Queen Elizabeth I’s secret love affair with Lord Robert Dudley set the royal court buzzing and threatened to unravel her ...

Influenza took Mary’s life in 1558, and because she had no heir, Elizabeth at last became the queen of England, Wales, and Ireland. She was imprisoned for associating with a rebellion against ...

At the centre was Queen Elizabeth I, ‘The Virgin Queen’ and the latter part of her reign (from 1558-1603) has been referred to by some historians as a ‘golden age.’ However, is this an ...

Sold by auctioneers Lyon & Turnbull for £32,700 - four times more than the estimated price - the manuscript is said to link ...

In November 1558, after the death of Mary I ... drama while composers such as Byrd and Tallis worked in Elizabeth’s court. The queen was also keen to be seen by her subjects.

An extremely rare autographed letter to Queen Elizabeth from her lifelong friend and possible love interest, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, ...

Queen Elizabeth II wasn't told details of her long-time art adviser's double life as a Soviet spy because palace officials didn't want to add to her worries, newly declassified documents reveal.