Historical news

An enormously rare piece of Tudor clothing, known as the Bacton Altar Cloth, is now on show at Hampton Court Palace – and it was once one of Elizabeth I’s…

A team of biological anthropologists exploring Winchester Cathedral have stumbled upon multiple skeletons – and it is thought one of them is Queen Emma, who died in 1052. As part…

An exhibition currently at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, but heading to Buckingham Palace, shows off the ‘Splendours of the Subcontinent’ – the amazing gifts the Prince of Wales (future Edward…

The Royal Collection Trust has today announced that it will undertake a three-year project to digitise the letters and papers of Prince Albert, Queen Victoria’s husband. The Collection hopes it…

Three tiaras once in the Royal Family are to go on display from Friday at Kensington Palace, as part of an updated exhibition on Queen Victoria. Her dazzling diamond and…

Queen Victoria’s mausoleum at Frogmore, Windsor, is to be restored so that it might be open to the public once more. The Royal Mausoleum houses the tomb and remains of…

The famous Bayeux Tapestry is to be loaned to the UK for an exhibition, after French president Emmanuel Macron gave the go-ahead. It will be the first time the 70 metre-long…

A set of letters written by Elizabeth I and her courtiers about her captive cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots, has been donated to the British Library. 43 historically important letters…

Clandon Park, a stately home in Surrey which was mostly destroyed in 2015, is to be rebuilt for the National Trust, and the designers have now been chosen. The house has…

An investigation has begun to determine whether a headless skeleton, located in the Scottish Highlands, is that of a notorious 18th century Jacobite chief, Lord Lovat – the last person…

A “lost” portrait of James I’s favourite and lover, George Villiers Duke of Buckingham, has been rediscovered after 400 years through a BBC Four art show. The portrait, depicting Buckingham…

Last night, MPs approved a bill to put a statue of suffragist Millicent Fawcett in Parliament Square, making her the first woman to be honoured in such a way. The…

It was thought that Queen Victoria’s wedding coronet was set to leave the UK in the hands of a foreign buyer last year, as the piece went to auction; thankfully,…

A ring that is believed to have been gifted by Elizabeth I to one of her senior naval officers following the defeat of the Spanish Armada, is to go on…

One of the sports favoured by Henry VIII’s is being brought back at Hampton Court Palace in July, as the Real Tennis Trophy is played on the palace’s court. From…

What could be more ironic at Easter than the accidental discovery of five lost Archbishops and their tomb? Well, that happened earlier this month when builders unearthed their coffins next…

Archaeologists searching for another missing Monarch have discovered what could be King Henry I’s remains, under another car park in Reading, oddly mimicking the discovery of Richard III in 2014.…