Louvre heist adds to history of high-profile museum breaches, leaves other galleries on edge

Museum security concerns rise after the latest Louvre robbery, as experts recall other major art thefts, including the ...

Trucks, Gowns, Imperial Portraits: Eight Shows to See in Paris

An array of paintings, as well as textiles, films and handblown glass, will be on display across the French capital this ...
Henry Stewart History on MSN

Tsar Nicholas II: The Choices That Destroyed Imperial Russia

Could the Russian Revolution have been avoided? This documentary examines how Nicholas II’s indecision, poor reforms, and ...
Henry Stewart History on MSN

Tsar Nicholas II: The Decisions That Led Russia Into World War I

In July 1914, Tsar Nicholas II stood at a crossroads: defend Serbia and risk a European war, or stand aside and lose Russia’s ...
Brandeis University

Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections

This mounted portrait appeared in The Illustrated London News shortly after Czar Alexander II assumed the throne of Russia. John Tenniel. Cartoon. Punch. March 11, 1855 After Czar Nicholas I died on ...

Prince Andrew gives up all of his titles, including Duke of York and his Order of the Garter membership, as he's banished from royal life after fresh string of scandals

Following pressure from the King, he is now handing back all the honours that he had clung onto despite being stripped of his ...