A leading historian examines how the monarchy not only tolerated slavery but also administered it, profited from it and ...
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 ...
The U.K.'s modern royal family began when Queen Elizabeth married Prince Philip in 1947. Throughout her 70-year reign — which was the longest of any British monarch to date — the family endured both ...
ideastream: Luke Reader, a teaching fellow in the Department of History, described the role of the British monarchy from its controversial past to its relevancy today, following the passing of Queen ...
The Queen who restored the reputation of the British monarchy tarnished by the extravagance of her royal uncles.
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 ...
As King Charles visits Kenya, a former British colony, it is worth asking why the monarchy has survived when many others across Europe have fallen. At home in the British Isles, the monarchy remains ...
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