Portrait of King Henry VIII, Jane Seymour and Prince Edward. (Photo by Getty Images)

Tudor

An illustration of Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Not such a prude after all: the secrets of Henry VIII’s love life

The battle over Henry VIII’s will. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Chess, gambling and cards: Tudor games and indoor pastimes

Who hijacked Henry VIII’s will?

Shakespeare in 1606 and Olympic swimmers. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

5 surprising Tudor facts

Recipes from the Tudor kitchen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Lady Margaret Douglas, a close relative of Henry VIII. Her romantic liaisons landed her in the Tower of London on more than one occasion. (Photo by Florilegius/SSPL/Getty Images)

Margaret Douglas: The forgotten Tudor princess

A vintage photograph showing an unknown man standing behind a stall selling lemonade, root beer and ice cream – among other things.

Q&AWho invented lemonade?

Was Henry VIII a good king?

17 unmissable battles podcasts

Tixall Gatehouse, Staffordshire. (Photo by The Landmark Trust)

10 of Britain’s most amazing landmark buildings

Three men wearing hats inspect a sack of potatoes, c1917.

Q&AWhen did the potato catch on in Europe?

Portrait of King Henry VIII

History heroNathaniel Parker chooses Henry VIII (1491-1547). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Winston Churchill by Yousuf Karsh

Simon Schama's portraits of a nation

Queen Elizabeth II

How to be a successful monarch

Showering, teeth brushing and donning underwear: the strange history of our daily routine

A portrait of Elizabeth I.

The enchanting history of charisma

Henry VIII jousting

How jousting made a man of Henry VIII

In pictures: kings and queens through history

Dover Castle, Kent. (Photo by Olaf Protze/LightRocket via Getty Images)

England's 8 most amazing castles

Terror in Elizabethan England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Anne Boleyn, who was executed by beheading on 19 May 1536 after being found guilty of high treason, was said to have had "much joy and pleasure in death". (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Did Anne Boleyn crave the crown?

The perils of piety in Tudor England

Mary I’s phantom pregnancy

Diarmaid MacCulloch

Actors in a staging of Shakepeare's 'Macbeth'

Q&AWhy don't actors refer to the Shakespeare play Macbeth by name?

A painting showing the defeat of the Spanish Armada

The Spanish Armada: all at sea

Elizabeth I: what does this forgotten portrait tell us about her?

Magna Carta, the Roman Republic and the Enlightenment: 11 historical concepts explained in minutes