Was Elizabeth I really a MAN? Inside the shocking theory that claims the Virgin Queen was a male imposter
The late Queen of England and Ireland was so legendary that her reign was officially crowned the Elizabethan era. But one ...
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This Tragic European Monarch Was Executed for Treason on Her Cousin’s Orders
Elizabeth I ordered the beheading of Mary, Queen of Scots, a Catholic claimant to the English throne, on this day in 1587 ...
Diving deep into the history of Norfolk
Norfolk has the largest concentration of medieval churches in the world. Almost 1000 were built, and today an incredible 639 ...
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King Henry VIII named least popular British monarch – beheading wives can't have helped
With around 63 monarchs spanning over 1,200 years, the UK have been sharing their thoughts on their favourite of the historic ...
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Never tired of Whitehall
‘When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life,’ said Samuel Johnson in 1777.
Rare letter to Elizabeth I from possible love interest sold for £32,700
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, wrote of an unspecified great matter of state said to bear directly on the Queen’s life.
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The steamy love letters Henry VIII sent to Anne Boleyn
Before their marriage in 1533, Henry VIII’s controversial romance with Anne Boleyn was fueled by intimate love letters. Only the correspondence from Henry VIII’s perspective exists today and ...