The photos below show a few tongue-in-cheek occasions when the past and present have co-mingled: from the Roman emperor with ...

The Tudors, too, stressed their Arthurian inheritance, with Henry VIII having himself painted onto the table to entertain Emperor Charles V in 1522. The castle was one of the first Norman buildings in ...

Ferdinand is the nephew and heir of Franz Joseph, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary. When Franz Joseph dies aged 86 in November 1916, the two thrones instead pass to his great-nephew, Charles I.

As the five finalists for a permanent memorial of Queen Elizabeth II in St James’s Park are announced, Jonathan Glancey looks at what has worked in the past - and what doesn’t work if we want ...

Aurangzeb's tomb row: The ongoing dispute over the demand to remove Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb's tomb sparked unrest in central Nagpur on Monday evening, resulting in violent clashes, incidents of ...

Pope Clement VII (1523–1534): A miscalculated war — Pope Clement VII found himself caught in the power struggles of Europe, aligning with France and other states in the War of the League of ...

He will close the books of Hyderabad’s present financial triennium Oct. 5, 1937, including such comparatively recent items as $65,000 to the Memorial Fund for King George V, $25.000 for ...

Charles and Camilla bid farewell to the Emperor and Empress of Japan following a three day state visit which saw them attend a number of events across the capital.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla wave and smile as they formally bid farewell to Emperor Naruhito and his wife Empress Masako of Japan as they leave Buckingham Palace, on the final day of their ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako started a three-day state visit to Britain on Tuesday as King Charles and Queen Camilla welcomed them with an array of ceremonies and a state banquet at ...