Beef Wellington's history goes back longer than you might think. The luxurious British steak meal has a complicated and uncertain past.

In 1839, Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington, hosted a sumptuous supper to commemorate his victory over Napoleon Bonaparte in 1815, an annual tradition he’d started in 1820.

For decades, Glaswegians have capped the Duke of Wellington statue outside the Gallery of Modern Art with a traffic cone. Locals have battled the council over the placement of the cone for years ...

Future Duke of Wellington, Arthur Mornington, now Marquess of Duoro, welcomed a baby with his wife Hayley Whitehead two years ago. David M. Benett/Getty Images. Any aristocrat worth their place on The ...