Elizabeth, the last Tudor monarch, was born in Greenwich on 7 September 1533. She was the daughter of Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn. When Elizabeth was just two years old, her mother ...

Elizabeth I is a colourful monarch. Her reign has been referred to by some as a ‘golden age’ but more recently this has been challenged and Elizabeth’s control over her country has been ...

Elizabeth I ordered the beheading of Mary, Queen of Scots, a Catholic claimant to the English throne, on this day in 1587 Sarah Holzmann Francis Drake's successful voyage included British sailors ...