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Two first cousins named Barbara Villiers - born thirteen years apart and named after their grandmother Barbara St John....

This is the tale of yet another ambitious Villiers girl, and another Barbara to boot.  This Barbara was the eldest daughter...

William III is probably the last person one might expect to have a mistress.  In fact it has been suggested he was probably...

The Villiers family exploded onto the Royal scene in 1614 when George, later Duke of Buckingham, caught the roving eye of...

Today it seems incredible that the distinctive work of 'Curtain Master' William Larkin remained neglected and in question...

Maria Gunning must have been a tough act for Barbara St. John to follow. The five famous Gunning sisters were born in...

Who would live in a house like this? Well apart from Cardinal Wolsey, Henry VIII and other assorted monarchs, during the...

In which Anne fulfills a prophecy and saves a dynasty. Lady Johanna St John Anne St John was baptised at St Mary's...

When Charles I's coffin was opened during building work in St George's Chapel in 1813, Royal physician Sir Henry Halford...

It's tempting to ponder on how differently things might have panned out had Jane Seymour not been on the marriage market in...