The monarch will not be attending Pope Francis's funeral on Saturday, with another royal instead going on his behalf.

The Government has confirmed there will be eight more bank holidays to look forward to this year. However, the number of such ...

The number of bank holidays will vary depending on where you live in the UK – with England, Wales and Northern Ireland having ...

Rome is always teeming, and Easter usually kicks off the long tourist season. Up to 250,000 are expected to attend the Pope's ...

A couple who first met at a papal event 40 years ago have described the moment they saw Pope Francis' remains on display in ...

Jake Rosenberg, who has been friends with the Duchess of Sussex for over a decade, offered followers a heartwarming insight ...

In April 1636, two aspiring lawyers, eager to make their way in the world, corresponded about the state of affairs in London.

ANZAC Day, which falls on April 25 each year, is, of course, a national day commemorating the sacrifice and service of the ...

As a schoolboy learning about British (well, English) history the heroes were people like Francis Drake, Captain Cook, and the Duke of Wellington. Little thought was given to the impact some of these ...

Born in December of 1939 in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, at the Piper Airplane Company Plant, run by William Piper, this antique ...

World leaders are preparing to descend on Rome for the Pope’s historic funeral this Saturday. But one notable figure will be ...

Then he wrote a version of his life’s story, The Boy Who Didn’t Want to Die (Scholastic), aimed at younger readers. It combines youthful innocence and a sense of adventure with the author’s childhood ...