Maria Clementina Sobieski – one of just three women buried in St Peter’s Basilica – lived a life of extraordinary defiance and determination.

The late Queen Elizabeth II was fiercely anti-smoking - and she had good reason to be. Smoking played a large part in the ...

From Cillian Murphy and Will Smith to Sidney Poitier and Daniel Day-Lewis, a roll call of every Best Actor winner since the ...

If the committee-approved memorial of Queen Elizabeth II in St James’s Park is to be imaginative, well realised and uplifting, it may need a total rethink, says Jonathan Glancey ...

King Henry VI of England left his pregnant wife Margaret of Anjou at home and travelled from court to the West Country on a judicial visit. Stopping off at Clarendon Palace in Wiltshire the ...

Hewick, the winner of a pulsating King George VI Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day, has been allotted top weight for the Randox ...

Joan Collins has confirmed that award-winning actress Isabella Rossellini has joined the cast of The Bitter End - a biopic about American socialite Wallis Simpson.

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When the president arrived at Balmoral, the Queen shook his hand and a lone bagpiper sounded the "Royal Salute". Eisenhower, ...

King Charles adopts ‘rustic’ new dog Snuff, a Lagotto Romagnolo — All the Royal Family-approved dog breeds - The Royal Family ...

Jack is the son of esteemed author and television producer Michael Whitehall and actress Hilary Isbister. Michael and Hilary married in 1986, with their wedding coinciding with Michael's 46th birthday ...

The clock is ticking on the Ron Sanchez tenure, but he’ll likely find his way into the coaching search. While this season has ...