Sex and love

Mosaic in the Roman villa of Casale, near Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy, showing women exercising. (Photo by Peter Thompson/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

7 things you (probably) didn’t know about Roman women

Chastity belt decorated with a flower design and a heart pierced with arrows. (SSPL/Getty Images)

13 weird historical facts

Portrait of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. (Photo by 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 Elizabeth Woodville, queen of Edward IV. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

8 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Woodvilles

Wallis Simpson. (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

The vilification of Wallis Simpson

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A group of men wearing togas assault Julius Caesar in this painting depicting his assassination.

Violence, rebellion and sexual exploitation: the darker side of Ancient Rome

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Video: 3 of the most famous royal weddings in history

Left: Prince Charles and Princess Diana on their wedding day, 29 July 1981. Right: Prince William and Catherine Middleton on their wedding day, 29 April 2011. (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 Georgian painting depicting children leaving for school

The Georgian guide to perfect parenting

A c1536 portrait of Jane Seymour by Hans Holbein the Younger. "Jane's marriage to Henry VIII lasted less than 18 months, and yet she was witness to some of the most turbulent events of his reign," says Alison Weir. (Photo by PAINTING / Alamy Stock Photo)

Books interview with Alison Weir: “Jane Seymour had the courage to stand up for what she cared about”

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The future Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, at Buckingham Palace following their wedding, 20 November 1947. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Royal wedding traditions through history: etiquette, menus and the dress code

Elizabeth Woodville and Edward IV

When royals marry ‘commoners’: a brief history

Adolf Hitler with his mistress, Eva Braun, in the early to mid-1940s. The pair married on 29 April 1945, the day before they committed suicide together. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Second World War

Eva Braun: Life with Hitler