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 ...

Being able to casually mention you are related to a royal is a dinner party conversation showstopper that most people would love to have.

By Lucy Hughes-Hallett At the end of January 1645 – just three weeks after King Charles I’s favourite prelate ... hoping to bring an end to the civil war. For more than two years the fortunes of war ...

Newark was a very important location during the English Civil War in the 1640s, as King Charles I used it as a key Royalist stronghold and communications centre. The Nottinghamshire town was ...

The issue of what form the wedding would take — a civil ceremony — and Camilla's title when Charles became King — Princess ... on matters including the Iraq war, complementary medicine ...

IT was in this week of 1645 that the second Battle of Inverlochy took place as part of the tumultuous 17th century War of the Three Kingdoms, ...

BBC historians have delved deep into a Devon estate where the National Trust is searching for a long lost manor house. The remains of Columbjohn, a mansion at the heart of the Killerton estate ...

Yet at an earlier moment, Parliament and state legislatures — rather than the king, governor ... in the aftermath of the English Civil War. With some exceptions, this act insisted that all ...

Whenever Britain faced conflict - from early invasions by the Celts and Romans to WWII when skies were criss-crossed with ...

A pious and strong-willed king, Charles exhibited from childhood the characteristics that would lead to his downfall. By Dr Richard Cust.

The English Civil War broke out in 1642 and divided the country into Roundheads ... Despite these dire circumstances for the king, Charles was still focused on restoring his power and continued ...