The Daily Telegraph is a daily broadsheet newspaper based in London. Founded in 1855 as the ‘Daily Telegraph and Courier’ by Col. Arthur Sleigh, The Daily Telegraph is currently owned by Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay (known as the Barclay brothers) and is currently the sole national broadsheet-only newspaper remaining in the United Kingdom. As of June 2009, the Telegraph is the nation’s fifth most circulated newspaper after The Sun, Daily Mail, Daily Mirror, and the Daily Star, making the Telegraph the highest selling ‘quality’ newspaper in the country.
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The Telegraph is known for its centre-right political slant, and its allegiance with the Conservative Party
The Daily Telegraph was first printed in colour on 2 September 2008
The Telegraph was the newspaper that published details of the controversial MP expenses claims, sparking nationwide outrage and numerous high-profile poitical resignations
The Daily Telegraph’s website, originally titled ‘Electronic Telegraph’, was Europe’s first daily internet newspaper, launching in November 1994
In October 2006, William Lewis became the youngest ever editor of the Daily Telegraph at 37 years old
In 1908, German Kaiser Wilhelm II gave an interview to the Daily Telegraph admonishing the British public for not trusting him – an interview that damaged Anglo-German relations in the run-up to the First World War
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