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Straight from the heart: 'Love Letters' exhibition examines 500 years of emotions

Love is, famously, a many-splendoured thing, encompassing a multitude of emotion. Such feelings expressed on paper over half a century are now on show in a new exhibition titled “Love Letters” that's open at Britain’s National Archives in London.

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Centuries of love letters go on display at the National Archives in London

Love letters spanning five centuries are on display at Britain’s National Archives

The Independent UK

Famed Florentine diamond surfaces in Canada after century-long disappearance

Empress Zita brought stone to Canada as Nazis took over Europe in 1940s and it remained in bank vault ever since

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A 137-carat diamond hasn’t been seen in public since 1919. It had been hidden inside a Canadian bank for a century

Rumors have swirled for over a century about the precious diamond

The Independent UK

Habsburg family's Florentine diamond found in bank vault after a century

The legendary "Florentine" diamond, a 137-carat yellow jewel of the Habsburg family, has resurfaced after 100 years hidden in Canada, ending decades of speculation.

Euronews

A history of the dukes of York

From New York City to Duke of York Island in Antarctica, the Dukedom of York has a wider cultural resonance than you might immediately realise.

The Conversation

Poem of the week: To a Lady that Desired I Would Love Her by Thomas Carew

The 17th-century ‘server at table’ to Charles I puts a wry spin on courtly wooing

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‘I’ve never driven a car. I can’t cook. I’m a lost cause’: meet Australia’s top quizzers

They study for hours a day. The competitions have zero prize money. So what keeps quiz champions going for glory – and how do they win?

The Guardian - AU

Royal Butler Reflects on King Charles's Decision "To Let" Prince George Have One Particular Honor in "Surprise" Move

"I was quite surprised because that was not the impression I got."

Marie Claire

As William moves to Forest Lodge, an era of pushbike royals beckons. Will that save the monarchy?

By eschewing living in Buckingham Palace and suggesting ‘the firm’ be heavily scaled back, the prince has a survival plan that might work, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

My New Bulwark Article on Trump's Unconstitutional Export Tax

The article explains why the policy is unconstitutional, but also why it is unlikely to be challenged in court in the near future.

Reason

Voices: Keir Starmer accidentally admits his first year has been a failure

COMMENT: The prime minister said his party’s biggest mistake is that ‘we haven’t always told our story as well as we should’ – an attempt to minimise a problem that is fundamental, argues John Rentoul

The Independent UK

That muscular back! Those fleshy breasts! The National Gallery’s ‘fake’ Rubens looks very real to me

How can anyone call Rubens’ sumptuous masterpiece Samson and Delilah a ‘fake’ and ‘a shoddy artefact’? The Flemish master is simply doing a superb job of copying his own favourite outlaw artist

The Guardian - UK

How Trump's Imposition of Massive Tariffs is Repeating the "Ship Money" Abuses of King Charles I

Like King Charles, he is abusing emergency powers to impose taxes without legislative authorization.

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King marks 400 years of the Queen’s Chapel at service with royal fanfare

Charles also viewed a newly commissioned piece of altar plate.

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Hidden London: Latimer House

The Second World War was won on many battlefields — including the rooms of this grand country house, says David Ellis

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“Today I Learned”: 39 Lesser-Known Facts About The World That Should Be Common Knowledge (New Pics)

Did you know that at one point in Australia Weird Al Yankovic was more popular than the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, himself?

The Guardian - UK

How much do you know about these legendary English people and places? Take our quiz

Is your knowledge of England’s castles, forts and abbeys in ruins? Or do you know your Dover from your Tintagel? This quiz will test you

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New exhibition considers the life of King James VI & I

King James VI & I – who was Scotland’s monarch from 1567 to 1603 and King of England and Ireland between 1603 and 1625 – could be…

The Guardian - UK

A walk with Romans and ghosts on the Great North Road

Tracing part of an ancient highway in Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire – now the A1 – proves rich in stories going back 2,000 years

Marie Claire

Every Royal Family Obsessive Needs to Visit These 10 Destinations

From majestic castles to Queen Victoria's beach house and a retired royal yacht.

The Guardian - UK

Philip Green failed to overturn my parliamentary privilege. Here’s why that’s bad for him and very good for you

Absolute free speech is a right enshrined in the law, which is fundamental to British democracy. We must defend it, says former government minister Peter Hain

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30 Treasures That Are Long Lost To History But There’s A Slim Chance Of Them Reappearing

These stories of missing treasures would make great Indiana Jones movies. The post 30 Treasures That Are Long Lost To History But There’s A Slim Chance Of Them Reappearing first appeared on Bored Panda.

Evening Standard

Sara Pascoe's secret London: breakfast at the Cafe Royal, and cocktails at Waterstones

The comedian shares her insider spots to the capital, and reveals who the person is who makes her laugh most in the world

The Independent UK

Andy Warhol screenprint of Queen Elizabeth II among works on show at exhibition

Royal Portraits: A Century Of Photography is taking place at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh.

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