Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in British history (70 years), was a pioneering female leader on the world stage. Rest In Peace 1926 - 2022

"The Princess" documentary is full of shocking reveals. For this list, we’ll be looking at the most scandalous, controversial, and unbelievable anecdotes and facts uncovered in The latest Diana documentary. Our countdown includes the Diana tattoo frenzy,...

In the late 16th century Europe was in the grip of a witch hunt fever, where thousands were tortured and burnt at the stake. The church was fully behind this terrifying crusade. In France and Germany alone up to 40,000 people may have been killed as witch...

Before she became Catherine the Great, legendary empress of Russia, she was a smart but lonely girl named Sophia. Her mother ignored her until family connections proposed a marriage between Sophia and the presumptive heir to the Russian throne - and sudde...

Who was Catherine the Great? You definitely know the name but probably not the life of the fascinating woman behind it. In reality, the Russian empress truly earned her "The Great" epithet, though her achievements weren't necessarily "good."

Edward I (actually the fourth, but who's counting?) is familiar to most as the antagonist in the 1995 film Braveheart. Played to malevolent perfection by veteran Irish actor Patrick McGoohan, Edward is typically remembered as a tyrannical but brutally eff...

In today's episode we are looking into the life of Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, a minor German princess who married to King George III and become queen consort. She has become a source of debate over the years and this has surged in recent years f...

Imagine a system of law so ancient, so just, and so polycentric that the kings and queens of the land had to obey it! This system existed for 1000s of years in Ancient Ireland.

The life and loves of France's most famous king, Louis XIV. Dubbed the Sun King by his admiring court, Louis conquered half of Europe, conducted dozens of love affairs, and dazzled his contemporaries with his lavish entertainments. But perhaps his greates...

It's Britain's most famous dish. Fish and Chips! I'm sharing my recipe that I cooked for the palace staff and then in part II The Queen's fish and chips recipe, a little more fancy! Fish and Chips was on the menu every Friday lunch at the palace and we...

The Wars of the Roses ended in August 1485 when Henry Tudor defeated Richard III at the battle of Bosworth. However, Henry would never have become king and founded the Tudor dynasty without his mother, Margaret Beaufort. Historian Dan Jones concludes his...

Join our curators to explore the British royals' love of railway travel—a special relationship that produced fascinating bespoke trains. The continued use of rail travel by the royal family marked a growing shift towards how we currently imagine the monar...

Which Royal would you rather get dinner with?

Katherine Parr gets dressed in the fashion of the Tudor era. With the help of her handmaids, she puts on traditional clothes worn by royalty during the reign of Henry VIII.

Throughout history, across cultures and in every walk of life, there have always been people whose identity went beyond the two-gender mold. And those who do not fit the gender assigned to them at birth. Though people in the past did not often have the co...