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8 days ago

Inside King George VI and the Queen Mother's unconventional relationship on their 102nd wedding anniversary

Tomorrow is the 102nd wedding anniversary of when a young Elizabeth and Prince Albert said 'I do' and emerged from Westminster Abbey as the new Duke and Duchess of York.

12 days ago

13 days ago

The Edwardians: Age of Elegance; Cartier review – excess all areas

King’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace; V&A, London
British royal history in the era of Fabergé, photography, empire, war and tiny waists is an expertly spangled soap opera. And a blockbuster Cartier show…

14 days ago

‘Hitler’s hatred of the scientist had intensified. There was a price on his head’: the tragic story of Robert Einstein, Albert’s cousin

After the famous physicist fled Germany in 1933, his cousin Robert moved his family to Italy, where they thought they had found safety. Then, the day before liberation, Nazis smashed down their front…

35 days ago

The UK has a top secret Pyramid to rival the ones in Egypt - but you won't believe where it is

Tucked away in the stunning Cairnogorms National Park in Aberdeenshire and overlooking the Scottish highlands is Prince Albert's cairn - erected by Queen Victoria in 1861.

38 days ago

54 days ago

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS: Who said 'Everybody likes flattery; and when you come to royalty you should lay it on with a trowel'?

This was two-time prime minister Benjamin Disraeli (1804-81). It courted him favour with Queen Victoria, who he drew out of her long mourning period following her husband Albert's death.

71 days ago

Amazon paid more than $1bn to take creative control of James Bond

007 stars offer mixed reactions to deal with the British-American heirs to the film producer Albert ‘Cubby’ Broccoli

Amazon has paid more than $1bn for “creative control”…

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