As a head of state, Queen Elizabeth has numerous traditional roles when it comes to elections and government. Although these are usually no more than ceremonial, they are a key part of the protocol ...

Hanbagged runs until Saturday, April 5 at Theatre Royal Wakefield and on Friday it will celebrate its 50th performance of ...

Given that there is no bringing back the late Queen Elizabeth, or indeed her dear mother, it’s hard not to think that the ...

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert visited Greenock as part of their Scottish tour in 1847. The town has hosted many regal guests over the years, with royals from out with the British Monarchy also ...

Margaret Thatcher, with whom the Queen had the most difficult relationship. Elizabeth’s unhappiness with Thatcher’s divisive ...

While climbing the ranks of the Soviet spy agency, he spent more than a decade working for British intelligence as one of its ...

Gordievsky passed away on March 4 in England, where he had lived since defecting in 1985. Police confirmed Saturday that his death is not being treated as suspicious ...

Gorbachev's meeting with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was a huge success ... Gordievsky was sentenced to death for treason. In Britain, Queen Elizabeth II appointed him a Companion of the ...

Gorbachev's meeting with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was a huge success ... Gordievsky was sentenced to death for treason. In Britain, Queen Elizabeth II appointed him a Companion of the ...

In the 1980s, his intelligence helped avoid a dangerous escalation of nuclear tensions between the USSR and the West.