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King Edward VI of England died after a long illness at the age of 15. To the shock of many, the crown passed not to his elder ...
Towards the end of the turbulent and blood-soaked 13th century, King Edward ... s connection to the Tudors, a Welsh family that would change British history forever. From Edward I’s hidden ...
In recent weeks, it emerged County Hall would now be up for auction. The planning permission for the flats remains in place for whoever is successful in the auction, and a guide price of £895,000 has ...
becoming the first monarch of the house of Tudor. Painting via Look and Learn, Bridgeman Images Richard was brother of King Edward IV. After Edward IV’s death in 1483, Richard deposed the king ...
James VI and I reigned for 58 years - not a bad record for any monarch, and he lived in troubled times. Born in 1566 he became king of Scotland ... not Elizabeth Tudor, who were Shakespeare ...
A major part of her iconic style was the King Edward VII ruby tiara, which she notably wore in 1962 for the 60th birthday of her father-in-law, King Gustaf VI Adolf. The King’s relationship with ...
The Coronation of King George VI – King Charles's grandfather ... whose 325-day reign as King Edward VIII had ended abruptly five months before when he fled the country leaving behind ...
AN exhibition that puts Stratford at the heart of Shakespeare’s creative genius has opened at the Bard’s birthplace in order ...
1620 likeness of James VI & I; another image by Van Dyck, at Windsor Castle, was likely conceived as Charles I’s official state portrait. Since the coronation of King Edward VII, in 1902 ...
As the five finalists for a permanent memorial of Queen Elizabeth II in St James’s Park are announced, Jonathan Glancey looks at what has worked in the past - and what doesn’t work if we want ...
Prince Albert (the Queen’s father), who then became King George VI. So it was that in 1936 Edward became the Duke of Windsor, before marrying Wallis Simpson in a private ceremony at the Château de ...