Catherine, Princess of Wales continued her phased return to public duties on Thursday, visiting a children’s hospice in Wales, as it was announced that she’d become a patron of the organization.

In 1717, Peter the Great commissioned a building for his wife, Catherine, who succeeded him after his death, but her namesake palace only began taking on its grand stature in 1743, when their ...

she dedicated an entire room in St. Petersburg's Winter Palace, named the Brilliant Room, to storing and displaying her jewels and other treasures. Read on to find out where Catherine the Great's ...

Catherine the Great founded the Hermitage Museum in 1764 as a place to house her private art collection. The main museum complex comprises six buildings, including the Winter Palace, which was the ...

Catherine, 42, had a planned abdominal surgery last month and stayed in a London hospital for nearly two weeks before leaving to recuperate at home in Windsor. Kensington Palace said from the ...