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While lying on her deathbed, Ada Lovelace made a mysterious confession to her husband that was so disturbing, he left and never came back.

Historians describe Richard the Lionheart as “a bad son, a bad husband, and a bad king, but a gallant and splendid soldier”. But the reality is more complicated.

Anne Neville was crowned Queen of England in a magnificent summer spectacle at Westminster. Yet in mere months, everything fell apart—and that was just the beginning of her nightmare.

In 1513, Margaret Tudor’s husband was slain by forces commanded by her own sister-in-law. A year later, she eloped with a new man—but the union would soon turn into a living nightmare.

Not many men in the history of the British Royal Family have ever been remembered as positively as Prince Albert, who was married to Queen Victoria and served as her royal consort—but few know his dark history.

As the youngest son of William the Conqueror, Henry I was not likely to become king. Nevertheless, he outlived, outfought, or outwitted his older brothers to become the king of England in 1100 CE. Henry proved to be a master politician—but then his demise plunged England into a civil war.