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Margaret of York was no stranger to tragedy and loss—but every ounce of misery she’d known was nothing compared to what awaited her in 1482.

Princess Amelia was the King’s favorite child—but she was hiding a scandalous secret from her family.

Empress Maria Alexandrovna lived every royal’s worst nightmare. In 1880, assassins attempted to murder her entire family. But that wasn’t even the worst part.

When Emperor Puyi married the beautiful Wanrong, people called it a fairy tale—but it was really a horror story.

In 2019, an English man got much more than he bargained for when he found an absolutely stunning lost treasure that belonged to one of the Tudor era’s most remarkable figures.

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.