Henry VIII is known as the 'father of the Royal Navy.' When he became king there were five royal warships. By his death he had built up a navy of around 50 ships. He refitted several vessels with ...

He was the first Tudor monarch, the king who vanquished Richard III at ... that Torrigiano must have used a model of Henry's death mask to make it so lifelike. A death mask was traditionally ...

Westminster Abbey is undertaking a new project using the latest 3D technology to scan the funeral effigy head of Henry VII ... it from the same death mask that he used for the V&A’s contemporaneous ...

Treason, tyranny, and terror are fabled words of King Henry VIII, one of history’s most controversial autocrats and ...

He was the first Tudor monarch, the king who vanquished Richard III at ... that Torrigiano must have used a model of Henry's death mask to make it so lifelike. A death mask was traditionally ...

As far back as the Ancient Laws of China, the death penalty has been established as a punishment for crimes. In the 18th Century BC, the Code of King Hammurabi ... reign of Henry VIII, the numbers ...

The spring concert calendar is already filling up with Indian superstars, Latin American rappers, Ballet B.C. — and even ...

How do you cope when death seems to always be nipping at your heels? You just have to laugh. King may have been worried that his short fuse might ruin his kids, or that the demons in his closet ...

Queen Camilla revealed that she and King Charles III adopted a rescue puppy after the death of their dog last November. Camilla, 77, shared the news while meeting a partially-sighted museum group ...

Hairy Bikers star Si King has revealed the 'difficult' decision he had to make following the death of his best friend and TV partner Dave Myers. Dave passed away at the age of 66 in February last ...

The writer and broadcaster Henry Kelly, best known for presenting Going For Gold and Game For A Laugh, has died at the age of 78. Kelly, who was born in Dublin, died "peacefully" on Tuesday "after ...

The Bible tells the story about a king who died at the hands of an Egyptian ... does not tell us much about the details of Josiah's death, it does point to Necho's military presence at Armageddon ...