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Cherries jubilee feels special, but it isn’t fussy. The warm cherries, paired with the cool creamy ice cream, make for a dessert with a flair.
Today in Music History for June 2: In 1857, English composer Sir Edward Elgar was born. Music composed in 1897 for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee brought him public recognition. Elgar's most popular ...
He died in 1946. In 1897, Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier sailed from Canada to attend Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. He returned from London as Sir Wilfrid Laurier. In 1910, famed ...
Victoria was the railway queen: the first British monarch to board a train when she departed Slough for Paddington in 1842.
Ethiopia’s historical connection to the sea and its enduring quest for access to a seaport has been shaped by complex geopolitical dynamics spanning ...
The Kaiser’s praise for Lord Curzon, and his desire to have some kind of control over India, was known to Britain and they ...
After a five-month siege in the First Crusade, Crusaders seize Antioch (in modern day Turkey). 1539: Explorer Hernando de ...
My husband and I celebrated our silver wedding anniversary with a family trip to the land of my birth, and showing my ...
David Beckham is going to be awarded a knighthood in King Charles’ birthday honors list next week. He will be awarded for his ...
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 ...
For the occasion, Queen Máxima wore a jaw-dropping set featuring the red gemstone that King William originally gifted to ...