Made by Garrard and Company for the coronation of King George VI in 1937 (replacing a crown made for Queen Victoria in 1838), it features the Black Prince’s Ruby in the front – said to have been a gift to Edward, the Black Prince, in 1357 from the King of Castile. Further gems i...
He formed "The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys" band together with his younger brother Ralph Stanley. Charles Brown Rhythm and blues, Blues Tony Russell "Charles" Brown (September 13, 1922 – January 21, 1999) was an American blues singer and pianist whose soft-toned, slow-...
The young king Edward VI is buried beneath the floor in front of the altar and the last monarch to be buried in the abbey – King George II – lies in a vault under the central aisle along with his wife Queen Caroline and some of their children as well as other family members. On t...
Act 1, Scene 1: King Lear in his old age decides it is time to divide up his kingdom among his daughters. In order to decide how much each girl and her husband gets, he makes them each publicly declare their love. The oldest daughter Goneril has no pro
Edward was made Duke of Windsor by his successor King George VI. The couple lived a life of leisure, belonging to the Jet Set or Café Society of the “beautiful people” at the most popular places in Europe and the United States. Wallis Simpson George VI King of the United Kingdom and...
On the way to the Holy Land, Richard marriedBerengaria of Navarre, the daughter of KingSancho VIofNavarre.William of Newburghsuggests that the marriage was arranged by Eleanor as she wanted him to have an "incontestable heir". (34)Walter of Guisboroughclaims that Richard had married Berengaria...
Other early NFL memories include Jim Plunkett and the Raiders defeating the Eagles in Super Bowl XV, cheering for the 49ers in Super Bowl XVI after watching The Catch, and my Grandma Vi complaining about Lynn Dickey hitting the deck for yet another sack every time a defender breathed on him...
King George III. Both the Duke of Kent and King George III died in 1820, and Victoria was raised under close supervision by her German-born mother Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She inherited the throne at the age of 18, after her father's three elder brothers had all died,...
I was very, very late to the George R.R. Martin party. I had not read any of his Ice and Fire novels until HBO began running the Game of Throne series. I would follow Sean Bean anywhere so I tuned in, and was hooked. Naturally I then moved on to the books. But I was spared ...
February 18th is also the day in 1478 when the black sheep of the Yorkist family, George of Clarence, was privately put to death in the Tower, having been found guilty of treason. The legend that he was put to death in a vat of malmsey continues to flourish, probably because it is ...