The discovery in the mid-19th century of a mysterious grave sparked the theory that Queen Elizabeth I of England had in fact been a man. During her lifetime, Elizabeth’s contemporaries often noted her so-called ‘manly’ qualities – but was this merely the product of a patriarchal society or was the Virgin Queen hiding a profound state secret? In the second season of our Conspiracy podcast series, Rob Attar speaks to Tracy Borman and asks if there’s any basis to the Bisley Boy Legend
The son Henry VIII always wanted is often maligned as a sickly child – but does he deserve this reputation? The real Edward VI, writes historian Tracy Borman, was a hearty lad who could have been as terrible as his father had he not met his untimely death in 1553 (aged 15)
Who were the Jacobites? What happened at Culloden? How did Bonnie Prince Charlie die? Everything you need to know about Scotland and the 1745 rebellion