Tag Archives: luxury

  If the ladies of the royal family are known for anything (aside from having perpetually glossy blow-outs and a seemingly endless rotation of nice coats), it’s tiaras. A remnant of a more formal, glitzier time, where royals donned jewels for everything from parties to concerts, nowadays only state occasions and royal weddings call for tiaras to be called from ...

  Queen Elizabeth II died at 96 years old on Thursday after reigning the monarch for the longest spanning period in Britain’s history. At just 25 years old, she stepped into her royal role following the death of her father King George VI on Feb. 6, 1952. Here is a timeline of the Queen’s seven visits to Toronto over the ...

  Ghafar Jalal Alaa nicknamed Jalal al-Sultaneh (1326-1258) was Iran’s minister of power in Washington. Following his arrest in America, relations between Iran and America became strained for a while.

  Shapur I. was the second Sasanian King of Kings of Iran. The dating of his reign is disputed, but it is generally agreed that he ruled from 240 to 270, with his father Ardashir I as co-regent until the death of the latter in 242. During his co-regency, he helped his father with the conquest and destruction of the ...

  How could the biggest ship in the U.S. Navy vanish without a trace? This was the question on many people’s minds in March 1918, when an enormous collier, the USS Cyclops, disappeared on a voyage between the West Indies to Baltimore. A century on, it’s no closer to being answered.