Jo Harkin’s novel takes up the true story of the last act of the Wars of the Roses—and the child who was manipulated into a ...

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 ...

Queen Elizabeth II's father never expected to take the throne—until a royal ruckus changed the monarchy forever. Our royal ...

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 ...

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 ...

It was highly unusual, taking place in the shadow of Edward's abdication crisis, less than a month after the coronation of King George VI. The wedding was hastily planned, taking place a month and ...

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 ...

The event was a scandal and drew much media attention at the time. After his abdication, Edward was made the Duke of Windsor by his brother, the new King George VI. He married Wallis Simpson on 3 June ...

Philip II of Spain - the most powerful monarch of the early modern period - was married to Queen Mary Tudor from 1554 until her death in 1558. But Philip was not merely Mary's King Consort.