George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, was born into a tumultuous family oft engaged in power struggles. His death on February ...

Just years before, Edward VIII had given up the role of King of England to marry American-born Wallis Warfield Simpson.

It is long past time the British state faced up to its naked sectarianism, copper-fastened by legislation, which bars ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have found of the tomb of King Thutmose II - the first discovery of an ancient royal tomb since King ...

In 1307, with Scotland in sight, Edward died at Burgh-on-Sands. The campaign for the conquest of Scotland passed on to his son, Edward II. The Scots were relieved to find that the brutal and effective ...

Eventually in 1603 Elizabeth died and James was offered the throne. The succession passed smoothly and James VI of Scotland became James I of England and Ireland. Although promising to return to ...

At a late-night inaugural ball on Monday, President Trump, flush with his restoration to power, began waving a ceremonial sword he had been given almost as if it were a scepter and he were a king.

Trump's plan for forced migration of Palestinians from Gaza to Jordan and Egypt, which has stirred a massive controversy in ...

Initially, Evans identified the stone throne as the seat of the mythical king of Crete, Minos, evidently applying knowledge from Greek mythology. Other archaeologists suggest that the throne room was ...

Archaeologists have discovered the site of the long-lost palace of England’s last Anglo-Saxon king.