Life Through a Royal Lens, review: an engrossing look at the royal family’s rapport with the camera
If you’ve ever been horror-struck by how you look in a photograph, take heart that you are in the very best company. In 1852, Queen Victoria actually…
Would Your Majesty prefer a beaver or a giraffe? History’s strangest diplomatic gifts
A Giraffe from the Governor of Egypt to the King of France in 1826 Giraffes were a popular diplomatic gift in the renaissance. Lorenzo de’ Medici was…