EXCLUSIVE: The final season of Netflix‘s European royal drama The Empress is coming later this year, and we’ve got first word on its makers’ next project. The Empress creators and showrunners Robert ...

Japanese royalty Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako may have set their summer agenda. According to a new report by Japanese outlet Nippon TV, the couple is expected to make state visits to Belgium ...

When it comes to televised "junk food," a lot of people point to reality TV as their guilty pleasure. But my guilty pleasures are Chinese historical dramas — called C-dramas by those who enjoy them — ...

When the sinking of the White Ship decimated England’s line of succession and threw the kingdom into chaos in 1120, one teenage girl was the only heir to the British throne left standing. Even with ...

Empress Elisabeth of Austria (1837–1898), better known as Princess Sisi, became an icon of the Habsburg Empire when, at just 16 years old, she wed her first cousin, Emperor Franz Joseph, and ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The power of the dark side is the truth, but it is not a truth to be shared. Its secrets are to ...

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker remains a divisive movie, with Emperor Palpatine's shocking resurrection not quite the epic moment that Lucasfilm and filmmaker J.J. Abrams likely hoped it would be.

When Anakin Skywalker sealed the deal to become a Dark Lord of the Sith, he did it with the caveat that Emperor Palpatine would help him “save Padme’s life.” And to do this, Palpatine promised that he ...

Franz Xaver Winterhalter’s portrait of Empress Eugénie in court dress (c. 1853) But Empress Eugénie (née Eugénie de Montijo) had another fabulous diadem that was part of the French Crown Jewels on ...