A 165-acre park in Havering was once home to a palace gifted by King Henry VIII to three of his wives. This week, the Recorder is looking back at the history of Havering Country Park - one of the ...

2019: Crowds dancing at a festival in Sheffield trigger minor earthquakes. On the same day, the UK oil tanker Stena Impero is ...

Pope Leo XIV received a copy of his family tree from Henry Louis Gates Jr., marking his first public acknowledgment of his ...

His reign, so far, has been quiet, dutiful, and low‑profile – quite unlike the conspicuous drama surrounding Edward VIII’s abdication and departure to a more gilded, yet detached, existence.

King Charles III became the UK's monarch on 8 September 2022, making him the oldest person to succeed to the British throne, at the age of 73. The order of succession is the members of the Royal ...

George – or Bertie, as he was known by the family – was the second son of King George V and ideally placed to succeed his elder brother David, whose 325-day reign as King Edward VIII had ended ...

King Edward VIII abdicated the throne in 1936 to marry Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee, causing a royal scandal and altering the monarchy forever. Nearly a century later, Prince Harry and ...

In contrast, Edward’s brother, Prince Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI), had married the very suitable Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in 1923. Who became king after King George V died?

The royal family is in the midst of a challenging time, which royal expert Robert Jobson likened to King Edward VIII abdicating the throne.