History
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#OnThisDay in 1443: Lady Margaret Beaufort was bornAlthough in her later years Lady Margaret enjoyed relative comfort as the King’s mother, her childhood was fraught with unhappiness and instability....
31st May 2016 -
#OnThisDay in 1536: Henry VIII married Jane SeymourHenry VIII was betrothed to Jane Seymour, one day after his previous wife, Anne Boleyn, had been executed for adultery, incest...
30th May 2016 -
#OnThisDay in 1972: Edward VIII died in Paris of cancerA controversial figure in the 1930s, this King caused scandal when he became the first royal to abdicate the throne –...
28th May 2016 -
The Art of the Lady-In-WaitingMany people read about ladies-in-waiting and often see them depicted in movies or on television, but few actually know what a lady-in-waiting...
26th May 2016 -
#OnThisDay in the year 946: King Edmund I Of England is murderedWho is King Edmund I? Known to some as “The magnificent”, “the Elder”, “the Deed-doer”, “the Just” and to others “The...
26th May 2016 -
#OnThisDay Lambert Simnel is crowned as Edward VIOn this day 1487, the pretender Lambert Simnel was crowned as King Edward VI in Dublin. The boy was ten years...
24th May 2016 -
Ceremony of the Lilies and the Roses at the Tower of LondonThe short service of remembrance, known as The Ceremony of the Lilies and the Roses, is held every 21 May, to...
21st May 2016 -
#OnThisDay Flowers for Anne BoleynOn 19 May 1536, Queen Anne Boleyn was executed at the Tower of London. Execution within the Tower walls was something...
19th May 2016 -
#OnThisDay George Boleyn Is Executed
On this day in history, on 17 May 1536, at the young age of 32, George Boleyn was executed for high...
17th May 2016 -
#OnThisDay Mary, Queen of Scots’ Third Marriage to the Earl of BothwellJames Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell (b. 1534; d. 14 April 1578) and Mary, Queen of Scots (b. 8 December 1542)...
15th May 2016