Elizabeth Gould was born Elizabeth Coxen at Ramsgate, a blustery ­English seaside town, during the reign of King George III and Queen Charlotte. Hers was an old Kent family who, for generations, had ...

Coughton Court near Alcester remains home to the Throckmortons. Four of the plotters were members of the Throckmorton family.

Like many people, ever year on 5 November, I find myself muttering the words of this familiar rhyme, so deep is it ingrained ...

Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka states that he takes responsibility of the mutiny and that he should bear the blame as he ...

Queen Elizabeth I took the crown of England on January 15, 1559 and ruled until her death ... She kept up appearances with an ample supply of gallant wigs and the application of white makeup over her ...

Henry had two daughters both to become rulers of England – Mary, daughter of Catherine of Aragon, and Elizabeth, daughter of Anne Boleyn. The son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, Edward was a sickly ...

Many even weaponised beauty, ritual and fashion for their own gain. Cleopatra did this to hold onto power in ancient Egypt, ...

Elizabeth of Austria, hailed the ‘mother of kings’, is still remembered more for her supposed lack of beauty than for her ...

This week on Dezeen, the Elizabeth Line in London designed by architecture studios Grimshaw, Maynard, Equation and AtkinsRéalis won the RIBA Stirling Prize for the UK's best new building.

Christina Perrier is InStyle’s assistant editor and a writer in the fashion, celebrity, and lifestyle spaces. The queen consort and Charles kicked off their trip in Sydney, marking their first ...

Like Queen Elizabeth, she loves horses and a great ... The Queen wore it many times again through the years, both at home in England and on subsequent trips to the Land Down Under.