Kings and queens

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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Video podcast Netflix’s The Crown: history and storytelling . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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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.

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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.

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Matilda of Scotland, portrayed in a 14th-century illumination. Descended from Scottish and English royalty, she was an effective queen and regent – yet is now largely forgotten. (Photo by Bridgeman)

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

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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.

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c1952: Queen Elizabeth II with a young Prince Charles and Princess Anne in the grounds of Balmoral Castle, Scotland. (Photo by Lisa Sheridan/Studio Lisa/Getty Images)

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

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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.

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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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An illustration of King Arthur's coronation, from the 13th-century Flores Historiarum

Was King Arthur real? Discover the legend of the ‘once and future king’

King Arthur and his knights return to Camelot (Photo by: Christophel Fine Art/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Q&A Where was Camelot?

Mordred duels King Arthur with swords as they stand over the bodies of fallen men

Who killed King Arthur?

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The head and upper body of a monumental statue of Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II, which has been exhibited at the British Museum, London, since the 19th century (Photo by World History Archive/Alamy Stock Photo)

Was Ramesses II the greatest pharaoh of ancient Egypt? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.