His Majesty the King graced the opening ceremony of the second session of the Fourth Parliament yesterday in Thimphu.

Every 5 November we remember the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 – a thwarted act of terror in which a cabal of Catholic conspirators ...

Coughton Court near Alcester remains home to the Throckmortons. Four of the plotters were members of the Throckmorton family.

Opposition protesters in Georgia's breakaway province of Abkhazia have refused to cede control of key government buildings ...

Russians see Donald Trump’s win as a victory for conservative, isolationist forces in the world against a liberal, Western-dominated global order.

They’re so named because, at the State Opening of Parliament, they bang on the door of the chamber three times with a big black rod. Makes sense. Before that happens, the chamber door is slammed ...

The State Opening of Parliament is rich with unique traditions: Black Rod and the Commons Door After taking his throne, the King will instruct Black Rod, the House of Lords official, to summon MPs ...

If Abdullah Ocalan, the leader of the main group fighting for greater autonomy for Turkey’s Kurdish minority, would come to Parliament ... between the Turkish state and Mr. Ocalan’s group ...

Catesby could not carry out his bold plan on his own. The following year he recruited brothers Robert and Thomas Wintour – also spelled Winter – from Huddington, near Droitwich. During a meeting at ...

An author has claimed that the Royal Family is expected to remain apolitical. However, they do hold personal opinions on specific political figures.

Conversely, we often see things remain in a state of inertia for decades. For example, when the Sustainable Development Fee for Tourism was raised for the first time in over 30 years, it came as a ...

He became a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order in May 2024 for his pivotal role at the coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla, and appeared at the State Opening of Parliament ...