Scotland and England are two nations divided by their experience of history. That divide was never wider than during the Wars ...

Forget Hamlet, Lear or Macbeth – the Bard saved his sharpest psychological insights and finest poetry for Richard II ...

Most notably the crown jewels and the Stone of Destiny was removed to be sent back to England. The message was clear – there was to be no other king in Scotland but Edward. Edward's campaigning ...

The Tudor era saw unprecedented upheaval in England. Between them the five Tudor ... He marries Elizabeth, daughter of the Yorkist king Edward IV. Within a year they have a son, Arthur, later ...

He was determined his fate would be different from his great uncle King Edward VIII, who was forced to choose between the crown and Mrs ... head of the Church of England was to be man on his ...

On 2 August 1274 Edward, the eldest son of Henry III ... Throughout their time in England, the Jewish population was reliant on the Crown for protection. During the 12th century this was generally a ...

Every year, the county of Surrey attracts many visitors to explore and enjoy the picturesque countryside. For visitors curious about the county’s history, there is plenty to discover, from the ...

In 1662 Charles married Portuguese infanta Catherine of Braganza, daughter of King John IV (she is buried in Portugal ... remains of the Most Noble and Serene Prince Charles II, King of England, ...

Racing has lost one of its true gentlemen with the passing of former leading trainer Fulke Johnson Houghton at the age of 84. Fulke Johnson Houghton was born into the game as both of his parents were ...

seized the throne as Henry IV and had Richard murdered. Henry VII's claim to the English crown in 1485 ran back through John of Gaunt, and in Elizabeth I's time the Jesuit Robert Parsons argued that ...

In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne, then occupied by his brother King Edward IV of ...