British queens

From Eleanor of Aquitaine to Anne Boleyn, these queens shaped British history...

Thomas Sully's portrait of Queen Victoria

The young Queen Victoria’s struggle to gain the throne

Helen Mirren as Elizabeth II in 2006 film 'The Queen'

Screen Queen Elizabeth II on film

Queen Elizabeth II, in March 2022 - the year of her platinum jubilee (Photo by Getty Images)

Quiz Queen Elizabeth II and her reign

Elizabeth is borne from Westminster Abbey in a gold coach first used for the state opening of parliament by George III in 1762. (Getty Images)

Becoming Queen: Elizabeth II’s coronation

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip mark the diamond jubilee in 2012 by watching the Jubilee River Pageant, where a seven-mile flotilla sails past them (Photo by Eddie Mullholland - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

From silver to platinum: a history of Queen Elizabeth II’s jubilees

A portrait of Elizabeth of York

Elizabeth of York: a Tudor of rare talent

Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians, illustrated sitting on a throne

Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians: the warrior queen who crushed the Vikings

A portrait of Caroline of Ansbach

Caroline of Ansbach: why George II’s remarkable queen was the first iron lady of British politics

Mary Stuart, shown here in a painting after Nicholas Hilliard, might have been a good queen, says Kate Williams, but the odds were stacked against her. (Image by Superstock)

Who betrayed Mary, Queen Of Scots?

Elizabeth II poses for a portrait in Buckingham Palace in December 1958

Queen Elizabeth II: 50+ surprising facts about her life and reign

Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II with her husband Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh, on their wedding day

The Prince Philip Years: how did Britain change while he was Queen Elizabeth II’s consort?

Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles I

Henrietta Maria: Charles I’s warrior queen

Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, and Marguerite Kaye join us to discuss their new historical romance novel, Her Heart for a Compass. (Image from Getty Images)

Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, on historical fiction

Josephine Baker with her adopted children. She called them the ‘Rainbow Tribe’. (Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

Memorable mothers: history’s most remarkable mums

Mary I. (Getty Images)

Mary I: 8 facts about her life, death and legacy