Henry VIII, which airs on Channel 5 at 9pm tonight, reveals an unearthed drawing depicting the royal's emotional reaction to his mother's passing when he was just 10 years old.

It was a common mnemonic device to help children learn the sequence of Henry VIII’s six wives. Tudor-era portraits of monarchs, wives, and courtiers form a key segment of the National Portrait ...

All that remains of a huge long-lost life-sized portrait of Henry VIII is going on show today after it moved five minutes down the road from the National Portrait Gallery to the National Gallery.

Toward the end of his life, England’s King Henry VIII left a series of doodles in a prayer book, revealing his anguish over his health and his past actions, new research shows.

He ordered the death of the abbot, initially by hanging, drawing and quartering, before putting him on public display. But the note, thought to have been dictated to a secretary in October 1536 ...

Only three out of Henry VIII's four legitimate children reached adulthood. Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I each went on to reign and leave their mark on English history.