Research by the charity English Heritage suggests it may have found a portrait of England's shortest-reigning queen Lady Jane ...

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 ...

Founded in 1534 by King Henry VIII after breaking from the Roman Catholic Church, the Church of England has been intertwined with the British state from its inception. The monarch—now King ...

Treason, tyranny, and terror are fabled words of King Henry VIII, one of history’s most controversial autocrats and ...

The Church of England, the established state church dating back to King Henry VIII's split from Roman Catholicism in the 1530s, only began allowing women bishops in 2014 after years of bitter ...

Look, I'm a man, but there's no denying that men are prone to do some weird, over-the-top, and often disturbing things for ...

To access this episode early and ad-free, subscribe to BBC Podcast Premium on Apple Podcasts. The episode will be available for free with adverts on 13th March. Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ...

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 ...

A painting that has gone on public display Friday could be the only portrait of England's shortest-reigning ... court in the chaotic aftermath of Henry VIII’s reign. She is perhaps best-known ...

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 ...