Kings and queens

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

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

A portrait of the young Elizabeth I. (Photo by Art Collection 2/Alamy Stock Photo)

Elizabeth I: the unfathomable queen

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

Thomas Asbridge

Books interview with Thomas Asbridge: “Richard was a member of medieval Europe’s most dysfunctional family”

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Henry VIII

5 things you (probably) didn’t know about Henry VIII

Queen Victoria with her daughter Princess Beatrice at Balmoral Castle. Dogs seem to have been Victoria's favourite animal, writes Richard Sugg. (De Agostini Picture Library)

Queen Victoria’s animals

Podcast Website large Helen Castor

The tragedy of Lady Jane Grey

Henrietta Maria

Henrietta Maria: Charles I’s warrior queen

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