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 ...

Mary and Elizabeth rode into England’s capital side by side, one as a queen and the other as a queen-in-waiting. During her five-year reign, Mary navigated the manifold challenges associated ...

The French-born wife of England's King Charles I, Henrietta Maria was known as Queen Mary. She was the inspiration for the name of the state of Maryland. (Library of Congress) In a recent column ...

I. Elizabeth I saw Mary, Queen of Scots as a threat and was keen to keep her under observation in England. Sir John Neale describes the agony of Elizabeth I as she is forced to decide the fate of ...