Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh posed for a new portrait for her 60th birthday, and photographer Christina Ebenezer is ...

The first official gala portrait of King Frederik and Queen Mary has been released by the Danish royal palace to mark Frederik's accession ...

one of the most famous explorers in Elizabethan England, who was ultimately put to death by the Queen's successor, is by an ...

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The portrait, which will hang in the college dining hall, was painted by artist Anthony Oakshett, whose work includes a painting of the Queen.