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Kings and queens

Decoding Mary, Queen of Scots. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Stuarts: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Oliver Cromwell's postal spies. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

From Tudor to Stuart: the succession of 1603. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Video podcastCatherine de' Medici: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Prince Albert Victor, aka Eddy: the fascinating story of Britain’s ‘lost’ king

Q&AWhat is the meaning of the British Royal Family’s motto?

Æthelstan: why is writing a biography of one of England's greatest kings so difficult?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Æthelstan and the foundation of England: your guide to the 'first king of the English'

Emperor Titus: the underrated Roman emperor that history forgot

Catherine de MediciThe life, death and legacy of the 'Serpent Queen'

Why are there three lions on the shirts of the English football team?

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

Inside Bridgerton's ballrooms. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Berengaria of Navarre: Richard I’s forgotten queen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Explore Hampton Court Palace with Professor Tracy Borman. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Tudor ladies-in-waiting: the women who served Henry VIII's queens. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Your guide to Thomas Cromwell

The real history behind Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story

Why was King James VI and I obsessed with witch hunts?

Margaret Beaufort: mother of the Tudors

Anglo-Saxon kingdoms: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Did the British royal family support slavery?

"Elizabeth was certainly no feminist": Tracy Borman on the Elizabethans. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Anne Boleyn: your guide to the life and death of Henry VIII's second queen – plus 11 little-known facts

Elizabethan Daily Life, with Professor Tracy Borman. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Elizabethan court, with Professor Tracy Borman. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Elizabethans quiz - week one. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Elizabeth I's accession day celebrations. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

James VI and I and his favourites: what were their relationships like?

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