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Elizabeth of York

The original Tudor Queen, and wife of Henry VII

Thomas Cromwell

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

Sir Thomas More

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

Catherine Duleep Singh

The Punjabi Princess who became a 'guarantor' to Jewish refugees escaping Nazi Germany, and an icon for LGBTQ+ South Asian women

Sophia Duleep Singh

The Punjabi Princess who fought for women's rights

Kings and queens of the Georgian period

Who were the Georgians – the kings and their queens who gave their name to an era?

George III

Dutiful, intelligent and cultured, but cruelly labelled ‘mad’

Queen Charlotte

Wife of George III and mother to 15 children

William IV

The unexpected king, who lived in Bushy Park, near Hampton Court Palace and was married at Kew Palace