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Regalia of King Otto I of Greece, lost after 1981, found in 2023
Greece's royal regalia, long thought lost, found in the royal palace at Tatoi during an inventory. The crown, sceptre and sword were made for the coronation of Greece's first king, Otto I, in 1832. Owing to a delay, the jewels were not used at the ceremony
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The golden sceptre of Empress Charlotte of Mexico, daughter of the King of the Belgians, sold for €120,000
The golden sceptre of Empress Charlotte of Mexico, Princess of Belgium, has been sold for €120,000. Plus the auction house's commission, naturally, which is usually some 20 to 30 per cent of the sale price. In my view, this was a thoroughly successful sale and an excellent
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Golden sceptre of Empress Charlotte of Mexico being sold by the Goffinet heirs
Golden sceptre of Empress Charlotte of Mexico goes under the hammer in Monte Carlo, estimated at €100,000 to €200,000. This 34-centimetre symbol of imperial power, of 22-carat gold and weighing more than 400 grams, is adorned with diamonds of exceptional spectrum, rubies, emeralds, pearls, perforation, filigree
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Elizabeth I, Death and a New iPhone
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Winston Churchill had been a Member of Parliament, Home Secretary and First Lord of the Admiralty when Prince Edward was still a child, later Colonial Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer, and by the time of his reign he had already spent several yea
Winston Churchill had been a Member of Parliament, Home Secretary and First Lord of the Admiralty when Prince Edward was still a child, later Colonial Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer, and by the time of his reign he had already spent several years in political isolation. He returned to
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Investiture of Edward VIII as Prince of Wales on 13 July 1911 and his later titles
The future King Edward VIII of England was invested as Prince of Wales on 13 July 1911, at the age of 17. The eldest great-grandson of Queen Victoria in the direct male line, he bore this title from 1910 to 1936, then for 10 months was king, after the
Archaeology · The East · Monarchies · Museums · Heritage
The Great Sphinx lost its nose long before Napoleon, not to a cannon shot
The second great myth about Napoleon, after his short stature, is the story that on Napoleon's orders the Great Sphinx was shot in the face with a cannon and had its nose knocked off. The legend is easily refuted by images of the Sphinx made before Bonaparte was
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One of the Handsomest Princes in Europe: Leopold, Scion of the Reigning Princes of Saxe-Coburg and an Officer of the Russian Army, Who Became King of the Belgians and Guardian of the Future Queen Victoria
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Shaving in the Russian state before Peter I and the protests of Patriarchs Joachim and Adrian
Shortly before Peter I, that implacable foe of the beard, shaving was reckoned in the Russian state among the most pernicious of vices. The fashion for the razor was condemned by the clergy and restricted by the secular authorities. Tsar Alexey Mikhailovich forbade the shaving of beards outright, together with
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Isaac Massa on the state of Muscovy in his 1614 letter to the States General
“I know of no state at present that stands in greater danger. ... All will go well only when the Tsar sits in blood up to his elbows.” The Dutch merchant Isaac Massa on the state of the Muscovite realm, in a letter to the States General written from Moscow in
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It turns out that Camilla Parker Bowles has long been friends with Judi Dench, for many years, so they say
It turns out that Camilla Parker Bowles has long been friends with Judi Dench, for many years, so they say. But now that she has become queen, it is of course all the more striking. And so Dame Judi Dench's coolest friend is, after all, no longer Maggie