During the 16th century there were occasional calls for union between England and Scotland. Some believed that the marriage ...

The effigy head of the founder of the Tudor dynasty is one of the finest examples of its kind to have survived to the present ...

Treason, tyranny, and terror are fabled words of King Henry VIII, one of history’s most controversial autocrats and ...

Henry VII's reign was a prosperous one ... The inscriptions for Henry on the tomb read: 'Here lies Henry the Seventh of that name, formerly King of England, son of Edmund, Earl of Richmond. 'He was ...

Westminster Abbey is undertaking a new project using the latest 3D technology to scan the funeral effigy head of Henry VII - ...

A remarkably lifelike effigy head of King Henry VII is currently being scanned by Westminster Abbey to try and work out how it was made and why it's so lifelike.

Henry, the second son of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, was born on 28 June 1491 at Greenwich Palace. After the death of his elder brother Arthur in 1502, Henry became heir to the English ...

England's only pope, Adrian IV, rose from humble beginnings to the papal throne, but no Briton has followed since.

A song and dance is being made of cold-hearted British King Henry VIII’s six wives in the upcoming musical, SIX The Musical ...