Some 23,500 items from the Royal Archives in Windsor and Royal Collection are being transferred as part of the Prince Albert Digitisation Project, which will be complete by 2020.
Nearly 23,000 works of state-owned art are missing in France and its overseas territories, lost over time from museums, town halls, and major institutions largely due to poor documentation and even theft.
A $14,000 jumble sale find turned into millions of dollars for a man who’d been thwarted in his attempts to turn a quick profit by selling the tiny ornament to scrap metal dealers.
The Royal Family from Queen Victoria to The Duchess Of Cambridge
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The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.
The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.
The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.
The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.
Seemingly all the US presidential candidates, in both parties, agree that "something more" should be done about Daesh or ISIS. Most of them, especially the Republican candidates, seem to think that doing more involves more unrestrained bombing (it is unclear if any of them recognize the similarity to demands for unrestrained bombing of Vietnam).
Did you know that Fabergé eggs started as annual gifts to Russian Empress Maria Feodorovna?
Delicately and exotically trimmed, and made of luxurious fabrics, ball gowns are the most formal female attire for social occasions. Trimmed with lace, pearls, sequins, embroidery, ruffles and ruching, the most common fabrics are satin, silk, taffeta
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One of the main exhibits is the "400 years of the House of Romanov" Easter egg.
Some of the objects used as props were originals; in this case the imperial crown, sceptre and mantle were borrowed from the Imperial Treasury.
US President Barack Obama's life and career in 50 pictures.
Hitler was horrific, but Hirohito was even more horrendous – and here’s the proof.
Every royal family has its ostentatious burial chamber, from Basilique Saint-Denis in France to the Hapsburg Imperial Crypt in Austria. In Spain, 26 gold and...
Ernst Louis, The Grand Duke of Hesse
The monarchy is preparing for a new chapter.
The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.
The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.
Archaeologists in Poland have unearthed a coin hoard from the early Carolingian dynasty in a field in the remote north-east of the country. The coin hoard treasure indicates a connection between the ancient Viking trade center at Truso and the Carolingian dynasty to the south, but that might not be the whole story.
Left to right: Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich, Tsar Nicholas II ...
In Kiev, Maria engaged in the Red Cross and hospital work, and in September, the 50th anniversary of her arrival in Russia was celebrated with great festivities, during which she was visited by her…
Roger Fenton, the man who would make history as the photographer of the Crimean War, was raised in great comfort in England. He was born in
Learn about the private chambers of King Henry VIII at Hampton Court Palace, how the rooms were arranged, and what you can still see today.
Unlike most of The Crown’s fifth season, episode six does not take place in the 1990s. Instead, it opens in World War I–era Britain, when the House of Windsor was headed not by Queen Elizabeth but by her grandfather King George V and his wife, Queen Mary.
The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.
The Archbishop of Canterbury Lang wrote to the then PM Stanley Baldwin to tell him that Edward had to leave 'as soon as possible'. Above: Lang and Edward in May 1936.
