Mysterious heist of famous portrait solved 70 years later — and it was all for curtains
The painting’s disappearance from its UK estate wasn’t noticed until six years later when a duchess saw it on display at a Harvard museum, new research shows.
Duke of York ‘plans to bequeath the lease of his Windsor home’ to daughters ‘after he dies’
The Duke of York plans to bequeath the lease of his Windsor ... could see him forced to repaint his Windsor home “with two ...
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Turns Out, Churchill’s Prized Painting of the Duke of Marlborough Was Misdated by 100 Years
A renowned army officer and statesman, the Duke is credited with having never lost a battle. Thanks to a £25,000 ($32,200) donation to fix the painting, which was suffering from serious flaking ...
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The grand old Duke of York
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 ...
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Edmund of Langley, Duke of York
A gilt bronze statuette of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, can be seen on the tomb of his father King Edward III in Westminster Abbey. His shield of arms has disappeared (probably wrenched off by ...
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Edward V & Richard Duke of York
His uncle succeeded him, proclaimed as Richard III. Elizabeth had again taken refuge in the Abbey and from there she was persuaded to give up her second son Richard, Duke of York, who joined his ...
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The Princes in the Tower
Edward was born in London in 1470. His brother Richard, Duke of York, was born in 1473 in Shrewsbury. Their parents were Edward IV and his wife, Elizabeth Woodville. Edward IV had come to the ...