Kings and queens

Edward IV of England. (GeorgiosArt via Getty Images)

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

Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II in Netflix drama ‘The Crown’. (© Netflix)

The real history behind ‘The Crown’ with Robert Lacey

Prince Arthur and Catherine of Aragon

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

The ‘Princes in the Tower’

The 5 greatest mysteries behind the Wars of the Roses

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

Love before Albert: Queen Victoria’s suitors

A portrait of Charles I.

Has history been unfair to Charles I?

c1930: a man wrestles his tamed bear. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images)

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

Portrait of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII, who was born in around 1501 in Norfolk and executed by decapitation at Tower Green on 19 May 1536. (Photo by The Print Collector/Alamy Stock Photo)

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

Portrait of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. (Ken Welsh/Design Pics/Corbis via Getty Images)

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)

Henry V: the caring king

Portrait of Richard III. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

6 myths about Richard III

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

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

Podcast FB Nicola Tallis

Elizabeth’s love rival