When it comes to the biggest questions about British history, there is perhaps none more frequently asked than who were the best (and worst) monarchs. YouGov asked the public for their opinion.
The remains of King Harold II, who died at the famed Battle of Hastings, have never been found. But thanks to the Bayeux ...
London is a city people think they know before they arrive. They come for the skyline, where glass towers stand shoulder to ...
and even villains since its founding in 960 AD Westminster Abbey has been the coronation church since 1066, witnessing the crowning of every English and British monarch since William the Conqueror, ...
Queen Elizabeth II was 27 years old and 16 months into her role as sovereign when her coronation took place on 2 June 1953 in the historic surroundings of Westminster Abbey – an event that was ...
Welcome to Westminster Abbey. Daily prayer has been offered in this place for over a thousand years, and your participation in today's service is warmly welcomed. At choral Evensong most of the ...
The tapestry depicts key moments in history from 1064 to 1066 — mainly the struggle ... which may have depicted William the Conqueror's coronation as King of England. Regardless of whether ...
Westminster Abbey now hopes to finally lay the mystery to rest by rescanning the effigy head, which is the last surviving element of the effigy, using the latest, high-tech 3D scans. It was last ...
Rabble Theatre in Reading has been awarded £30,000 by Arts Council England to produce a new play about William the Conqueror ... inside the ruins of Reading Abbey in 2023. Rabble said in a ...