Everyone knows that King Charles I was the least successful of England’s many Kings and Queens. The idea is traditional, well ...

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the first monarch to rule both Scotland and England. 1. James VI and I was just 13 months old when he became King of Scotland. There were (and still are) conspiracy theories surrounding the infant ...

A new book How to Kill a Witch brings a dark period of history back to grisly life – and an official tartan is being released ...

Scotland's History Articles James VI, King of Scots 1567 - 1625, King of England and Ireland 1603 - 1625 The Adobe Flash player and Javascript are required in order to view a video which appears ...

King James said: “For if these conspirators had ... of the fear and hatred this led to and of the next two centuries of England being totally obsessed with ‘Popish Plots’.” ...

As the five finalists for a permanent memorial of Queen Elizabeth II in St James’s Park are announced, Jonathan Glancey looks at what has worked in the past - and what doesn’t work if we want ...

where he was crowned king of England, Scotland and Ireland within months. Many in Ireland were still loyal to James and resisted William's rule, but they were defeated by the new king's army at ...