Kings and queens

King John. (Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

Why ‘Bad King John’ was actually good

Queen Victoria with children

Queen Victoria’s children

Podcast Website large Alison Weir

Jane Seymour: Henry VIII’s favourite queen

Historian John Ashdown-Hill

Richard III historian John Ashdown-Hill dies

Marble bust of Emperor Caligula. (DEA / A. DAGLI ORTI/De Agostini/Getty Images)

The 8 bloodiest Roman emperors in history

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Video: 3 of the most famous royal weddings in history

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Sam’s historical recipe corner: Coronation chicken

Left: Prince Charles and Princess Diana on their wedding day. Right: Prince William and Catherine Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge on their wedding day. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

The 8 most famous royal weddings in British history

A portrait of actress Nell Gwynn, longtime mistress to King Charles II.

From Nell to Meghan: 10 romances between actors and royals

A statue of Anglo-Saxon queen Æthelflæd

Æthelflæd: The woman who crushed the Vikings

Elizabeth Woodville and Edward IV

When royals marry ‘commoners’: a brief history

Engraved portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images).

Kings and Queens in profile: Mary, Queen of Scots

Mary, Queen of Scots and her ladies in waiting. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Mary, Queen of Scots: what happened to her ladies-in-waiting?

Boudica and her daughters stand aloft in a bronze chariot in this statue located on the Thames embankment in London.

Boudica: scourge of the Roman empire