After the Spanish-American war of 1898 and Spainâs loss of Cuba, Columbusâs remains were at last returned to Spain and buried in Seville Cathedral. Columbus himself never knew that he had discovered the New World, nor did anyone else the time. All he thought he had found was outlying bits of Asia.
Published: April 23, 1992 12:00 a.m. Princess Anne was granted a divorce from Mark Phillips on Thursday, more than 21/2 years after they legally separated.
Princess Anne and Mark Phillips were divorced in April 1992 - only the second royal couple to part in the 20th century. The first was the Queen's sister, Princess Margaret and her husband, Lord Snowdon. In December 1992 Princess Anne married Commander Timothy Laurence, who was formerly one of the Queen's equerries. Captain Mark Phillips remarried in 1997 and had a daughter, with his new wife, a former Olympic horse rider.