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The Humiliations of an 83-Year-Old Lady Who Gave Her Whole Life to Serving the Crown Continue

The humiliations of an 83-year-old lady who gave her whole life to serving the Crown continue. Did you think only in Russia are people made to apologise on camera? Baroness Hussey, one of Elizabeth II's closest ladies-in-waiting, has once again been compelled to apologise

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Catherine II and Elizabeth II: Whose Mirror Portrait Turned Out Better?

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Versailles rail disaster after which France stopped locking railway carriages

On 8 May 1842, France's first railway disaster occurred on the line between Versailles and Paris. The train, returning from the celebration of King Louis-Philippe's birthday at Versailles, was running with two locomotives, one at the head of the train and one at the rear.

A soldier in a red tunic lies on the ground in front of the ranks while a rider in red uniform passes on a dark horse.

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Soldier faints at a parade attended by Elizabeth II in a 1970 photograph

A soldier faints during a parade attended by Elizabeth II. This famous shot of 1970 could, in principle, quite easily have served as the cover of a British punk rock band's record

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When 17-year-old Prince Charles was flying to study in Australia, a girl he had never met, Star Fluke by name, kissed him at Hawaii airport and said her dream of kissing a future king had come true

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King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden yesterday at the dinner in honour of the Nobel laureates at the Royal Palace in Stockholm

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The Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna plays billiards with her elder sister, Alexandra of Denmark, Queen of England

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Prince Albert, Duke of York, on his way to his house at 145 Piccadilly, 10 December 1936, on the eve of his proclamation as King George VI following the abdication of King Edward VIII

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Let us consider the superfluous man not through the Byronic hero of Romanticism, but through the fire-safety sensor in Queen Wilhelmina's salon at Soestdijk Palace: it is, of course, necessary, but to look appropriate, it…

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I know three days have already passed, but I cannot help sharing this little gem from the christening of Georgy Mikhailovich Romanov's heir, Prince Alexander, in the Transfiguration Church of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour

I know three days have already passed, but I cannot help sharing this little gem from the christening of Georgy Mikhailovich Romanov's heir, Prince Alexander, in the Transfiguration Church of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. The boy was born on 21 October and named after his great-

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This is the arrested 71-year-old German prince Heinrich XIII Reuss of Greiz from Bad Lobenstein, known for his alternative political views and one of the organisers of the planned seizure of the Reichstag in Germany

This is the arrested 71-year-old German prince Heinrich XIII Reuss of Greiz from Bad Lobenstein, known for his alternative political views and one of the organisers of the planned seizure of the Reichstag in Germany. After the seizure of parliament and government, Heinrich XIII was to have been

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Coup Plot Against German Government Uncovered

A plot to overthrow the government has been uncovered in Germany. Arrests were carried out in 11 German states, and 25 people have been detained, among them former servicemen and adherents of far-right views. Among those held is one of the leaders of the group, a 71-year-old