Biography: Royalty

King Richard III remains one of the most controversial figures in British history. Matthew Lewiss new biography aims to become a definitive account...

If you find the subject of food to be both vexing and transfixing, youll love What She Ate Elle Did you know that...

The expertly written text offers an insight into the private and public life of the heir to the throne of England, from his early years at Buckingh...

The Wicked Wit of the Royal Family celebrates the flashes of fun and brilliance of the most famous family in the world.There is no doubt that the B...

TWO YOUNG MEN WITH EXPECTATIONS. ONE PREDICTED TO SUCCEED, THE OTHER TO FAIL... Prince Albert Victor is heir presumptive to the British throne at i...

TWO YOUNG MEN WITH EXPECTATIONS. ONE PREDICTED TO SUCCEED, THE OTHER TO FAIL. Prince Albert Victor, heir presumptive to the British throne, is seen...

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has reigned over the United Kingdom and Commonwealth for over 60 years and her longevity means she is now our longes...

This is the history of the men and women who have occupied the highest position in English, and later British society. For about a thousand years t...

King Richard III remains one of the most controversial figures in British history. Matthew Lewiss new biography aims to become a definitive account...

A major new biography of the Black Prince. 'A clear-eyed and thrilling vision of the man behind the legend' DAN JONES. 'Pacy, vivid and extremely...

One of Britains most famous and longest serving rulers, Queen Victoria saw widespread change across her empire. During her sixty-three-year reign, ...

The book takes us from Diana''s troubled childhood, through her rushed and ultimately unhappy marriage to Prince Charles and the uneasy relationshi...

A new look which fundamentally overturns our understanding of this famously out of touch queen Presents [Marie-Antoinette] as much more than a sy...

Discover the inspiring spiritual legacy of Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in British history. Sharing a behind-the-scenes glimpse...

The century spanning the wars of the roses and the reigns of the Tudor kings was a volatile time of battle and bloodshed, execution and unexpected ...

As Meghan Markle once said: ''With fame comes opportunity, but it also includes responsibility - to advocate and share, to focus less on the glass ...

Queen Elizabeth II is a force of stability in a turbulent, changing world. Revered for her calm dignity and sense of duty, the queen has rarely pu...

In many respects Dudley was the most significant figure of his age. As a great impresario, he showed Elizabeth off to her people to glittering effe...

The names of few medieval monarchs and their queens are better known than Eleanor of Aquitaine, uniquely queen of France and queen of England, and ...

When Sophia Dorothea of Celle married her first cousin, the future King George I, she was an unhappy bride. Filled with dreams of romance and privi...

Sophia, Electress of Hanover, was born to greatness. Granddaughter of James I and mother to George I, she was perhaps the finest queen that Britain...

At the age of twenty-one, the future Prince Philip wrote to a relative: 'I know you will never think much of me. I am rude and unmannerly.' This af...

PRINCE HARRY, AUTHOR OF SPARE, IN HIS OWN WORDS - INCLUDING EXCLUSIVE ACCESS AND INTERVIEWSOnce a reckless rebel, now a respected role model, Princ...

In 1806, the Holy Roman Empire ceased to exist when Francis II became Emperor of Austria. 112 years later, the Habsburg empire collapsed after the ...

By the autumn of 1918 Germany was on the verge of starvation-the result of four years of war and blockade. Sailors led a revolt in Wilhelmshaven on...

Helene was a strong-willed princess, raised in France but closely connected with the court of Queen Victoria. After the premature end to a romance...

This book is the first to give a detailed and comprehensive account of all the children of Richard III, covering his only legitimate child, Edward ...

One of the most controversial royal figures of the twentieth century, Princess Margaret was admired as well as vilified for most of her adult life....

In this new book royal historian Lady Colin Campbell covers The Queen''s Marriage in intimate detail. Using her connections and impeccable sources ...

Unseen behind the throne, two sides of the royal bloodline competed for influence, and egregious family secrets had to be protected. Meanwhile, in ...

When Mary Stuart was forced off the Scottish throne she fled to England, a move that made her cousin Queen Elizabeth very uneasy. Elizabeth had con...

He seems perfection and I think that I have the prospect of very great happiness before me Victoria in a letter of 15 October 1839 One of the great...

Anne Boleyn is one of the most divisive figures in British history. Her love-match with Henry VIII and her subsequent execution at the Tower of Lon...

In public Diana was fêted wherever she went, greeted by adoring crowds and fawned over by the media. In private she craved anonymity, and it was Ke...

'A brilliant, funny and thought-provoking book' - Jonn Elledge'Compelling, provocative, and utterly brilliant' - Dr Estelle Paranque How the monarc...

A BBC History Magazine Book of the Year One of the most important books to be written about the Tudors in a generation. Tracy Borman In this grou...

Granddaughter of Queen Victoria of England and Tsar Alexander II of Russia, Marie (1875-1938) became princess of Romania through her marriage to Fe...

'Diana was the very essence of compassion, of duty, of style, of beauty. All over the world she was a symbol of selfless humanity. All over the wor...

'Fascinating' The Times'Tantalising . . . Low's conclusion is a valuable one.' The TelegraphThe gripping account of how the Royal family really ope...