Exclusive for Mail on Sunday readers: Explore Sandringham – the private home of four generations of British monarchs – with Royal expert Dr Lucy Worsley By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 22:00 GMT, 5 December 2020 | Updated: 09:50 GMT, 7 December 2020 With a coastline packed with delightful beaches, beautiful countryside and a gentle … Read more
Exclusive for Mail on Sunday readers: Explore Sandringham – the private home of four generations of British monarchs – with Royal expert Dr Lucy Worsley By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 22:00 GMT, 5 December 2020 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 5 December 2020 With a coastline packed with delightful beaches, beautiful countryside and a gentle … Read more
The date was June 16, 1815. At Quatre Bras, a few miles from the Belgian village of Waterloo, 19-year-old Private Matthew Clay was close to despair. All day, he and his comrades in the 3rd Foot Guards had been fighting to hold back Napoleon Bonaparte’s French army. Now Private Clay was on the move, stumbling … Read more
BBC historian Lucy Worsley says Battle of Waterloo was NOT a British victory because Wellington completely downplayed the part played rest of Europe Wellington’s triumph in Belgium has been hailed as one of Britain’s finest hours Worsely said that the leader deliberately glossed over the role the Prussian army She said British badly needed a … Read more