British queens

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

Queen Victoria with her children and grandchildren

The marriages of Queen Victoria’s grandchildren: how the dynasty shaped Europe

Empress Matilda

Empress Matilda, daughter of Henry I: a queen in a king’s world

Elizabeth I, shown in a portrait commemorating victory over the Armada

7 things you (probably) didn’t know about Elizabeth I

A portrait of Queen Anne of Great Britain and Ireland.

Your guide to Queen Anne, the last of the Stuart monarchs

A portrait of Elizabeth I, c1565

The 10 best English queens in history

Mary, Queen of Scots

9 of the worst monarchs in history

Left: Prince Charles and Princess Diana on their wedding day, 29 July 1981. Right: Prince William and Catherine Middleton on their wedding day, 29 April 2011. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

The 8 most famous royal weddings in British history

Portrait of Anne of Cleves

Anne of Cleves: Henry VIII’s most successful queen?

Portrait of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532–88) an English nobleman. Dated 16th century. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

Robert Dudley: Queen Elizabeth I’s great love

Portrait of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII

11 things you (probably) didn’t know about Anne Boleyn

Thomas Sully's portrait of Queen Victoria

The young Queen Victoria’s struggle to gain the throne

Queen Victoria of Great Britain with her husband, Prince Albert, and their nine children. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Queen Victoria’s children

Queen Victoria in her coronation robes.

Your guide to Queen Victoria, plus 8 fascinating facts about the monarch

Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II, with her husband Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, after their marriage in 1947. (Corbis via Getty Images)

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip: 8 milestones in their marriage

Queen Victoria c1870

‘Dumpy’ dowager or vibrant beauty: what did Queen Victoria really look like, and how tall was she?