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Prince William, Princess Anne and the Duchess of Edinburgh Attend Private Service for Dame Shân Legge-Bourke in Wales

The low-key thanksgiving honored Dame Shân Legge-Bourke, a trusted royal aide whose Welsh civic leadership linked her family with the princes’ upbringing.

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New Orleans Honors Norman C. Francis With Funeral Mass at St. Louis Cathedral

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Charlotte Rampling Boards Mark Ruffalo’s Vatican Thriller as ‘Santo Subito!’ Starts Filming

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‘The Gray House’ Premieres on Prime Video as Variety Says Civil War Drama Falls Flat

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India Marks Maulana Abul Kalam Azad’s Death Anniversary With Tributes to His Education Legacy

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Miguel León‑Portilla’s Centenary Opens With Memoir Launch and National Tribute Program

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Assisi to Display St. Francis’s Remains for First Time in Nearly 800 Years

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Scans Show Anne Boleyn’s Hever ‘Rose’ Portrait Was Reworked in 1583 to Display Five Fingers

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Dalai Lama Wins Grammy for Best Audiobook, Narration & Storytelling Recording

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Rai 1 Miniseries Revives "Morbo K," the Fake Disease That Saved Jews in 1943 Rome

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On Maharana Pratap’s 429th Death Anniversary, Media Revisit His Resistance and Legend

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250 Years After Common Sense, Thomas Paine’s Radical Voice Reconsidered

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Claudette Colvin, Pioneering Civil-Rights Figure Who Defied Bus Segregation at 15, Dies at 86

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Nuremberg Opens in UK Cinemas With Crowe and Malek in Psychological Duel

Historical Figures

Prince William, Princess Anne and the Duchess of Edinburgh Attend Private Service for Dame Shân Legge-Bourke in Wales

New Orleans Honors Norman C. Francis With Funeral Mass at St. Louis Cathedral

Charlotte Rampling Boards Mark Ruffalo’s Vatican Thriller as ‘Santo Subito!’ Starts Filming

‘The Gray House’ Premieres on Prime Video as Variety Says Civil War Drama Falls Flat

India Marks Maulana Abul Kalam Azad’s Death Anniversary With Tributes to His Education Legacy

Miguel León‑Portilla’s Centenary Opens With Memoir Launch and National Tribute Program

Assisi to Display St. Francis’s Remains for First Time in Nearly 800 Years

Scans Show Anne Boleyn’s Hever ‘Rose’ Portrait Was Reworked in 1583 to Display Five Fingers

Dalai Lama Wins Grammy for Best Audiobook, Narration & Storytelling Recording

Rai 1 Miniseries Revives "Morbo K," the Fake Disease That Saved Jews in 1943 Rome

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On Maharana Pratap’s 429th Death Anniversary, Media Revisit His Resistance and Legend

250 Years After Common Sense, Thomas Paine’s Radical Voice Reconsidered

Claudette Colvin, Pioneering Civil-Rights Figure Who Defied Bus Segregation at 15, Dies at 86

Eiger North Face Disaster Revisited in Retellings of Toni Kurz’s Final Hours

Leaders Pay Tribute on Madan Mohan Malaviya’s Birth Anniversary

UK Blocks Export of Trafalgar Union Jack for Three Months

King Charles Says Cancer Treatment Will Be Reduced Next Year

Yaroslavl Governor Confirms Death of Klavdiya Gadyuchkina, Sets Age at 114

French Resistance Veteran Robert Birenbaum Dies at 99

Nuremberg Opens in UK Cinemas With Crowe and Malek in Psychological Duel

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