The King is keen to do many parts of royal life his own way. If the whole being the King thing wasn’t on the table, King Charles’ stepson Tom Parker Bowles once said the monarch “would be a fantastic ...

When it comes to the biggest questions about British history, there is perhaps none more frequently asked than who were the best (and worst) monarchs. YouGov asked the public for their opinion.

Downham Market's history stretches back over 2,000 years - and the Norfolk location still has many beautiful historical ...

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When his father was called to London again to be a clerk in the Naval Pay Office, the elder Dickens amassed so much debt that the entire family—except for Charles and his older sister Fanny ...

The English Civil War Society took to the streets of Westminister with their historic re-enactment in honour of Charles I.

On his appointment as Principal Painter to Charles I in 1632, the Flemish artist Van Dyck - Rubens's most gifted follower - was required to specialise in portraiture. This is one of the chief ...

By Hannah Khalil. 1649 was a significant year in British History because King Charles I was executed for treason. A lesser known, but arguably equally important, historical moment occurred in that ...

Jan. 30 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1649, British King Charles I was beheaded by order of Parliament. Advertisement In 1798, the first fight to break out on the floor of the U.S. House of ...

Charles I was crowned in Westminster Abbey on 2nd February ... So the body was taken for burial to St George's chapel at Windsor on 8th February 1649. He is buried in the same burial vault in the ...

Charles’s fate was sealed and in January 1649, he was tried and found guilty of high treason. He was sentenced to death. The execution of Charles I On 30th January 1649 at Whitehall, Charles I was ...