Messier claimed he is a "direct descendant of the Kings of France (Scotland, Aragon and Castille)." That branch of royalty, ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Monday ruled in favor of the New Orleans Saints against a man who asserted that he and his family own property rights to the fleur-de-lis, which ...

A spellbinding exhibition of Cartier jewels, many never seen before in public, opened in London tracing the history of the ...

THE traditional conception of England among average Frenchmen is expressed in the words "perfidious Albion." Some years ago I made an effort to run down the source of the term. I failed. One meets it ...

An exhibition of Cartier jewels, many never seen before in public, is opening in London tracing the history of the luxury French maison.

From the unmissable Palace of Versailles to the architectural pearls of the Loire, here is a selection of the most magnificent French châteaux. These ten royal and ducal residences have become jewels ...

King Louis VII of France: The King of England and his Ambassadors can drown themselves in what they are impertinent enough to call their English channel. King Louis VII of France: My dear man, crowned ...

Cardinal Maffeo Barberini (later Pope Urban VIII) was once part of ... absence from the city was a trip to France in 1665, when he was invited by King Louis XIV to design an addition—ultimately ...

After being exploited for decades by France, Haiti ended up forking over huge sums of money to its former colonizer. Now, the ...