The smells and sounds of country life greeted Prince Charles and his wife Camilla on Friday at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto. The royal couple officially opened this year's instalment of the show, which features equestrian...

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...of humour, and turns Robert Bolt's scholarly and saintly Thomas More into a heartless bigot. Anne Boleyn's sister Mary is put-upon and pathetic, Boleyn is a calculating ice-queen and Jane Seymour a conniving elf. Wars and chivalry are out...

In this article: Anne Boleyn, Dog, Henry VIII, Thomas More, Tom Hicks, Robert Bolt, and Philippa Gregory

...said the lifelong monarchist, visibly disappointed. Things had been much different the first time Charles came into town with his wife, Diana, Princess of Wales , in 1991. He was then the dashing prince, nearly 20 years younger and the...

In this article: Prince Charles, Camilla, Toronto, Diana, Princess of Wales, and Royal Conservatory of Music

...to the parents insurance. Tom on November 4, 2009 7:18 PM Medical Disciplinary Board? What a joke! These are the people who make Emperor Nero look like a benevolent hero! How many times have they turned a blind eye to the people of...

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...to do some fast talking to explain the decidedly anti-monarchist views he expressed in 1992, at the time of Charles 's separation from Diana, Princess of Wales. In an article published in the U.K. 's Observer newspaper and later reprinted in...

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Alexander the great! Burnley's old-fashioned hero Graham is thriving in the modern era. After his 900th match, we salute him By Simon Jones Last updated at 1:43 AM on 03rd November 2009 Burnley chairman Barry Kilby was perplexed when he...

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...which was founded by King William I in 1066. Its history includes the executions of queens Catherine Howard and Anne Boleyn , both wives of Henry VIII , and Lady Jane Grey , known as "the nine days queen." They are called Beefeaters, mostly...

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...in the television drama Jeffrey Archer : The Truth that he imagined it would disqualify him from a knighthood. "If you play Prince Philip , I think you get beheaded first," he said, glumly. Sir Christopher played the Duke in a television...

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...grandchildren. Overall, a grandmother and grandchild share around a quarter of their genes. Granny's girls: The Queen and Prince Philip with (left to right) Prince Michael of Kent , Princess Beatrice , Princess Michael of Kent and...

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...found at the site of a Roman villa in West Sussex is believed to be what remains of only one of three in the world depicting the Emperor Nero , experts have said. Part of the statue's head was discovered when Fishbourne Roman Palace , near...

In this article: Nero, Roman Emperor, Fishbourne Roman Palace, Chichester, Suicide, and Julio-Claudian dynasty

...scanning techniques to study the head, which has been kept at the palace near Chichester since it was found. It shows Nero (pictured) at 14, just after Claudius named him as his heir. He was driven out in a coup and committed suicide in 68AD.

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...2009 It was good to catch a glimpse of one of the less visible members of the Royal Family, the Queen and Prince Philip's second son, Prince Andrew, Duke of York , last week. I wasn't sure that the Duke was clever to appear to defend bankers...

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...are struggling to get through the recession. He should keep his mouth shut." Susie Squire , of the Tax Payers Alliance said: " Andrew shows himself to be out of touch with ordinary taxpayers who have bailed out banks with their hardearned...

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...representative for trade and investment said he did not want to demonise the financial sector and bonuses were an easy target. Prince Andrew told the Daily Telegraph "excesses" should stop but "don't throw the baby out with the bath...

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Last updated at 8:25 AM on 24th October 2009 Prince Andrew last night launched an astonishing defence of bankers' bonuses and declared them 'minute'. The Duke of York, whose globe-trotting across 23 countries last year cost the taxpayer...

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...23 2009 13:44 Fifteen minutes before the Duke of York is due to arrive, and I am fretting about a serious breach of protocol. Prince Andrew's press secretary has called ahead to say that he, the private secretary and the British...

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...at the palace. Fishbourne became a a sumptuous palace during the Roman occupation Most portraits of Nero were destroyed after he killed himself, having been declared an enemy of the state. Dr Miles Russell , from Bournemouth...

In this article: Nero, Bournemouth University, Fishbourne Roman Palace, Paris, and West Sussex

...a wheeling-and-dealing, ducking-and-diving sort of king. He had to take risks. Religion was a problem. Charles favoured toleration insofar as he was not against pluralism, although Presbyterianism he felt was inimical to monarchy. Achieving...

In this article: Charles II, Jenny Uglow, Louis XIV, ' Not Tony Blair, England, Catholicism, Anglican, and Tax