Houghton Hall, family seat of David Cholmondeley, the 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley, is under scrutiny from internet sleuths who claim the pile contains valuables looted from the Qing Dynasty.

A large collection of treasures from the Rothschild family’s private collection is set to go up for auction in North America for the first time and could fetch an eye-watering $30million.

Calls are coming from Cornwall and Scotland for artefacts to be returned to their homeland, after a Welsh MP demanded the British Museum give back Wales’ treasures.

Stolen treasures of the British Museum with a value of £50,000 were flogged on eBay for just £40, it has been revealed.

First bought in 1885 and kept within one family until the 1970s, the Krasneskys have inherited a 9,000sq-ft treasure trove of secret rooms, hidden wealth and history: a huge old manor in Kansas.

Other items sold at the two-day auction in Reno, Nevada, include a large 18-karat gold quartz engraved brooch and a 19th century daguerreotype metal plate photograph.

The Westmoreland was lost in a storm on December 7, 1854, taking her valuable cargo – including gold coins and rare whiskey – and 17 souls to the depths of Lake Michigan.

The treasures of the legendary San Jose galleon shipwreck have been revealed in a series of ‘unprecedented’ underwater images from the government of Colombia.

The Bow Room at Buckingham Palace welcomed Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby for a special Platinum Jubilee edition of This Morning. Here, a look at the royal treasures it contains.