LONDON (AP).- A revealing piece of royal history was sold Thursday for 78,000 pounds ($125,871) when an unidentified buyer bought the infamous see-through dress Kate Middleton wore back in 2002 when she and Prince William were university friends. Some …
Westminster Abbey, United Kingdom Royalty’s Church of Choice for 1,000 Years
LONDON (AP).- Westminster Abbey has been at the religious heart of the English — and later British — monarchy for some 1,000 years, regularly hosting coronations and funerals. Unusually, the church is a “royal peculiar,” which means it belong…
Westminster Abbey, United Kingdom Royalty’s Church of Choice for 1,000 Years
LONDON (AP).- Westminster Abbey has been at the religious heart of the English — and later British — monarchy for some 1,000 years, regularly hosting coronations and funerals. Unusually, the church is a “royal peculiar,” which means it belong…
London’s National Portrait Gallery Finds Relics of English King Richard II in Its Basement
LONDON.- An archivist at the National Portrait Gallery has found relics from the tomb of King Richard II while cataloguing the papers of its first Director Sir George Scharf (1820-1895). Among the hundreds of diaries and notebooks left behind in boxes …
London’s National Portrait Gallery Finds Relics of English King Richard II in Its Basement
LONDON.- An archivist at the National Portrait Gallery has found relics from the tomb of King Richard II while cataloguing the papers of its first Director Sir George Scharf (1820-1895). Among the hundreds of diaries and notebooks left behind in boxes …