NEW YORK (AP) – In his final letter to his wife before he vanished on Mount Everest a century ago, George Mallory tried to ease her worries even as he said his chances of reaching the world’s highest peak were “50 to 1 against us.” The letter, digitised for the first time and published online […]
In his final letter before he vanished on Mount Everest, George Mallory said his chances of reaching the world's highest peak were "50 to 1 against us."
With Prince George rapidly approaching his 11th birthday this summer, the race is on among the UK’s leading public schools. The opportunity to educate a prince is one which comes around rarely. What teacher wouldn’t want to be fondly remembered as having played a pivotal role in shaping the heart and mind of a future monarch?