Historian Dr Helen Castor explores the lives of seven English queens who challenged male power, the fierce reactions they provoked and whether the term 'she-wolves' was deserved.
800 years ago, Matilda came within a hair's breadth of being the first woman to be crowned queen of England in her own right. Castor explores how Matilda reached this point and wh…
In 1308 a 12-year-old girl, Isabella of France, became queen of England when she married the English king. A century later another young French girl, Margaret of Anjou, followed i…
Helen Castor looks at what happened when England was faced not just with inadequate kings, but no kings at all. In 1553, for the first time in English history all the contenders f…
Spying on the Royals
King Alfred and the Anglo Saxons
Britain's Bloodiest Dynasty
Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History
What's the Monarchy For?
The Queen's Palaces
The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family
Harry & Meghan
Elizabeth I
Inside the Crown: Secrets of the Royals
The Story of Diana
Queen Victoria's Children
