Painting of Louis VIII and Blanche of Castille

Kings and queens

Henry VIII jousting

How jousting made a man of Henry VIII

7 things that happened in August through history

In pictures: kings and queens through history

Witch trials and feuding queens. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Queen Elizabeth II in a garden with one of her dogs, March 1953. (Photo by Bettmann via Getty Images)

Elizabeth II: the queen who saved the royals

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 real King John and the BBC in World War Two. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Queen Victoria at home and a new Civil War museum. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Fit for a queen: 3 medieval recipes enjoyed at English and Scottish royal courts. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Why Henry I could be the next ‘car park king’

Magna Carta: A turning point in English history

Mary I’s phantom pregnancy

The undignified fates of the bodies of Anglo-Saxon kings in the medieval period

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

7 places you (probably) didn’t know shaped the life of Anne Boleyn

Bad King Richard III? “He was a product of his time. I’ve warmed to him” says relative Michael Ibsen

7 places that shaped the life of Richard III

Richard III's skull. (Image by Catriona Gray)

What has the discovery of Richard III's remains taught us?

Five places Richard III may have wanted to be buried (and none of them are Leicester)

Richard III reburial special. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Photo of British coins

Q&AWhy do we have the letters 'FD' on our coins?

Lambert Simnel

Lambert Simnel: Richard III’s heir who 'had a stronger claim to the throne than Henry VII'

Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn: Suzannah Lipscomb dispels myths about the lovers who changed history

Holbein portrait of Henry VIII

Q&ADid Henry VIII have any illegitimate male offspring?

Elizabeth I and an unlikely suffragette. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Debating British monarchy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Henry VIII and Henry the Young King. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Wallingford Castle

History explorer: Stephen and Matilda's fight for the throne. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.