Royal Scandals
The affairs, poisonings, and succession plots royal courts tried to bury
Catherine Howard: The Teenage Queen Henry VIII Executed
Henry VIII's fifth wife was barely a teenager when scandal caught her. Six the Musical made her famous again - here is what the record shows.
The Death of Crown Prince Sado: A Korean King Who Locked His Son in a Rice Chest
A Korean king sealed his own heir inside a wooden rice chest in 1762. Here is what the court record actually says happened, and why.
The Affair of the Diamond Necklace: The Con That Helped Doom Marie Antoinette
A forged signature, a fake midnight meeting, and a necklace she never touched: the con that convinced France its queen was guilty.
The Abdication of Edward VIII: The King Who Gave Up a Throne for Wallis Simpson
How a king's love for a twice-divorced American commoner sparked a constitutional crisis that cost him the throne within a year.
The Mayerling Incident: Crown Prince Rudolf's Murder-Suicide Mystery
In 1889 Austria's heir died with his teenage mistress at a hunting lodge. The Habsburgs called it heart failure. Here is what the record actually shows.
Rasputin and the Romanovs: What He Actually Did at Court
Rasputin held no government post. Here is what the record shows he actually did at the Romanov court, and where the mad monk legend takes over.