King Charles III explains in a new documentary that he still vividly recalls how his mother came up with a novel way to prepare for her coronation back in 1953.

The King has recalled how his late mother would wear her heavy Imperial State Crown to bath him and his sister, Princess Anne, at night as she practiced for her coronation in 1953. And he admits ...

The exhibition will present some of Cecil Beaton’s most memorable photographs, taken over 60 years, including original coronation portraits of Queen Elizabeth II – arguably the most ...

Earlier this month, ahead of the airing of a forthcoming television documentary about their brush with royalty, a group of 88-year-old Canadian women relive d the moment King Char ...

A signed portrait of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, dated 2002, was among the treasures inside Bashar al-Assad's New Shaab Palace in Damascus, now overrun by rebel forces. The portrait ...

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The exhibition will include images of the late Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret, taken by her future husband ...