The antique necklace, made of 300-carat diamonds from India's Golconda mines is set to go under the hammer at Sotheby's ...

Annabels in Mayfair hosts one of the most spectacular Halloween party’s in London featuring a giant Marie Antoinette as well as a coach with a team of horses ...

The final bastion in an island someone once described - in my view, imprudently - as the 'last stronghold of the pure Gospel' ...

Throughout history, queens have often been judged on their looks. Beauty standards shaped early-modern queenship . Even today ...

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

Samuel Insull, who had Chicago's Civic Opera House built in 1929, ran a multibillion-dollar utility empire out of Chicago ...

Queen in 1974: Roger Taylor, Freddie Mercury, Brian May and John Deacon. Picture: Michael Putland/Getty Images Radio X recalls the wise words of Mercury, May, Deacon and Taylor - from Killer Queen ...

Harewood House, near Leeds, has entertained kings, queens, princesses, duchesses, a prince, a duke and even a future czar ...

It’s the season to get spooky, as several local alternative film events and specials embrace the macabre. Here’s a look at what’s coming up this month (times, titles, prices and everything else are ...

A celebrity match written in the stars? On paper, it seems like a great celebrity fit, but the reality of their brief (and slightly bizarre) marriage stunned fans from both Jackson and Presley's camps ...

Lisa Marie and Jackson wed in a low-key ceremony in the Dominican Republic. Jackson’s addiction struggles started to throw a wrench in their relationship, leading to the end of their marriage.