A leading historian examines how the monarchy not only tolerated slavery but also administered it, profited from it and ...

Exclusive: Author of The Crown’s Silence tells how navy and monarchy protected slave trade for hundreds of years ...

While official affiliation with the British monarchy ceased for Americans in 1776, it has remained a culturally defining entity that serves as the embodiment of the nation - its influence continuing ...

1. Few historians have a more encyclopedic knowledge of the British monarchy than Alison Weir, Britain’s bestselling female historian. “Britain’s Royal Families” was her first book—and, I would argue, ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The British royals, who trace their history back more than 1,000 years, could be gone within two generations, writer Hilary Mantel said in an interview published on Saturday. The ...

The fawning adulation of Queen Elizabeth in the United States, which fought a revolution to get rid of the monarchy, and in Great Britain, is in direct proportion to the fear gripping a discredited, ...

Perhaps the greatest unsolved mystery in British royal history is that of the Princes in the Tower. In 1483, The Princes Edward (Edward V of England) and Richard (Duke of York) were just 12 and 9 ...

LONDON - The late Queen Elizabeth II will be memorialized during a state funeral at Westminster Abbey in London, where she’ll join the ranks of British monarchs and other significant figures in ...

Ahead of Charles III’s ceremony, here’s what you need to know about the origins and evolution of the centuries-old tradition History of Now Meilan Solly - Senior Associate Digital Editor, History ...

In 1649, the British monarchy ceased when Charles I was executed, and the office of king was abolished by Parliament under the English Interregnum. A republic followed, and yet just over a decade ...

It was a changing of the guard unprecedented in British history. No monarch had sat on the throne longer than Queen Elizabeth II, and no heir had spent more time in waiting than King Charles III. The ...

The death of the United Kingdom's long-ruling Queen Elizabeth II and the ascension of her son King Charles III has renewed a debate around the purpose of the monarchy in today's day and age. In a ...