Robert Coates, The Stage Actor Who Was So Terrible He Became A Legend
Few actors have left an impression like Robert "Romeo" Coates, who was sort of the Florence Foster Jenkins of English stage stars.
Queen Elizabeth II Wrote A Letter To Sydney, Australia That Won’t Be Opened Until 2085
Today in 1926, the birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning queen on record, and one that left a letter that she said shouldn’t be opened until the year 2085.
Queen Elizabeth II Had A Bunch Of Birthdays
The late Queen Elizabeth II once said being a royal meant your life was full of tradition. And there was a lot to tradition to keep track of - like how her birthday was celebrated more than once each year.
Change The (English) Channel
The commemoration ceremony for the Channel Tunnel was a diplomatic coup but an engineer's nightmare: they had to run a train carrying Queen Elizabeth II and a train with French President Francois Mitterand toward each other... on the same track.