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IN FOCUS: Julian Fellowes’ very British period piece has won over legions of American devotees since it premiered in the States in 2011. As the show bows out with a third and final film, Katie Rosseinsky talks to fans from across the Atlantic about its escapist appeal

In November 1922, archaeologist Howard Carter peered through a small hole into the sealed tomb of King Tutankhamun. When asked if he could see anything, he replied: “Yes, wonderful things.” Within months, however, Carter’s financial backer Lord Carnarvon was dead from a mysterious illness. Over the following years, several other…

Handel Street is home to two unusual pubs both with architecturally unique features

Egyptologist Dr Bob Brier has written a new book marking the 100th anniversary of archaeologist Howard Carter and his team's discovery of the boy king's tomb in 1922

On November 4 1922, a young Egyptian “water boy” on an archaeological dig is said to have accidentally stumbled on a stone that turned out to be the top of a flight of steps cut into the limestone bedrock.

Royal racing adviser John Warren said the Queen had been delighted to have a winner on Tuesday.

The Queen's racing manager John Warren has told how she was "wonderfully switched on" making plans going forward and chatted about her love of horses "right to the very end"

A range of figures both prominent and private have played an important role in the life of the head of state.