He used Spanish currency, the backbone of the shipping trade, but the gamble was colossal in any coin. One pistole was ... and John Tayloe II, an avid horseman whose Mount Airy estate, in Richmond ...

Shortly before he died, King George V wrote to Stanley Baldwin, the prime minister, in despair about his eldest son, Edward, Prince of Wales. 'After I am dead, the boy will ruin himself within 12 ...

April 8 (UPI) --Whether President George W. Bush's ill-fated decision to invade Iraq in 2003 was America's worst geostrategic blunder since World War II and Vietnam or not, Donald Trump's ...

The Battle of Culloden on 16 April 1746 saw the prince and his forces face King George II's government army, led by the Duke of Cumberland, George's son. The prince was defeated and about 1,600 ...

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In his book Blood and Bronze: the British Empire and the Sack of Benin, historian Paddy Docherty reveals the brutality of high-ranking British officials in destroying the Kingdom of Benin in 1897.

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The 2024 Niue Star Wars: Grogu "Baby Yoda" Silver Coin is a unique collectible piece, minted by the New Zealand Mint on behalf of Niue. Featuring Grogu, fondly known as "Baby Yoda," this coin is a ...

This aria is inextricably linked with remembrance and is widely performed in England to mark the anniversary of World War II. A stunning, poignant piece of classical music for St George’s Day.

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Of England’s 48 ceremonial counties, only two have no National Trust presence, which even for a 130-year-old organisation is pretty good going (the only property in Yorkshire’s East Riding is ...