An English church wants to exhume and preserve the remains of a martyr whose head was lopped off and speared on a London ...

Despite Henry VIII’s attempts, only four of his children reached adulthood, with just one being a legitimate son. For Henry VIII’s three surviving legitimate children—Mary, Elizabeth, and ...

A statue discovered at Cleopatra's tomb allegedly reveals the Egyptian queen's true face. An Egyptian-Dominican archaeological mission in collaboration with the National University Pedro ...

Lucy Worsley investigates the inside story of the English Reformation. Lucy Worsley investigates the inside story of the English Reformation. Was Henry VIII's desire to divorce Catherine of Aragon ...

In new film Firebrand, Jude Law and Alicia Vikander star as Henry VIII and his sixth wife, Catherine Parr, reframing how history and culture have presented the monarch.

A sixteenth century coin with the imprint of Henry VIII found lying in the mud on Inisfallen Island, Killarney may have been thrown into the lake for luck over 400 years ago. Colm Doyle found the ...

Alicia Vikander says the story of Henry VIII's surviving wife is rarely told because audiences are drawn to 'grim stories' about the Tudor period.

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The realistic AI image depicts a middle-aged Henry VIII in the modern day, replacing his extravagant attire for a more casual striped shirt, and losing the hat in the process.

Anne married Henry VIII as his fourth wife at Greenwich on 6th January 1540 but the marriage was annulled in July of that year. So she was never crowned queen. He found she was not as attractive as ...

She was temporarily buried in one of the side chapels until the main Lady chapel was sufficiently advanced for her grave to be made in it. Her tomb inscription reads: Here lies Queen Elizabeth, ...