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A posthumous version of the State portrait of King Edward VII (RCIN 404553) commissioned by Queen Alexandra from Luke Fildes and completed in 1912.In the biography of his father, LV Fildes recalled that: On and off for the last two years, my father had been painting a posthumous portrait of the late King Edward. It had been commissioned privately by Queen Alexandra and it was to be like the State Portrait in size but more intimate in character. Having the studies he had made from life for…

I had been so looking forward to the results of the DNA processing of King Richard the III. Richard was killed in the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 and was reportedly buried in the “choir of the chur…

Once owned by the American socialite, this Marylebone apartment is where the couple's affair began in 1933 - and is now on sale for £5.35 million.

Exclusive: Unearthed in the National Archives, these sketches produced by the Office of Works after Edward VIII became King in January 1936. Above: The decorations at Marble arch

Sir John Grey of Groby was slain at the second battle of St Albans (Feb. 17, 1460/61).

Prince Albert was the oldest son of Queen Victoria. He had a taste for women and had a number of liasons during his long life

John Archibald Alexander Berrie 1887 1962 Portrait of Edward Prince of Wales, Later King Edward VIII and the Duke of Windsor, 1894 -1972

The newborn Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana of Cambridge’s 3Xgreat-grandfather was King George V: King George V was born as the second son of King Edward VII (then Prince of Wales) and gre…

The tomb of Sir Roger Moritomer's daughter Blanche, who died at the age of 31 in 1347, has been unearthed at St Bartholomew's Church in the Herefordshire village of Much Marcle.