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HistoryExtra's Monarchy Masterclass with Tracy Borman

General History

MasterclassThe monarchy, with Tracy Borman

Monarchy Masterclass with Tracy Borman | History video series

HistoryExtra AcademyThe Elizabethans, with Tracy Borman.

Tracy Borman

Tracy Borman on the coronation of Charles III.

The Succession, with Professor Tracy Borman.

Sir Godfrey Kneller's portrait of Anne Stuart. Following the 1707 Acts of Union, she would be queen of Great Britain and Ireland. (Photo by Getty Images)

"A charming, popular monarch": Tracy Borman on Queen Anne.

Elizabeth I

"Elizabeth was certainly no feminist": Tracy Borman on the Elizabethans.

A cartoon of Queen Elizabeth I

General History

QuizMonarchy: from William the Conqueror to the Windsors

Tudor Royal Women Masterclass with Tracy Borman | History video series

MasterclassTudor royal women, with Tracy Borman

Crowds line the streets to watch the funeral cortege of Queen Victoria in February 1901. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Tracy BormanA guide to royal funerals through history.

A graphic of Queen Elizabeth I, with a night sky graphic

The Bisley Boy: was Queen Elizabeth I replaced by a man? The real history that debunks the conspiracy

Imelda Staunton as the Queen in S5 of The Crown

Royal historian Tracy Borman on the real events behind The Crown season 5

Historical novelist CJ Sansom

"To read a Shardlake novel is to be immersed in the turbulent world of the Tudors" | Tracy Borman reflects on the work of CJ Sansom

Princess Charlotte and Princess Diana

General History

Charlotte and Diana: the parallel lives of two Princesses of Wales whose deaths sent the nation into mourning

David Mitchell. (Photo by PAL HANSEN-GUARDIAN-EYEVINE)

David Mitchell on England's monarchy.

Camilla (Olivia Williams) in 'The Crown'.

The Crown S5 E5 real history: ‘Camillagate’ tapes and a “war council” for the monarchy’s survival

General History

Monarchy timelineFrom Hastings to the Windsors in 122 moments

Prince William and his wife, Kate Middleton Buckingham Palace, following their wedding at Westminster Abbey, 29 April 2011. (Photo by George Pimentel/WireImage)

How to marry a monarch.

King Alfonso XIII of Spain, Charles I of England, Puyi of China and Lydia Liliuokalani of Hawaii

The kingdom is deadWhat causes monarchies to fail?.

A collaged picture shows a marble statue of Elizabeth I wearing a large crown on the left, and a portrait of King James I, dressed in a red and white robe and crown on the right

The lie of succession: did James I steal Elizabeth I's crown?.

A montage of images, including: Ukrainians in Rome protest against the Russian invasion; 2: Chinese Nationalist leader Chiang Kai- shek (right) in 1949, when he retreated to Taiwan; 3: The future Queen Elizabeth II and King Charles III, 1950; 4: Former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng and prime minister Liz Truss, October 2022

2022: The historians’ view.

A view of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation ceremony from the rafters of Westminster Abbey, 2 June 1953 (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Staging a coronation: 5 dos (and 5 don'ts) for crowning a new monarch.

Anne Boleyn

Anne Boleyn’s final battle: Tracy Borman reveals Henry VIII's final 'kindness'.

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

Tony Blair (Bertie Carvel) and Cherie Blair (Lydia Leonard) in 'The Crown'

The Crown S5 E10 real history: the HMY Britannia's final voyage, and a political landslide

Prince Philip played by Jonathan Pryce as Prince Philip and Natascha McElhone as Penelope Knatchbull

The Crown S5 E2 real history: Prince Philip’s ‘keeper of secrets’ and Andrew Morton’s book on Princess Diana

Diana (Elizabeth Debicki) in 'The Crown'

The Crown S5 E9 real history: the divorce settlement between Charles and Diana

Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Wales, (1796-1817), was the only daughter of George IV. Engraving by Henry Thomas Ryall (English, 1811-1867), after an original painting by Alfred Edward Chalon.

Princess Charlotte of Wales: the original people's princess

Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth II and Jonathan Pryce as Prince Philip, in episode four of The Crown, season five

The Crown S5 E4 real history: the Queen’s “annus horribilis” and Princess Margaret’s relationship with Peter Townsend