Painting of Louis VIII and Blanche of Castille

Kings and queens

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Should the public pick up the tab for the royal wedding?

Finger painting.

George III at the end of his reign. He "represented the uncontrollable aspects of humanity that the Enlightenment could not explain," says Stella Tillyard. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Uncertainty and unrest: the madness of the Regency period.

Henry VIII: Three films

The Royal Stuarts: A History of the Family that Shaped Britain

King John and the French invasion of England

Paper talk: a newspaper's take on the Restoration.

A portrait of Charles II wearing the robes of the Order of the Garter. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Charles II: the people’s prince.

The procession of Charles II between the Tower of London and Westminster on the eve of his coronation. Painting by the Dutch painter and etcher Dirk Stoop (c1610-c1685). (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

Where history happened: The Restoration.

Did Henry VIII love his last wife Katherine Parr?

Boar badge of Richard III discovered in Bosworth Field. (Photo by Creative Commons)

Bosworth battle site: have we discovered where Richard III died?.

Lady Jane Grey's execution, as imagined by painter Paul Delaroche in 1833. (Photo by VCG Wilson/Corbis via Getty Images)

Lady Jane Grey: why do we want to believe the myth?

Elizabeth I: Fortune’s Bastard?

Arundel castle at dawn

Where history happened: Stephen and Matilda.

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The lesser-spotted postbox

Banqueting House, London, where Charles I was executed on 30 January 1649. (Photo by Angelo Hornak/Corbis via Getty Images)

9 places associated with Guy Fawkes and the gunpowder plot.

The LibraryThe private lives of the British and the cruelty of Henry V.

The LibraryVictoria's ascension and the Third Reich.

Portrait of King Henry V of England (1387-1422), dated 15th century. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

Henry V: the cruel king.

The LibraryThe battle of Quebec and the jealousy of a queen.

Cliffords tower, built by Henry III between 1250-1275, rear view, York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom, 13th century

Where History Happened: The Norman Conquest.

Inside Pompeii and a date with Elizabeth I.

The medieval castle in the English county of Kent

The King and his castle: how Henry II rebuilt his reputation.

Hampton Court and the Amritsar massacre.

The legend of King Arthur and fighter pilots.

The LibraryAn adulterous scandal and a grisly end.

An aerial view of Wilton House

Going Dutch: the Glorious Revolution of 1688.

ilver penny of King Alfred

The real Alfred the Great.

Archaeologist Howard Carter removing oils from the

Revelations in the Valley of the Kings: what has been found since King Tut’s coffin?.

Tutankhamun: behind the mask.