Brad Pitt has a notable ancestral link to medieval England, being a distant relative of the late Queen Elizabeth II through King Henry II. Pitt's connection places him within an influential ...

Each year on Christmas, a jester named Roland would enter the royal court of King Henry II of England and perform a dance ...

Some people just weren't born to rule—and Henry VI was one of them. From his tragic childhood to his tumultuous reign and ...

For Damian Lewis, just standing for two weddings of King Henry VIII in "Wolf Hall ... Austin Friars burned in 1862 and was bombed during World War II. "They lived by candlelight and fires ...

The conflict in Fornham was actually one of three major fights - including the Battle of Dol and the Battle of Alnwick - to play out during the Great Revolt, a rebellion against King Henry II ...

A renowned theatre company in the town is inviting its audience inside Reading Prison for the first time in years.

A "handsome" Grade II listed farmhouse with an Italian garden, lake and outbuildings has become the latest £1 million ...

Charles and Camilla were given samples of the bakery’s products (Henry ... II’s Coronation, said she spoke to Charles about the making of woven bee skeps. Ms McLean said the King and Queen ...

King Charles' events scheduled for Thursday afternoon were postponed. Henry Nicholls - Pool via Samir ... minister who led Britain through World War II. He later asked them if they were able ...

Forty-nine Crimson Tide players have been selected with the 139th through 176th draft picks, the choices that comprise the ...

England’s King Henry II and Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine had four sons who lived to adulthood: Henry (the Young King), King Richard I, Geoffrey and King John. Having so many male heirs secured the ...

Every time the king wanted to mount a military expedition ... The book not only has a Shakespearean subtitle – The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV – but each chapter title derives from a phrase in ...