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On This Day, 21 October 1805, Britain’s greatest ever naval hero proved conclusively that Britannia rules the waves… and died in the process, writes Eliot Wilson Today, 21 October, in 1805. It is a ...

Trafalgar Square, the London landmark famed for its pigeons, fountains and towering Lord Nelson column, has reopened to the public after a $42 million facelift. Cars, trucks and buses that used ...

A giant blue rooster is unveiled in central London's Trafalgar Square, Thursday, July 25, 2013. A giant blue rooster was unveiled Thursday next to the somber military monuments in London's Trafalgar ...

Admiral Lord Nelson’s famous last words may not have been “kiss me, Hardy,” according to a newly unearthed letter. The letter, set to be auctioned, challenges the long-held official account, which has ...

Those who've been treated to a Nelson's-eye view from above Trafalgar Square are few and far between. There was Blue Peter's John Noakes, famously. And in 1843, 14 Victorians enjoyed a rump steak ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A piece of the Union Jack flag believed to have been flown from the flagship of Britain's Lord Horatio Nelson's ship during the Battle of Trafalgar sold for 297,000 pounds ($410,000 ...

Get ready for the sculptural changing of the guard at what’s known as the Fourth Plinth at London’s Trafalgar Square. In 2015, a ghost horse sculpture is poised to knock the current occupant -- a ...

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The Royal Navy ship of the line and flag ship of Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson the HMS Victory flying the famous signal "England expects that every man will do his duty" at the Battle of Trafalgar ...