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Queen Anne

A surprisingly successful monarch, despite ill health and tragedy

William III and Mary II

England's only joint sovereigns, who transformed Kensington Palace into a royal residence

Mary II

One half of the first and only joint monarchy in Britain.

Sir Thomas More

Henry VIII's 'good servant, and God's first'

Thomas Cromwell

The life and death of Henry VIII’s 'most faithful servant'

Elizabeth I

From Tower prisoner to English Queen

Anne Boleyn

How did Anne Boleyn become queen and why did Henry VIII execute her?

The execution of Charles I

Killing of a 'treasonous' King

Jane Seymour

Henry VIII's favourite Queen?