The king they couldn’t kill

Richmond Palace, 22 March 1603. Elizabeth I – the self-proclaimed Virgin Queen who had ruled England for 44 years, seeing off the Armada, healing religious divisions and creating a court so magnificen

this story: Edgar Ætheling, Edward’s great-nephew. We know, of course, which one of these contenders held the crown in his possession at the end of the year. What is less certain is who was the most d

How one monarch unified his nation and created a medieval superpower

Does a newly found Nicholas Hilliard miniature portray Shakespeare’s patron the Earl of Southampton?

Charlotte Mullins comments on Elizabeth I when a Princess

Home to a marquess and an RAF air crew – and believed to be the birthplace of a Queen – this red-brick Jacobean mansion contains stories spanning centuries