History | History

13 Facts About Lady Jane Grey, England’s Unlucky Nine Days’ Queen

Lady Jane Grey is seen as an innocent victim of Tudor Dynasty politics, and her rightfulness to the crown is debated to this day.

Books | Books

The Best Tudor Historical Fiction

Five of the best Tudor historical fiction books, as recommended by the historian and historical novelist Alison Weir

History | History

Archaeologists Are Excavating Sheffield Castle, One-Time Prison of Mary, Queen of Scots | Smart News | Smithsonian

The Scottish queen spent 14 years imprisoned at the medieval stronghold

History | History

Does Richard III's DNA question the Queen's right to the throne? Relative of monarch may have been conceived out of wedlock

Genetic analysis of a battle-scarred skeleton discovered under a council car park in Leicester three years ago has confirmed that it did indeed belong to the last Plantagenet king (pictured).

Uh-oh royal family! I know you aren't Tudors, but still...the whole lineage may be off!