The jewellery, which was given as a gift from Sir Stephen in 1937, depicts the cyphers of Edward IV, including the white rose of York upon the starburst, known as Rose en Soleil, and a falcon in a ...

From humble beginnings in the service of the princes of Gwynedd, the Tudor family rose steadily to royal stock. The Tudor ...

Sir Stephen died in 1967, aged 83, and Lady Courtauld died in 1972. Eltham Palace had been the childhood home of King Henry VIII, and was used by Tudor monarchs as a royal residence. English Heritage ...

The exhibition features more than 60 objects from the Folger’s collection to demonstrate the “rules” for how to acquire power and curry favor with Tudor monarchs. The event is free ...

The couple did not have children and they looked after her nephews, Peter and Paul Peirano. Sir Stephen died in 1967, aged 83, and Lady Courtauld died in 1972. Eltham Palace had been the childhood ...

There is also plenty to discover in the gardens at Eltham Palace Eltham Palace was the childhood home of King Henry VIII, and was used by Tudor monarchs as a royal residence. Today’s visitors ...

Newcastle fans would celebrate his goals with a chorus of ‘John Tudor! Hallelujah, hallelujah!’ to the tune of Handel’s Messiah John Tudor, who has died aged 78, was an English footballer ...

If the committee-approved memorial of Queen Elizabeth II in St James’s Park is to be imaginative, well realised and uplifting ...

An architectural masterpiece of the 13th to 16th centuries, Westminster Abbey has become a treasure house of artefacts. This is also the coronation church where some of the most significant people in ...