Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 11 hours ago
They were the most notorious men and women to have ruled over England, and their decisions led to chaos, turbulence and bloodshed. The Tudors, Kings such as Henry VIII and his son Edward VI and Queens such as Elizabeth I and Mary I were brutal in the way they ensured their nations were run. But in the years and centuries after their deaths, many of the Tudors had their coffins opened and their burial vaults disturbed, and inside some of these chambers incredible and also shocking things were discovered. These are the greatest discoveries from the coffins of Tudor Kings and Queens.
They were the most notorious men and women to have ruled over England, and their decisions led to chaos, turbulence and bloodshed. The Tudors, Kings such as Henry VIII and his son Edward VI and Queens such as Elizabeth I and Mary I were brutal in the way they ensured their nations were run. But in the years and centuries after their deaths, many of the Tudors had their coffins opened and their burial vaults disturbed, and inside some of these chambers incredible and also shocking things were discovered. These are the greatest discoveries from the coffins of Tudor Kings and Queens.
