Read more about the article Eighteenth-Century Necklace Worn To Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation Goes Under Hammer For GBP 3.79 Million
Image shows the spectacular necklace, undated photo. It sold for USD 4.8 million (GBP 3.7 million) in Geneva, Switzerland. (NF/newsX)

Eighteenth-Century Necklace Worn To Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation Goes Under Hammer For GBP 3.79 Million

An 18th-century necklace worn to Queen Elizabeth II's coronation has gone under the hammer at an auction in Geneva for GBP 3.79 million. The historical bejewelled necklace with 300 carats…

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Read more about the article Ghost Of SS General Tried To Strangle Me In Palace
Image shows (from left to right) unknown, Georg Wilhelm Mueller, Josef Terboven, Vidkun Quisling, Wilhelm Rediess, undated photo. Rediess shot himself at the Royal residence Skaugum, near Oslo, Norway, after Germany surrendered in May 1945. (Newsflash)

Ghost Of SS General Tried To Strangle Me In Palace

Norwegian royal Princess Martha Louise has told how she has been haunted by the ghost of a Nazi SS general who shot himself in her childhood palace bedroom. Waffen SS…

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Read more about the article Judges Ban Princess Kalina
Photo shows Kalina Sakskoburgotska, undated. The district court in Samokov, Bulgaria, sentenced Kalina Sakskoburgotska to eight months of imprisonment for driving after consuming alcohol. (Newsflash)

Judges Ban Princess Kalina

A cousin of King Charles has been sentenced to eight months behind bars after she was found guilty of drink driving. Princess Kalina of Bulgaria, 52, the daughter of the…

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Read more about the article Queen Poured Out Heart In Note To Royal Midwife
Photo shows Elizabeth II's handwritten letter from 1964. The Eppli auction house in Stuttgart, Germany is auctioning the letter for EUR 6,200 (GBP 5,300). (Auktionshaus Eppli/Newsflash)

Queen Poured Out Heart In Note To Royal Midwife

A rare personal letter from Queen Elizabeth to her midwife after the birth of Prince Edward it to go under the hammer for more than GBP 5,300 at auction. The…

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Read more about the article 5,000-Year-Old Wine In Ancient Queen’s Tomb Shows She Could Be Egypt’s First Pharaoh
Photo shows the tomb complex of Queen Meret-Neith in Abydos during excavation. The queen's burial chamber is located in the center of the complex and is surrounded by the side graves of the courtiers and servants. (EC Kohler/Newsflash)

5,000-Year-Old Wine In Ancient Queen’s Tomb Shows She Could Be Egypt’s First Pharaoh

Secrets of Egypt's first-ever female pharaoh have been unearthed after archaeologists unlocked hidden treasures of her ancient royal grave. The status of Queen Meret-Neith, a former consort in Egypt's First…

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Read more about the article Long-Lost Painting Of Devil’s Game To Go Under Hammer
Photo shows 'La Coda del Diavolo' (The Devil's Tail), oil on canvas by Fausto Zonaro, estimated 100,000 160,000. The painting will be put up for auction at Dorotheum in Vienna on October 24, 2023. ( Dorotheum/Newsflash)

Long-Lost Painting Of Devil’s Game To Go Under Hammer

A 19th-century royal painting missing for more than 100 years is to go under the hammer for EUR 160,000 after it was rediscovered in a private collection. The artwork, 'La…

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Read more about the article Priceless Artefacts Sent Back To The People Of Nigeria Are Locked Away In Palace Of Local Royal And His 5 Wives
Image shows the Oba of Benin Ewuare II, undated photo. He was transferred ownership of the Benin Bronzes by Nigeria. (Newsflash)

Priceless Artefacts Sent Back To The People Of Nigeria Are Locked Away In Palace Of Local Royal And His 5 Wives

The returned looted Benin bronzes look set to end up as ornaments in private palaces of the country's wealthy ruler after Nigerian officials' decision to hand them over to the…

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Read more about the article Charles Will Bring A New Royal Age, Says German Cousin
Image shows Donatus, Prince and Landgrave of Hesse, 56, in undated photo. He will attend King Charles III's coronation in London, England, on Saturday, May 6, 2023. (Newsflash)

Charles Will Bring A New Royal Age, Says German Cousin

A German grandnephew of the late Duke of Edinburgh has told how the coronation of King Charles III will "herald a new royal age." Prince Philipp of Hohenlohe-Langenburg - who…

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Read more about the article Supposed 2,500-Year-Old Royal Pottery Find Declared Fake
Photo shows the Darius inscription, undated. Eylon Levy, the international media advisor to the President of the State of Israel Isaac Herzog, and his friend Yakov Ashkenazi, found a small potsherd with some inscribed letters on it in Tel Lachish National Park, Israel. (Shai Halevi, Israel Antiquities Authority/Newsflash)

Supposed 2,500-Year-Old Royal Pottery Find Declared Fake

A small pottery shard that was believed to be a rare 2,500-old find inscribed with the name of the Persian king Darius the Great turned out to be nothing more…

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