However war with France ultimately proved expensive and unsuccessful. Henry VIII is known as the 'father of the Royal Navy.' When he became king there were five royal warships. By his death he had ...

Henry VIII was a Tudor king who ruled England from ... Henry VII was distantly related to the royal House of Lancaster. In 1455, Richard, Duke of York, took King Henry VI captive during a battle ...

Most people know royal residences like Buckingham Palace and Balmoral, but have you heard of Ashridge House? Once home to ...

Outside of Wiltshire, Henry VIII was acknowledged as one of the greatest royal builders. In 1509, when he ascended to the throne, around 20 royal houses were used by the royal family. What I Own: ...

We were on the set of Firebrand, about Henry VIII’s marriage — his sixth and ... somewhat oleaginous coverage of the current British Royal Family extends to forebears who have brutalized ...

Rich for its art, thought and science, but plagued by religious and social upheaval in no small part because of the erratic mind of the period’s foremost king, King Henry VIII. Royal Blood ...

The Tudor expert is the new chief historian at the Historic Royal Palaces, and the BBC spent the day with her at the home of Henry VIII. Sitting in her office at Hampton Court Palace, once the ...