HISTORICAL FACTS: Edward vii - The Untold Story

Luxury hotel to open in one of London’s most iconic landmarks

The Waldorf Astoria hotel will welcome its first overnight guests in autumn 2026

The Independent UK · Jun 19

Cartier, ‘the jeweller of kings’, has come to the NGV in a dazzling new exhibit

Founded in Paris 179 years ago, Cartier has fostered a legendary reputation as the creator of luxury goods for royalty, the aristocracy, film stars, and the generally wealthy. The English king Edward VII famously referred to Cartier as “the jeweller of kings and the king of jewellers”.

The Conversation · Jun 11

‘Ritzy’ exhibition of Edwardian fashion to bring royal gowns to Scotland for first time

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The Independent UK · Apr 23

A beheaded tyrant and reckless drivers: a history of royal run-ins with the law

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest is not the first instance of Britain’s monarchy having to face the judiciary

The Guardian - UK · Feb 19

From fiasco to feted: the story of the Dream of Gerontius, the revolutionary music of The Choral

The Choral depicts an amateur choral society in wartime Yorkshire taking on Elgar’s trailblazing and controversial work. But how much does Alan Bennett’s fiction reflect actual fact?

The Guardian - UK · Nov 7, 2025

Prince Andrew latest: Virginia Giuffre says she was ‘a toy to be passed around’ in previously unseen Panorama interview

Unseen footage of interview with Andrew’s sex abuse accuser Virginia Giuffre aired on Tuesday

The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2025

Andrew to head into exile at King Charles’ private and remote Sandringham estate

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, King Charles III's younger brother, is facing internal exile

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2025

Andrew’s Royal Lodge eviction date revealed as talks over new home continue

The royal will move to a property on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk following his eviction from the Royal Lodge

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2025

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 · Oct 23, 2025

Hidden London: James J Fox

For almost 240 years, the shop has drawn the great and the good, from Churchill to Oscar Wilde

Evening Standard · Oct 18, 2025