As dawn broke over Germany’s eastern state of Saxony on Tuesday morning, heavily armed police massed in the picturesque village of Halsbrücke and prepared to smash down a front door. It was 6am, and ...

A German court on Wednesday sentenced Peter Fitzek, the self-declared "King of Germany", to jail for setting up an illegal bank and embezzling up 1.3 million euros of deposits. Fitzek had installed ...

The self-styled "king" of Germany and three of his senior "subjects" were arrested for attempting to overthrow the state, according to media reports. Peter Fitzek, 59, was taken into police custody ...

After schmoozing with Berlin's political elite in the morning, King Charles III headed to the German countryside for a down-to-earth afternoon visit at an organic farm, where Britain's monarch helped ...