Henry VIII’s secret love nest: Three bedroom thatched cottage where king is believed to have romanced Anne Boleyn while he was married to Catherine of Aragon goes on market for £550,000 King said to have held secret meetings at the property in Stoke Mandeville, near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire The village and the surrounding areas were inherited … Read more
Henry VIII’s secret love nest: Three bedroom thatched cottage where king is believed to have romanced Anne Boleyn while he was married to Catherine of Aragon goes on market for £550,000 King said to have held secret meetings at the property in Stoke Mandeville, near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire The village and the surrounding areas were inherited … Read more
Ultra-rare gold coin from King Edward VIII’s short-lived reign sells for a world record £1.65million The coin with the controversial monarch’s bust was never put into circulation The trial coin sparked a bidding war when it went under the hammer in Dallas Previous record for most expensive British coin sold was for a king William … Read more
Ultra-rare gold coin from King Edward VIII’s short-lived reign sells for a world record £1.65million The coin with the controversial monarch’s bust was never put into circulation The trial coin sparked a bidding war when it went under the hammer in Dallas Previous record for most expensive British coin sold was for a king William … Read more
An exceptionally rare gold coin for King Edward VIII’s short-lived reign is tipped to sell for more than £1million. The £5 coin with a bust of the controversial monarch on one side was struck but never put into circulation as he abdicated after just 11 months on the throne. It is one of only three … Read more
An exceptionally rare gold coin for King Edward VIII’s short-lived reign is tipped to sell for more than £1million. The £5 coin with a bust of the controversial monarch on one side was struck but never put into circulation as he abdicated after just 11 months on the throne. It is one of only three … Read more
Metal detectorist finds £2million centrepiece jewel of Henry VIII’s lost crown buried under a tree after it had been missing for 400 years Kevin Duckett, 49, made the discovery in a field near Market Harborough Two-and-a-half inch jewel is now being verified at the British Museum Mr Duckett said he first thought the jewel was … Read more
A breathtaking Grade II-listed townhouse built for King Henry VIII’s confessor has hit the market for £6.25million. Longlands House was built for John Longland, Bishop of Lincoln, understood to have been one of the first to persuade the Tudor King to annul his marriage to first wife Catherine of Aragon. The six-bedroom property in Henley-on-Thames has a … Read more
Scientists have identified the chemical compound causing the hull of the Mary Rose, Henry VIII’s famous warship, to degrade — offering hope for its preservation. The Mary Rose was salvaged in 1982, following some four centuries on the seabed of the Solent where she sank on July 19, 1545 in a battle against the French … Read more
Mystery woman in Royal Collection portrait is finally identified after 300 years as Mary Boleyn, who was Henry VIII’s mistress before her sister Anne married the womanizing king The sitter for Portrait of a Woman has been identified after hundreds of years It has been reunited with an original set of 14 paintings owned by … Read more