Henry VIII’s reign is often remembered for his many marriages and his relentless pursuit of a legitimate heir. While his ...

King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York shared a great-great-grandparent, John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. This makes them third cousins. King Charles III and his late first wife, Diana, Princess of ...

It is a measure of the original work’s quality and its excellent adaptation to television that historical revisionism remains central to any discussion of its merits; if they were less good, no ...

The King met Pope Francis twice as the Prince of Wales, but the visit in April was his first as monarch and head of the ...

The King met Pope Francis twice as the Prince of Wales, but the visit in April was his first as monarch and head of the ...

Left: Portrait assumed to be Sir Rafe Sadler, court of King Henry VIII, c. 1532 ... He laid low, and when Elizabeth I took the throne, he bounced back, earning a seat on her Privy Council.

Well, the most secretive royal building just got a bit less secretive. As of this week, the 500-year-old palace – for centuries the residence of the reigning monarch – opened its doors to the general ...

The Duke and Duchess of York welcomed two daughters, Princess Elizabeth (the future Queen Elizabeth II) and Princess Margaret, in 1926 and 1930, respectively. In 1936, King George V died and Edward ...

The British royal family has historically been famed for their torrid affairs and tumultuous love lives; from King Henry VIII’s six marriages ... as a page at Queen Elizabeth II’s historic ...

Arthur has been a royal name for hundreds of years, and the country almost had a King Arthur back in the 16th century. Arthur was the eldest son and heir of King Henry VII. However, he died as a ...

His son, James Francis Edward Stuart (James III and VIII), dubbed the “King over the Water ... The Stuart line died with his brother Henry, the cardinal duke of York, in 1807.