Greg Jenner is joined in 16th-Century France by Dr Estelle Paranque and comedian Shaparak Khorsandi to learn all about controversial queen Catherine de’ Medici. Catherine’s life was dramatic from the ...

Greg Jenner is joined in 16th-Century France by Dr Estelle Paranque and comedian Shaparak Khorsandi to learn all about controversial queen Catherine de’ Medici. Show more Greg Jenner is joined ...

Explore the legacy of the Medici family through its most influential figures, from Cosimo the Elder to Catherine de' Medici.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Spanish Infanta so prized by the Tudors that, after her first husband the Prince of Wales died, she went on to marry his brother Henry VIII.

Many books have been published about Joanna’s male relatives and about her mother. However, the more I read about them, the ...

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Queen Catherine had at least six pregnancies but only one child survived past infancy ... She fell pregnant the year after they married and Henry was so excited, he catered to her every whim, even ...

Alongside Catherine and Margaret, numerous other royals including John, Duke of Berry and Queen Isabeau of Bavaria ... Ali Pasha gifted King Charles X of France a young Nubian giraffe captured ...

History is full of sweeping love affairs, from Antony and Cleopatra to Catherine the Great and Grigory Potemkin and many more ...

"Catherine suriving the vote without no man. Queen behaviour x," a fan wrote. "CATHERINE IS SAFE!!! Good job UK," another fan commented. "CATHERINE SURVIVED suck that haters," a netizen tweeted.

All the latest news, photos and more from Welsh actress Catherine Zeta-Jones. Catherine started her acting career in the West End before making her move to the screen in the 1990s. She is married ...

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