Biography: Royalty

Wife, widow, mother, survivor, the story of the last queen of Henry VIII. Catherine Parr was enjoying her freedom after her first two arranged marr...

Mary Tudor was the first female English sovereign - a ruling queen who was not simply the consort of the king. Yet little is known about this com...

England holds the unique position as the cradle of modern democratic parliamentary government while simultaneously retaining one of the world's lon...

Contrary to popular belief, Anglo-Saxon England had queens, with the tenth-century Elfrida being the most powerful and notorious of them all. She w...

The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperbackHenry V's invasion of France, in August ...

'Ground-breaking ... One of the greatest international bestsellers of the post-war period' Andrew Roberts, Daily Telegraph'Reads like an engrossing...

George IV spent most of his life waiting to become king: as a pleasure-loving and rebellious Prince of Wales during the sixty-year reign of his f...

A tsarevich, Nicholas visited Bangkok in 1891 as part of his Eastern Tour, celebrating the opening of the eastern branch of the Trans-Siberian Rail...

When Mary Tudor, eldest daughter of Henry VIII, succeeded to the throne of England in 1553 it was with wild rejoicing and a degree of popularity ra...

Kings and Queens are monarchs and are still present in many countries around the world, thousands of years after the first rulers took over, and de...

This is the story of Queen Carolines favourite ghostwriter, the infamous Captain Thomas Ashe, who was also an adventurer and sometime blackmailer....

With her royal insider's knowledge and historical insight, Lady Colin Campbell turns her attention to People of Colour and the Royals. She herself ...

Twice a princess, twice exiled, Neslishah Sultan had an eventful life. When she was born in Istanbul in 1921, cannons were fired in the four corner...

A timely celebration of the many attributes our Queen brings to the nation fortitude, stoicism, diplomacy, family values, sense of fun and style a...

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Edward II is one of the most controversial kings of English history. On numerous occasions he brought England to the brink of civil war. Author St...

Edward IIs murder at Berkeley Castle in 1327 is one of the most famous and lurid tales in all of English history. But is it true? For over five cen...

This is very much a human interest story, told with humour by a down to earth woman struggling to make ends meet in the 21st century. The upkeep of...