Before Kate became the Duchess of Cambridge when she married Prince William in 2011, one other unlikely royal was also in the running for the prestigious title.

Prince’s Parade and the Esplanade, early 1900s, looking towards the North Sands. Perhaps it is out of season, as everything ...

Everyone who's read Larry McMurtry's masterpiece remembers Joshua Deets. How many people know the amazing life story of his real-life counterpart, Bose Ikard?

The title of the Duchess of Cambridge was almost given to another royal family member before it was awarded to Kate Middleton ...

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Roman and Visigoth forces defeat Attila the Hun in north east France. 1214: The University of Oxford receives its ...

Let’s take a look at the politics of sculptural commissions plus a top ten of statues featuring women in the city of London. A set of 19th-century drawings by a teenage Queen Victoria will be put up ...

Despite being born 48 years apart, Queen Victoria and Queen Mary of Teck have far more in common than first meets the eye - apart from both being the matriarchs of the Royal Family. Queen ...

Queen Victoria survived assassination attempts by seven men in her lifetime. Getty/iStock It was 183 years ago today when Queen Victoria survived the first of two consecutive assassination ...

If you go back to the first half of the 19th century, when fur trading was on the decline and soon-to-be discovered gold ...

David Beckham receives knighthood from King Charles III, earning the title "Sir Beckham" while his wife Victoria becomes ...