If you prefer your costume dramas with a little more edge - more like The Great than Downton Abbey - then Sky's seven-parter ...

I f you consider yourself a history buff, you may already know the story of Mary Villiers, Countess of Buckingham. Her biggest claim to fame is getting her son George to seduce King James I so ...

Queen James: The Life and Loves of Britain’s First King by Gareth Russell illuminates the inner life and passions of James VI and I. George Villiers, first duke of Buckingham and lover of James I, ...

It is based on the real-life scheming of Mary Villiers and her son George and revolves around the darker side of romance. Still, the sharp wit and ambition of the characters mirror the social ...

Lord Charles O’Hagan – godson and page of honour of Queen Elizabeth II, once a husband to a Georgian princess, and a ...

Charles was born in Dublin, son of John James Stanford and his wife Mary (Henn), both amateur musicians. He was educated in Dublin and took organ lessons at the cathedral. Later he was a choral ...

Mary & George is inspired by the unbelievable true story of Mary Villiers, who moulded her beautiful and charismatic son, George, to seduce King James VI of Scotland and I of England and become ...

The one-time Prince, who has endured several rocky years of family strife, gathered his nearest and nearest to mark the ...