Elizabeth I is the only English queen never to have married. The iconic Tudor monarch's last visit to Kenilworth Castle 450 ...

Royals from around the world have stepped back from duties or given up their titles or the throne, be it for love, scandal or ...

Today in History for July 12: In 1191, the armies of the Third Crusade (1189-92), led by England's King Richard I (The Lionhearted), captured the Syrian seaport of Acre, now located in northern Israel ...

1712: Death of former Lord Protector Richard Cromwell aged 85. 1730: Lorenzo Corsini chosen as Pope Clemens XII. On the same ...

A travel writer recently visited one of the UK's coolest seaside towns - a bustling yet welcoming town boasting a series of ...

Great Malvern was a favoured destination of luminaries including Dickens and Elgar, and continues to attract visitors ...

As the Capital and largest city of England, London is a thoroughly modern city. However, its history dates back to Roman times with an impressive Medieval History. London is an excellent first ...

To have such a Mass celebrated in the mother church of England was ‘very impressive, very moving. We must pray a lot for the conversion of England...’ ...

In 1540, England’s King Henry VIII had his 6-month-old marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, annulled. In 1755, British General Edward Braddock was mortally wounded as his troops suffered a ...

For example, a prince was once rumoured to be Jack the Ripper. Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale was born ...

There are several reminders of the Tudor period across Bristol from buildings to a toilet once used by Henry VIII ...