Kings and Queens

Before the rise of democracy, kings and queens ruled the world, their legitimacy to rule resting on blood and God's divine authority.

Portrait of Prince Albert by John Partridge

The German kings and queens of England

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King Henry VIII of England by Hans Holbein the Younger

The history of the English Reformation

British History
Anne Boleyn

The Rise and Fall of the Boleyns

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The Last Emperor

Hitler
Circa 1550, Bishop Gardiner of Winchester's conference with Queen of England Lady Jane Grey (1537 - 1554) at Beauchamp Tower. (Getty)

The sisters who would be Queen

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The Battle of Hastings

Battles
Mumbai, Maharashtra/India - April 6, 2019 : A young girl dressed up as Rani Lakshmi Bai with a sword, riding the horse, leading the procession of people,

Lakshmi Bai and the Indian Rebellion of 1857

Battles

Oliver Cromwell: the most hated man in Irish history?

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Olivia Coleman, left, plays Queen Anne in The Favorite, right a portrait of the Monarch by John Closterman

Queen Anne, Britain’s forgotten Queen

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The Battle of Newark Castle and the River Trent

River Hunters

How 1066 changed English forever

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History’s greatest love affair: Catherine the Great and Grigory Potemkin

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Four Sisters: The untold story of the doomed Romanov girls

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The Real King Arthur

Britains Bloodiest Dynasty
Rollo, played by Clive Standen in Vikings, alongside a portrait of William the Conqueror, his great great great grandson.

How a Viking laid the groundwork for the King of England

The Real Vikings
Windsor Castle under blue sky

10 little known facts about Windsor Castle

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The top half of the Queen's head is visible behind a piece of machinery

Unusual facts about the Queen: Why does she have two birthdays?

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Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II smiles during a visit in London.

The Longest Reigning Monarchs in History

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Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II visits Liverpool Albert Dock during her Diamond Jubilee tour of Great Britain

The life of Queen Elizabeth II: The world's longest-serving monarch

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Princess Elizabeth In Auxiliary Territorial Service uniform, April 1945

Four surprising ways that Queen Elizabeth II contributed to WW2

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Anne Boleyn in the tower

Who was Henry VIII's most unfortunate wife?

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