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King to visit Wales on Owain Glyndwr Day
Press Association News via AOL· 2 years agoThe King and Queen Consort will visit Cardiff on Friday for what will be seen by many as a historical day for Wales. However, for many others, the day is...
A plague on both their houses? Politicos grapple with 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's First Folio
Evening Standard via Yahoo News UK· 6 months agoWilliam Shakespeare’s works are not short of insight on the perils of power and “vaulting ambition”....
A mighty history: four centuries of French family tiffs
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 months agoSoon after the death of his father Robert in July of 1031, Henry I of France had a problem. His...
Gold watch worn by richest passenger aboard Titanic sells for record-breaking $1.5 million
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoA gold watch worn by John Jacob Astor IV, a member of the wealthy Astor family and the richest man...
From the 'stone of destiny' to a holy spoon, strange and sacred items will play a key coronation...
NBC Universal via AOL· 1 year agoLONDON — The ritual of crowning a new king or queen is more than 1,000 years old. And each of the...
Ian McKellen: ‘Whenever I fall in love, I wonder: are they going to leave me one day?’
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoWhen Gregory Doran asked Ian McKellen to play Falstaff for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2014...
Review: Guthrie's epic Shakespeare History Plays opens in mountainous marathon
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 4 weeks ago"Let us sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of the death of kings," King Richard says to his...
Charles wears ceremonial robes as nine are awarded Order of the Bath
Press Association News via AOL· 2 years agoEngland’s former chief medical officer and four ex-chiefs of the defence staff were among those to...
A Watch Found on the Titanic Just Sold for Nearly $1.5 Million
GQ via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoOn April 15, 1912, John Jacob Astor IV, one of the world’s wealthiest men, helped his young,...
Pocket watch and violin case of ill-fated Titanic players to go on auction
Euronews via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoWe all know the story. On 15 April 1912, the passenger ship RMS Titanic, operated by White Star...