Painting of Louis VIII and Blanche of Castille

Kings and queens

Elizabeth I

"Elizabeth was certainly no feminist": Tracy Borman on the Elizabethans. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII

Anne Boleyn: your guide to the life and death of Henry VIII's second queen – plus 11 little-known facts

Week Two: Elizabethan Daily Life, with Professor Tracy Borman. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Week One: The Elizabethan court, with Professor Tracy Borman. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Elizabethans quiz - week one. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Queen Elizabeth I in procession with her courtiers, c1600-1603 (Photo by Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Elizabeth I's accession day celebrations. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

James VI and I and his favourites, Robert Carr and George Villiers

James VI and I and his favourites: what were their relationships like?

King James was king of Scotland (as James VI) from 1567 to 1625 and the first Stuart king of England, from 1603 to 1625, acceding to the throne upon the death of Elizabeth I. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

King James VI and I: your guide to the first Stuart monarch of England

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(Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)

Harold Godwinson: the story of the last Anglo-Saxon king of England

Portrait of King George III (Photo by Stock Montage/Getty Images)

Did George III support the slave trade?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hands holding up crown

General History

QuizCan you put these monarchs in the correct order?

QuizIntroduction to the Regency. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Author Jane Austen and the Prince Regent

Regency timelinethe key dates you need to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

King George III

The illness and decline of King George III. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait and a cartoon of George III

The two sides of George IV: is his wretched reputation deserved?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The future Queen Victoria, aged four

Queen Victoria's unhappy childhood: life under the 'Kensington System'

Elizabeth Debicki as Diana, Princess of Wales in 'The Crown' (left) and Princess Diana touring an

The Crown S6: the real history in the royal drama

Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown, and the real Queen Elizabeth II

Netflix’s The Crown: the real history behind the royal drama

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Prince William and his wife, Kate Middleton Buckingham Palace, following their wedding at Westminster Abbey, 29 April 2011. (Photo by George Pimentel/WireImage)

How to marry a monarch. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Edward V and Richard, Duke of York, in the Tower of London as imagined in Paul Delaroche’s 1852 painting.

Philippa Langley on the Princes in the Tower: “It was clear we had to consider the possibility that they survived”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Matilda of Scotland: the queen behind the veil. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

David Mitchell. (Photo by PAL HANSEN-GUARDIAN-EYEVINE)

David Mitchell on England's monarchy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What was Queen Elizabeth II like as a mother?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

William of Orange depicted landing in Devon

What if…James II and VII had kept his throne?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A painting of Queen Anne Boleyn, with her hair held up, and a B pendant on one of her necklaces.

Anne Boleyn’s fatal French connection. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Portrait of Elizabeth Linley

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