What happens when a Queen refuses to name her heir? How does she hold her kingdom together when every courtier is secretly preparing for her death? What really unfolded in Elizabeth I’s glittering ...

Discover the Tudor history of Gertrude Courtenay, Marchioness of Exeter, at Wimborne’s Museum of East Dorset. ‘Cabinet of Curiosity’ ...

Adelaide festivalThis won’t be everyone’s cup of tea, but Huppert delivers an exacting performance in Robert Wilson’s hypnotic, incantatory play ...

Queen Silvia is the latest royal to receive the television treatment, and the actress slated to play Sweden’s queen consort is a member of Bavarian nobility ...

Among its most unforgettable moments are the shocking events of 'The Rains of Castamere' (better known as the Red Wedding) in season three, and the extraordinary, cinematic 'Battle of the Bastards' in ...

Downton Abbey is the show that is guaranteed to make you fall in love with period dramas. Piloted in 2010, it has since spawned six seasons, five Christmas specials and two films – all available for ...

The arrest of King Charles’s brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor (formerly Prince Andrew) is the first known modern arrest of a member of the British royal family.

A remnant of the most dramatic episodes in English history is now up for auction, with Lady Jane Grey’s father pleading for her life after her famously brief nine-day reign. The long established fine ...

Arrest caps years of growing pressure on the former Prince Andrew, the brother of King Charles III and second son of the late ...

In a new release, the author and fashion historian reveals the tales of espionage and elegance behind the wardrobes of the royal family’s most powerful women ...

Food can reveal a lot about a person. Their anxieties, their vanities, their rituals, and their obsessions often show up most ...

From intimate, domestic tête-à-têtes to intense battles for power, money and glory, dynasty dramas are testament to the fact that there are few things more ruthless than family ...