Painting of Louis VIII and Blanche of Castille

Kings and queens

Sir Lancelot of the Lake and Queen Guinevere seen embracing by King Arthur in a medieval illustration

Tudors in love: what were the dynasty's romantic secrets?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hume Castle

Q&AWho was the original king of the castle and who was the dirty rascal?

George III: the tyrant who lost America?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait from the 18th century of King George III wearing his coronation robes

George III: why his reputation as the mad king who lost America needs to be re-evaluated. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Charles II sitting on a throne

Your guide to King Charles II, the ‘merry monarch’

A portrait of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York

Like father, like son: Richard Plantagenet and Richard III

The burgundy cover of a British passport

Q&AWhen were passports as we know them today first introduced?

A black-and-white image shows King George V inspecting soldiers

How did the British royals survive WW1?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A black-and-white image shows King George V inspecting soldiers

How George V won the war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Tourists at the Sphinx and Great Pyramid of Giza in 1923

Who was ancient Egypt’s most successful pharaoh?

An ancient Greek vase depicting sexual intercourse

A brief history of sex and sexuality in Ancient Greece

Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II with her husband Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh, on their wedding day

The Prince Philip Years: how did Britain change while he was Queen Elizabeth II's consort?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration of Henry VII, surrounded by Tudor roses. In the background there are shadows of those who challenged for his throne.

Henry VII: the greatest pretender. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Empress Maria Theresa, a portrait

Maria Theresa: empress, warrior, matriarch. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Princess Elizabeth

The birth of Elizabeth I: everything you need to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Windsors in exile. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Anne Boleyn, second wife and queen consort of Henry VIII

Anne Boleyn's youth: how her years on the continent made her a match for Henry VIII. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles I

Henrietta Maria: Charles I’s warrior queen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Scandalous BoleynsWhy Do They Continue To Fascinate Us?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The British Royal Family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace on the day of George VI's coronation

Britain’s May Queen: your guide to Queen Mary of Teck

A portrait of King Charles I

Your guide to King Charles I, the deposed monarch who lost his head

Black and white image of a group of five men sat on the floor in a room in Fiji. One of them is pointing at another with a serious expression on his face.

Cakobau: the first (and last) king of Fiji. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Anne of Denmark, wife of James I of England

Anne of Denmark: a killer queen?

A bas relief fragment portraying Cleopatra

The female 'kings' of ancient Egypt

Portraits, power and royal wigs. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Katherine Parr in a jewelled head dress and finery

Q&AWhat happened to Katherine Parr’s daughter, Mary Seymour, after her mother’s death?

George II: reassessing a much-forgotten monarch. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Green Knight shows his severed – and still talking – head to King Arthur in this illustration of the beginning of the 14th century legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

“A eulogy to the cult of chivalry”: what can Sir Gawain and the Green Knight tell us about Edward III and the Hundred Years’ War?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Persian ambassador bows before Louis XIV in the Palace of Versailles

King of the world: how Louis XIV turned France into a global power. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Queen Elizabeth I dancing with Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Artist unknown. (© Lebrecht Music and Arts Photo Library/Alamy)

Tudor tunes: music at the courts of Henry VIII, Elizabeth I and James VI and I