A previously unrecorded portrait miniature of Britain's Queen Elizabeth I is expected to fetch nearly $157,776 at auction. The portrait by artist Nicholas Hilliard will go under the hammer at London auction house Christie's on June 5. Hilliard is thought to have painted the image between 1595 and 1600, during the final years of Elizabeth's reign.

Private letters and mementos giving a rare behind-the-scenes look at royal British weddings have gone public at Windsor Castle. The items on display include extracts from Queen Victoria's journal written shortly before her 1840 marriage to Prince Albert, in which she describes him as "excessively handsome. "The journals are part of a collection put together to mark the diamond anniversary of Britain's Queen Elizabeth and her husband Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh.

Looks like former Spice Girl and ultimate 'Footballer's Wife' Victoria 'Posh' Spice can't get a break. The former singer and aspiring fashion icon hasn't even started her All-American campaign just yet, and already a designer is trying to persuade her to stay put in England. New t-shirts emblazoned with the slogan "Free Becks, Keep Posh" have already gone on sale in an attempt to have soccer star David Beckham come to America sans his pouty wife.

Watching survival shows on various media outlets can really prove useful in real life situations. It proved lifesaving for a young Scottish man who got lost in an Australian national park. He survived two days without water and food merely by using survival tips he watched on nature shows on television to stay alive.

A christening gown worn by Britain's Queen Elizabeth I has been discovered by chance during a clear-out of a stately home. The embroidered satin gown was found by Lady Elizabeth Ashcombe when she was emptying boxes left in a cupboard at Gloucestershire's Sudeley Castle. The royal garment was worn by Elizabeth - the daughter of Henry VIII - at her baptism at Greenwich in 1533.