Discover how King Henry VIII and other members of the Tudor nobility handled going to the bathroom in the mid-1500s. (Spoiler: There was velvet involved, but it still wasn’t pretty.) ...
Read full article: This portrait may be the only one of England's 9-day queen painted during her lifetime Research by the charity English Heritage suggests it may have found a portrait of England ...
One of England's most tragic regal figures ... of the chicanery of the Tudor court in the chaotic aftermath of Henry VIII’s reign. She is perhaps best-known from Paul Delaroche’s painting ...
Henry VIII was a Tudor king who ruled England from 1509 - 1547. He is remembered for his six wives and his cruelty towards them. Henry VIII sought to achieve military success and bring greatness ...
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 ...
A far reaching consequence of the lengthy negotiations for his divorce from Katherine of Aragon led to his break with Rome, leading to the establishment of the Church of England ... The coronation of ...