There have been only eight reigning queens in the history of the British monarchy Stephanie Kaloi is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. She has also written ...

It was early in 1292, most likely during Lent. Two ships rounding the Brittany coast anchored at the small islet of Quéménès.

Brad Pitt is part of the glamorous Hollywood A-list elite, known for his dashing good looks and personable demeanor. The past three decades working in the film industry have prepared him for just ...

Meet Roland the Farter. A minstrel in the court of Henry II of England, Roland had an annual Christmas Day engagement with the king and his fellow revelers. Roland’s act consisted of a dance that ...

Legendary for his cruelty, disloyalty, and tendency to stuff his own pockets, England's most hated monarch usurped his way to power, betraying his own family in the process. THE PLANTAGENETSKing Henry ...

Pope Adrian IV is known for issuing the “Laudabiliter” or as it is better known “Bull,” which gave Henry II the Pope’s permission to invade Ireland “for the correction of morals and the introduction ...

IT COULD HAVE been a scene from “The Sopranos”, only the irascible capo was King Henry II of England. The irksome upstart who had to be neutralised was Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury. “Will ...

The team conducted a non-destructive analysis of a panel depicting the prophet Nathan. University College London / Canterbury Cathedral Some of the stained glass at England’s Canterbury Cathedral may ...