Royal writer Robert Hardman has offered a moving insight into the late Queen Elizabeth's mindset during her final few days at ...

No one would deny that King Charles and Queen Camilla have a complicated relationship history. But according to Prince Harry ...

Elizabeth of Austria, hailed the ‘mother of kings’, is still remembered more for her supposed lack of beauty than for her ...

It’s the title that an heir to the English throne receives before any other – but only if they are a prince. The Duchy of ...

Here’s what you need to know about the Church of England, the archbishop of Canterbury ... Despite a brief return to papal submission under Queen Mary Tudor, Elizabeth I reversed this when she became ...

This year saw plenty of excellent books, as usual, on the 20th century – but the real gems were revelatory examinations of ...

Virginia Woolf, Hilary Mantel and Prince Harry, we learn from A Voyage Around the Queen (Fourth Estate, £25), have each ...

Queen Elizabeth I took the crown of England on January 15, 1559 and ruled until her death ... When she died at age 69, Elizabeth I was the oldest monarch in English history at the time (breaking the ...

A royal insider revealed that she could be the first queen to do it. Queen Camilla's son, Tom Parker Bowles, is giving a ...

Szkopek and Robert Tomczak Throughout history, queens have often been judged on their looks. Beauty standards shaped ...

I. Elizabeth I saw Mary, Queen of Scots as a threat and was keen to keep her under observation in England. Sir John Neale describes the agony of Elizabeth I as she is forced to decide the fate of ...

However, as history shows, the perception of a queen’s beauty could still end up influencing ... and Marie Antoinette to ...