Mary Baynton, an otherwise ordinary citizen, claimed to be Princess Mary Tudor, the king’s eldest daughter. Incredibly, Baynton not only made her outrageous claim public, but also managed to ...

Was Philip's role as King of England merely ceremonial, or did he wield real power?

Mary Tudor is remembered as the first female monarch of England. But her path to the throne was far from guaranteed. When Mary was 17, her father King Henry VIII broke with the Catholic Church to ...

One such relationship explored in greater detail in season 2 is between Cromwell and Princess Mary Tudor, whose position at the start of this chapter is challenged by her father's divorce from ...