The newly appointed Pope Leo XIV has some surprising distant Hollywood family members, including Justin Bieber and Madonna. Here’s who else the new pontiff is related to.

David Beckham, Gary Oldman and Roger Daltrey were knighted as part of this year’s King’s Birthday Honours List.

The first is a black-and-white image of a young Charles and his sister, Princess Anne, being pushed on a wooden swing by their father, Prince Philip. The second shows Camilla with her father, Bruce ...

Galileo’s scientific discoveries memorialized him as the father of modern astronomy. Adam Smith reaped the posthumous profits of notoriety as the father of capitalism, and Edgar Allen Poe’s puzzling ...

The King's Birthday Honours mark the extraordinary contributions and service of people across the UK. More than 1,000 people ...

From whimsical sculptures in Cornwall, England, to an urban oasis in New York City, here are some of the most beautiful and ...

The Pop Idol winner discovered on this week's episode of BBC1’s Who Do You Think You Are? that he is related to King Edward I ...

But within the families of kings and queens, royals who married their relatives were not unusual, even as recently as the late queen of England. Wait a minute: Were Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip ...

After Edward IV’s death in 1483, Richard deposed the king’s 13-year-old son, Edward V, whom he claimed was illegitimate. As the new king of England, Richard III held his nephews Edward V and ...

Still, some glimpses are available into the lives, assets, and properties of the Windsor family. With the coronation of King Charles III ... Edward, and his wife Sophie. Queen Elizabeth II, the ...

The king’s health crisis has forced the royals and their servants to consider what the change of reign will look like—and what they want to get done before it happens. European Editor at Large ...