Princess Beatrice is the eldest child of the Duke of York and Sarah, Duchess of York, and the older sister of Princess Eugenie. As well as being a patron of a number of organisations and charities – ...

Betty Robinson was a 16-year-old student who did not know she was a good runner until a teacher spotted her running after a train and timed her in a corridor back at school. Robinson competed in her ...

Elizabeth Murray was born in Chicago in 1940. She earned a BFA at the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA from Mills College in Oakland, California. A pioneer in painting, Murray’s distinctively ...

In 1562, when Elizabeth was still in her late 20’s, she came down with a violent fever that left her bedridden. Upon being examined by doctors, it became clear that Elizabeth had contracted smallpox.