This is the grave of King Charles II. Born in 1630 in London, the son of King Charles I must have thought that he would have an easy time ascending to the throne. He did not. See, the Puritan uprising that killed his father in...
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This is the grave of King Richard II of England. Born in 1367 in Bordeaux, France, Richard was the grandson of King Edward III of England. Not that these guys.
This is the grave of King George II. Born in 1683 in Hanover, Germany, George had no idea he would become the King of England when he was a child..
This is the grave of King Edward VI of England, a not so spooky Halloween grave unless you consider the state of my shoes standing on this, which are now the new Hokas, but the ancient soiled white Adidas at the bottom. Does it seem...
This is the grave of Henry V of England. Born in 1386 in Monmouth Castle, Wales, Henry of Monmouth was not originally in line to be king. But in 1399,.
This is the grave of William Pitt the Elder. A lot to basically discuss mid-18th century England in one post, but I'll make a couple of points. Interestingly, the Pitt.
This is the grave of King William III and Queen Mary II of England. More interesting than the biographies themselves here is the issues around the Glorious Revolution. The very short version of how Mary became Queen while her husband William of Orange somewhat stumbled...
This is the grave of Queen Elizabeth I, who is buried on top of Queen Mary. Hmmm.....there's a lot one could say about these two queens. So let's just make.
It's Sunday afternoon. I'll take a minute away from thinking about the doom of the world to point out something that is just damned cool. For generations, residents of Collyweston.
Everything is basically terrible, so here's something that is not: A 1,300-year-old necklace beaded with gold and semiprecious stones has been discovered in an early Anglo-Saxon burial site under a construction project in central England. The location is being hailed as the most significant female...
Now this is the kind of climate action I expect from developed nations! The British government approved on Wednesday the country’s first coal mine in decades, a project promoted as.
Well this is just damn cool stuff here. For nearly 1,300 years, no one knew it was there. The name of a highly educated English woman, secretly scratched on to.