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The Story of Tudor Art: A History of Tudor ...

Anne Boleyn dropped suggestive hints and Elizabeth I projected undying monarchy through her portraits: Tudor women knew how to use art to send a message, Philippa Gregory tells Carla Passino

Edward VII swept away the cobwebs of mid-Victorian style, Queen Mary had passion for all things small and the Queen Mother bought rather avant-garde art. In a forthcoming talk, Tim Knox, director of the Royal Collection, charts a century of regal taste

The ‘Pelican’ portrait , attributed to Nicholas Hilliard

Ten creative thinkers who across the centuries helped shape Istanbul into the city it is today

Famed for her love of horses, Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, is a former European three-day event champion and a strong supporter of Riding for the Disabled. Perhaps, then, it was inevitable that