A profile of the niece of Henry VIII reveals her contributions to sixteenth century politics, covering her two affairs, arrangement of her son's marriage to Mary Queen of Scots, and role in securing the English throne for her grandson, Scotland's James VI.

A portrait of the divorcée maligned for her marriage to the abdicated Edward VIII. Discusses the impoverished early life that fueled her ambigions, theories about her alleged personality disorder, and her posthumous status as a female empowerment icon.

An illustrated celebration of Kate Middleton's first year as the Duchess of Cambridge, detailing her official and unofficial public appearances, including her honeymoon in the Seychelles, her first official trip as a member of the royal family to Canada and the US, and her appearance at the wedding of Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall, to reveal how she has become the people's duchess. Includes events up until March 2012.

"For many years, Camilla was portrayed in a poor light, blamed by the public for the break-up of the marriage between Prince Charles and Lady Diana. Initially, Queen Elizabeth refused to see or speak to her, but, since the death of Prince Philip, Camilla had become one of the Queen's closest companions. Her confidence in Camilla and the transformation she had seen in Prince Charles since their wedding resulted in her choosing the first day of her...

"This extraordinary true story transports us to Tudor and Stuart England as Alice Spencer, the daughter of an upstart sheep farmer, becomes one of the most powerful women in the country and establishes a powerful dynasty that endures to this day"--

Examines the life of Lady Almina, the fifth Countess of Carnarvon, and the events in Highclere Castle during the First World War.

Edward de Vere, the Seventeenth Earl of Oxford, and an A-list party boy on the continental circuit, traveled to Venice and throughout Italy and Europe in 1575-76. Here, he discovered commedia dell'arte, and collected the experiences that would become known as the works of Shakespeare. The film reveals De Vere's epic life story, introducing a brilliant, troubled, charming man, and argues that De Vere's bisexuality is the reason for the pseudonym 'Shake-speare.'...

Declassified documents bring to light the secret story of the stunning events of 1936, detailing the most controversial espionage operation in British history, targeting King Edward VIII and his feisty American lover Wallis Simpson, both considered major security threats. Edward and Wallis were bugged, wire-tapped, and followed, on the orders of both the British king and the American president.