Dan Jones What most people know of medieval English King Henry V, if most people know anything at all about him, is ...

An intriguing portrait believed by some to be of England’s ill-fated queen, Lady Jane Grey, could be the only one painted ...

The ball is thrown to the into play at the start of the annual Shrovetide medieval hugball soccer that is match played in ...

Only eight years earlier, Henry IV had deposed his cousin Richard II, who died in custody soon afterwards. Richard’s rule was ...

King Charles hasn’t made any official public statements on current high-level political matters that are critical for countries where he is head of state. But in his recent actions, there could be ...

After conducting a new analysis, some researchers think it may be the only portrait of Grey created during her lifetime—a ...

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

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 ...

The sleepy Wiltshire town you've probably never even heard of that claims to be the first ever capital of England and where ...

King Henry VI of England left his pregnant wife Margaret of Anjou at home and travelled from court to the West Country on a judicial visit. Stopping off at Clarendon Palace in Wiltshire the ...

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

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