320K views · 585 reactions | The King and Queen, alongside The Emperor and Empress of Japan, viewed a special display of objects from the Royal Collection in the Picture Gallery of Buckingham Palace this afternoon, as part of the State Visit.   #RoyalCollectionTrust | Royal Collection Trust | Facebook

Bohemond of Taranto walked through the First Crusade with the confidence of a man who believed the world would bend if he pushed hard enough. He came out of the Levant with Antioch in his hands in 1098, a prize that would have made most men feel untouchable. Instead, it turned him into a target. The Byzantine emperor Alexios Komnenos claimed Antioch as his by oath. Turkish rivals closed in from inland routes. Bohemond himself spent years in captivity and was ransomed at a cost that hollowed out