The Duchess of Edinburgh’s engagement ring is a striking and classic gem that was created by a favourite jeweller and with a ...

Among the most evocative looted object is Tipu Sultan’s mechanical tiger, a wooden automaton depicting a tiger mauling a ...

Born on April 6, 1886, Mir Osman Ali Khan was the seventh Nizam of Hyderabad and ruled from 1911 until 1948. His reign marked ...

Thetford has been home to influential and inspirational men and women. During the Iron Age, the town was a major centre for the Iceni tribe, led by the iconic queen Boudica, who rebelled against the ...

It was invented around 1750 by William Oliver, a Somerset doctor; it was the great grand-mammy of all water-biscuits - the plainest, thinnest, high-baked crackers.

There were many such rare diamonds present in India at one time, whose value is in billions today. They are mentioned every ...

The Golconda Blue, once owned by Indian royalty, is set to go under the hammer. What is its historical significance? What is ...

they’ll whisper to the Queen.” Insert handbag tactic: “The Queen has this very sweet thing—she’ll just gently nudge him in the small of his back with the corner of her handbag ...

The legendary diamond mines of Golconda are all gone now. Blame it on the demand for their extraordinary stones—devoid of nitrogen, their color has been described as “whiter than white” and “as clear ...

The King and Queen have attended a Sunday service at Crathie Kirk, near the Balmoral estate, where they were honoured with a new piece of music, specially composed for their 20th wedding anniversary.