During the 16th century there were occasional calls for union between England and Scotland. Some believed that the marriage ...

The scandal has deeply damaged the Church's moral authority, with an NGO, The ... in 1534 by King Henry VIII after breaking from the Roman Catholic Church, the Church of England has been ...

Researchers believe they may have identified the only known portrait of Lady Jane Grey, the so-called “Nine Days Queen,” ...

Recommended Videos One of England's most tragic regal figures ... chicanery of the Tudor court in the chaotic aftermath of Henry VIII’s reign. She is perhaps best-known from Paul Delaroche ...

Henry, the second son of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, was born on 28 June 1491 at Greenwich Palace. After the death of his elder brother Arthur in 1502, Henry became heir to the English ...

Lady Jane Grey, a teenage pawn in the power struggles that plagued the Tudor court, ruled England for just nine ... according to both the law and Henry VIII’s will. Jane was subsequently charged ...

It is thought to be the work of Italian Renaissance sculptor Pietro Torrigiano, who came to England after leaving ... brutally continued by his son, Henry VIII, before coming to an end with ...

Westminster Abbey is undertaking a new project using the latest 3D technology to scan the funeral effigy head of Henry VII - the first Tudor monarch and the father of Henry VIII. The head was ...