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Roy Rogers earned his title of “King of the Cowboys”—but it came at a heartbreaking cost.

Miyoshi Umeki was the first Asian actress to receive an Academy Award for acting—but almost 20 years later, she did something unspeakable to her trophy.

Queen Matilda was the polar opposite of her cruel husband King Henry I of England—and he dealt her a brutal betrayal in death.

In 1946, Greer Garson’s husband Richard Ney went completely off the rails. He’d always been temperamental, but one night he began pounding on her dressing room door, demanding to be let in. When Garson refused, he did the unthinkable.

World leaders say the darndest things. Sometimes, their speeches can leave us afraid, excited, invigorated, filled with national pride, or abject horror. Let's break down some of the most iconic and inspiring quotes from world leaders that inspired us, shocked us, or might have even been catalysts for changes in the world.

When Queen Victoria died, Princess Beatrice received the painful task of preparing her mother's memoirs for publication—but what she found shook her to her core.