In the West, the practice of exchanging rings to mark a betrothal dates back to ancient Rome, when noble families would trade ...
Scotland is an old hand at state visit pageantry – and well versed in heckling the great and the good, writes Royal commentator Alastair Bruce ...
The author clearly has an affinity with his subject: Nicholas II was an incompetent ruler and Mr Radzinsky is an incompetent historian. Before I say another unkind word let me quote from the chapter ...
Tsar Nicholas II lost the trust of all layers of Russian society, including the Russian Orthodox Church. The royal family fell into isolation. At the beginning of 1917, the political opposition to ...
From the moment he was crowned Tsar, his reign was an utter catastrophe. Trump administration orders Pentagon to plan for sweeping budget cuts Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife gifts $19billion of fortune in ...