In 1884 Elizabeth married Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, the fifth son of Tsar Alexander II of Russia. Elizabeth found Orthodoxy increasingly absorbing, and in 1891 she adopted the faith. Although ...

Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia originally planned to propose to his longtime girlfriend, Rebecca Bettarini, in front of their parents last year. But the coronavirus pandemic had other plans.

upon her marriage to Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia. Romanov court jeweler Bolin created the headpiece, which became known as the Vladimir Tiara. At Buckingham Palace, during a ...

Oh, the grand old Duke of York, He had ten thousand men, He marched them up to the top of the hill And he marched them down again. And when they were up they were up, And when they were down they ...

Grand Duke Jean abdicated in favour of his son Henri in 2000 Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg has died at the age of 98, his son Henri has said in a statement. He had recently been admitted to ...

One person commented, “This is who college protesters are aligned with” while another quipped, “You know you’re on the right ...

Washington — Nearly seven weeks after the Russians handed over Paul Whelan on a tarmac in Ankara ... of sensitive negotiations between the U.S., Russia, Germany, Slovenia, Poland and Norway.

"It will be very difficult to mount a defence." Paul Whelan's travels in Russia began more than a decade ago. "This is 'Lubyanka' where the KGB has our spies locked in the basement!!", he joked in ...

The St. Paul Winter Carnival's Grande Day Parade will take place on Grand Avenue in 2025 as part of a new collaboration with the Grande Avenue Business Association. "By bringing the parade to ...