Historians, including unofficial but highly regarded royal biographers Sally Bedell Smith and Hugo Vickers, have expressed ...

In 1671 a former Civil War soldier and his gang conned their way into stealing the British Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. It became the first and only time anyone has attempted to steal them.

This was a disaster. It left the country vulnerable to attack from claimants battling for the prized English Crown. The new king would need to be chosen by the Witan, the King's councillors ...

The British explorer was on his second world voyage aboard HMS Resolution. Many had made sightings of the small island in the South Atlantic before him, but Cook and his men in January 1775 were ...

The Crown is a historical drama that chronicles the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, who is the oldest and longest-reigning current British monarch. Based on Peter Monarch’s 2006 film The Queen ...