In 1876, Rajput ruler Maharaja Sawai Ram Singh II had Jaipur painted pink to welcome Prince Albert, Queen Victoria’s husband — resulting in a tradition that still defines the Pink City’s charm.

Under the Mughal Empire, Muslims ruled India for about 300 years. The rule of the Mughals started in 1526 and ended in 1857.

Michelangelo's sculpture of David is one of the most famous objects in the history of art, and the V&A's cast of David has been a favourite with visitors since its arrival in the Museum in 1857.

Pontefract Civic Society was pleased to have worked in partnership with the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Association ...

Queen Camilla shook hands with two scantily-clad "Gladiators" at Buckingham Palace while hosting the BBC 500 Words competition.

An exhibition of 80 watercolours collected by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, an evocative visual record of their public and private lives together, opened on Monday 26 April at The Queen’s Gallery, ...

Born Camilla Rosemary Shand, Queen Camilla was previously married to Andrew Parker Bowles, with whom she shares children Tom Parker Bowles and Laura Lopes. Camilla Parker Bowles married King ...

The last major earthquakes on the San Andreas fault were in 1857 and 1906. The Fort Tejon earthquake of 1857 was a 7.9 magnitude, which caused ground fissures in the Los Angeles, Santa Ana and ...

The best times to visit Victoria and Vancouver Island are March to May and September to November. The region sees some of the country's mildest weather and the driest summers, so while you might ...

President Trump has been pushing tariffs in the first weeks of his new term. What are tariffs? How do they work? Are they good policy? We explore these questions, and others, in this lesson. By ...

On Tuesday, the museum, in south-east London, announced that the Lord Ashcroft Gallery would close in less than four months, with its collection of around 230 Victoria Cross and George Cross ...

The exhibition charts the evolution of royal portrait photography from the 1920s to the present day through more than 150 items from the Royal Collection and Royal Archives.