Painting of Louis VIII and Blanche of Castille

Kings and queens

Detail of the Alexander Mosaic showing Alexander the Great charging into battle on horseback, wearing armour and staring towards the Persian forces.

General ancient history

Alexander the Great's empire crumbled into chaos after his death. How did it fall apart so quickly?

Detail of an ancient Roman mosaic showing the Persian king Darius III in a chariot, surrounded by armed soldiers during the Battle of Issus.

Roman

Ancient Rome's founding fathers: the extraordinary stories of the city's first kings

Winston Churchill in military dress during a visit to Allied forces during the Second World War.

General History

What made Churchill such a great leader? We asked one of Britain's leading CEOs

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How Henry VII seized – and kept – the crown. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval manuscript illustration of a crowned ruler seated on a throne while attendants and courtiers stand on either side.

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In 1066, King Harold was meant to save England. How did it all go wrong?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A smiling woman in a tweed jacket stands in an office lined with bookshelves, resting her hand on the shoulder of a bearded bronze bust that's wearing a white hard hat.

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“George IV should have been a hairdresser”: Lucy Worsley on rethinking Britain's royal past. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle sit together in an open carriage, smiling and waving to crowds following their wedding at Windsor Castle in May 2018. Harry wears military uniform, while Meghan wears a white wedding dress and veil.

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From Nell Gwyn to Meghan Markle: 9 romances between actors and royals. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A composite image of a young Tudor woman in a pearl-trimmed headdress and red brocade gown with pearl and gold jewelry, layered over a smaller figure in a striped cap and a red-tinted background sketch of a crowded court scene

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Fooling around in front of royalty: the extraordinary escapades of Europe's female jesters. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Roman kings: myth, memory and the making of power. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Philip Augustus: the Plantagenets’ greatest rival. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval manuscript illumination depicting King John on horseback hunting a stag with hounds.

Medieval

King John was a monster – but did he really murder his own nephew?

Three Tudor-era children sit at a table within an ornate architectural frame, dressed in elaborate period clothing, with small round objects laid out before them.

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Royal rivalries10 of the most famous sibling relationships. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A woodcut-style illustration depicts a group of accused people bound together and surrounded by flames, including one figure shown with an animal-like head.

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Tudor England's witch hunts killed hundreds of women. The death toll was nearly even worse. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A statue of the Norwegian king Olaf Tryggvason stands atop a tall stone column, holding a cross-topped orb above the skyline.

Viking

He was one of the greatest Viking warlords – and his death is still an unsolved mystery

A cut-out portrait of Lady Jane Grey is superimposed over Edward VI's handwritten Devise for the Succession, visually linking the Tudor claimant with the document that underpinned her brief reign.

Tudor

The most important document in Tudor history? How a forgotten text triggered a royal crisis

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"Cleopatra was sexualised and romanticised": here's why we've been getting royal women wrong. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 1Elizabeth I: The power of delaying decisions. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A stylised illustration shows a hand holding a large, brightly coloured flower. In the centre of the flower is a person’s face, framed by vivid red‑orange petals. Green leaves extend from the stem, each containing faint, sketch‑like faces. The background is dark and textured, creating contrast with the bright central flower.

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The curse of the Boleyns: how Anne's fall doomed her family. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Strangers and aliens in Tudor England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A group of medieval knights on horseback rides together, all wearing chainmail and carrying shields. At the centre is a crowned king holding a raised sword, identified in the manuscript text as King Offa of Mercia. One rider blows a horn, while two others lift their arms toward the sky. Beneath the horses lies the crowned head of a fallen king, labelled as the slain King Cynewulf.

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Saint killer, warmonger, tyrant: was the Anglo-Saxon king Offa as bad as history makes out?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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What myths do we tell about royal women?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Who was the greatest monarch in history? 9 experts have their say. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A collage combining a suited person holding a briefcase and hat with a painted scene of a large hall filled with seated figures in white garments, and a smaller black‑and‑white photograph of two people inside a car layered below.

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The ultimate Cold War sex scandal – and 11 other political outrages from British history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A mixed group of men and women in early‑20th‑century clothing gather around a table set with dishes, with a bearded man seated at the centre of the group.

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Did Rasputin really bring down the Tsars? The truth behind the dark legend of the Russian mystic. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A historical portrait of a person in a dark fur‑trimmed garment and black hat is placed before the ruins of a stone building, with a moody, clouded sky behind.

Tudor

The 'Nine Days Queen' is one of England's most controversial monarchs - here's why

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Was Elizabeth II's reign a golden age?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A history of the world in 7 faces: from Tutankhamun to the Virgin Mary. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A collage of six images shows Queen Elizabeth II in military uniform, in later life wearing a light outfit and hat, in coronation regalia beside Prince Philip, speaking at a BBC microphone, on her wedding day, and as a young woman hugging a dog.

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Long to reign over us: how did Queen Elizabeth II survive seven decades of dizzying change?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A colour photograph shows Queen Elizabeth II wearing a bright blue coat and matching hat while operating a touchscreen display at the Science Museum. A large screen behind her shows the same moment from a different angle, and wooden architectural structures fill the background. The scene captures her engagement with science and technology during a public visit.

21st Century

How did the world change during Queen Elizabeth II's reign?

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Elizabeth II: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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