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Thwarted bid to blow up House of Lords made 17th century Britain even less tolerant

Thwarted bid to blow up House of Lords made 17th century Britain even less tolerant

SOME eight years have passed since Rona Munro’s “James Plays” (a trilogy set during the reigns of the kings James I, II and III of Scotland)…

WHEN Scottish playwright Rona Munro began writing James IV: Queen Of The Fight – the fourth on her series of “James Plays” about the kings…

When Queen Elizabeth II passed away on September 8, 2022, there can’t have been many people in the UK who hadn’t heard about it within hours of her death. The media was on high alert from around midday, when an announcement from Buckingham Palace made clear that the monarch’s health…

King Charles III shares a name with two kings whose rules were marked by bloodshed and scandal. Here's a brief guide to the reigns of those who came before him.

Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her Platinum Jubilee in 2022.

The first two monarchs called Charles were on the throne at one of the most turbulant times in British history

Charles III’s historical namesakes oversaw one of the most turbulent periods in British history.