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The secret intimacies of Edward IV: multiple marriages and a same-sex affair?

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20th Century

The real history behind ‘The Crown’ with Robert Lacey

Prince Arthur and Catherine of Aragon
Tudor

Arthur, Catherine and Henry: a story of early Tudor triumph and tragedy

The ‘Princes in the Tower’
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The 5 greatest mysteries behind the Wars of the Roses

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Love before Albert: Queen Victoria’s suitors

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Has history been unfair to Charles I?

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Bizarre England: 11 of the strangest attractions and traditions in history

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

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Elizabethan

Princely pleasures at Kenilworth: Robert Dudley’s three-week marriage proposal to Elizabeth I

Portrait of King Henry V. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)
Medieval

Henry V: the caring king

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Medieval

6 myths about Richard III

The execution of Charles I. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)
Tudor

Murder, conspiracy and execution: six centuries of scandalous royal deaths

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Elizabethan

Elizabeth’s love rival

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