Surrounded by photographers and locals, you can see what is believed to be the bones of one of the most persecuted Nazis in the world being lifted from the ground.…
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Bronze Age sword still in its wooden scabbard features in 3,000-year-old hoard of ‘exceptional’ objects that are saved for the nation after lucky metal detectorist is handed undisclosed sum
by ElijahAn “exceptional” hoard of 3,000-year-old objects found by a metal detectorist in 2020 has been saved for the nation. The Bronze Age Peebles Hoard, which includes a sword and decorated…
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It was recently revealed that American Pickers star Frank Fritz died from the effects of the debilitating stroke he suffered in July 2022, but more medical details have emerged about…
- Australia
Was Anne Boleyn really unfaithful and did she really love Henry VIII? The Mail’s Robert Hardman and historian Kate Williams explore the life and downfall of the Tudor monarch’s second wife in a new podcast
by ElijahAs the second wife of King Henry VIII, she was the queen who was long persecuted and then brutally discarded. But was Anne Boleyn, the mother of Queen Elizabeth I,…
- Australia
Was King Charles II Britain’s most promiscuous monarch? The Mail’s Robert Hardman and historian Kate Williams look at the lives of three of his many mistresses in a new podcast
by ElijahHe was the “merry monarch,” the King who loved nothing more than a romp in the hay and a booze-filled party. King Charles II is believed to have fathered at…
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Did a diamond necklace bring down the French monarchy? The Mail’s Robert Hardman and historian Kate Williams examine the downfall of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI in a new podcast
by JackIt was the scandal that shook France and permanently damaged Marie Antoinette’s reputation. But did the so-called “Diamond Necklace Affair” really bring down the Queen Consort and her husband, King…
- Australia
Did Queen Victoria really marry her beloved servant John Brown or was it a ‘misogynistic’ rumour? The Mail’s Robert Hardman and historian Kate Williams explore the couple’s VERY intimate relationship in a new podcast
by ElijahHe was the rugged mountaineer with a face “carved in granite,” and she was the grieving monarch in the depths of misery. The relationship between Queen Victoria and her beloved…
- Australia
Did Mary, Queen of Scots, murder her husband? The Mail’s Robert Hardman and historian Kate Williams examine the mysterious murder of Lord Darnley in 1567 in a new podcast series
by ElijahIt was a real murder that gave rise to more than 450 years of mutual accusations. Was Lord Darnley, husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, murdered by English spies, conspiring…
- Australia
The British executioner who sent the Beasts of Belsen to hell: How Albert Pierrepoint executed 13 Nazis in a single day in 1945, killing 200 war criminals in total (plus Hitler propagandist Lord Haw Haw)
by ElijahIt was December 1945 and Albert Pierrepoint had the most important job of his life on his hands, literally. The British executioner – the methodical killer who handled his tools…
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The speech that made the Queen cry: how the famous 1947 speech in which Princess Elizabeth took a solemn oath was written by a journalist, before the draft was lost in a Cape Town bar
by ElijahIt was the speech that came to define the late Queen’s 70 years on the throne. Addressing the nation from Cape Town on her 21st birthday in 1947, Princess Elizabeth…