• Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez (1599 - 1660) was the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV of Spain, and is best known for his portraits of the royal family, including his masterpiece, Las Meninas.

    CNN: Newly-discovered Velazquez portrait sells for $4.7m

  • Wolf Hall followed the life of Thomas Cromwell from his impoverished beginnings as the son of a violent blacksmith, to his meteoric rise in the court of King Henry VIII.

    BBC: Hilary Mantel reveals plans for Wolf Hall trilogy

  • The eighteenth century was the French century: Rousseau, Voltaire, Versailles and the court of the Sun King Louis the Fourteenth, Buffon and the Jardin des Plantes, Paris buzzing with the discourse of the enlightenment and the new supremacy of scientific method.

    BBC: Part Three - France and the World

  • Jordan has amended one third of the Constitution and established a constitutional court, the king said.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • At the Appeal Court in London King's lawyers argued the tariff - the minimum term he must serve - was too long given his youth at the time.

    BBC: Bleddyn King

  • The court heard that King, of Abercynon, was desperate for money after being turned down for 10 bank loans on the day of the killing.

    BBC: Bleddyn King

  • The court heard that Mr King had logged his pupil as having completed 51 training flying hours against the authority's demanded 45 hours.

    BBC: Paul and Linda Spencer

  • The royal court says some of King Abdullah's comments in the magazine were taken out of context by local Jordanian and international media outlets who reported on the article.

    CNN: Obama tours Petra on last stop of Middle East tour

  • The royal court says some of King Abdullah's comments in the Atlantic Magazine article were taken out of context by local Jordanian and international media outlets who reported on the article.

    CNN: Obama takes it easy on the last day of a busy Mideast visit

  • Tim O'Donovan, an 81-year-old retired insurance broker from Windsor, used the court circular - introduced by King George III and published daily in the Times, the Daily Telegraph and the Scotsman - to come to his estimate.

    BBC: Queen to celebrate 87th birthday with family

  • Taking the king to court would be difficult, since he is above the law, so Ms Dlamini is suing his two emissaries instead.

    ECONOMIST: Yes

  • The final leg will run from Hampton Court Palace, the former home of King Henry VIII, before arriving at the opening ceremony on July 27.

    CNN: 2012 Olympic flame lit in ancient stadium

  • The lead plaintiff in a politically tinged securities lawsuit against Halliburton has taken the unusual step of asking the court to replace class-action king William Lerach with equally famous litigator David Boies as lead attorney on the case.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • For some, the discovery proved King Arthur had his headquarters, the court of Camelot, at the site.

    BBC: Arthurian village set for facelift

  • Why the author of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court and The Prince and the Pauper could not fathom the leap of imagination required to write outside one's life experiences is itself hard to fathom.

    FORBES

  • King entered the court in a red velvet chair carried aloft by four bare-chested college football players, before Riggs followed in a rickshaw drawn by a group of scantily-clad models.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • Following a visit by George I, who was also Elector of Hanover, he was invited to England where he lived, as a curiosity in the King's court where "his strange appearance and erratic behaviour caused a sensation".

    BBC: Peter the Wild Boy grave gets Grade II listing

  • With the political situation still unresolved at the end of April, the king in a speech to the Constitutional Court requested that the court's judges "fix" the problem.

    FORBES: Tribulations of Two Emerging Democracies

  • King James VI of Scotland, who went on to also become James I of England, attended the Assembly and three years later he commissioned what became known as the King James Bible at the Hampton Court Conference.

    BBC: King James Bible: Queen marks 400th anniversary

  • Mr Spencer's son-in-law, Michael Carr, who was also taught by Mr King, told the court his father-in-law was fanatical about flying and had already achieved his fixed-wing pilot's licence.

    BBC: Rudding Park death flight pilot 'mad keen' on flying

  • The court heard an estate agent was given the job of selling 12B King Street in Margate on behalf of the district council, which had owned it for a number of years, in 2008.

    BBC: Ex-Thanet council leader Sandy Ezekiel 'was not buyer'

  • After the state lost the resulting court battle, Gov. Angus King sounded a contrite note in a budget speech.

    WSJ: Idaho Blocks Girl Scouts Seeking A Tax Break for Their Cookies

  • Meanwhile, Milos Raonic confirmed his as the king of the indoor hard court at the SAP Open , winning the San Jose event for the third year in a row.

    CNN: Comeback kid Nadal takes Brazil title

  • The court heard evidence from an estate agent who was given the job of selling 12B King Street in Margate on behalf of the district council, which had owned it for a number of years, in 2008.

    BBC: Sandy Ezekiel

  • The judge at the five-day trial at Leeds Crown Court said Mr King displayed a "gross breach of trust".

    BBC: Fatal helicopter flight instructor Ian King found guilty

  • Most important, they add a third-tier appeals court, with members to be partly appointed by the king rather than chosen by fellow judges.

    ECONOMIST: A bizarre application of the law

  • The emphasis on dance in French opera started with Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687), himself a dancer, who became the court composer to France's music-loving "Sun King, " Louis XIV.

    NPR: Opera Beyond Words: Rameau's Radiant Dances

  • David King Udall sired two chief justices of the Arizona Supreme Court and a mayor of Phoenix.

    ECONOMIST: The family history continues

  • Anthony Van Dyck, one of the finest portrait painters of the 17th Century, was born in Antwerp and became court artist for King Charles I in London in 1632.

    BBC: Van Dyck painting 'found online'

  • Passing sentence at Teesside Crown Court, Judge Simon Bourne-Arton said King had betrayed the public's trust.

    BBC: York & North Yorkshire

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