Kings and queens

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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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Vod Life - Harold WL

Video podcast Life of the Week: Harold Godwinson (Harold II) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Life - Victoria WL

Video podcast Life of the week: Queen Victoria . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

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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.

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General History

Quiz Can you put these monarchs in the correct order?

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Regency quiz - week one

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

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Author Jane Austen and the Prince Regent

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

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King George III

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

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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