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...He also led the broadcaster’s coverage for national events such as Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral and King Charles III’s coronation....
...“His legitimacy was a bit dodgy because he had deposed Richard II,” she said. “This was him saying: look I have been anointed, I am now your legitimate king, and this is a sign of God’s approval.”...
...Take, for example, a currently available Irish George II chimney piece, in black Kilkenny fossil marble....
...These range from oils of Charles II’s mistress to Grand Tour collectables to troves of 18th-century porcelain....
...Edward Crutchley offered tapestry cowboy hats and laced leather. And Stetson has been struggling to keep up with the demand for its hats....
...Edward II, unpopular due to his fondness for courtier Piers Gaveston, had seen nobles try to intimidate him by turning up fully armed....
...Edwards is one of the best-known news readers at the BBC, helming its coverage of the UK’s most important state and international events, including Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral and King Charles III’s coronation...
...Grosvenor looks after 500 Grade I and II listed buildings and structures....
...These stellar paintings — Raphael’s foundational power portrait “Pope Julius II” (1511); Rubens’ tumultuous “Rape of the Sabine Women” (c1635-40); Claude’s “Seaport with the Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba...
...In the same year, he purchased an Elisabeth Frink Riace warrior sculpture for £40,000, and notes that a work from the same series, “Riace II” (1986), sold publicly for £230,000 in 2008....
...Awarded royal warrants for oysters and seafood by Queen Victoria, Edward VII and Edward VIII, it was sold to Olaf Hambro in 1942 and is still owned by the banking family....
...have relished its themes of hubris punished and marital infidelity, notably in a much-travelled production by Robert Carsen that set the story among the British royal family with Juno as a Queen Elizabeth II-lookalike...
...I have no idea who blew up Nord Stream II but it was quite unnecessary....
...Charles II’s immense orchestration of magnificence in 1661 was the ceremonial and festive rejection of regicide Puritanism and perhaps of Cromwell’s presumption in seating himself in St Edward’s Chair for...
...I was asked to write a tribute to Queen Elizabeth II on her passing....
...But I’m most excited about Nakhla, the standalone boutique of the eponymous jewellery brand, situated at the feet of the iconic statue of Rameses II....
...King Charles III will be crowned with St Edward’s Crown at Westminster Abbey, London on May 6....
...From the left, his daughter Queen Elizabeth II, his mother Queen Mary, and his widow Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother June 2 1953: Elizabeth II wears St Edward’s Crown and carries the sceptre and rod during...
...While Queen she bore two more, with Andrew arriving in 1960 and Edward in 1964....
...The experience of the abdication of her uncle, Edward VIII, to marry the divorcee Wallis Simpson — elevating her father, George VI, reluctantly to the throne — reinforced the young Elizabeth’s resolve to...
...History showed that Britons had remained supportive of the monarchy despite previous royal dramas, he said, citing the seamless coronation of George VI in May 1937 despite the abdication of his brother Edward...
...This was not destined to be the case for Elizabeth II....
...“Most asset managers are shrinking and BlackRock has been growing,” said Kyle Sanders, equity analyst at Edward Jones....
...The writer is a broadcaster, violinist and author of ‘Year of Wonder: Classical Music for Every Day’ Of the millions mourning Queen Elizabeth II, how many people could say with any certainty who she was...
...When the two-kilogramme St Edward’s Crown was placed on his head, he closed his eyes sombrely. Queen Camilla braced herself similarly when her own turn came....
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