Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh with their two young children, Princess Anne and Prince Charles outside Balmoral Castle, 1952 For the first time, the public can enter Balmoral in a series of special (now sold out) summer tours. This Aberdeenshire estate symbolizes the Royal Family’s special relationship with Scotland, but Balmoral … Read more
Al Fahidi offers a glimpse of ancient Arabia that couldn’t be further from modern Dubai – Paola Leone/iStock Editorial When you step into the sleepy, maze-like alleys of Al Fahidi, you would never know you were in Dubai. There are no skyscrapers here, no cars, no shopping centers: this old neighborhood is built of coral, … Read more
Princess Diana, right, was the niece of Mary Roche, left, pictured on her wedding day in 1954 – Shutterstock There was collective astonishment that Princess Diana’s aunt Mary Roche left a relatively small estate of £425,983 when her will was published this week. Ten months after the aristocrat’s death in March 2023, at the age … Read more