Too often when we think about the history of a country we think only of kings, lords, castles, and b
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We round up the Tudor and Stuart Queens, and see how they match up against their Mediaeval forebears
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In the face of invasion, Mary fled with her son to France with her husband close behind. It was deja
In June 1688, Mary gave birth to a son. Or did she?Enquiry of the Princess of Orange into the Birth
A Catholic wife of a Catholic king in a virulently Protestant country, things were always going to b
MERCH! - Click here to check it all out!She had had a terrible start to her time as queen, but thing
As a daughter of England's oldest ally, Catherine came to marry a king of a restored monarchy. Sadly
There are many ways to defend someone during a crisis. For Henrietta, it was to release a cookbookQu
Not long after Henrietta arrived in France, the Royalist cause in England collapsed and her husband
As Civil War swept across Charles's three kingdoms, Henrietta did her best to support her husband.
When she looked back over her life, Henrietta recognised these years as the happiest of her life. Ho
With violence setting in on the Continent, England sought a wife for Prince Charles who might give t
After coming down south of the wall, Anne had a lot to live up to after the death of Gloriana. She m
Coming from the famed at Elsinore, Anne was greeted by cheering crowds when she finally made it safe
As relations with the Habsburgs soured, Elizabeth and her councillors cast their eyes to the young b
Terrified of leaving England without an heir, Elizabeth's councillors searched Europe to find a suit
Elizabeth I is known to history as the Virgin Queen, but that didn't mean that she couldn't have a f
With the coming to the throne of Mary I, England had an undisputed female ruler for the first time.
I chat with Elizabeth Norton, historian and author of tons of books on queens, about all of the six
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