The Latest Breaking News from Charles II

A phantasmal woman seen lurking outside a jury room is believed by some to be that of nurse Amelia Dyer, dubbed the Ogress of Reading.

A debate about reparations for Britain’s role in the slave trade overshadowed a summit in Samoa of the Commonwealth, many of whose member nations were once British colonies

Seventeenth-century writer Aphra Behn (1640-89) made her name in London’s theatre world as the playwright who provided the Duke’s Theatre Company (the theatre company chartered by King Charles II at the start of the Restoration era) with some of its biggest hits. Now her Restoration play, The Amorous Prince, has…

A bronze cannon was found on the shipwreck of a warship that was destroyed by a gunpowder explosion in 1665

As the career of the pioneering writer is remembered, an 1688 copy of her novel Oroonoko is the cherry on the cake

British monarch, diagnosed with cancer, to attend Trooping the Colour with Queen Camilla, emphasizing unity and strength of the royal family.

Cameras expected to be trained on three Household Cavalry steeds that galloped through London in April

The Princess of Wales is ‘considering’ an appearance

Changing the Guard is another example of Britain doing what it does best - pomp and ceremony. But what is the tradition really all about?