Once upon a time there was a little city on a big river ruled by a lord mayor who was elected for life. He was elected for life, the court jester told him, as long as the black people in the city were ...

THE Queen will soon be residing at her favourite holiday home, Balmoral Castle, and may take part in a rather unusual sport during her stay. The ballroom of the large Aberdeenshire estate is believed ...

There’s a chance to see what it was like downstairs at Leeds Castle for servants in the 1920s and 1930s. Visitors will be able to hear stories of the people who worked there and visit rooms not ...

Paul Whybrew, her most trusted footman and Sergeantat-Arms, and head housekeeper Rachel Gordon live beside the swollen River Thames in Windsor Home Park, Berkshire. The Queen, 87, returned to London ...