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Latest genetic tests reveal another break in the male line, potentially undermining the legitimacy of the entire House of Plantagenet
A painting of King Richard III by an unknown artist from the 16th Century Photograph: NEIL HALL/Reuters
One of the Founding Fathers of the United States, Benjamin Franklin was also an author, printer, politician, freemason, postmaster, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. Here George Goodwin, the author of Benjamin Franklin in London: The British Life of America’s Founding Father, discovers some interesting facts about this 18th century mega man.
Soldiers lay down a wreath at the Jewish Cemetery in Berlin Weissensee, on November 18, 2012. Soldiers lay a wreath at the Jewish Cemetery in Weissensee, Berlin in November 2012
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's baby is the newest member of a Royal Family
which spans four generations. Click on the images below to find out more.
The British royal family may have some explaining to do. If the results of a DNA test conducted by BritainsDNA are to be believed, the royal lineage has some unlikely roots -- in India.
The bones of Elizabeth I, Good Queen
Bess, lie mingled with those of her sister, Bloody Mary, in a single
tomb at Westminster Abbey. But are they really royal remains — or
evidence of the greatest conspiracy in English history?
Newly discovered human bones prove the first permanent British settlers in North
America turned to cannibalism over the cruel winter of 1609-10, US researchers
have said.
The tradition of English couples heading to Gretna Green to marry is
rooted in Scottish law and the "irregular marriage", just one of Scotland's
historical wedding traditions.
White smoke billowing from the Sistine Chapel chimney in the Vatican in Rome has
announced to the world that cardinals gathered inside have elected a new Pope to
head the Catholic Church.
One hundred years after his inauguration, Woodrow Wilson still stands as one of the most influential figures of the 20th century, and one of the most enigmatic.
One hundred years ago on 4 March 1913 Thomas Woodrow Wilson, from Staunton in Virginia, was about to begin his term as the 28th president of the United States of America.
Millions of historical criminal records from England and Wales are going online.
Half a million of the records from 1770 to 1934 have been published today by the genealogy website Find My Past in association with The National Archives .
The leader of a Yorkshire council has claimed the city of Leicester is not to be trusted to look after the recently discovered remains of King Richard III.
Bones found in a Leicester car park have been confirmed by DNA testing as those of Richard III. But what was the technique scientists used to reconstruct his face?
The decisive act: Richard III leads a charge of his knights in an attempt to kill rival Henry Tudor and, despite getting close enough to strike down Henry's standard bearer, became surrounded moments later
For the past five months, Harry has been the warrior prince, in Helmand on his second tour of duty with the British Army - but his first as an Apache helicopter pilot and gunner.
Prince Harry shot at Taliban insurgents during his time as an Army helicopter pilot in Afghanistan, he says.
The prince, whose five-month deployment to the country has just ended, spoke about his role as an Apache co-pilot gunner, and whether he had killed.
"Yeah, so lots of people have. The squadron's been out here. Everyone's fired a certain amount," he said.
"If there's people trying to do bad stuff to our guys, then we'll take them out of the game."
Prince Harry left Afghanistan on Monday. News teams were allowed to interview him during his deployment, if they agreed to delay broadcast until he had left the country.
As well as discussing his role in Afghanistan, he talked about various other issues, including that he had "let my family down" when he was pictured naked in a Las Vegas hotel room last year.
To the outside world Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and their family seemed the embodiment of domestic bliss, but the reality was very different, writes historian Jane Ridley.
Very little changed for a young Jewish boy, Edgar Feuchtwanger, when Hitler moved into his street in an affluent Munich suburb - until the night of 9 November 1938, when the onslaught against German Jews began in earnest.
One in 10 of us is said to be anxious that 21 December marks the end of the world. The Ancient Mayans predicted this doomsday, and the press is eating it up. But where are all the believers?
John Goodricke was a brilliant astronomer from the era of the amateur scientist. Deaf from early childhood, he was already being recognised for his work before his life was cut short, writes Linda French.
An encrypted World War II message found in a fire place strapped to the remains of a dead carrier pigeon may have been cracked by a Canadian enthusiast.
A written statement from Lord Lucan's sister suggesting another man was at his house around the time of the murder of the family nanny has been uncovered.
The peer disappeared in 1974 aged 39 and was declared dead in 1999. His body was never found
Born without arms or legs, Arthur MacMorrough Kavanagh was an adventurer who rose to become a successful politician. Widely revered as a prodigy, he was also part of a rich and powerful family, writes Nicholas Whyte.
More or less intact helmets of the era are very rare finds, said University of Kent archaeologist Dr Steven Willis
A rare Iron Age helmet unearthed by a metal detector enthusiast on farmland near Canterbury has been described as a significant find by the British Museum.
Tamerlane - derived from his nickname Timur the Lame - rose from obscurity to become a 14th Century conqueror of nations, who piled high the skulls of his enemies. It was quite a feat at a time when physical prowess was prized, writes Justin Marozzi.
The Duchess of Cambridge - who is now expecting a baby - has moved from a comparatively ordinary existence to a prominent role in the Royal Family since she started going out with Prince William in 2001.
Is Pompeii an ancient or a modern wonder? Its ruins have been rebuilt and the bodies of the volcano's victims are plaster casts, says classical historian Mary Beard.
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The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, in earlier centuries often called the Gunpowder Treason Plot or the Jesuit Treason, was a failed assassination attempt against King James I of England and VI of Scotland by a group of provincial English Catholics led by Robert Catesby.
A late 17th or early 18th-century report of the plot
It is now 70 years since GIs first landed on British soil to join their allies during WWII. Before the war, ordinary British people only knew Americans as the gangsters and heroes from the silver screen. They were in for a shock.
The first GIs landed on Britain's shores in 1942 and brought with them candy, Coca-Cola, cigarettes and nylon.
GIs were reportedly very generous. With average salaries more than five times that of a British soldier and no living expenses to worry about, there was plenty of time for parties.
GI veteran Lester Gaiter recalls: "We would crash their parties, drink their beer, flirt with their women".
And their generous nature made them alluring to women - around 70,000 British women became GI brides.
As Russians remember the victims of the Stalinist purges, which reached fever pitch 75 years ago, a newly published database gives many Muscovites a chance to discover the chilling history on their doorstep.
Archaeologists in Bulgaria say they have uncovered the oldest prehistoric town found to date in Europe.
The walled fortified settlement, near the modern town of Provadia, is thought to have been an important centre for salt production.
Nikolay Hristov, the Head of Provadia History Museum, says that archaeologists from many different countries have been involved in the process of examining the site.
In 1875 the age of consent in Victorian Britain was raised from 12 to 13, but it was only after the public outrage that followed an investigative exposé into prostitution a decade later that it was raised to the current age of 16.
The words emblazoned in large print on top of the Pall Mall Gazette in the first week of July 1885 - NOTICE TO OUR READERS, followed by "A Frank Warning", set the tone for a week-long report titled The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon, exposing the lurid underworld of London's child prostitutes.
I recently had a genetic test to find out more about where my ancestors came from. The results confirmed what I already knew - I am from a family of European Jews. But there was also a surprise - a Neanderthal forebear.
Genealogy is big business these days, much of it internet-driven, but as the BBC's Anu Anand discovered in Haridwar, if you are from a Hindu family tracing your roots in the traditional manner can prove a little more demanding.
A question one Radio 4 listener asked about the bloodline between Jesus and King David raised a wider genealogical issue. How many generations does it take before someone alive today is the ancestor of everyone on the planet?
As international diplomats continue efforts to try to end the continuing violence in Syria which has led to an estimated 27,000 deaths, they would do well to consider the lessons from the extraordinary length of time that Syria's strategic position has been provoking foreign interest - and foreign intervention.
Richard III may have expected to rest in a lavish royal tomb similar to Edward III but instead may well have ended up beneath tyres and tarmac in a council car park
As I watched the archive film of the events celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee, after 25 years on the throne, I felt as if I was entering another world. The BBC coverage showed street parties, wheelbarrow races, egg-and-spoon races, fancy dress parades, floats - it all seemed more like a hundred years ago than a mere twenty-five. There was an ingenuousness about the festivities, an uncritical affection for the Royal Family and a strength of community, all of which have dissipated over the last quarter of a century.
When Kate Middleton walks down the aisle of Westminster Abbey on 29 April, it will be to marry a future king. But while Prince William descends from a royal lineage that dates back centuries, the family tree of his wife-to-be reveals far more humble roots.
A rare "wanted" poster for Charles II has been sold for just over £33,000 at an auction in Shropshire.
The poster offers a reward of £1,000 for the capture of the king, who had escaped after the battle of Worcester in 1651.
Auctioneer Richard Westwood-Brookes said the sale price was "astonishing". It had a guide price of £700 to £1,000.
The poster was bought by someone from the Boscobel area of Shropshire, where Charles II had hidden in an oak tree.
Mr Westwood-Brookes said: "I'm pleased that the British public are interested in our heritage to this extent."
Issued by Oliver Cromwell's parliament, the poster calls for "the discovery and apprehending of Charles Stuart and other traitors, his adherents and abettors".
Following the execution of Charles I in 1649, his son raised an army to try to regain the throne.
After defeat by parliamentary forces at the Battle of Worcester, Charles II fled to Shropshire, where he hid in an oak tree.
The monarchy was eventually restored with Charles II in 1661.
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