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Royal status brings with it privilege and power – but also danger, particularly the risk of assassination by those craving that power. From the Norman conquest to Charles’s execution in 1649, many British men, women and children of royal blood died in extraordinary circumstances. Deaths early in...

An "extremely rare" Roman bronze wing has been found during an archaeological dig in Gloucester. The object, which is 5.5in long, was found during an excavation for a new housing development in Brunswick Road, in an area that would have been just behind the city's Roman wall. Experts say it...

The row over Trident is set to reignite after it emerged Britain has been secretly upgrading its arsenal of nuclear wepons and developed an entirely new warhead. A report from the Nuclear Information Service revealed ministers have already authorised £85 million for the more accurate and...

In her new book, Andrea Zuvich condenses more than a century of turmoil into 100 bite-sized facts. Exploring well-known myths and unlikely truths, The Stuarts in 100 Facts examines one of the most turbulent – and fascinating – periods in our history. Here, writing for History Extra...

24 teams are competing at this year's European Championships - the most ever - which starts on Friday night when hosts France take on Romania at the Stade de France in paris. Here's a giude to each of the teams... Euro 2016 - 24 things you didn't know about the teams There are 24...

The fast bowler waits, perfectly still, an intent silhouette against the late afternoon sunshine. Then, a sudden sprint, a flash of the wrist and the ball is flung fast and hard, a dark red blur across the green. It is a scene you might expect on a fragrant summer's evening on a...

Over 1,000 years ago, the king of Denmark (and lord also over Norway and Sweden) invaded England with a large fleet. After a brief campaign, he secured the submission of all the English people apart from the inhabitants of London... 1013: the year the vikings conquered England...

Sweden has topped a poll as the best ‒ or “goodest” ‒ country when it comes to serving the interests of its people while avoiding damaging impacts to other nations and the environment. The country has outranked 162 others to take pole position in the Good Country Index, a league table...

This mysterious footage captures the series of loud explosions and flashes of bright light that were reported across South East England last night. The strange noises were heard in Essex and parts of East London and many concerned locals took to social media to look for answers. One...

Period dramas are becoming increasingly raunchy – from the entirely fictional Poldark to the likes of The Tudors, which is based on real events. Last week, the BBC premiered its lavish enterprise with Canal Plus, Versailles. The show lurched between scenes that seemed stranger than fiction...

No sex please, it’s Saturday, or Wednesday, or maybe it’s Lent or Advent. In Tudor England, the Church imposed sexual abstinence several days a week, as well as feast days and fast days. Even for royalty that meant, ‘Not tonight, Henry!’ Of course, it was impossible to enforce these rules...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of England hosting, and winning, the 1966 World Cup. Previously unseen photographs and film footage are the focus of a new exhibition that documents the time West Germany's 1966 World Cup squad were based in a small market town in the Derbyshire Dales...

Photographs of loved-ones taken after they died may seem morbid to modern sensibilities. But in Victorian England, they became a way of commemorating the dead and blunting the sharpness of grief. In images that are both unsettling and strangely poignant, families pose with the dead...

The Daily Mail's Quentin Letts says this EU in/out referendum debate has all been about economics and borders. But it should be about saving the identity of the country he loves.... Battle for the very soul of Britain: The debate has all been about economics and borders. But for the Mail's...

A cockerel named Balthazar, the unofficial French football mascot for nearly 20 years, has been banned from matches at the forthcoming Euro-16 championships in France. The bird's owner has been sent a letter from UEFA warning him not to bring the bird for security reasons. France Euro-16...

An archaeological dig has revealed evidence of a huge Roman fort in Lancaster, Lancashire. The findings during the first two weeks of excavation include a Roman wall, two Roman roads, a drain and a well. The evidence is causing a great deal of excitement, with volunteers travelling from...

Amid the tumult over Brexit, an annual ritual is being played out which demolishes the notion that Angela Merkel’s Germany is a benign power working for the greater good of its partners in the European Union and the eurozone. Berlin is demanding its pound of flesh from the government of Greece...

Prime Minister and Remain campaigner David Cameron took part in this EU referendum's first big TV debate last night as he was grilled live on Sky News by Sky News Political Editor Faisal Islam and a studio audience. Islam was praised by many on social media after the hour-long grilling for the...

A pottery fragment bearing Christian symbols from Roman Britain has been found among a number of forgotten fragments originally unearthed in the town of Brentford, west London. The piece, while unexceptional in its construction, has been described as a 'tantalising find' because it sheds light...

These ghostly pictures show monks returning to the derelict ruins of an abbey 500 years after it was pulled down by Henry VIII. The men can be seen walking around the grounds of Rievaulx Abbey, near Helmsley in North Yorkshire, which was once one of the richest and most spiritually significant...