A new exhibition spotlights Natalia Pavlovna Paley, the granddaughter of a czar. She built a new life for herself in France ...

Guercino’s King David has now joined its two companion works at the National Gallery, settling £5.6m in inheritance tax from ...

HISTORYFor several centuries - especially from the 16th to the early 20th century - Europe’s royal families were deeply ...

THE history of aviation is filled with groundbreaking moments, but one early event stands out for its sheer audacity.

Peter Chilufya Kasolo entered the Centenarian Club last Sunday as a true patriarch whose life has spanned generations. The lifetime anniversary was worth the celebration for the man the family has now ...

Tsar Nicholas II, the head of the tragic Romanov family, commissioned the ornate building not only to honor the late tsarevich but also to accommodate the religious needs of the city's growing ...

Today in History for July 17: In 1505, future church reformer, Martin Luther entered the Augustinian monastic order at Erfurt in present day eastern Germany. He was 21. In 1674, the second census of ...

Since the late 1970s the Nationalist Party has sought as its main ideological beacon Christian Democracy and subsequently established strong links with Italy's Democrazia Cristiana. Over the span of ...

It was another VIP-studded afternoon at Wimbledon on Thursday, as Prince Michael of Kent , Bear Grylls and A-lister Rory ...

Warsaw's gorgeously reconstructed Old Town and, in its rising downtown, the new museum of modern art, by the New York–based ...

The humble ferry presents a lot of advantages to British holidaymakers, including cost savings and queue-free travel ...