It was a prohibition that stood for 1,000 years - until one particularly capricious monarch decided otherwise. In 1540, King Henry VIII changed the law to allow first-cousin marriage so he could ...

By now pregnant with the Earl of Angus's child, Margaret Tudor fled to England. In October she gave birth to Margaret Douglas, the future Countess of Lennox and mother of Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, ...

Hedge-fund billionaire Paul Tudor Jones has been ramping up his exposure to Bitcoin via the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF. He argues that Bitcoin can be a valuable hedge against inflation, just like gold.

It was considered lucky to keep some of the charred remains to kindle the log of the following year. The twelve days of Christmas would have been a most welcome break for the workers on the land, ...