Queen Elizabeth I’s quick thinking and command of five European languages made her a dangerous enemy in a war of words.

It was a bitter moment for Anne Boleyn when she saw that what she herself had done to poor Catherine of Aragon, Jane Seymour was about to do to her.

When young Walter Raleigh first came to the court of Queen Elizabeth I he had little more than his wardrobe in his favour, and he wore it wisely.

Edward III enticed over-regulated Dutch textile workers across the Channel with the promise of English beef and English beauties.