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Winston Churchill had been a Member of Parliament, Home Secretary and First Lord of the Admiralty when Prince Edward was still a child, later Colonial Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer, and by the time of his reign he had already spent several yea

Winston Churchill had been a Member of Parliament, Home Secretary and First Lord of the Admiralty when Prince Edward was still a child, later Colonial Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer, and by the time of his reign he had already spent several years in political isolation. He returned to

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It turns out that Camilla Parker Bowles has long been friends with Judi Dench, for many years, so they say

It turns out that Camilla Parker Bowles has long been friends with Judi Dench, for many years, so they say. But now that she has become queen, it is of course all the more striking. And so Dame Judi Dench's coolest friend is, after all, no longer Maggie

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Today Princess Diana would have turned 62

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The scale of tea smuggling in England in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries reached incredible proportions, almost equalling the country's official imports of tea, some 11,000 tonnes a year

The scale of tea smuggling in England in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries reached incredible proportions, almost equalling the country's official imports of tea, some 11,000 tonnes a year. From the early 1700s demand for tea grew without pause. So did the customs duties. The

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The cousins Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich and George, Duke of York, in 1893, before they became Emperor Nicholas II (in 1894) and King George V (in 1910)

The cousins Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich and George, Duke of York, in 1893, before they became Emperor Nicholas II (in 1894) and King George V (in 1910). The photograph was taken when the Tsarevich Nicholas was in London for the wedding of the Duke of York and Princess Mary of Teck.

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Queen Elizabeth II at the Ascot races, 16 June 1961

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Queen Camilla's modest, not especially talented book blog has grown into a book festival of its own at Hampton Court, the English kings' country palace on the outskirts of London

Queen Camilla's modest, not especially talented book blog has grown into a book festival of its own at Hampton Court, the English kings' country palace on the outskirts of London. It stands on the left bank of the River Thames. The festival bears the name of the

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On the evening of 20 March 1974, the limousine in which Princess Anne and her husband were driving to Buckingham Palace from a charity screening was attacked in an attempt to abduct the princess

The royal car's path was blocked by a white Ford Escort, from which a man armed with two pistols swiftly emerged and shot the princess's only bodyguard, Scotland Yard Inspector James Beaton, wounding him in the shoulder. The armoured limousine was locked from the inside, so

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The royal Austin Princess Vanden Plas limousine, in which Princess Anne was travelling when she was the target of an armed attack, at the scene of the crime, 20 March 1974

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In England, the problem of preserving an abandoned church has been solved in its own way: a swimming pool and a gym have opened inside a Victorian church

In England, the problem of preserving an abandoned church has been solved in its own way: a swimming pool and a gym have opened inside a Victorian church. Repton Park in Redbridge is considered one of the most beautiful swimming pools in London. In 1892 the site was occupied by

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Crown Prince of Yugoslavia and titular King of Serbia Alexander Karageorgevich to take part in filming a documentary series about his life, provisionally titled “The Crown, the State and the People”

The first scenes of the film were shot back in March, in London, at Claridge's Hotel, where the prince was born in 1945. By the time of the birth of Alexander Karageorgevich, the only son of Peter II, the last King of Yugoslavia, the British prime minister of