His nickname was "Longshanks", being 6 feet 2 inches tall ... The Norman-French inscription around the tomb chest can be translated as Here lies Eleanor, sometime Queen of England, wife of King Edward ...

Intelligent and impatient, Edward proved to be a highly effective king. The reign of his father, Henry III, was marked by internal instability and military failure. Upon succeeding to the throne ...

He didn’t smash up TVs, they weren’t invented yet, he smashed up Scotland. Edward was a King who had fought wars all his life – he had just conquered Wales - but he didn’t need to conquer ...