The thank-you note, dated January 27, 1923, followed news of the then Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon's plans to marry Prince Albert - the future King George VI.

Elizabeth I ordered the beheading of Mary, Queen of Scots, a Catholic claimant to the English throne, on this day in 1587 ...

On February 8, 1971, the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (Nasdaq) opened. In 1960, the ...

The Queen Mother was pushed into an arranged marriage with the man she'd already turned down twice - but only after her true ...

Eventually in 1603 Elizabeth died and James was offered the throne. The succession passed smoothly and James VI of Scotland became James I of England and Ireland. Although promising to return to ...

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1899: Prince Alfred of Edinburgh, grandson of Queen Victoria, dies aged 24 in mysterious circumstances. On the same day, the ...

The Maryfield Park side had plenty of chances but had to come from behind to record a 2-1 win in Kirkcudbright.

Thousands of men in Yorkshire will be offered the opportunity to take part in a new £4.5 million prostate screening trial led ...

L’ÉCOLE Asia Pacific, School of Jewelry Arts celebrates its fifth anniversary in Hong Kong with a show on Japan’s samurai ...

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Work is under way to try and save an ancient sycamore tree in Glasgow after it was destroyed by Storm Eowyn. Half of the Darnley Sycamore was torn off as Scotland faced life-threatening ...