In August 1944, as German forces retreated from France, they left behind three massive King Tigers in Châteaudun. One of them, Tank 11, was photographed extensively after the war. This Then & Now ...

An investigation into whether the English King Richard III had his two nephews murdered in 1483. Bones discovered at the Tower of London suggest so, but recent excavations cast doubt on the theory of ...

A sapling from an oak tree in the grounds of King Richard III's birthplace has been planted in the place where he died. The ...

History has pointed to King Richard III as the killer, but other suspects are now on the table. Watch the full documentary Who Killed The Princes in the Tower? on BBC Select. An insect hunter from ...

His brother Edward IV became King in 1461. On his death Richard was declared Lord High Protector ... Richard, Duke of Gloucester, was crowned in the Abbey as Richard III on Sunday 6th July 1483. The ...

In her first play, historical novelist Philippa Gregory "seeks to offer a nuanced portrait of the last Plantagenet king", in contrast ... real-life figure of Richard III from the playwright's ...

Langley was the secretary of the Scottish branch of the Richard III Society, who spent eight years looking for the remains of the king and “ultimately convinced the authorities to allow her to d ...

The king was born at Fotheringhay ... were reinterred in Leicester Cathedral in 2015. Richard III's body was discovered 527 years after his death in a Leicester City Council-run car park at ...

Richard III was King of England from 1483 until his death in 1485 in the Battle of Bosworth Field. After the battle Richard's corpse was taken to Leicester and buried without pomp. In 2012 ...