Malcolm Weale was in a farmer's field with his metal detector when he unearthed a tiny and dirt-covered object.

Queen Elizabeth I was known to be an all-powerful monarch, a warrior who defeated the Spanish Armada, a leader loved by her subjects and a muse for Shakespeare. The late Queen of England and ...

Elizabeth I ordered the beheading of Mary, Queen of Scots, a Catholic claimant to the English throne, on this day in 1587 ...

Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, wrote of an unspecified great matter of state said to bear directly on the Queen’s life.

Comedian Tom Houghton has explained on social media how he ended up swapping his life in a modest Brighton home for one of ...

The earl also apologises in the letter for his elusiveness during his recent journey across the Midlands of England. His marriage in 1578 to Lettice, dowager countess of Essex, who Elizabeth ...

It's been suggested that the monarch may have died as a child and been replaced with a village boy over fears of Henry VIII's ...

Sold by auctioneers Lyon & Turnbull for £32,700 - four times more than the estimated price - the manuscript is said to link ...

The Adobe Flash player and Javascript are required in order to view a video which appears on this page. You may wish to download the Adobe Flash player. Fearing for ...

The key chapter of his reign involved two women - his mother, Mary Queen of Scots, and Elizabeth I of England. Throughout his reign James was keen to be seen to be supportive of the English queen.

following his successful conquest of England. Our guide to the Tower and the many functions it has served over the centuries is Queen Elizabeth I, who was imprisoned in the Tower by her sister ...